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From Saturday’s Evening Post‘ ' 5 «special to The Post.)’ I ‘ " f ‘ ‘ The residents of the village of Bob- a ”gem received a. terrible "shack 1: W morning when the news spread a m We through the streets that t , gable crime had been Committed hm early hours of the morning and NUTS J. '1. Hunter, wifeof the t1 New 0f the Royal Hotel Was _t( minim bed the deed havingheen ‘11: unified ”by her husband. ‘ - f fix ,Itns hard for the residents of '6! this usually quiet Place to believe in Ed: terrible announcement, and when G: a: awful fact dawned upon them an at the crime had actually . taken ‘1 heme excitemeot, and consterna: lat been better be imagined than des- tr: m The village is to-day stag- pr: malpall has overspread it, and be: Sam: is talked '0: but the tragedy ‘ Buffa- ’ f ‘ . uff and bride. o{ ? THE VICTIM ' .51 Mr. 'l‘gxpos Q a few days thh' tha M of the ' , ~ o are. Milfahd Mrs. cm. “by ‘ tlagedy W45 3 formers parents, . , . _ M the 1"“ Henry Comer. .Winiam-st. ~ , ‘ , te-' Her widowed " mother Mrs. ma. Henley»!!! fora“ A my to it are concerned. The riser, who is 'said to have been victim for some weeks past 01 Wetting sin 'of intemperance, been causing no end of trouble to Mortunaee wife as well as to' guests of the hotel. She, like r ‘other women, unfortunately d-in‘the same position, endeav- to make the best of conditions, Submitted to 'them without a gmderer Lodged in Lindsay Jail-.- Said to Have Been Drinking Heavily of Late; but Was ‘ Much Attached to His Wife. TI-IE SHOOTING. ; morning a‘ out four O'clock Mrs. R. Smythe of Fenelon Falis, Md entered his wife’ 5 room was In town this morning. - 'hOtEI, re?" Ulver 1n hand, and. I Mr G Wells of Kinmount was‘ in Shé was asleep emptied the town; today. . “3 of an chamber into_ the Mr. and Mrs. J. Spence. of Toron- 3mg Woman’s head, the bul- to are wanting friends in town. . taxing the Lsm mule. Death was Miss T. Meadows, of Hastings, was aged; g f a in town today. J Metamaneous. Mates of the house heard the,- m“ M M33” 0‘ Burke '3 F8118 :â€" â€"___'J.__._ ,_ .L .â€" "I! am you do 'it.” One 'of "a” of the house, fearing the man would do more harm, im- STORY OF THE CRIME m INQUEST the crime was actually coulâ€" vill, perhaps, 'never be known as the circumstances leading “~ch aucue pmsmwu~ 11-" {Cobnrg 001' Woman was Inn? on ‘ Mr.‘ L ”1 a gaping wound in the :in toWn her little son oried piteâ€"i Miss A »9 unconcerned father, “0]: Win town did You do ’it.” One of, M" J‘ ‘of the house, fearing the 15 Lt” ‘ I Would do more harm, im- ‘ Dr._ 1:; Seized him in order wroner, was BOfi' 5 Mr. J. J. Copeland,‘ otToronto, and he kit for 360‘ 1 one of thé oldest directOra . of the to‘day. An inquest West .End Y.M.C.‘A. called on “the 10- afternoon. I I cal branch today. , ‘ , V norm; _ 3 Mr. Thos. Quit and bride. of Buffa- 3e ' '10 are spending a few days wifh’ 1:113 ,. hagedy ' V7515 '3 ‘ farmer’s parents, Ml'fand Mrs. 'cun, W Y AT BOBCAYGEON 1.]. HUNTER SHOOTS WIFE IN HER SLEEP g Mr. R. Davey and his grandmother {Bond-st, are visiting friends in 0P3 f for several' weeks. ‘ The Rev. W. W Jones. Victoria ',Road called on his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Copp, Sussex-st.- ‘ ; Misses May and Kathleen Woods. -....-.‘.~ “1155th may am]. mom. can nuwa, - .____ (wan-x, u. uuLGu§, in: 15â€"..