Deseret Evening News | 1909-09-25 | Page 19 | A Powerfully Told but Almost Forgotten Ghost Story by a Writer Who Revolutionized the World of Fiction and Delighted Everybody

T A Powerfully Told but Almost AI ost Forgotten Ghost Story by a Writer Who Revolutionized the World W orId of Fiction and Delighted Everybody t CONCEIVED AND CARRIED OUT IN DICKENS MOST CONVINCING STYLE STYLEA STYLEE HUE E TRIAL FOP FOB MU A J III Mi T z f r not signify how 1 OW ninny many years ngo ago or how few tew a n c r rI Tt I murder way was ss as committed In England which attracted I err gr it t attention Wo 0 hear bear of ot moro tuna than enough of ot murder fD cr p ai ns they rise In fn succession to their atrocious eminence d 1 J v r Auld uld bury tho tiro memory of ot this particular brute If I Ien rood en a hIs body was VAS burled in III Newgate to Jail J II 1 I purposely nb M Riving giving any direct clew clow to the tho criminals Individuality tin fal 1 11 t l the tho 10 murder was first discovered no suspicion fell fellor or ort ht t to say soy for tor I 1 cannot bo be too precise In my facts It i bero publicly hinted that suspicion fellon tho man maniA DO vu brought to trial As no refe was at lit att litI eb iA bO 3 teat I t tin lla t n made to him in the newspapers It Is obviously imposible t any nn description of ot him can cun at nt that time havo ba o been ible Fib e tbd bif th 1 J Jn Lrea n In tho the newspapers given fern lIng at nt breakfast my morning papers paper containing tho the reenact of ct that first discovery ery I found It to be he deeply Interesting tad 71 I road read it with close attention I road rend It twice if It not three JD I To discovery had been mado in n bedroom and nd when times iiI tithe aware of hid down the paper I was aware of ot a 1 I 1 not n know what to call word I can find is le satisfactorily c I In which I seemed to seo see that t bedroom passing passin my m room like a Q picture impossibly painted on a n running Though almost instantaneous in its passing It was per river i clear so clear that I distinctly and with n Q sense of ot relict relief I 1 observed the absence of ot the tho dead leall body from the tho bed It w WI was IQ In no romantic place that I had this curious curl us sensation put ut t In n chambers in Piccadilly very cry near to tho the corner corner of or St J Im s street It H was entirely now new to me I was In my easy chair h r at the th moment and the sensation was accompanied with n a peculiar shiver which started tho the chair from its position But nut ButHis It His Is to 10 be noted that the tho chair ran easily on casters I went I to one of ot the windows there thero are arc two In fn the tho room and the tho room roomI I is II on 00 the second floor loor to refresh my eyes with the moving objects down don In Piccadilly It was n a bright autumn morning I 1 mad nd the street was sparkling and cheerful Tho The wind was high AI ii I looked out colt it brought down from from the park a quantity of or fallen faileD leaves which a gust st took pad and whirled Into n a spiral pillar A As AI the pillar fell and the leaves lenns dispersed 1 I saw two men on tho tiro thoM M ix Hide aide lilt of or the way going oln from rom west to cast east They were ero on one behind the other The rho foremost man often looked back over I iii Ills g shoulder The second man followed him nt at a distance of or orf woe some f O Ie thirty paces with his bis right hand menacingly raised First the singularity and steadiness of ot this threatening gesture esturo In I M w public a thoroughfare attracted my attention and next nest the tiro themore more remarkable circumstance that nobody heeded It noth Both IOtO u threaded their way wa among the tho other passengers with a hardly bardl consistent even een with the tho action of walking on ona ons t and single creature creaturo that J I a s no could see gao sno them plate place touched them or looked locked after liner thou them In passing pas my DIY windows they thoy both stared up at nt me mI I 1 saw their two Ise faces Mry scry Iry distinctly and I knew know that I could recognize them In not that I hall had consciously noticed anything ery sery in la either face nee except that tho the man who went lint first I i bad an unusually lowering appearance and an 1 that the tho taco face of t the own mac who followed olio wed him was of ot the color of or impure wax war warI bachelor and valet alet and his wife I am a my lilY constitute my InV thole establishment My Iy occupation is in n a 1 certain branch lent blat suit and 1 I wish that my Ill duties ns liS head bend of or n a department were R au light as liS they are popularly supposed to be They hey kept me in town that autumn when I 1 stood III in need of o change as i the circumstances of tho the murder murdel gradually unraveling S took look stronger and stronger possession of or the tho public mind 1 kept I them away from rom mine by b knowing ai as little about them ns as was I possible In is the midst of or the universal excitement nut Hut I knew know that a verdict of o willful murder land had been found against tho the sus suspected peeled r murderer and that ho he had bad been committed to for tor trial I 1 also knew that his bis trial had been postponed over Oer wie ece session cession of ot the lido control central criminal court on the ground of ot sacral