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“OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY.” “No; I am not tired of life. Who could be on such a day? I am weary simply of this way of living. I want to get away—away from this stagnant hole. It is the same dull s…
THE PRISONER OF WINDSOR—THE TRAGEDY OF A NIGHT. “Stanley, I have good news for you.” “All news is alike to me, sir.” Warden Chase of the Vermont state prison regards the young man before him with a k…
JACK ASHLEY, JOURNALIST. A loud pounding on the door of his room in the tavern at South Ashfield awakens Mr. Jack Ashley from a dream of piscatorial conquest. “Four o’clock!” announces the disturber …
THE STORY OF A CRIME. The following dispatch appeared in the columns of the New York Hemisphere, under the usual sensational headlines: “Raymond, Vt., May 31.—This quiet town among the Green Mountain…
A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE. (By telegraph to the New York Hemisphere.) “Raymond, Vt., June 1.—A startling sequel to the murder of Cashier Hathaway and the robbery of the Raymond National and Wild River …
THE CORONER’S INQUEST. For a town the size of Raymond, 3,000-odd inhabitants, the Mansfield County court house is an unusually large and commodious structure. But the spacious room is not nearly adeq…
FATHER AND SON. An almost imperceptible raising of the eyebrows by the elder man, and Ralph Felton turns quickly to the coroner. “Really, Mr. Lord, I cannot furnish a detailed statement of my every m…
A PROPOSITION OF PARTNERSHIP. The usual congress of village gossips is in session to-night at the Exchange hotel. It is the fourth day since the Raymond Bank affair, and the details of the tragedy ar…
LOUISE HATHAWAY. “Good afternoon. Will you walk in?” “Thank you. I will detain you but a short time.” Jack Ashley follows Miss Hathaway into the half-lighted drawing room, accepts the offered chair a…
MR. BARKER’S DISCOVERIES. After supper Ashley retreats to the most secluded corner of the veranda and amuses himself blowing smoke rings over the railing. Barker has been gone ever since morning. He …
