The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-05-11

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partIav studied hei. carefully as he
aslad aAra Won snre9ns
uo, foca nailed then tbe color re-
t,,,,,ed hut again She renlied 81 heard
rotl,ing mill that borr;h,a CRY rang
o,,tw
sow bor shnader &c if tha MON.
orv of # were almost too much for
.l,ar hrt sha continued hrovalv az
l.naw 4 was beside me and I won
do,aa ,uhot had hannonnd II fright.
snod n,a--so nucbGtbot 7 CAM tell
;ust what hannenad aftar tbat-
Sha saa,,,od ~ ho +oIlino the truth
"a oonla not rndarst.nd how any.
ono hod cotton neor anouoh to Briffeur
- In h;,, ,vitho,t tho MANSON next RI
IN, boariDg Tic annroacb
D. rtIov tove,I NTH ! Moro of naner
saoonG tban sniIaa &c no said .of
oo,,so tho orr, stort,ad Won Misc pot
TOW pnt bafnre or after 4 came can
81, +h;nl. Of M litt,a occurrences that
.,,,ah. ha,,, 10 Nothgna 81 oIIs,
ste ,nas s;,an. fon ion,r t;n,a +hon
s.,aa.,x as e ano,orat;c sbe onswarod
..rrh.,s 10 ha.ra ,otf,,,a hntI did
th;nl. T fe,t somethino brush nv dress
or tho sifa .nex, te Rriffeur am
NOT spre however onlv Thought
something did The next moment
heard him sin to the floor and knew
something was wrong"
Rart,ey,s ewes frightened at her re-
mark and he asked eagerly. "Can YOU
show MS inst where your dress was
hrpshada"
She besitated as If irving TO collect
her thoucl,ts and glanced down at
her dark brown dress. Then she
placed her hand on a spot little
above her waistline. BARLEY came to
her side and looked Closely at the
place she indicated, Ahen suddenly
knelt, his eyes close to the cloth.
Strengthening up, he pointed out to
us small splotch. a little darker
than the goods of which the dress was
made. With significant glance he
said one word, "Blood!'
At the word, look of horror came
away.
aWas that stain on your dress when
YOU put it onY' he asked as he rose
to his feet.
mo! The dress was worn this
afternoon for. the frs, time since 1t
was returned from the cleaners"
He said nothing more, but went
back to the desk. / presume that we
were all wondering what the blood
stain indicated. The wild thought
rushed over me that she might. after
all. have killed Brifeur: but I dis
missed II at once as impossible
.Now. Roche" asked Bartley. .did
Won hear anything?n
pooho Of course nrdors+ooa +ho
;n,nortonoo ~ b,s ansuo,. ana h;s II,
faoa lhoco,oa oo,+iops ana h;s ha,aa
,.la,obaa ,rbon vor, s,o,,,,,, ,e
oa,,nt;no h;s ,uords h ans,.,s &c,
,,s,s.,4 80. ~. 80 .ns e1.i'
anath,rn that = a.v+s 80 49,
49, t ,++,e snrna 49, $500 So, sAsep.
- .,,,o , .ho ,'.h tsop.e .en.u il nc
.aas s,s .s W.. ou'. =
- 80 ~. w go, a ans one efeep
~ W 'nas 20, 49, ,'. u'u not,
any one s"'"s i,e". nin shouiu nave
is son.tnis ou. ! uiu
nv '.,. nsa. a.s 'i'is .iAe .aa''
VIVA. ulu Spu near asked Bart
les, s'iremu shlie on ms lace.
Inc chief actually biushed. In an
apologetic tone ne said, "N0w-Mr.
I bartiey' 4 don't know If heard any
thing. But l thought"
what did you think!'
Roche shrugged his shoulders, hest
tated' then answered, why, | thought
tnat, second or SO before he gave
that cry. heard" tie paused like a
man VINO is AFRAID that what he is
gong 70 say VIII sound absurd. Il
don't know Just what to call it. 1t was
very Slight, more like little thud.
could scarcely hear 1t. 1t sounded as
smai OBJECT had struck some
thing"