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Galbraith had been for a month in Cincinnati. He had come up the river in a steamboat, and landing at Gallipolis the previous evening had immediately obtained a horse and buggy and set out for home. The violence of the storm had delayed him over night, and in the morning the fallen trees had compelled him to abandon his conveyance and continue his journey afoot. "But where did you pass the night?" GALLBRAITH HAD BEEN FOR A MONTH IN CINCINNATI HE HAD COME UP THE RIVER IN A STEAMBOAT AND LANDED AT GYLIPPOIS THE PREVIOUS EVENING HAD IMMEDIATELY OBTAINED A HORSE AND BUGGY AND SET OUT FOR HOME THE VIOLENCE OF THE STORM HAD DELAYED HIM OVER NIGHT AND IN THE MORNING THE FALLEN TREES HAD COMPELLED HIM TO ABANDON HIS CONVEYANCE AND CONTINUE HIS JOURNEY AFOOT BUT WHERE DID YOU PASS THE NIGHT
tation of God.” The body was buried and the public administrator took charge of the estate. A rigorous search disclosed nothing more than was already known about the dead man, and much patient excavation here and there about the premises by thoughtful and thrifty neighbors went unrewarded. The administrator locked up the house against the time when the property, real and personal, should be sold by law with a view to defraying, partly, the expenses of the sale. The night of November 20 was boisterous. A furious gale stormed across the country, scourging it with desolating drifts of sleet. Great trees were torn from the earth and hurled across the roads. So wild a night had never been known in all that region, but toward morning the storm had blown itself out of breath and day dawned bright and clear. At about eight o’clock that morning the Rev. Henry Galbraith, a well-known and highly esteemed Lutheran minister, arrived on foot at his house, a mile and a half from the Deluse place. Mr. VISITATION OF GOD THE BODY WAS BURIED AND THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR TOOK CHARGE OF THE ESTATE A RIGOROUS SEARCH DISCLOSED NOTHING MORE THAN WAS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND MUCH PATIENT EXCAVATION HERE AND THERE ABOUT THE PREMISES BY THOUGHTFUL AND THRIFTY NEIGHBORS WENT UNREWARDED THE ADMINISTRATOR LOCKED UP THE HOUSE AGAINST THE TIME WHEN THE PROPERTY REAL AND PERSONAL SHOULD BE SOLD BY LAW WITH A VIEW TO DEFRAYING PARTLY THE EXPENSES OF THE SALE THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTIETH WAS BOISTEROUS A FURIOUS GALE STORMED ACROSS THE COUNTRY SCOURGING IT WITH DESOLATING DRIFTS OF SLEEP GREAT TREES WERE TORN FROM THE EARTH AND HURLED ACROSS THE ROADS SO WILD A NIGHT HAD NEVER BEEN KNOWN IN ALL THAT REGION BUT TOWARD MORNING THE STORM HAD BLOWN ITSELF OUT OF BREATH AND DAY DAWNED BRIGHT AND CLEAR AT ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK THAT MORNING THE REVEREND HENRY GALLBRAITH A WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY ESTEEMED LUTHERAN MINISTER ARRIVED ON FOOT AT HIS HOUSE A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE DE LUCE PLACE MISTER
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