The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-01-01


| flicker for a moment and then van
ish. He rushed toward the hill, but
found nothing. He began to grow
very angry. He admitted the little
time he saw It, that It was grewsome
enough. 1t was eight or ten feet in
heighth, with shadow in the palm
| resembling bullet, and he uncon-
sciOusly he seemed to recognize some
thing familiar about the shape of the
hand,
He did not go into the village, but
prowled around in the vicinity where
the hand appeared most frequently.
There was no evidence of phosporens-
cense, no footprints except those made
by the negroes some two or three
hundred yards below the hill. John
was puzzled and irritated at the same
time. This joke was being perpetrated
by some one who had brains. Mean
while the crops lay ungathered and
were beginning to rot in the fields.
Something must be done in hurry,
else he would be compelled TO send to
the city for emigrants, who would
doubtless take to their heels after
the same manner as the negroes. So
he telegraphed for Zudora.
| And Zudora came.
The Storm family had heard about
her, you may be assured. But until
she appeared in the flesh they had en-
tertained some doubts about this niece
of a man whose business they held in
supreme contempt They fell in love
with her at once, rather shamefacedly
when up to that moment they had been
quite sure that she had laid sirens
trap for their boy.
! Old man Storm pondered a good
deal. 1t did not seem possible that this
slender, handsome, darkeyed girl was
a detective; it did not match up with
the tales he had read in books. She
was just like any other girl, nothing
mysterious whatever 49,
its really serious, Zudora, said
John. i've tried my hand at detec-
tive work, but l haven't gained an
inch. | admit that am totally at sea.
I've seen the thing once at great
distance, and don't wonder that the
natives are hiking for other parts.
Have you any old time enemies?'
she asked.
II come back once or twice a year
for a day or two. l seldom go into the
village I've been In New York for
nearly fourteen years and have quite
How the deuce could l have any enc
mies?" 49,,
Il mean your father He may have
discharged someone who aims at hav-
ing revenge" she suggested
There hasn't been any one dis
charged from this place since l was a
kid you can take it from me that the
chap who is playing this game has a
brain better educated than the run
of help hereabouts.'
Il am going to make some investi-
;; cations, and you must let me go my
own way No tagging after me when
l want to go into the village. Someone
in the village will know what is going
on No one would come from the out
side to play game like this"
"All right. II anyone can get to the
bottom of this muddle it will be your
\ lovely self. Good luck sweetheart"
Three or four days passed. Zudors
went about her work systematically
y One day she came upon a bit of new!
q that startled her profoundly. 1t was
of such character that she dared no
impart this news to John. He must b.
. kept in total ignorance. The brain tina
had instigated this really criminal jok,
was in New York. It was the tool o
u this cunning brain she must bring t,
light and confusion. Her uncle! How
!, he hated John. to play SO despicable
jest upon his people! The old suspi
: cions returned, stronger than ever
: She was growing a bit afraid of thi
!, uncle Of hers; she was beginning t
understand that flesh and blood di'
|! u not always count But why? VIII,
= should he wish to harm John Storm
II It was unanswerable. She realizes
u that from now on she must be on he
j. guard Her uncle must never suspi
Q ciOn,
That night they all received a shoe
The hand, suddenly appeared on tn
u side of the house, and even as the
Il rushed out to look at it, slowly faded
Zudora threw a quick circling glanc
= but there was no spot of light in tn
= distance to confirm her suspicious tina
l. a magic lantern" was being focuse
u against the side of the house. The re
IS suit of this visitation was the fina
e exodus of the help, with the exceptio
H. OF the housemaid and the boy who di
e chores about the house. The matte
had been fully explained to these two
le None the less they were badly fright
e. ened a.
u When the spectral hand appeare
ID the next night. old man Storm seize
N his shotgun and started out with bloc
l. in his eye. The result OF his rage wa
ot] a badly, lacerated arm for the house
|; maid The old man accused her; bu
g. John interviewed. The poor girl ha
ly only been curious to see how clos
l., she could get to the spectral hant
e., She was fortunate to have escape
IS with her life
Later, John began to show preocu
r patton, and when questioned by Tudor
D. he admitted that there had been a
N episode in his younger days that h
8, had all but forgotten. The dark spt
Is in the palm Of the hand had final
Is brought back the scene wildly.
a Il used to come home during collee
te days to hunt little. There's qua
and nartrtdges galore in November
ss used to take young Jimmy Bolton alon
Ell to carry the game. He was only
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