prejudice and want of ot time for or the preparation of ot the defense My sitting aiding room bedroom and dressing room are arc all nil on ono one flaw dor With the last there thero Is no communication but through the tho True there is a n door in hr it once on co communicating with the ibe but a n part of ot tho the fitting of my bath has hns been ud had bid then been for or somo some years fixed across it itI ItI I w was s standing in my bedroom late lato one night giving some directions on to my m servant before bo ho went to bed My Jay Iy face WMS w ss toward the only available door of ot communication with the tho drawing tUf room and sOl It was closed My Iy servants back was to toward toward ward that door While I was speaking to him I 1 saw it open ud NId a man look In who very er earnestly and mysteriously beck bock card cd to me That hat man was tho the man who had gone Iono second of ot oft the tac t e two to along Piccadilly and whoso whose face tace was of or the tho color of at lin linI lure I ire war wax warThe The Tile figure having beckoned drew back and closed tho the door With no longer pause than was made mado by lIy my crossing the tho bed bcd J I opened l tho the room door and looked In 1 had hada t a lighted candle already in my hand band I felt tolt no Inward hoc ef of teeing seeing tile the figure in the thu dressing room and I 1 did not see seo seek k It then that my servant stool stood amazed I 1 turned horned round to him and IDd Mid Derrick could you believe that In my cool MM a I 1 fancied 1 I saw a n As Aa I there thoro laid my hand baud upon his with a II sudden start tart ho he trembled violently and sold said O 0 UtU Iad yes res air sira a dead man beckoning Now No ow I do not believe that this John Derrick my trusty and servant errant for tor more than twenty years had any nn Impression of oC laving having seen any au such figure until 1 I touched him The change In lu him was so 80 startling when I 1 touched him that I Itty icily tty believe ho derived his Ills Impression in some somo occult manner fo tier we toe at th that t instant I hade bide John Derrick bring some somo brandy braDly and I gave gl o him n tileD diem end and was Res IS glad to take one ono myself Of Ot what land had preceded that nights phenomenon I told him not n a single word leg lag on It Ir I was absolutely certain that I hud had never noer seen scon that lee before except on the tho ono one occasion In III Piccadilly Dour Com in he II expression lon when beckoning nt at the door with Its ox when hen It had hUll stored stared up at nt mo um as I stood at nt my w window 1 t roe can IDe to the conclusion that lint on the ho first occasion it had hall sought to le AI fasten lt lf upon my memory and nud that lint on tho tiro second occa loo nos It had bill made euro suro of ot being Immediately remembered I J w was not lIot very ery comfortable lint night though thought I felt n a cor to explain that lint oho tho figure would not mot return At I J ell feu into a heavy boo sleep from which I was wan awakened kf bt John Derricks coming corning to my icy m bedside with n a paper In hits his h r rheed heed lie lid Thus paper PIper it appeared hind bad been heen oho tho subject of ot an nil lion it at the tt door between bohnen its bearer boarer and my toy servant It was ens W S n ft to we tse lo to servo serve upon n Jury fury at nt the forthcoming af of the central l criminal court at nt the tho Old Halloy I J had Imd never nOfer before ore II on such a jury as John Derrick well tars bPI He 1 believed I am not Iwo certain at nt thin hour whether lit IOU or that that lint class of or Jurors wore oils cit orUI chosen e on n a 1 lower qualification than ulna mine and he unit Imd at prat brt r fua d to accept the lie summons The Tho man mUll who served k It butt bud uk tak n the matter very cry coolly Ho fie had bad said that lint my Iny or was nothing to him Judie there hero the tho sure sum sumon on warn wu and 1141 I 1 should dual deal with It at Dt my toy own peril and andset set ot lot et tola t hi hiM J M a S day d or er two I wal wit whether to respond to tills this Ail MX I or ur take tu no O notice of ot it 1 J wile was not conscious of ot the tho H riou blai III influence or attraction ono one way or thin the Of Ot lilt het at I 1 aw Sus aa as a strictly sure mire on as of ot every eory other butt 1 I nuke lake III here bere t Ultimately y I decided at as a 11 brook break In the oho monotony K f my 01 life UtI that I would go goThe The T e a t rooming morning HUH n a raw morning In hl oho tho month of ot X emb r There was wan a douse dense brown fog fOJ In Piccadilly mid It my black block and In the tho last ant degree tuft of ot pi I found the passages 11 and of the tho court MM tI with gas mud the tho court lt olf i think that until I WH Will was conducted by lIy Into Inlo the J uW it II mid and saw lt II Its row dod shin I J did dill not know knew the flit nun 1111 rr f was waa wa to be M tried that day I 1 think that hunt until I a lad d into tu the tho old ohl court with wild considerable I did w ItS i ow w into Stile without which of ot the two courts courtl my III uke teko we lute hut this must not be IJo received u us UI a 8 positive for tor I sun atu not completely satisfied atI on either caber point I tees t BY CHABLE LarY r Ii IiI It H t I I 1 j e I I I Ill II l I I u i ly i