-" -- returned yesterday from Omemee,m81‘"ed “1 Just Want to tell you of where they spent the ,past week with 13 real Indian adventure that happen- -' Max: friends. ed to me in '80 up Montana way u - ofan “Make it short- ret ted umn f Toronto, I or S er J J. Copeland 0 the . of Yucatan angrily ‘ : Won West End Y M. C. A. caued on the 10- "I 11 make it short ” said Peter perior ’Rucker. “I would have given my cal branch today right arm to have made it short, And Mr Thos. anf and bride. of Bufta- ! .then .Me , - , and Apache Bill McGreg. itranbla lo are spending a few days With “3'01.- the scout"â€" I ' - -t__' n... JII‘. one of the oldest directors of ’ Mr. L. Lander, of Coboconk, was. er, agf iiii town today. 5'dozen 5 Miss A. Langster, oi Coboconk, Was the ei; gin town today. ilittle ; Miss Margaret McCabe, of Peterâ€" ; boro; is visiting relatives and friends Miss T. Meadows, 0: Hastings, w ‘ in town today. “ 1 . Mix M. Maghar, of Burke’s Falls. I’is visitingxin town. ' ’1 } Mr. George Shanks is visiting in"; Dr. L. Lawrason, of Beamsville, is spending a few days in town with ‘ friends. I 1. Mr. J. C. Burke, of Port Burwell, is visiting friends in” town. PURELY PERSONAL take place next week. ble Mr. Hunter is said to have been very, much attached to his wife, and this fact lends strength to the sup- position that he must have 'been crazed when he committed the terriâ€" the terrible crime, was the 'proprie- despatcher, of tor of the Royal Hotel, situated near McGeough and ;the market square. He has been-b. fix" and M“ éresident of Bobcaygeon for twenty- ' (five years and is about forty 'years ' Mt' Lawren _ of Dundas I of age. He formerly livedlona farm ”.3. _-__.--_ think he seemed to be very ugly and ungovemable 'in‘his actions. He is trouble aroundthe hoteL, He had .a pretty good 'recbrd when he was so- PRELIMINARY HEARING The preliminary hearing in connéc- on with the crime will probably still lives infthe villa; married to Mr. Hnn'ter five years ' and w... a THE MURDERER He father of two children, aboy and ' been drinking "heavily of GUI rel-and, of Toronto, I “1 direCtors of the ' Of ‘ A called on the 10-; “1 ’ ’Rucl and bride. of Buffaâ€" righ :then few days with! tha f 01‘; the influence of 3 who committed considerable doctor is an annual visitor to the Falls. [>th ‘ Mr. M. H. McGeough, 01m. train 'proprie despatcher, of Winnipeg, and Mrs. ient listeners. “What happened to Mchor? What did the redskins do? chief from his pocket and wiped great drops of perspiration from his iorehead. A little blande woman csmeuptohimsndtookhimhythe collar. (00 the new man, Stark. So that all in 111 1m: nothing desirable In this phoeâ€" : everything undesirableâ€"except Neck. Her presence in Flambesn went hr toward making his hnmdmm existence I bearable, but of late he had found E Sumner with real interest. “We Were rounding cm ‘ The rest of the company moved their chairs hack and eyed the inter- rupter with strong disfavor. Peter Rucker reared back in his chair and half closed his eyes in un'mindful rev- _ zerie. The company smohed silently. j voluminously. At last, Sumner, or; I Yucatan began to speak: ' ‘ ’ f “In ’76 I'crossed the divide with‘a .datachz'nent 'of. the Eighth cavalry. ; !The Shoshones had been on a ram-‘ Mr. Peter Rucker .opened his pale§ gray eyes and bumped his chair for-[ ward. “Speaking of Indians," he re-»'. er, again, “Bakes alive ! VI fought a -’ dozen of the heathens in Chefoo in the .eighties. Stole a dirty yellow ilittle' god and they jumped me. But I laid thém out." ’ “Up in, the Australian bush in '99 I ran into the bolomenâ€"" “Hugh! ” interrupted Peter Buck'- er; “talking about bolomen, now I was chased 75 miles by 10 bolomen in North Australia; in "93. I just dodged around and got rid of ’em one by one. Shot the last one with his own bow and