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Show STOfiY OFTOVE and murder REVEALED BY HERMIT'S DEATH Queer Character of Whom L ttlc Vas Known, Diet in Montana CabinKins Rival in Girmany and F.ces to Amertca. ' i t rid" a Mont Milpra in.t ,i,i . vi ii-' in a riial nil l .i it hi1 oi I n' t'l e b ard In rti . r ( in i vmi'wii in i I . i i . ial In i in 1 1 i n t r ir ir. n I ii i un u I r I t I ,n I i , I 111 ! LII i i tin '. I i i I i I i i I i v. . . i 1 1 I wcr. l I i II I, uf I I In I III I ' i.i r r I I ur yrira 1 1 f r ov t irli I ii I uli up In I I i . I i il ii a 1 1 v. nlt.l nl m. tin n ul u In iimIhhii In qui ii . I ; in t ii I r II II Mi uf vv- a ntl (HtMeil li) tlioii WBU km w h tu or i nlmr In ill li uw I mi fr no oni' hen ! nil a Ini him, that On rl. mil waa mentally in tmlanrol and tint lie ealtwmb Hir In ihv twenty odd yuan, that hi made hla home In the little old ra iln on the mountalnalde be never aml ' of hla own fre will to any rmm never ralaod hla eyea to lonk Into thnee of a man or woman with whom he met fare In face and never iHiuuht grurerlea or ilolhlng at a atom In Twin llrldgea or any other town In thla luirl of Montana The furniture In the one mom of hln rahln waa of the meaneal aurt Tin clothing upon the old mane hark wn, abahbler than the furniture In hla cabin V dog waa the hermit only friend and companion Cor the .Ion hn aeeiueil tu rherlah a deep warm af reel Ion while the faithful anlmut love for lilui waa well nigh human l'i lie lendernea and ronalancy The atrange alien! old man fell III a few wevka ago In hla ahnhbt lltlln cabin on the mountain aide and rnu' I not leave hla lied thereafter No onn knew he waa III until tho dav he ill. d When a pmapoclor hapiienlng In iuu i that way atupprd at hla dtxir lo aak for a drink nf water and fnutd him dying llefore a dm tor rnuld lie reached the hermit wvnt lo hla tlnal red I A careful aearch of the dead man a cabin brought to light a runty tin leu containing a few gold coin and the j lettera and paper which loll In pnrt : the atory of hla life liefore he mine ' want to epend bl declining year In i lonellneaa ItoMoe OverharUl waa born In Oar-meajr, Oar-meajr, nteordlaa; Die etmr lhaa letter and paper tell Ilia father wa a well to-do merchant in lierlln and lie gave bin aon a imlvorally eilu cation Intruding him to adopt the pn-feaalon pn-feaalon of lueilltlne 16 hi Indent day young (Iverliardt Mld court tu pretty KHlherlne Meller. and Dually won her coiiaent tu luurry him Katheritie Meller had had another tiiltur before ahe nit.1 Oierlmnlt Ilia name wa Matthew Hclioeufelill and he tieluoged to a illinlllt.il family at Frankfort HclineiitHilt Hew Inio u high iwaalnn when he lonru.il of Mla Midler engagement to nveilmnlt nought out the glrl'a atrepted lnnr and picked a quarrel with lilni In the quarnl Overlmrdt alatitied Hchoen feldl who died of hla wound noon afterward revealing the Identity nf III ala)er Overhand will night t rated with grief went Immediately tn liU awint h. art and confi.ul hi crime to her Mhe Imaged Mm lo llee to the I'nind Htntea, prnmlalng lo Join him In till 000CC00a0OSOO2Ocoosiaca,-v.- i 111 i n ii hi ihoulil aaBkjif (or 1 li ii 'in In iilm r . ii h of tSchiN-nfaldt wai still n n id ry, o far aalu po- and friend I (be imirned. who (lve ' i iy and fled t part. .'arl a few wm m and i i t ndin, whanee a few I ra.ne to the Inltwl i i oil alned empl ymaat ii ler an aaauoMi name, if i it tie myeter ur- i. nl ifi I'll death m iht be li i I i'il that ho might fc dl .1 il ati.oid there hi Ian r li .1 ml for the w..g ' ? fT 3g ft IN Till, ijl ahum. uvr.Hti.Minr rUIIH II Mi HtlKNPiCI.OT hi em a few week In Cincinnati Ik lug nitrartid tin ( by the Urge (lirman eh ii i ni In i hi. impulatlna Thin hn Weil ti. Uiu itllle, where he renitlnc I aev ul nun hi Praia liatuavllle he wo.il t st Unit and mm 81 Uml to uUii,m. lla remained In Mil wnkiu- moiih llimiiwlili lie wa wrltlag rwulirly to aid mi i. Ins let (era regularly from hla awn. . . nt In llerutany. He told bur thai In almuld (and Ikr ker at hi.iid he thnuid fettle iWftn and be come n!V to nupport her &n Mtnaall In Mbifort 1 On run Ina to thla tatlbe liegan proiertlng for gold, and wftUtu yenr ba alrnck a rich lead TtureVim ho dlapalcbed a letter to bin iweUienrt, bagging her to rnma to falan atpuco. She anawernd hla letlrr wylBI ttiM berauae of the lllnewi of her mother ahe iiiuhHioi leave ber kutne A few weeka later he rccolved anntlinr teller from her anyluu Unit hr nH.tber wn better hut thai fur other reaton aho could not then come to tbe United Htatea to Join him iiarvntly reelli-lug reelli-lug finally Hint hla . iilwirt did not Itilend In join him tin rlur.lt eaateil writing In ber and iiliainlaaril hope. lie iIIhiiui1 of IiIk mine aavaral month after he renlini hla but letter let-ter from Ilia aweeiheurt , eOUlltiR to thla realim bulli the little cabin un the moiiuulnlile In which lie (pent Hie real nf hl mlairulile life It I bellevnl that tn hi lonellne and hi grief hit mind finally beciUM do-mimed do-mimed and Unit wua repon fur hla in nitric lmlilla Wlut besuinn of Ihc fnriuiii wlili h thi old man real lied from i he aale of hla gu, mao It a iim li i) |