Ili I I r 1 I i J 1 5 I f r I I I il it j 1 I I t I l I i I a i s sil J l I I i r 1 I took my m sent seat In III the lie place appropriated to jurors lu in waiting and a nd I looked about the court as ns well as os 1 I could through the tho cloud of ot fog 0 and breath that was heavy hea in lu it I 1 noticed no tho black vapor hanging banging like a n murky curtain outside tho law groat windows aud and I 1 noticed the tho stilled bound of ot wheels on the tho straw or tan tall that was littered in the oho street also the tho hum hUID of or tho the people gathered there which n a shrill whistle or a II louder song SOD or hall ball than luau the tho rest occasionally pierced Soon afterward the Judges j two in number entered and took tool their theft seats scats The buz buzz in III the tho court was awfully hushed bushed the Tho direction was given to put the murderer to tie the bar lie He appeared there Aud And lu III that same lame instant I recognized in lu him hint the first of the two Inca who had gone down Piccadilly It If lilY my name mo hall had been beell called then I doubt if it I could have fO answered to it audibly But It was Wall culled called about abort sixth or eighth In ht tho the Patel panel and nod 1 I wn Willi was by that lint time able to say sy Horer Now observe as I stepped Into to the Iho lox the ner who lad had been looking on attentively but with no sign alga of concern became violently agitated and beckoned to h lib Ills attorney This Thu prisoners wish to challenge me the wag Rata M so IO lit lust It occa Ice sinned n a pause during which tho the attorney y with bin Ilia hI humid hand upon the oho dock whispered with wit h hU hll client mid and shook hook III his hili had 1 t afterward had bad it frown from that list that lint the prisoner tint affrighted words to Ida him were wert At t till sal an that man but lint an as he would glee give tu hl b i fur for It and anal ad admitted mittel that he had hud not oven even W my acme until us herd It called and 1 appeared It was not done Iloth Both on taw tho ground already c I 1 to avoid old reviving the unwholesome memory of ot that murderer and a also ablo too because a n detailed account of ot his bin lung lone trial IK is by hJ no fro laeuna ladle to ray tuy narrative I shall COM flue iu M lf lowly to ouch auch incidents lu III the thu he ten Buys and which vm Wt tie Ibs Jury Jill kept together n all as l bear ear I on my nay own III experience ox It Il in III lif that thill sash Iud not lIot lu tINt this that I l seek Milk to Interest t my reader rt ller It I is to that lint I and ami not to 10 a R I Raga t of the die calendar that 1 I U be g I was chosen foreman of or tin tilt juts jury JUI On ode II second cool OIHI of ot the this trial after aCter evidence net lead luid been M m n taken for two hunts bourn I h ant the tho church clocks strike to ca cast ray wr eyes ejen o over or r my toy 1 brother Jurymen I 1 found au nu lu In them I 1 counted them hewn several Meral M yet ft t always with thO saes In La short 1 I trade theta one too tuo many I touched tl the brother whore e pl c wits was next to me nUll and 1 I to him him O II uie me by II counting us UtI Ile II looked surprised l by tho time r uc t hut but turned II his ItU head nod And counted Why sy says he we HO are third Hut lint no ao lt It Its not nol possible 11 No 0 we wo are Rrt According to my ray that they day III we were always in m detail but In III the Iho gross groan ue wo 0 always alway om too loftily there woe wag no appearance no to tu for ot it ft but ut I 1 bud bad now nour an In of or the figure that bet was a surely url cowing Jury wore were housed bonded hou 1 at Iw Ix tavern Wo We o nil all slept It pt In one Ollit large lame l r e room on cu table shire and wo w wv r In III tho oho charge and under taw eye oyes of ot Ilea swore to 10 bold bohl b 1 iu us I In III IIII n wife safe I lu opine I aeo eo no reason for or oho tuo real IM I wow paw of ot that hat o III 00 r He lie was wall es Intelligent highly sidle K cud aud and aid andI aidI I was waa glad to 10 hear lunch r respected ot l lu la lb Ib city Ile bad had an presence god O oyes M enviable black HIM u a fine II voice HI Ills 1111 uw was waa wa Mr Ir II II Wll n wo we luto into our lied beds at t Mr air l hod 1111 od waa w drawn the door II our On tb the tight of ot tb the semi day elM nut lint b III e l to 10 0 lie Ile down aud amt 1 Mr 11 Urk fitting sating on lib Ills b bed d I went awl and set nat him sud end him hima a n plash ut of Aa A Mr sir Ir baud hod touched win alue In Iu I taking It from rom my box n 11 Wv r cruised him hI UM INI he Who U It r this following Mr 1 r 1 and ANti lb tbs room roos roo I t MW wain the figure ll Hr I ct snood of ot tiki ta Iwo two ro mea awe u who hall hail gone goats down I ro rues lush and a few stets then loin l ami at t Mr r He Ile was wan gulls laughed slid Mild sky In IA N w way 1 I l thought fur for H N w we lad iMd a I a abed boil bed Ij l hut I MM see It U is the moonlight tio to 10 Mr but tut blin Iw to lak lake M Ii walk with me to till the sod ud of ul ties ibe IIi room 1 I what t tb the Ague did tikI It toed stool for Cor a few tew by It the III of 01 barb emb of ot rev lur eleven brother Ju 11 IU clue to 10 lb b allow 1 H II went want to 10 Ida tit right rbt lausi M lid akie of 01 II td bed sad ami aIM always n passed 1 out Jut