arrow. ” The company frowned at the little, peppery, red-faced man, and there was a general murmur of disapprov- aLFinallyr-Daniels, the Hankow man, took a long pull at his meerchaum l and cleared his that. “I was on the, Yang-tseâ€"Kiang in t'the Taiping war. One night a bunch of howling pigtails”â€"-â€" I I “Pigtails!” broke in Peter Ruch-i I tale after tale worth the te was Cannon 1 Adelaide who gan; There were seven strange men from over the seas who sat, on the lobby of the Hotel Seneca with Mr. Peter Rucker. The soiled advertising-lined register showed after several sign a:- ures such unsimilar addressee” Pie- termaritzburd and Bombay, and on every bronzed face was the light of still ta] “A bx Bravest Man M of Com! Down I,“ “8 Mr. Geo. H. Boyce, of Waterford, Ont... speiit to-dayintowntheguest of his sister, Mrs. J. R. MacDonald, Durham and‘Bay-sts., south ward. He is on his way to Ottawa. to ‘st- tend Grand Lodge of I. 0. 0. F. Mr. Lawrence Blackwell. formerly you for!” or Dundas a: Flavelles Lunited. lelt| “I 1mmI this morning for: St. Thomas. where er Rue“! he has accepted a good position. I “0! con 1' also renewing old acguaintances. - Independent. 7 'Mr. John McDonald, Scotch Line, Was in town for a few days this week, and called on his old friend, Mr. Cufl, Nortli‘ William street. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cayley, of Lind- say, are haVing a visit with old friends in Bury’ 8 Green. Mr. Cayiey is working on Arch. Lamb' 3 new house, which is coming on fairly well Miss Madge, Lamb, of Lindsay, is turned home last evening after vis- iting her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Henley, town. 'old McGregor," put in child are the guests I "You long-tanned idler! You 3 .M. H. McGeong'h, of cheap hotel babbler! You forgot to: 'bring that ball of red yarn I sent . OR r-} A dead heat a.fdit than he d: if ; 1- l' Man a man 5 of an unpaid t r . Woman think: ‘1' 1' â€"We recommend Ferrovim, the in- 3 vigorating' tonic, to elderly people, .n whose strength is beginning to wane, W and who suffer frequently from at- Lt tacks of sudden exhaustion. chilli- ness, weak heart action, etc. Ferro- ‘1 vim contains fresh lean beef. citrate " of iron, and pure old Spanish sherry r wine. $1 per bottle at druggists w3 The votes he didn't get look like a basket of lemons to the dobgted pan- woman thinks she I" be .3 SU' ; "u 113'. U]. L'uulac ua nu ngut.’ salu . Necia. her eager face clouding with Dem" When She 8°“ her “3"“ l the loci; or a hurt outed. "it you don't f" i do it somebody else wiii.” And occasionally a man throws of! ‘But the lieutenant shook his head. trouble by putting on a bold (font. I “Ma's-be i'm foolish. but i can’t see my It “in‘the third place. i don't think I ? have the right. for ['m a soldier. i’m j working for Uncle Sam. and i don‘t . [believe i ought. to take up mining I claims. I'm not sure there is anything Many a man is the moving picture to prevent it. but neither am i sure it of an unpaid tailor bill. ' would be quite the square thing. Are , you?" A. dead heat alvmys gets mar! cre- dit than he deserves. ‘ ... It is the after effect of experienc‘; that counts: left] “I know, Mar'hy,” whimpered Pet- ' 0“ were ex- Rucker. “I lorgot"â€"â€" ‘7 “Of course you forgot, you lay hou ml, good for nothing.” scolded the 11mg: tle bloude. “You come home with me ' me: M, and I'll teach you to forget. I'll mo: rd. dress you down. I’ll make you think . till are familiar with its remarkable ef- ficacious medicinal properties. Ev- erybody ought to know that the very best thing they can do is to eat apples