Nick Carter Stories No. 154, August 21, 1915: The mask of death; or, Nick Carter's curious case.Carter, Nicholas (House name)
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Nick Carter Stories No. 154, August 21, 1915: The mask of death; or, Nick Carter's curious case.
Carter, Nicholas (House name)
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals; Popular literature -- Periodicals
Fulfilled premonitions constitute no small part of the lore of the
mountains of southwest Virginia. The following story which was added to
this lore recently was related by an old lady, Mrs. Richard Mullins, of
Haddonfield, Va., whose word is to be relied upon.
Two men by the name of Fleming, who were cutting timber for a lumber
concern, were boarding at Mrs. Mullin’s. Finally their work was almost
completed and the two men, whose first names were Clinton and Walter,
saw that they could finish the work in another day.
The following night Mrs. Mullins dreamed that she saw a tree fall on
Walter, crushing him to a shapeless mass. She related the dream next
morning, but the men apparently gave it no consideration and walked to
their work with light hearts. They were working near the house, and
about one o’clock that afternoon Mrs. Mullins was startled by the
screams from Clinton, and she hurried to the place. There she found that
a tree had fallen on Walter and killed him instantly.
Shot Through Brain, Lives.
With a bullet through his brain, physicians say Clay Brewster, aged
fourteen, of Hoisington, Kan., will live. Young Brewster was
accidentally shot in the left eye, three weeks ago, the shot passing
through the cerebrum of the brain and coming out at the top of the head.
The bullet was removed. He has regained consciousness and makes his
wants known by signs, being unable to talk.
Kills Rat with Blow of Fist.
Thomas Dean, a Sunbury, Pa., man, was awakened from sleep by a pain in
his right hand. He found three of his fingers bleeding. Turning his head
on the pillow, he discovered a huge rat sitting on the pillow, and, Dean
said, “apparently grinning in fiendish delight at what he had done to
the hand.”
With a crushing blow from his fist he struck the rat and sent it against
the side of the room. The rodent fell dead. Dean weighed it and found
its weight to be three pounds.
As proof of the occurrence, Dean showed the rat’s body, unmarked, to his
friends. Doctors cauterized the wounds.
Three-ring Movies Latest Idea.
“Three-ring movies” are the latest. Three film plays are shown at one
time on three screens. This is at the Grand Central Palace in New York.
If you don’t care for the comedy on the screen to the left, you can look
at the romantic play in the center screen, or at the thriller on the
screen to the right.
The chief advantage is that when you go in to see your favorite hero of
the movies, who is billed on the posters outside, or go in to see a
certain comedy, you aren’t compelled to sit waiting through a program of
pictures you don’t care about particularly. It is an arrangement for
busy folk who drop into a movie theater at the noon hour.
Wed Editor to Muzzle Her.
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