The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-12
THE aIIDNIGHT RIDE.

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81 see my way clearly-that is, if
you will help me" he said, giving her
another kiss.
9" Certainly / will. What am L to
do? - @
-" Get me the key to>his room. Of
course he has an escritoire, and 1t Will
be strange i'll can find nothing IN 1T
to criminate him, if what you surmlse
is true. What time will he be here,
do you think 2" :,
6 Not until eleven o'clock to-nig ht.
The train does net arrive at Blank
vile until2ten. and it will take him
an hour toride from there here. Faith
er will send Pete tomBlankville for
him with horse" ~
$50 far, so. good;" then, with a
strange, harsh laugh. he continued:
+" I wonder how that disagreeable gov
erness of yours will feel when she
sees him strung up fora traitor and
a spy?5 I think she is rather sweet
on him" = ~ g
4Clara's red lip curled scornfully.
?" / don't think Isabel Flower is so
mad as all that comes to, ~ she re-
Piled quickly, !" but if she ass we must
be on the lookout for her. She may
suspect something" - -
He gazed thoughtfuliy before7ohim
for few minutes.
YES, you are right" he said, at
last; you keep an eye on her this
evening while investigate his room.
Let usgo back to the house now
IA few more kisses and caresses,and
the precious pair rose and weresoon
lNr& n Of ho n
Il did not stir until satisfied that it
pressed lips and blazing cheeks,I
stole forth from my concealment and
sped swiftly by another and
shorter path to the house. Twas fairly
bewildered for little while by what
I had seen and heard It did not
seem possible that such an unnatural
sister could exist. True, / knew that
they were not fond of each other
rather the reverse than otherwise;
but Of This. of such infamous cruelty
and wickedness, [ had never before
dreamt. Il shuddered whenfI remem-
bered that I had kissed her that very
afternoon-kissed the lips which were
doing the very best to murder my
darling. - asrtEa
All at once I became conscious that
the dinner bell was ringing, and that
it was six o o'clock. This reused me. I
knew that whatever measures were to
be taken for his safety, must be de-
cided upon and accomplished within
the next four hours. : 81 "a +
My. first thought was to gain access
to his room and desk before Rattle
could do So, Alas / recollected, with
a pang of anguish, that this was alb
solutely impossible. Although I could
gain access to his room easily enough,
I-could not to his desky1T The lock,
which was a peculiar one, could not
be opened by fairmeans.sIr knew, for
he had told me SO. Whether this
desk contained anything which would
betray his secret knew not. That
it had, the week previous, I was we'll
aware. but he might have taken these
papers with him There was but one
way to ascertain. [ prided myself
upon my skill in reading countenances.
IF Gilbert Rattle discovered what he
hoped TO, T had but little fear that
should know it. -z,'0lt"
Hastily bathing myoface in cold
water and changing my dress, de-
SCCuuCu III ptlc ulHiuS -IOOHl, smdkiuS
an almost superhuman effort at self
| control. The consciousness of the
dear life1at stake, if / sweryed for an
instant, nerved me to an endurance
which astonished even myself ~
How the dinner hour passed /
scarcely know, though, to all outward
appearances, ! was calm and collected.
L even talked with Gilbert Rattle, and
called the little yellow haired satan
opposite me- CLARA, dear"
:, gDinnersover. We adjourned ,tea the
drawing-roon and Clara sang and
played while / crocheted and watched
my opportunity with the eyes Of "a
lynx. ,E9975s 1eTls u .0E
At last Clara paused I've sung
everything I know" she announced !;
what shall j do 2,
;" Sing them oyer again, Miss Noble.''
III, No. Glars, 8 said s.l pleasantly" I
OF. music you admired SO much the
other day. H9sai -I.4l1ls
Yes, do please, Miss Flower" she
cried, eagerly. andH rose to go, ,As
l left the room. however, l caught the
dark look Of 'disapproval with which
he regarded her He had ins tructed
her : to keep. her eye on me .ssa ~
No sooner was outside the door
than l sped like the wind down the
hall, out into the darkness.
In three minutes was knocking
at the a door OF, Pete the coaehman's
room, which was in the upper part of
the stable. and reached by a pair of
outside stairs. knew that Pete was
devotedly attacked to his young mas