just before retiring {or the night. Persons unitiated in the mys- teries of the fruit are liable to throw up their their hands in horror at the visions of dyspepsia which such a suggestion may summon up, but no sleep, and thoroughly disinfects the too. and now they've all gone back to month. That is not all; the apple his creek to stake more claims. They prevents indigestion and throat ais- slipped away quietly to prevent Bus. eases . picion. but I knew there was some- _ - thing up from the way Poleon acted. ! so I made Alluna tell me all about it. â€"We recommend Ferrovim, the in- They haven't more than two hours’ vigorating ' tonic. to elderly people, start otus, and we can overtake them 'v- ‘ vvâ€"u- Lgve is blind, but sell love is hope- “What do harm can come even to ‘a delicate system by the eating of ripe and juicy apples before going to bed. The apple is an excellent brain food, beâ€" cause it has more phosphoric acid in easily digested shape than any other fruits. It excites the action -01 the liver, promotes sound and healthy ' Eat Plenty of Apples You will find the apple such a common fruit that very few persons - , ‘ - r~â€"â€"-_..__, .. . . _ . lble lmpropdety or her act. As I was saying, I was in the Au 9°33 stalian bush in '99," resumed Canon “The most “Wt“! thing '3“ hap- . . . pened.” she began at once when she had no interrupting. 3 to: joy." -_â€"+.â€"'â€" “What is It?” fit Plat, of A!!!” “Lee has made 1 MM wonder- ;fl __.,, ._, “A __,_ ml 7 m1 strikeâ€"richer than the We. The vestibule door closed upon Mr. Peter Rocker marching megkly in front of Mrs. Peter Bucket, who was still talking. I “A brave man," murmured Sumâ€" mer, of Yucatan, with a twinkle in “They set ' the stump aflre," con- tinued Mr. Rucker, “and commenced dancing around itâ€"one of those tom- tom yelping war dances. Had me tied to a tree. I worked loose while they were dancing around Bill. Skipâ€" ped up the side of the canyon. Got a lot of big rocks; rolled ’em down on the redskins;set up a hurrah that echoed (10“ the canyon and sounded like_a thousand trOopera charging. and rushed down on the red"â€" 1 Mr. Peter Rucku- stopped suddenly and looked in awed silence toward the vestibule door. é “Go on," admonished the impat- POINTED PARAGRAPHS .. -.. w "I've heard of that-it was a I ten he men to mitigate the feeling at €10“ shave." said Sumner. while the; Ion-omens: that oppressed him by others drew their chairs nearer and f 3,th ”.0“:me correspont mum loo‘ked 1: Peter Ruck r with'intense the W t t e Dem 0 isola- interest? ‘ e ‘ flon Ind come over him stronger than “They set ' the stump aflre," oon_ 3 ever. His rank forbade any intimacy with In miserabl handful r tinned Mr. Rueker, “and commenced h e 0 men, ‘ i who had already tallen into the mo- dandng around itâ€"one Of those tom- . notony of ro-uune’ while every friend. tom. Vblnino um- (IA-m u-) _. upper Missouri." continued pm m town. he stuck the tram to the n- .. tel-lot. where he found Poleon Doret. Rucker. The Sioux were raising n! 0811!- Caught Bill and me in a, trap “’1 IMM 1" a 2mm: mxfr. or in 8 his cenyon neat as you. please. ( m “um W Tied Bill to a stump"â€"â€" ‘ ”I've heard of thatâ€"it was a ! ten he tried to mitigate the feeling of dose shave," said Sumner, while the; loneoomeneu thgt oppressed mm by nfhnnn Anâ€" LLA2_ -I. , .7 - A- -an, . . i you to Be rich. 1rd I mt.» Q9 rlch “What do you care?" 3 “In the ge/gond place. I'm not a miner. ' I don’t knOw how to proceed." _But the lieutenant shook his head. “Ma‘ybe I’m foolish. but I can‘t see my any clear. much as I would like