Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-06-06
cHArTER EIGHT. (Continued.)

very iall bank. Its worm eaten
doors seemed merely balanced on
thear wings. He went up and
looked through a crack i'm the
wood. Inside the windowless barn
was IN scmidarkncss, for but little
light came through the openings
stopped up with straw, especially
~ ahc day was beginning to wane.
lie VAS able to distinguish, Il heap
OF barrels, broken wine presses,
old paonghs, and scrap iron of all
kiuds.
This is certainly not where my
FAIR stroller. turned her steps,"
thought Doh Luis. Lets look
1oauewhere else"
Nevertheless, he did not move.
He had noticed a noise in the
barn.
He listened and heard nothing.
isut rs he wanted to get to the
bOttom of things he forced out a
couple of planks with his shoulder
and stepped in.
The breach which he had thus
coltrived admitted Il little light.
He could e enough to make his
way between tw6Ncasks, over some
broken windows frame, to an
empty space on the far side.
HIS eyes grew accustomed to.
the darkness as le weAt on. For
all that, he knocked his head
against something which he had
not perceived, something hanging
up above, something rather hard
which, when set in melton, swung
to and fro with Il curious grating
sound.
1t WAS too darkto see. DonsLuis
took Az electric lantern from his
pocket and pressed the spring.
"DaMn it all!' he swsre, fall
ing hack aghast.
Above him Aung a skeleton.
And thetnext moment he ut
tered another oath. A second
skeleton hung beside the first!
They we're both fastened by
stont ropes,to rings fixed in the
rafters of the barn. Their heads
dangled from the slip knots. The
enc gainst which Perenna had
struck was still knowing slightly
and the bones clicked together
with a gruesome sound.
Hc dragged forward a rickety
table, propped it up as best he
could. and climbed onto it to ex-
anime the two skeletons more
closely. They were turned toward
each other, face to face. The first
was considerably bigger than the
second. They were obviously the
skeletons Of a man and a woman.
Eycn when they were not moved
BY = Jolt Of any kind, the wind.
Slowing through the crevices in
tho barn set them lightly swing
ing to and fro, in = sort of very
deu, rhythmical dance.
But what perhaps was most
impressive in this CHASTITY spec
taele was the fact that each of
Che skeiston, though deprived Of
every rag of%'ciothing, still wore a
Gaad ring, too wide now that the
Hesh had disappeared, but held,
q N hooks, by the bent joints Of
Tie fingers.
He slipped off the rings with a
ehiver OF disgust. and found that
they were wedding rings. Each
bare = date inside, the same date.
IL August, 1887, and two names :
acknowledgements
Husband and wife, he mnr.
Mured- lis it double suicidce Or
Z murdcr.f But how is it possible
that the two skeletons have not.
yet kcer discovered3 Can n con
eeive that they have been here
1iiicc the death Of old LANCER
narrit, since the government has
taken possession of the estate and
inside it impossible for anybody to
walk inf' +
He paused to reflect.
Anyhodyg Idon't know about
that, considering that saw foot
prints in the garden, and that a
usalnan has been there this very
day!"
The thonght of the unknown
visitor engrossed him once more,