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Show IWM II ,'! WITNESSED A TRAGEDY. BBjfl if i 1 iinn'1 llkt 11'nVf n. Un lrabtllr h BBSH 11 , . t ', il It a clover nlBiwt brllllnMIr elerrr Bp'-JB Si ''j tnn. but h la, to mjr inlrul, Jutt m trlflt 5E j 'Hi too unconventional In lilt lilrat. ,11 fr !! U, horm, rtrjr guo.1 ctrrf'Aor. ,H t'S ml t lute im1 irooj rain; cvenlCKi H i.i wllhulm over flpo, an.l villi acquit tii , '"M htm of ever harlot boml ma. H f ' ) 1 went to bli lodg-ln-ft vrllh him it few -HTi1 Ij H M nleb!tBo from tharlnti, and toon fouo 1 iflKil fA I iJ uiraalf orated In an armchair by tlif,r BaW llir Ifi h'1n ' l'l ,n ln3f noa"llln'1 .hH! Jul, d'fj (la of tnoattieellralwultlcyanil watei Bfll Hi il I!, int. W talked of innny thlr.it-, SB PUI 'JJ fill al length, I forijtt boir, tho ronvcr vjB I " t MtlonturnlonuiurJertaiijianrilfrTrn, P I Ijj I ; Sm tiln prctlotu lDn1oli, n 1 In flk Jiuj ilf1 tbevrliole rouutry bftl btin t V jr lll Iijtk krrin of ghiutljr inunlen, Bftj )(i vi H ipparvntly roinmlttctl by ttto Mm HiLf v k f buiil, thoacb In no tam wm a i1w nf LLHI M k' ford'il by which tho latuJcrtr mljlit m jt T'1 F illmtfird. H ii'p j Sltukru exjilAlDoJ a theory of hit own H i n u on thoinliJoLt, as norrlnilt UMiitAtt H! If f Hn;, uhn tho abjct tumnl to Ur- t; cuniitaiiUaltTlilencoanilllj valnft, tj 'I "Afler all," I aalJ, ' In ntnctynlno p fij muTilfraoutofahandrrdcircninttaiitlal Ij' , f' rThltnctioil motltor thvonlyhtlpa j ' tocoutlrtlou. Ko mio In hla irnm com- aajAaaajM hm m'ta a mnnlcr If thrrelt atiyonolriile- m' f ' Jug no." t 'No, falil Mriiken ilonly, "rioftl i ;jj infer Joins thtwlhlngi In jirltate, If J poulbK Dot rumallinea tliry ara rot 3 avran that tbi-ro vrllnMara," ,irB AltMfitw Oiled blii'lpo. I n "" ' 0' Tt7 one," ho wmt on, I "who baa bocn a aecrat tllncii of a nut- J r in, hot I have." j 'j I JIfnkcn BodJrd, ' "Wat ! convicted and hanzedP I t "It watn't a 'h,'lnt n 'alio,'" aald J ' .Minlen aulllnx, "Anl 'nho' w nut H cuntlctvd aad hanged, or even trlnl " i "Jlut aiirely you" I vrai beglnuloir, i a when lltdkni Irule la Ij j "My denr fellow, nolhlnir I conld havo jlij aall could havo convicted thv woman, T S It waa a ery odd caw altogether) ouo j it tho Boit Inirenloui Ihlnji I ever h arJ j. -' I will tell you the atory. If) on like. 5 It will bo alianler than joti Retting it f out of no by crrwa examination, i out "About four year ao I waa traveling iff In Bwilierland. In tho courn of lny aaaaw i ni ramblei 1 nached Tanaerwali. I waa ' ji'fi If innch taken with tho iJacei tho acemry aaH all l A WM niI'"b "" '""' old fubioneil bnt H Kit . delightfully comfortable. Lafl Irl 'iJl! "lhero were Hvtral pnoplo ttijln Laaaal I WW vllf there bealdea mf, but aa I amairrc LaaaaaaV Hfil iSI Rarlooa aort of fellow, I waa rather (la 1 LaaaflrH Wl "fl! cf"' A,ln ' '"ll " then alnut a LaaaaaT ' ( lut' il' fortnlsht, on entering tho dining room bbbbbbI t vu rr for dinner I noticed aomo new arrlt ala. H !fi !' Amonz thtra, waa a (uirty of threo Iin- M Ij j a Ukh onoMceotlenjan, lid yoiuic ulfe, Laaaal Ifcl fcl and a djnKhter of tho oil ir.iitleinan' LaaaV !l7ti fill ll)r frmer inarriaae. Tho daughter, Laaaal .il' -ll 1"0r K''' vu 1,""J- H1" Wat about H Jlit 8 1 tncnty, and looke.1 delicate. 