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Chicago Ledger, v. XXVII, no. 3, Saturday, January 14, 1899.
Contributor
Smith, Annie L., 1836-. Bennett, Julian, Colonel.
Date Added
14 June 2016
Format
Newspaper
Language
English
Publish Date
1899-01-14
Publisher
Chicago, Ill. : W. D. Boyce Company
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
From the tomb / by Annie L. Smith. A diamond belt / by Colonel Julian Bennett.
Topic
Popular literature > Specimens. Story papers > Specimens.
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’ ‘ cHl(:Ao'o, lL>L:.: Asl-A'l'URDAY, HJIANUARY l4l-7.: I899.
Single CapTas ycenls.
A ROM THE! TOMB.
Guarding l1is>0wn Grave-
Mystery of (iruyIedge-
ling Solution ofuBaffling Problem.
. CHAPTER 1.
old l:hul't‘h. its ma l e stone “all:
t crept even across the tin , >
d panes of the narmlv wlndouex, lUSSlll‘.‘. lls
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X‘ many years (mm the "oh!-
Int ulnuselnellt ln l1Unllllg> nshlnk and rambllrll; about.
This particular afternoon has
donly as far as
In the center or the lonlz, stragglilt: street or t e V!
In e
Mlss
R .
I1eal'uu Jose]-ll Franklin and his maiden SNLPI‘,
e dls a hill ll! 3
June Frnnklln, resltle at U! nco of an (‘NZ
. e roa
dwelllng the vlllage leads till-ectly past
K‘l'lul’t'h. which stands on the Very Uulsklrls of the‘ Vilr
lzo.
At the pclstolllce there was not :2. >ingle Iettt-r awlaltr
church, h Favl th ors were open. e nhrm Selzvd
mm to explore the bulmm,-; and here we nna hlm,al the
oponlng 0 our s ory
evenlnl: sun had already dlsnppeareal behind the
t'l‘t‘3ceIIl of hills that eIIL‘lI’l1led the village, and our hero
left the (' m-t-h and sauutered slowly among the torn
stones tn the anclent graveyard, reading the lnsvl'Ipliorls
upon .the table 5. I
--lme lies ye body of Robert Mal-ll)ornu,';h.
parted thls hre July '.-nmllrs, hl yr
1,.
“ho de>
33”! year of his
o
inhabitant” ot the village
the granlte front at
the anelcnt pulplt bore witness-
1770.
Even the square pews, each (‘n-
lmclent shut-
L
he been reqnovetl to the
try-tower. where they lay’
d dust-encrusted, but that
wlthln a few years. .
The marble christening-bowl In-
ail was nearly as
whlrh
bore’datt>ls to correspond with the
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A DIAMOND BELT.
The Strangest Murder Case on Rec-'
ord Shrewd Detective Baffled"-
A Desperate, Mysterious Woman.
By COLONB. JULIAN BENNETT.
SYN()l"SlS.
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mnn. l.
Is dl.v<--ox
nkl body or letrner lllnynard :1 healthy young
for Snlllk‘
.‘ bu<l:vul
.
' CHAPT1-.R lll.
