Show MYSTERY HOUSE STill MYSTERY AfTER 17 c YEARS I Erected in n 1896 and anCl Elaborately Elaborately Furnished Mansion Has Never Been i. i Occupied S Special to The Tho Telegram TIt Ill March l 7 The The mystery of the house of mystery at Chrisman HI IH is still till unsolved after seventeen It Jt is now the tho resort of bats and m owls and rapidly going oin to It was in 1896 that tho the n house of ol was erected Without an any announcement one ono spring mornin morning a gang an of workmen from some som outside o. o point arrived in Chrisman Simultaneously camo came ca carloads of building building build build- in ing material Upon a largo large lot Jot on the tho main iain street of tho the town there thero was Mas speedily erected tho structure that was to l create re to so much gossip ossip in succeeding edin years The townspeople quizzed d the workmen cone concerning the ownership of tho house but learned nothing All engaged en en- w were r sworn n to secrecy an and none nono broke broka faith The rhe progress o or the tho structure structure ture turc was as watched wit with II curious interest It was wag surmised ed that some well to do of the tho town was preparing a ahome ahome ahome home for a prospective bride but all iW u ciu-u pleaded Not Decorators and furnishers followed upon the heels of the carpenters plasterers plasterers plas plas- and painters The le was 1 fitted up luxuriously an and with every overy up to date ato convenience It was now felt fell that the tho mystery would soon be bo solved The Tho dining im room room was wag a marvel marol of luxury with carved table tabIa and d chairs ami mul a buffet filled with expensive e china Tho rho parlor was equipped with sivo ru rugs s n n grand piano and silk upholstered up up- holstered furniture Tho The library and bedrooms corresponded in ma magnificence cence cenca with tho other rooms Tho sleeping sleep ing jug apartments varied varie in color and furnishings fur sJ from the tho palest blue and I bird birds eyo maple manic to to rich I i eu cu tones and heavy an walnut After the final touch of the outfitters outfitter and decorators the tho bou house c was closed Time rime passed and no one appeared No blushing bride brido and ami happy happ bridegroom room There Thero were no developments de of 01 any kind Weeks mouths and years jears slipped by sand the tho mystery deepened Six years years vears a ago o an incendiary r set fire to tp the and before the tho flames wore extinguished tho the kitchen was badly damaged cd A A few days dars later workmen appeared from some ne neighboring eit city ty repaired the damage and aud went their I way ay Although plied with queries bythe by bythe the residents no one would furnish au any I information calculated to clear UP up the mystery About that time a municipal J I electric lighting plant was installed I l bv Chrisman and electricians wired wire the house I mysterious |