1 cannot Laaaal ("ill fii uy ho aa pretty, but ) et alio wat not H )4i .sjl unpleoiln; Tho old buy, her father, LbbB 'Jin r 41 aajiit lllo other i:nj!llh gcnllenieu Laaaal 11 fM '1 21 jouico about. Laaaaal IIT1 "if P "Tho Wlfo waa dnldcdly I'rtttyi alio LaaH 1 BnK all waa about alht and twenty, fair, a Ith Laaaal ' HoV vlif! Cray ryea and a rnoat iindrnlablo dzure. LaaaaaLl 9w '111 'fliey teemed to bo well oil, but they ill 1 LaaaaaW Hll iC not hold mnch lntercuorto with the rvtt aaaaaaaal (All .V.l! of tholnraauiaof tlio hotel. LaaaaH liri "it "You know I rather ilda mytelf on LaaaaaaV i $ 'It lny IKlwera of ubaerratlon. Tliom.li 1 LbbbbbbS. b CT ;S inaJonoaort of acquaintance with tho H 1 1 J i'i lrty, Intnl to Match them and aludy LaaaaH ? Fi) J """' M ' Jo " '" 'ellow irraturea LaaaaH h I wfi I K whom I como acroaa. LaaaaH i 1 t-T "I wutnot Ioiik in (In ling out three I I . 1. 'V facta. 1'lnt, that thooldKtntleinannaa I 'al W madly fond of hltwiro and indlffereut HaK lU' ,0 ''" ''"Chtrri arcoadly, that tho V S' J! daughter adoroil her father and dl 1 not HaB '" && like hlawifeiUilrdly, that tho wifa lilted HH i) til 7 K "' waa all the more ileaird with my LaaWl 1 at' Ht reception of theao facta, Inasmuch at no HHf J I J) H oniclHlnthohvtrlhadllwIeaatidtaof iaHH ( 'ill ' X t'1 '""""" Outwardly there waa HH ' M (1 h rerfect harmony in tho trio, tflfi "Onoiuorniug.iiflerlhepartyhadlieen M ftJ(B tn tho hotel about a week, the old geutlo- V SSA tiitndlduotaripearaatuualatbri'ukfiut, rll Ml i and in reply to inquirlca lilt wlfo aald wf X' that lie wat not fouling well. In tho "i 'ft , couraoofthodaythodoclor an ligltah- ii jjj i man, by tho way wat aent fcr, and In "JIjBI tho ovenlng tho landlord, who wat aa , SI j f I angry with tho old man nt It ho hul got k j j I'll hla illnrta onpurpoM, tolt mo conlhlen- ( lit tlally, with tean of rage, that the old I H ' gentlemau had been prononncod by tho ''j'll i doctor to 1 111 of qattrlofevir, and that II Sit r?' In8 c w" aeriout. Tho landlord a HHjl p ft ''' anxiety waa not without rentnn. Tho bHW p& J' i. ! fact could not It concealetl, nud tho If Hv M '' v ! It0n bi-ganto leavo in littte. Only a Hl' ll ''i i 'vvr beaidet tno rtmalned. 1 am not HHl 'I J Mi tntholeatt mnotitiilioiit lllueaa, and I LHV i lir Jz n0 lntenn of leaving tho I laco for HH' U M ,3v l tnchacauto, aretolio which raludme HH' l!f ff, mvl gnatlyliitliolauillord'ao'tmn. HHl 1) ',4 'S! ' Uno mornliig, about ten d)t afu-r Jjj I .1 ln" "lil aentleman'a (clture, I met the 1 i V J 11" dottor coaling down abilra. Ho loukiil Hi III Sa lit much leu am lout than fur nne daja HH. r ilr rll 1 1 datl lnQet tQere wat an expreuioti nl HH '1$ W 1' moat of aatUfuctlon on hit face. HH If m w ll "'llowltjourputlrntl'Iaakod, HH lifl :JH Mil "'T1i critia It pit,or almost patt," HH n !Ll( ,r SI he antwered cheerfully 'Iloomt hln HH ill1 till 'SB 1 1 '"' " '" fnllt through, to tho nnning HH i ill TfTllaf II t hit daughter and hit wife, -cUlly HH II UM Hi'?' thedanghter, who It