A SUSYICIOCSV CIHCVXISTANCE
one on-the u It-ave. 9“ 8“ W‘ ‘
Vlllaham ,m"g fememlm "M m; she rnlloned turn with her eyes
canon-Just the place to dream In ‘ " “‘ "'“‘a'“- "'9 P“=='e“ ‘Wk
and ,9 M the E, go‘. N” 11 her M6 deepmllng. and 1 en
traEQ'dv could eve come to t l l ‘“.‘.‘“‘."‘ ‘’“‘“l‘ ‘0 "W-
qulet (pm. t.hT.- very ab 9 r PC1111‘ up hardlly expvcled‘ to see you
- can a est 1 nc hear the ""9 ‘“““Yr ‘ ‘HM
dull tramp o the anrmnl tlt eln;z- "1 l“'u1l‘lI't bear lhe suslwnse"
man,‘ Is he paced up nnd down my, . sh ro nod, “am! onme out I quest
broad aisle, and ln thought I can ;'i']'"f‘;""l;:gr-T“n- I 14 rlveddlumhlr;
. . 9‘ Par - a
;::l‘:(:ll]1((7“l‘lI'd:‘:'ldh“Iflll(‘llh:‘l:i‘lI(l: ' yuur companion sanl just non Do
bed t e h rd 1: ds 0! lrreveront "‘.!‘H"““" “S h“ “““ '"'
yuuthr, or tickle Iho user 0 krd “ "l'‘"‘‘"‘5 l" "'8 PI‘! f
sleepln duties," aoliloq lzed. Ru- 9; ., ;’“’,'‘I‘’‘ ‘"3’? "!"“'Y ""<<"d'
pert u -n. as he aauntered '4lv1w- b- ‘P - bu haw “SE
ly up the brand a l . pee Ul - "3"" “ Gm‘ " hr’ ‘"3’
nus” at the mum‘, MM: of mu Fmd remaon to change lne mnnl be-
:1 their Pvlllrls or lnflrlecl sash, "II; ‘ “T9,, “’0"R‘h '1] "H
.. e ,,. . as so. ua-z rep 3'. ow
heemglgslrwlllljely h'ssllll:w:l:?t' euc d"‘ he ""5 ““‘ “""“‘ "'9 ” 7"
2. venerable hundlng cnn (uuu “‘"'““““““ “ “ “We ““"'
dreamy. hlue ey u, .1
early cut protlle, n lualltlsonle lrmulh, the ulmo.t mn-
of the llp-a r-zllet-ed by B. tawny musta--ln-,
r well lurnvd tnreheaa, Immed lu y a mass 0 bron-
'n Added to lllls nubllll)’ or feature, Is A we -
‘mlt rrame nntl I gracwrul bearing.
Is the portralt or Rupert Gordon. or "R. Gordan,
Alml'neyvAl>La“'," ml the
[he said Rupert Gunlon ls,llJen<llnIK 3 r u. .
mention in the quiet twurllry village at Grrlylotllze, nud-
I'.’2ll“i: '!'13Nir:1( ai :Ya
She shrank back with A low cry of fear. r
"Ila has stlrvly woumlmlnt ye Hnllle of Bunker Illll. ,
frnm “IIIt"h “uuntl: he (llv r
"Behold me all Yvlllal llassl by,
As you are now no nnt-e “aa 1:
As I am now so you mu:-I be, ”
lnscrlpllon upon an
am-lent, nlt)slIrl‘n1‘I'I.lSl?d stone, [1BFFll'lK hla nngorn Ilght-
Iy ovrr Its rmlkll. gray uurrpce, maclnx the uncouth mt-
’1CtmIlnuetl on lluse two.)
V
mg, Mrs. C1inl(m having .1.-ell-ma
.-
ach .
“Then lt ls true." he sal.l. "(list
the murders mn Ware a belt
contalning something or great
value
‘ celrtulrml mmgv
r en rare
dlamnntltn Klurchnsml in In But
we to M and M .
llr. Clinton and myself,
kne of the 9Xl:lt‘ll(‘e a
be en ' you (‘3llIL"lO’
" nbon . >
I told her about Ille white nrcle
on ‘lb?’ I104)‘. Where the skin had
men who knew
asked lharnsworlh.
was the reply. “Now and then F.
talk about dlamonds, but I
‘ an )' u m th
uncut the dlanIOl'ldS'."'
“I am afraid nn "
min cam t the
rarely saw such vlsltore."
“And those You tlltl see-dl-1 they resemble men dolng
buslnes-5 ln the clly'."'
nus
reason k’(r!I(‘QRllH2 Ill!‘
“'hv:n Mrs (‘llnlun ahnenml ln’
m'll'll)’.l llaslvned Iurwnrll to
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