Lab
Library
Journal
Shop
Sign in
to keep
Share image
1
303
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
139
CONCERNING
THE
MURDER
OF
SERGEANT
DAVIES
There
is
at
present
living
in
the
neighbourhood
of
---
an
old
lady,
about
seventy
years
of
age.
Her
maiden
name
is
---,
{140}
and
she
is
a
native
of
Braemar,
but
left
that
district
when
about
twenty
years
old,
and
has
never
been
back
to
it
even
for
a
visit.
On
being
asked
whether
she
had
ever
heard
the
story
of
Sergeant
Davies,
she
at
first
persisted
in
denying
all
knowledge
of
it.
The
ordinary
version
was
then
related
to
her,
and
she
listened
quietly
until
it
was
finished,
when
she
broke
out
with:--
"That
isn't
the
way
of
it
at
all,
for
the
men
were
seen,
and
it
was
a
forbear
of
my
own
that
saw
them.
He
had
gone
out
to
try
to
get
a
stag,
and
had
his
gun
and
a
deer-hound
with
him.
He
saw
the
men
on
the
hill
doing
something,
and
thinking
they
had
got
a
deer,
he
went
towards
them.
When
he
got
near
them,
the
hound
began
to
run
on
in
front
of
him,
and
at
that
minute
he
saw
what
it
was
they
had.
He
called
to
the
dog,
and
turned
to
run
away,
but
saw
at
once
that
he
had
made
a
mistake,
for
he
had
called
their
attention
to
himself,
and
a
shot
was
fired
after
him,
which
wounded
the
dog.
He
then
ran
home
as
fast
as
he
could,
never
looking
behind
him,
and
did
not
know
how
far
the
men
followed
him.
Some
time
afterwards
the
dog
came
home,
and
he
went
to
see
whether
it
was
much
hurt,
whereupon
it
flew
at
him,
and
had
to
be
killed.
They
thought
that
it
was
trying
to
revenge
itself
on
him
for
having
left
it
behind."
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