a trump! lie li HH "MuTPl il " now Balwp, and tiuuti that alowp every- HH till J' III "'lu"t Jl'l'"l"- U ho, wakrnt In tlino HH lit ! t or four hourt of hit o'nu uitorlhowlll HH ril ! '. I i '" "'" ,n "" human proUblllty HH t j ll il LtmtUngdeMudtouhlitlMii. lluo Mm ii,-fi 1 liltfcft.i.dToHtoKitft I1 order to Trr fcrTttit to l inojt cittfol Thcro mint b no no. of any iort. If he were waken! tadtlcnlr tht ihocV woulJ kill him J crrtAJnljr u U j-ou 11 rM a bnllet throajh hii brin. I hare just told Us wife of till All tkit li waDta (- "TbedoetcTtioddfrtl to me he r t nt down thettei from ttto hold, itdlllnj Mlf untirlpntt.-itfA tritimh tW Mk nrt. M J!on.irt mM k tMc nt my ! 1ow I tarnM, nl mvt my frfftiil the UmllonL Ctonfttur know, M li itnlHim ourIy, 'that Amtrtim rount wIk wat goln j to be ro bra. rf V ho ial rv) fean for ilckneM? Wrll, that ao brute ruan,hWo in now frljthtencO ho lta gut. inonMmrl lie went early thi iDornln?, UAklnff etmi, but he ctra.il ttut Ueceire me! lie wm frig h ten wt HetrMto jokji he Mill he cotiM not alxpi that he bal hrard all night the ticking ln the wall. wMcii, h .ilJ, meant dMth.' MThathan EnglUliioivcrtUtlon.tC'Ot I mil. " 'lihr mIJ the Itmkerper, with eon ccntrateil iconu 'tbt-M are not tlmw fur audi fooliih niperitiLlona, Momleor hi no audi foolUh fandMy 'I laufthftL 'Ah, tnonalenr l bniTel IiOok The Amtrian'a room La that very room monsieur wihM to hitre when he tint came. It look a out upon the Rla-clrr. Rla-clrr. and la t-rl.pe my U?t room. Monalftitr thomjht h wonM prefer one Irsa cxpenalre on the floor a bore. Mon aleur rtmembfri? Well, conrage tie-acrrea tie-acrrea to be rewarded Motulenr ahall bare tho room for the aamo prico aa the one ha Lai now "I thanked my frlrnd, the landlord. It wat certainly ft room I hitl roretrl. The view waa euiwrb, U wm nearer the dining an 1 amoklng room In every way a great hnprorcmeut on tho ouo I waa occiiytnrf ' 'Caii 1 havo tt onocl 1 natal. M0b, ceruinlyl Of rourao momlcnr tnowa, the landlord went on alowly and looking a little doubtfully at me, 'that It In. the room fieit to Hio alck room where that old man It lylnjr. ill." 'I laughed, and I think tho ciprewlon of my face rcAwartd the Hndlonl aa to my bflnj completely IndltTcrcnttoanch inatleta, for ho cnt ont "Monlear U a man! Tho room Is re -vly and at jour i)Uknu1. "lie waa (roitigaway, but ramoback quickly, 'Only inotiMcur will jianlon ine fur reminding him that theiloctcr haaonlfiTil that no nobie ahnll o mlo iifar tho ffUkronin. lie aara the old man's Ufa U-jvndi on hii ilceptn; qtilvt ly Hwoullbe better, perlupa, not to movo monaUur'a lu.'gaje dowu till the tuning "Of oourw X aiwented. but filling de-lironaof de-lironaof awlnjiny new and mnch rov rled inaarwlon, and fwllng anm of my (ability to enter it without making any noise. I went up atoJrs, qnittly ttolo down lb corridor, and rntervd the room without a itowlbllity of lny bavin Imwi liMnnl. It was a Utft, biisht. rheerfnl apartment, in tiie ol ler flirt of tie hotfL It wat watnacoted, with oak puncls. Tho window waa largu, and, na 1 bitve ninitlonwl before, com tnandtd one of the moat eirmlalto U to 1q