Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-12-03

to this, if / were deceiving him still
Good, kind, old Grizzie, it was very cru
81 of me; how, could do it, even fol
Laurence ?" She staid until the last, un
til the people and the priests and choris
tiers had vanished, and the vergers cam,
to put out the lights; then she slowl,
left the Minister, and issued out into tn,
night.
The wind had increased to a tempest
and drove furiously about the open space
If it had been light enough, you would
have almost expected to see it careerine
madly with outspread vaporous wings il
the shaken air. She could scarcely keer
her feet against it, and often the gusts
caught her; compelling her TO stand still
foraminutetoregam strength and breath;
then there came shrill shrieking blasts
which seemed to warn her back, follow
ed by long piteous walls and means and
laments that died into momentaryhush
only to be renewed again and yet again.
At last, she reached the comparative
calm of the court, and paused little
while, thinking within herself that it was
on just such night as this that Grizzie
had found her crouched under the arch
way, crying for her father. Good old
Grizzie She looked up to the windows,
hoping to see his figure darkening the
glow from within; but the rudy freight
shone through full and unbroken. She
mounted the steps softly, intending to
surprise hin,l and reproach him archly
for not keeping watch for her return,
scarcely expecting, however, that she
should reach the door before it would be
opened; but she did, and peering eau
tiously through the glass, as soon as her
|eyes became accustomed to the light, she
saw that something unusual had happen
ed. The doors of the closet stood open,
and there was candle on the table with
in; there was also heap of things living
about the floor, but Nicholas was not Wis
ible.
''Perhaps he is at the cabinet, or sit
ting in the corner by the fire." said Adie
to herself, though her heart throbbed
fastand painfully. She attemptedto open
the door; but it was fastened inside, and
resisted all her efforts. Then her alarm
was aroused for it was not customary
with Nicholas to lock the door when he
was in until night. She knocked loudly
on the glass, and cried, "Grizzie, Grizzie,
let me in; it is Adie."
There was no answer but the echoes
Of her own voice. She ran down the
steps in haste, and to Mrs. Parkes' door;
but that also was shut, for Job and his
wife had gone to spend their Christmas
Eve abroad. The whole court seemed
deserted; even the children hadvanished
Where could Martha be she was not
used to go out so late. Then Adie re-
membered that she had asked leave to
spend the afternoon at the hospital with
an old acquaintance, and she had not
returned yet. The girl now full offears
and excitement, ran into College Lane,
in the hope of meeting some neighbors
A tall figure enveloped in cloak rushed
by her, and was lost instantly in the
pitcly darkness. The person had come
out OF the conrt, and must have emerged
from the stairway, for she had not seen
him before; but his sudden and hasty ap-
pearance now redoubled her terror. At
this moment Martha came up; Adie
caught her by the arm, and whispered
family that something must be wrong,
for she had left home not an hour before,
and now she could not get in. The wo-
man mounted the stairs swiftly, and
looked through the glass. with the girl
close behind her. "'rhe door into the
corrldor.is open, we must 90 that way
said she, after vainly trying to make
herself heard by rafting the window
They assembled again, and went up to
the black, broken stair, feeling their way.
When they entered the long passage
they perceived by the thread of light
shining through a chink at the further
end that they were right in thinking the
door was ajar. Adie, trembling in every
nerve, chung fast to Martha, and relaxed
her haste; she feared she scarce knew
what.
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