The Pomfret Mystery

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1483, 16 November 1905, Page 4

The Pomfret Mystery

Iy " CHAPTER II , :.;, a yvsmions kobdbb rest: was"; the excitement in Pomfret 0 the news was spread abroad that the jj> jji&been robbed; All the depositors a'-.personal interest 1 in the matter and e'-;eager . for- details, But not heard ' < the news with iep aafcion aSome bo waile dt he ;6Mheirmoney—hard-earned savings, 3»'.the ira(ießpeoplei iel{ there pa eimpeDsation'ia the fact that:,{heir b» bad'been Carried offaod that there lid be no call'iipontbem lot payment lirthe day of matu'ity arrives, 'tie'eieitemeai waa 'doepeaed and in* dfied later on by the news thata dead y had been found stranded 'on a. shoal' |e^ye^TKe: ; i news; ; flew about; in first /but.Boon gathered as idetail after detail was; 4^;t9:it.:<"lt. : .'Was-\BS9er(ed to. be a Mn'a'body j ihenibat the corpse had jthat the body had. boen dead atlsMt'tbrci daya',.vLater on it 'wasi Signs 6f a;fieroe strugglehad; the park, a.d thata )k'w«plain,.where some- heavy body l,beeb'drsggod to the watersibe. leirefi re;, ite for ;gOBBi p«,, wd: and ebrewtt their';wcurrence;/: They dwarfedtbe, into however; 1 the'eickDeß3of Ethel. -Vanoe and the ;> - Hollenbeck in; Pom • t ?; ; Had jiariy.one - seen her alive ?' She' ijlefl tbe Squire's: house'more than two in a week; her body was ind stranded on the sandy island in the eir honei of the; Pbmfret folks' had seen r.V-Whaii .waa of her murder or whaty Had it any inWion wjfh the robbery of the bank t s*were some of the questions which; of Pbmfi;et all through crowds 6{ people'from the lijfty,round about.' rhow.who had! found the: body,' and, river, had; brought it fonjfirid'liteF on:had borne.it wet and ajr-tdoW'.to the undertaker's store, r^6i[oes;i : ,6(vthe;hour» eiicl;all y igTiwete auitoanded; by in. eagtt Cheiewa come to Benjamin Moore at De'^8 v louudhimaelf ;eageriy watching ;iid:yt* dreading lest -he should find andjiat shouldfiqdisome mention Hopes vs;fedecl;an4 the news of t tbe farm and; crops ire doin^— was what he was interested recovered from, its,, shock irCgrewupou him a longing to see his in 6 phoe;:more,' and 'as_he had not taken miiled'^td) re visit, for a few days, s'scep'e of.his ybnth. -'' ■.■ ■ i •• tkift'happeheii-that' he ..alighted from sjfriiin ai'Pomfret the day before tue jblryf^tbe dsy.. beforis. Allele HollSp-tik^dembody-had been found in the w/toeiday before:.Ethel's. suddelT ill- ',:; T Mrs'/ Moore. was : overjoyed to see her Si ■ h ° ilße " supper table with ; waß huugty a'td the good things oh of 'them until he. could fnomore. 'ffasDot a silont one. Benny id maeh'to tell about bis life in the city i'd-rhany-' qaestibhß to ask about the do-. gsfoQibefsVco, and' the; M6or esl inger e over; the The passed quietly, for like all limaltHwlio'have; fed heartily, the two : dißirous of rest and they #ll refocjaminMobre'wasabout five feet r'inches 'in.height, oomplaoenily yet bolll. with a face showing alidy £deSp, tb "n ; study. yis haad iineekweresetwell on hu moulders, j forehead was broad 'rather than high, is^e^^^tlyHWown;: in colour, were elryißdv steady and shaded bv heavy pebrowat hiß nose waa long and straight id fall, ; A thi<w early beardfdark brown i|blburfiike;We rest of .his bait, hid the faeerbui'his mouth; and and; resolute. He was |^^pnan> and determine* OD/bf no riie an(in telieotnal power; retiint ratier than dembnßtrative, etrong in is loves and hates.' > •Hii.room was over the front ball, with dotmer window lookiog down the path to he retired torest that night rglanM^'out)at:the familiar, scene 'and i«(ii»!t»:sigi) for,formerdays, wishing igain. [.Then he jumped ito bsd, drow the bed olothea over' him jdwsssooh'faßt isleep, itowlo'ngheslepk.he.didDokknoWi.but »'WM s awattened by; wh'»t Beeaied to him rtl^the: winrid, of>; sntill voice and by a fei'aud saw, sitting upon the folds of the jjliyhe figure, oj a tiny old man whose SenanAildacquaintancß.nnaeeountably iigotten£ yet Benny's memory did not i|ce'f it.'rVßtrarij<ely| trio, he did not feel experienced only profound sense of disgust that the old Ilowsbouid :hive jperchiid, himself where 9 was .sDd ibus given him that eonstrain* I ff ejiog of. his bfeßst.;. rmind, sir," Benny said your seat to another the; bed where your wught will

■ • • ' II notjnfcrfore with my brootliing?" 3 "Oortainlyl But I did not think that ( j weighed anything," the apparition answer- a ed as he glided to otio side. * ' ut Glided is the proper word to use, for the , moiion could not be said to be n walk, run f or flight; it seemed rather as if the old follow' was suddenly removed without chunpr g his ppsiure. Benny might havr thought it all a tuok of imagination hid it not been for the cessation of tho pressure whioh had annoyed him and for the queer figuro (batstili met hiugoze, " Thauk you,' 1 Benny remarked when the change had been aflectou, "arid now will vou kindly tell me who yoi> aro ?" "You do not recognise me?" eaid the j spectre. " fam your fiist ancestor who came o»or to this country," . ' , ; "On my father's or my my mother's sido?" queried Benny. 1 "Your mother's mother was my daughter's child." " Say it again end say it slow," said Benny," for lam not good at genealogies, and nm quite mixed up in' your desoripHons," To he tonlimiei '