foun 1 In fiwltxirlau 1, 'l lookitl aroanl Ute room with a ae dm of tatbfactlou, 1 hire told yoa I am olevrvant of my fellow creituros; I am uot leM ro of Inauliaato objecta. I have an ryo In nch mattera a detective luljht envy. I soon saw n mark or cut In tho wainscoting on one aide of the room. It waa so small that 1 UHeve many mn might havo passed day In the room without noticing IL lam au InqnlilUt eman. and 1 at oncowentto It and exmulh-d It It waa n chink In tlmwoo.li 1 atoopd and looked through. 'Ihowholnof tin) Interior if the Melt-room Melt-room wiia visible. Thrra alleut flgurrt were the occuptnta. On tho Wd lay th old math sloeplog. Lis gray luira on the pillow at tho aide knelt tn prayer bis blind dtughtert Whlnd the daughter c.oe behind waa ihnwifw. Hue alono kitiuM llin? Hhe waa drawing stealth. Ily oh, bo Mealrlilly and ilowly-a amall round tnblo ladeuwlth jugs and meJl elite bottleaucroai tho Jloor "At tirat 1 did uot rralliewhat she waa doiug. I knew she had erery inotlro to bo silent In her movements, but 1 caught slht of Ur facet It waa the face of a devill Never tas eyes so MdeouOy exprveaive of murderous hatel In a fljuh I nnderatood It alb 'Shn was moving the tible to a post lion auch that the allghteat inotement of th kueiliuff figure of the blind dauxli-ler, dauxli-ler, pru)lngfor her father's life, would burl It and iU fragile burden to tho ground. ,"I 4ire aayou 4 hlnk I am a callous wirt of fellow, hut I atauro ou I was horror strnrk, 1 would have given worl la to warn the poor child, but know not how 'Id have callod out Would linve buenaifaUl iu tho catoitronhe itself. it-self. "IMtatuiHf.etI-ianlyred. Tho end camo IWoro my swlmmlnr brain conll And any way to h-lp Tho poor girl roe, her hnnda still clatjl. I saw the table, reel, and aa I, alik with horror, withdrew my eye I heanl the mill, f ollowbel by a pleixlng shriek" Mtnkrn paiih d. "Olvo me tho whliky, cllchnp. Tlianka." "Didlioditr UkcL "Ho waaaaduadatlf youhadfirM a pUtol through his brain," aald Menkm quietly. AfUra.auwhf. went ont "I slipped out of tho room before tho hubbub l k'nu. No ono etr know Iliad twninit 1 bad, however, to sleep tn It that night, and though ou know 1 am not n super lUtUins fellow at all, I asaum you it was a very unco in fort, i bio night. I kep. frtartlug out of my sloep, thinking 1 ItPArd the cruali and scream next door It took me ne-irly n week tn get ovrr II" We smoke 1 tu silence for somemin Utl. "1 wonder what became of that worn imr 1 mid On. ahu married again. Tho daugliti r riled nboiit a ) ear niter thl happitivd, 1 UllviO." "How did -.oil find ouir I oalcd.A lltilHfurpriHvl, "Well, it waa rather cnrlout. 1 went to stiy down In Dermuhira I ut lomiaer liutcunntr) Itonan, 'iUe first arson 1 uiw wtuour luxk-nloua friend, themur-dercM themur-dercM quliedieertul and Jolly. 1 took her in to dinner" rloDMhow I don t like Menken, bnt be nm r Ures me ComlilU .Manzlne. IVm ueer attack sound fruit It Is only when blrdi or insects hae flnt punctnml it that tho Us stick the juM wbkli runs out. In tho live stock importatl ma thLi season Shropshire ahetp uud Cljdcadl4 km predguiuatc. |