to.” “Oh. dear; oh. dear!" the exclumed brokenly. “I do so “In; to go. I wur “Never mind. I do. I'vg beard name In: but mining all my life." “No," said be in as firm a tone as he could command. “In the drs‘t place. these men don't like me. and they don't want me to share in this." “We! Why. we are not going!” “Yes. we are." she insisted impa- tiently, “you and L That's why I came. so you can get a mine for your- self and be a rich man. and so you can help me get one. I know the way. Hurry up!” “Why. of course it's all right." said “Forustogetinonitotconne. Oh, but won't then be a stampede! Why. all the people bound for Daw- son on the next boat will pile all here. Then the new: will go up river and down river, and thousands of other: will come pouring in troxn everywhere. and this will be a city. Then we will stake our town lots and sell them for ever so much money and go around with our noses in the air." “Hold on! Hold on!" said the sol- dier, stopping her lgeathless patter. "Tell me a]! about this." “Well, “No Creek' came in this morn- ‘ ing to tell dad and Poleon. Then the boat arrived with an old friend of Lee's, a ‘Mr. Stark. so Lee told him. too. and now they've all gone back to came in without sign of ‘ ment or slightest conscious â€"...It! ‘7, H Eb'w‘és steeped In this sweet, grave [ melancholy when a knock came at 12‘: ,chr,andheametoflndNecuhu~ Immensfutulcommbeamto- marrow everybody will know about it. and it will be too lute." “Too late for what?" I bearable, but of late he had found 3 hlmaelt dwellln; with grow-lag seri- ousness on the nappy Circumstances 10: her blrthandhadalmostmadoup: hlsmlndthatltvouldbewlsenotto‘ I see her any more. The tempting video otherln theballdnurenulnedvlvldâ€" lly ln bl: imagination. alums him hours or sweet torment. There no u sparkle, n fineness, a gentleness, about her that aeemed to make the few wo- men he had known well dull and com- monplace. and even hll ulster, whom till now he had held as the perfection of all things feminine. uttered by comparison with this maiden of the frontier. m g that he now fwd an iopeli We‘nâ€"efi‘ ‘ camp in the person of Rnnnion. Th 1y overture he made toward the citi- aens or Flambeau was met with dis~ trust and coldness, his stripes of oflice seeming to erect a barrier and induce an ostracism stronger and more com- ot the penitentiary. Even Doret and the trader seemed to share the general feeling; hence the thought or the long. ‘ lonesome winter approaching reduced the lieutenant to a state of black de- spondency. deepened by the knowledge 3 that he now had an open enemv in too. he had taken a morbid dislike to the new man, Stark. So that all In 111 the youth felt he had good reason to he in the dumps this tttemoon. There .0: van um: 95.... '1.’ .2: In; a new pair of. water became Med dry me. inside them. oiled up his six shooter, then slipped out the heck way and In five minute- wu hid- den 1n the thickets. Halt an hour rut Continued THE BARRIER. radiant. She wounu aoruy aooutmsneck and her mi ucenestnngclwetohis. Neitherof, “Then get your pack made up." she ordered. “for we must be well up to-- ward the head or BlackBearu-eekbe- tore itgrowsdarkenonghtoenmp." 3 Swittly he made his pnepmtions. A“ madness was upon him now, and ha tooknopainstocheckoranalyzetho reasons for his decision. The thought: otherloveunesslnhlsarmsonoemore: tar. up among the perfumed wooded? henna as the silent darkness snob nponthe'mstm'edmhimsuchatrets tobegonethutltwunpentever. He mnwmthehnmehwtthhd once and that he could have no more- kissestorthopreeent. “But,oteourse.j Itisalongu-ip.