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or “A Dead Man’s Revenge”
A Detective Story,
by H. P. Lovecraft
Chapter I
The Burns’s Tomb.
It was noon in the Little village of Mainville, and a sorrowful group
of people were standing around the Burns’s Tomb. Joseph Burns was dead.
(when dying, he had given the following strange orders:—“Before you put
my body in the tomb, drop this ball onto the floor, at a spot marked
“A”.” he then handed a small golden ball to the rector.) The people
greatly regretted his death. After The funeral services were finished,
Mr Dobson (the rector) said, “My friends, I will now gratify the last
wishes of the deceased. So saying, he descended into the tomb. (to lay
the ball on the spot marked “A”) Soon the funeral party Began to be
impatient, and after a time Mr. Cha’s. Greene (the Lawyer) descended to
make a search. Soon he came up with a frightened face, and said, “Mr
Dobson is not there”!
Chapter II
Mysterious Mr. Bell.
It was 3.10 o’clock in y^e afternoone whenne The door bell of the
Dobson mansion rang loudly, and the servant on going to the door, found
an elderly man, with black hair, and side whiskers. He asked to see
Miss Dobson. Upon arriving in her presence he said, “Miss Dobson, I
know where your father is, and for £10,000 I will restore him. My name
is Mr. Bell.” “Mr. Bell,” said Miss Dobson, “will you excuse me from
the room a moment?” “Certainly”. replied Mr Bell. In a short time she
returned, and said, “Mr. Bell, I understand you. You have abducted my
father, and hold him for a ransom”
Chapter III
At The Police Station.
It was 3.20 o’clock in the afternoon when the telephone bell at the
North End Police Station rang furiously, and Gibson, (the telephone
Man) Inquired what was the matter,
“Have found out about fathers dissapearance”! a womans voice said. “Im
Miss Dobson, and father has been abducted, “Send King John”! King John
was a famous western detective. Just then a man rushed in, and shouted,
“Oh! Terrors! Come To the Graveyard!”
Chapter IV
The West window.
Now let us return to the Dobson Mansion. Mr Bell was rather taken aback
by Miss Dobson’s plain speaking, but when he recovered his speech he
said, “Don’t put it quite so plain, Miss Dobson, for I—” He was
interrupted by the entrance of King John, who with a brace of revolvers
in his hands, barred all egress by the doorway. But quicker than
thought Bell sprang to a west window,—and jumped.
Chapter V
The Secret of The grave.
Now let us return to the station house. After the exited visitor had
calmed somewhat, he could tell his story straighter. He had seen three
men in the graveyard shouting “Bell! Bell! where are you old man!?” and
acting very suspiciously. He then followed them, and they entered The
Burns’s Tomb! He then followed them in and they touched a spring at a
point marked “A” and then Dissapeared”. “I wish king John were here”,
Said Gibson, “What’s your name,”? “John Spratt”. replied the visitor.
Chapter VI
The chase for Bell.
Now let us return To the Dobson Mansion again:—King John was utterly
confounded at the Sudden movement of Bell, but when he recovered from
his surprise, his first thought was of chase. Accordingly, he started
in pursuit of the abductor. He tracked him down to the R. R. Station
and found to his dismay that he had taken the train for Kent, a large
city toward the south, and between which and Mainville there existed no
telegraph or telephone. The train had Just Started!
Chapter VII
The Negro Hackman.
The Kent train started at 10.35, and about 10.36 an exited, dusty, and
tired man^1 rushed into the Mainville hack. office and said to a negro
hackman who was standing by the door—“If you can take me to Kent in 15
minutes I will give you a dollar”. “I doan’ see how I’m ter git there”,
said the negro “I hab’n’t got a decent pair of hosses an’ I hab—” “Two
Dollars”! Shouted The Traveller, “all right” said the Hackman.
^1King John.
Chapter VIII
Bells Surprise.
It was 11 o’clock at Kent, all of the stores were closed but one, a
dingy, dirty, little shop, down at the west end. It lay between Kent
Harbour, & the Kent & Mainville R.R. In the Front room a shabbily
dressed person of doubtful age was conversing with a middle aged woman
with gray haire, “I have agreed to do the job, Lindy,” he said, “Bell
will arrive at 11.30 and the carraige is ready to take him down to the
wharf, where a ship for Africa sails to-nighte”.
“But If King John were to come?” queried “Lindy”
“Then we’d get nabbed, an’ Bell would be hung” Replied The man.
Just then a rap sounded at the door “Are you Bell”? inquired Lindy
“Yes” was the response, “And I caught the 10.35 and King John got Left,
so we are all right”. At 11.40 the party reached The Landing, and saw a
ship Loom up in the darkness. “The Kehdive” “of Africa” was painted on
the hull, and Just as they were to step on board, a man stepped forward
in the darkness and said “John Bell, I arrest you in the Queen’s name”!
It was King John.
Chapter IX
The Trial.
The daye of The Trial had arrived, and a crowd of people had gathered
around the Little grove, (which served for a court house in summer) To
hear the trial of John Bell on the charge of kid-napping. “Mr. Bell,”
said the judge “what is the secret of the Burns’s tomb”
“I well tell you this much” said Bell, “If you go into the tomb and
touch a certain spot marked “A” you will find out”
“Now where is Mr Dobson”? queried the judge, “Here”! said a voice
behind them, and The figure of Mr Dobson HIMSELF loomed up in the
doorway.
“How did you get here”!&c was chorused. “’Tis a long story,” said
Dobson.
Chapter X
Dobson’s Story.
“When I went down into the tomb,” Said Dobson, “Everything was
darkness, I could see nothing. but Finally I discerned the letter “A”
printed in white on the onyx floor, I dropped the ball on the Letter,
and immediately a trap-door opened and a man sprang up. It was this
man, here,” (he said (pointing at Bell, who stood Trembling on the
prisoner’s docke) “and he pulled me down into a brilliantly lighted,
and palatial apartment where I have Lived until to-day. One day a young
man rushed in and exclaimed “The secret Is revealed!” and was gone. He
did not see me. Once Bell left his key behind, and I took the
impression in wax, and the next day was spent in filing keys to fit the
Lock. The next day my key fitted. and the next day (which is to-day) I
escaped.”
Chapter XI
The Mystery unveiled.
“Why did the late J. Burns, ask you to put the ball there”? (at “A”?)
queried the Judge? “To get me into trouble” replied Dobson “He, and
Francis Burns, (his brother) have plotted against me for years, and I
knew not, in what way they would harm me”. “Sieze Francis Burns”!
yelled the Judge.
Chapter XII
Conclusion.
Francis Burns, and John Bell, were sent to prison for life. Mr Dobson
was cordially welcomed by his daughter, who, by the way had become Mrs
King John. “Lindy” and her accomplice were sent to Newgate for 30 days
as aidors and abbettors of a criminal escape.
The End.
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