The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-03-21

pieas.0g nOt,oHs. Inc girl nad 80 enUa
ged nv attention hat did not particular
" notice her partner. was then acci
dentallv struck by his superior air. tall
commanding figure, and The grace with
which lie moved. One thing seemed ca.
rnus; he rare,v spoke to his companion
Now had been in his place would have
kept up a continual talk, for if she wa.
AS much favored by nature in the aft Of
conversation as in beauty of 70 I'm she wo',I
certainly be verv agreeable The maiden,
however. spoke AS much 10 him As he did
to her, which made me think that perbap,
she was relative, or they had been for
some time together, and had talked them
selves silent an event that will sometimes
happen even to the most Inveterate takers
As soon as the dance was concluded spoke
+" her. and TO my delight she seemed in
,lined TO converse. Yet all the while
was not unmindfnI Of the presence Of her
former partner-keeping him u ithin view
IIi~ face was completely hidden by lain
black mask hut felt certain. though why
| cannot tell, that he was none other than
one who. dubles~ in self defense, had kill
ed his enemy Eut desired to be ah<o.
a'elv convinced of the fact, and would
therefore speak to him. | took leave OF
my taif acquaintance, having agreed npon
he manner we co I'D again recnpn,ze each
o,hsr, and Fastening TO the stranger, tap
ped him on the arm He slowly turned
towards me. evidently surprising that
was about to utter some miIlhfnl remark
'My friend, said |. "alow me the
pleasure cf congra,ulatibg you upon ,out
double escape f.
"What do you mean by thal?" was his
reply.
Your delivery from the assassin's knife
and The court Of Justice
"Wat are you talking about p
"Of an event that happened in New
York"
What do you know of the occur
renee 2"
Everything"
Who are you? e.
All who am e.
| was then satisfied that my suppnsi
ton was correct, and slipping away, defei
him to follow. Vain endeavorl for while
IN search Of nv beautiful mask. ! fei, :.
and upon my shoulder, and discovers
he tall domino.
A wori or tive with you"
= " i,I pleasure
Tell me now you came to know about
hat affair Who are you"
answered him truly, because tho'l
that by SO doing might gain intorma
lion.
lam the person who gave YOU warn
.ng when the man of the PIT raised his
kuite"
So y"u are the maui p
" 50
Il thank you for having done SO. tho
Heaven knows that death, though of Il
,hti-rent KIND to that would at any time
nave been acceptabIe'
He departed Soon aferward found
nv partner was much pleased with hen
~,rieIv 1t surprised me that a girl
.ires>ed in 80 peculiar costume should
Al so much like IA lady-so arlless, SO
,n"le~t Having just had an interview
with The stranger, | asked her if she kuen
MIN She had never seen him bs:ore |
love mystery; AMI here was certainly
,-n"ugh 10 prove gratifying.
> While engaged III conversation we be
came aware that paElc WAS seizing The
assembly, though no one apparently knew
A A
ali present Etch one looked It his ueIyl>
Dor, uncertain what vas to happen. But
The cause WAS soon apparent. A volume
ut smoke rolled Though the open door.
and The terrible cry of fire was heard -
Then all seemed to lose their presence of
ran this way and some that
women shrekAd aud men shouted the
smoke came in Vet more freely, and the
rushel towards the door. Nv
behaved with so much calm
ue>> that she aon my admiration IL was
then no time to think about trIties, and a,
It with one consent, nearly the whole com
pAny uanasked. Ny partner dii likewise
and [ was we'll pleased with her appear-
ance, a. her face, though acted upon by
terror, WAS srrkingly beautiful.
Our situation WAS fearful. The door
way was so comple civ filled, and the
press was so great, that for the moment
there was not the Sigh est egre>> for the
confined host. And women were faintlny
and the smoke was increasing III density
: some one gave orders - break The win
dow,. [, was done. The smok+ poured
fnrlh, giving US better chance 10 breathe
But what Grange bad come over the
scene coHnpared with what it had been 4
>ho. t uue previous. The sparkling and
gorgeous company wasnuw terror stricken
fhe brilliant chandelier looked STRANGELY.
casting a peculiar glare over portions of
lie room toT the whole oi The pace cod
not be seen. Owing To the hot bats of
smoke continually entering the doorway
The gro,e~que dancer had lost all their
mirth; smitrs bad given place 10 anxious
looks. Sol,rers with tefocious mousta
ches, AMI bi-h"ps. aud m"nk>. with most
pious nuns. showed no less terror than
did ,uudry red fsce'l ZanleI, and white
faced Mephis,opheIes; while The specta
,or could see that the being who Was ac
rualIy craz-d with tire-frIght WAS none
other than The arch tiend himself
Flames were then seen, aud the GROVE
VAS driven back from the door. Many
f-ll never 10 ri-e again Nv comuaplot