-andwewmhaveto sit down now and then to rest." she? added shyly, at which he vowed thati hemmrtmm strongandcouldnot,‘ walkbntanttlewayatntimeyetg even so, he declared, the trail woulds be too short. even though it led mu theywemgomgtheymnstbeoflat‘ “My; lips will be here when those mines are worked out.” she said. “No,. no!" Andsheheld himotras'heeamo: she who finally drew herseltaway tof there comes a psychic moment or a physical touch that suddenly inwraps themukeaflame. Soitwaswith Burrell. The sweet burden of this girl: museum, thesenseot bet-yielding lips. the warmth of her caressing; hands. momentarily unleashed a leapâ€"- tugpeckotmaddeslree, and it was: “I love you. I love you, Meade." It may happen that a man will spend months in friendly and chiming inti- macy with a woman and never feel the violence or tendemess of passion tin , him. Her arms, her lips and her whole body clung to his in a sweet Barren-I der, and yet there was nothing im-v modest or nnmaidenly about it, for his su'engthandardorhad lifted herand: drawnhertohimasonthesweepota great wave. She drew her race tree and hid it. against his neck, breathing softly and with shy timidity. as it the sound or the iwords she whispered halt frightâ€" them knew how long they stood thus; blended together, but soon he grew conscious of the beating of her heart Whisbreastushehytherelike Anywhere!” The impulse was blind and nnguvermble, and it grew as his. 1198 met hers. while, strangely enough, she made no resistance, yielding her-' acre: fimwafiw V6 usedhlm until, encouraged by his si- agnmnnpumvety: ‘ ‘ “Don’t be only. ‘Mr. Bun-en. Comet? Pleuecolnewithme, won’tyou?" Shetookhlmbytheedgesothhi contenddrewhtmtohercoaxingly.‘ Itmhavebeenparflythespifltot revolt that had been growing in him; all day, or it may have been whollyu‘ the sense of her there beside him. w â€"â€"â€"â€"-vâ€"‘ that would make them sit up and no- tice him! But, then, it might work a.- wrong upon her. And yet would it? Hemnotaosurethatltwould. She: hadcometoMmshewuoldenough. tokmwhermbiundshewu butt halt breed gm, tau-all, who doubtless: â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"vâ€"- “v: yvv“, BU knew that Necia was coveted by half: of them, and if he spent a night in the woods alone with her it would stir them up a bit. he tancied. By heaven, ALAL _~_~I - and compel them to reckon with him as an equal, preferring a state at open. enmity it necessary to this condition; of mdlflemnt toleradon. Moreover. he since boyhood These men 01' Flam- beau had disregarded him and insisted on treating him with contemptuous distrust despite his repeated friendly overtures, wherefore he was hungry; to beat them at their own game. hun-. gry to thrust himseit ahead or them: Continued ‘naxt Inst. While she made this appeal Bun-ell tonzht with mum. There were re.- somwny'nelongedtotakemlsmp more than he had longed for anything -l_-_ Li I - â€"- “No. but we could beat them in. I know where Lee In working. for I went up'last winter with Constantine and his dog team over a short cut by way of Black Bear creek. You see, his creek makes a great bend to the south- ward and heads beck toward the riv- er. so by crossing the divide at the source of Black Bear you drop into It a few miles above his cabin.” treat with his conscience. ’Why. It means heaven to a girl’uke me!" Hereyeewerewetwlththe sudden dashing of her hopes, and her chin qulvered In a sweet. girlish way that made the youth almost surrender on the instant: “We couldn't possibly overtake them 80 outside and live of about his neck want go heft fine lady ana' 18