The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-15
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
H. n. ROBINSON,
PUBLISIIEE AND PRoPRiEToR.
NuinIlnr ,Thirfr-1,inn-

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! ness of house aud tree into gray OUTLINES
= of more weird and ghostly shape. as IN,
door OF u house in Prith street New York.
was softly opened from within. and n
woman glded forth like spirit. and
swiftly passing out, was almost in an in
slant lost to sight. If any lonely watcher
at my window had seen lier farm. hi. rcr-
= objection of it would have faded away as
. dream fades before the light of a cloud
less sunsise.
Slowly the gray sky melted into palcr
3 gray ;.slowly the gray SKY sOftened into
pearly tints that in the iar-oiT horizon
were tinged with gold, slowly the golden
halo stole all over the ornament, vanished
iuto unfathomablc depths of blue; and The
great round sun, rising. flashed lis beams
from roof and steeple, then on inland
stream and gay flowers, and it was day.
The great city awoko. The foot falls In
Tie street ceased to echo. the distant hlp OF
the patrol was heard no more. The rattle
ofcart and rail car began to shake the air
again, ahd the thousand sounds of city life
IfOse up. windows and doors began 10
teen with life, and everywhere there was
the going forth of humanity to its pleasures
or its toll.
OF all the busy thoroughfares in New
| \ ORR FIRTH street was one of the most
busy, and the houses in it were generally
pretty full of people. To this rule No. 30
| u IMO=
story building of brick. and had about il
AN old-fashioncd. quiet look which distin
glished itin singular manner from rs
neighbors. The blinds, the curtains. tbr
whole aspect of the place, while not seeni-
| ing in the least neglected, were indescrib-
ably forlorn. While the dwellings each
side and lllcing IL were cheerful with yojccl
and home sounds. No. 80 was always silent
| or an evening a white hand might have
been seen TO move q window. or n tIittino
figure pass across, throwing its SHADOW
upon a blind: but these not often. An1
all the people round about knew, though
scarcely any had seen them. that nm Old
French lady and her daughter lived there
alone. None knew their history, but Only
that they had lived there this dozenyears
or more alone
Why should closed door look different
gt different times? | am sure cnn't telI
but somehow /. who lived opposite 10 No.
30, found myself looking at ina,laIne IN.
bel is closed door with n G,cling, which
could not define, but which affected me
strangely. Ii was often not opened for
days together. why should it hnvp been so
nov? / lnew the habits of the little fam.
lily enough to be aware that neither of the
two women wOud be likely 10 appear. but
that they were invisible to-day seemed
somewhat new and strange. I remarked
this to my wife. who only IauVhed st mo
and said that my lawyers habits made me
consider things that were neither sinanlnr
or Suspicious Just ms ifthey made nj Doinfs
in case. OF course | could only inuUb .
also, and soon / was snug I'm my eotine.
down town, in company with my law book
aud papers. Nor was it until was homo
again after a hard DAVIS i, ork that The snb-
jeCt Of madame Ierberl's door required Ia .
me. "All quiet opposite. of fccurs,," said /
as | sat down to ,,inuer. "PerIrctiv." s,id
my wife. not n soul has been errII that /
know Off 'Oh YES :" said one of thcrbild
ren, there has been no one there. bu dom
you remember mamma. saving that ,ou
heard Il dog howl several times ~ "And :"
1 did" said she, but | had forgotten III
at all events the soup is growing cold
Charles" SO the subject was dismissed
again.
IL was my habit in those DAYS IN rn,1
late at night and often sal mi alone till
after midnight On this psrficujar even
ING | did 80. At about eleven O'Clock
finished my cigar aud set 10 work and
was soon completely absorbed. But i'm mn
hour or SO bpcu1e anunvad b,,
less desire TO ESCAPE from some sonpd or
What kind | hardly distin"nisbpJ a,'J
which rs iirstI Thought must Lr the' ,vimJ
through some oreyice or l,oyLolr.
% become lonely. Tie curious s sounG pG'''sl be-
rano more distinct. and cyidettiv IRON,
outside. / threw up the window ~ u.t,.m
ind thcn found that that dismalest 'I' nr gI' nh
,ounds. the wall az a ln,s ,,,o,,.s,I,d -
he closed aud dark No. 3D. a sn,ntbor,I
vail as though the animal was shnt iitn
'ouie room. With am iInpatient exci,n,,4
ion. again resumed NV reodiu,r, nm
clt worried. WHY should reonlc Lc..n
lowling docs To he a uuisnucr to thci,
ieiglibors ID really seemed as If / cont
icvdr get through the brief in Boy rr,s,'s
OK. Il ease of disputed Joint teunpcy
rhep luminous idea 'pas,ed orrnSs
ny brain. would smoke halt ciour m,
he stoop. and thus freslen nIyseif ma,
'wominurcs later / was st1pdjn,, h, NJ
pen front door, nil the bcttcr forfIS c",,
igld air. Still the doc howlrd. ard h,
i0re dislnn muunpr iln ever haoa,,
D form theories MS 10 The time had trgsrJ
Ie suund of The poiccmpn's heavy treaJ
rom half dozen blocksof I'm he TrarI,sf
lc. l,d lna,le'unmv mind To- so,t ,f'tV'
r two on the matter. a0h. i,'s N",u Va,
'eters. said !. as recognized the ogircr
sergeant. whom knew VERY well ,,S,,
ilng new p
Nothing ia our line" he rcpIied. cyan
re- working late as usual. sir'
''lce." | said "Bur / am horribly dis.
irbod by u dog that seems shut I'm o,sr thc
'ayr
"Doe seems in trouble, don't M, - eo,d