The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-03-07
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IuE12nt someBhiDg csld I0Rehe6 my temple
Ii was me mUzzie nf pistol I Teeaile6
II horror
A11ou surely wouid MT murder me yz
1'1ou premise, dOetgr ?"
/ Al promise ;" ! gas2ea, reealHng nBee
more from The chilling toBch of the cod
Bzeel a my temples
a'sGy wei; eo1ne
l WIS lee I'D q narrow vaIk, fhrongb 4
/ 60arEay, Gn1e room, where the hgndaye
wHs removed suddenly from ny ewes
Ths Ep5i Was very fEmitlar &c Ds-s
RIM 4us cottage, long since aaassoone5 10
decay, Il the Ts-y heart q asnsa. s1aul-7r
: T0ods. 80E the ea--lGgB had svsT reaeh-
+. % II / was "a q loss % know Ip0E 3
/ pie o. sE-aw, hErrledly thrown in4o the
cS-ner of The u5Eulasr11g foar. lay Pros
1rase Ggure, moaning 81 ever breath
His tace was cDDcealed bv a handkerchief,
and the blood was slowly gripping -0n 3
! CunEhUf wound Tust Hb9Ee 1hs Rnkle-a
W0und which hR5 been cl1msily banaeged
/ ~ some unskafnl hand. Moreover, there
wRs dark red stRIn On ths straw where
1 ms head lay, Eod hIs light brown halr WIS
! mHtteo with coEgulated drops Two or
( three men STOOD around, with -u6a -gsks
/ O black el8lh drawn over their faess. il
/ Eb1ch IHres sits were cUt 18- ths ewes
! ano mSU1h aoa 2 female figure kDelt
behind the heap u straw, FEzlaa closely
! The usn silently 1ae5E wax t1r ne
Is ! advanced zn1e 1hs ar1-t1zHnt, En5
held thar 4Entsrns - that TIE lur5d l7-t-t
sh0Cla fEl U2aa my Strange pztisDt. Is
silently, i slO0pea and examined b0-1
I wsUnds-
/ ~Na1 = asked ny GarrlE = eau Faz.l8n.
] i can Go o0th E roIsi dis
s.N9nsHF .yuLf9a I4--JEzrn
the lee-Bhat o0as that a1r1uut 3 y'
+ hurried = Easpsd the man.
IN 1=slt- M much bzt 1bat tl7v
Up-u -De skull uast prove fatal
& 4Hv, halt-suTPI1 pressed CT broke IRON
the wguEn uTp9sI1s- Shs 1are fhe TeL
trem her lace, as Il she c0Ul6 Bpt b-eathe
/ -ErguEh It's heavy folds, revealing fea1ures
as WHITE ana beEutIfui n thar marble
agony rs 81 much sculr,ru-sd s1unz- che
4 dld not Seem more than thirty, bHI !
i EtteTEzr0s knew that she WIS indeed more
than ten years Older. But IN spite Of her
! present anguish, h0W orEn6Iv bsguriff1l
81 z L@-gz aRrk eyes-E1It Ike
tle1 E9il, Catching Strange gisaEns from
1hs sislting lRBte-ns-Hna L broad.
rsIs ath brew-1t was face yUu ses bzt
oDos ID : lifetime
And yst, = the midst uf hE- distress.
shU DevE spoke
AT isast vou car 90 sune-hir- fDr
| hT-1, 6oetor = ssId M i1tHrlDcEtDr. N pa
/ tiently- ADo1't lsf Us waists tir0e hera :"
As I proceeded II my uinist-etions
I the moaning grew faint Rp0 Tan -er, the
! couTulsIve movements became scu-eelv
+ psrcapEbls. A faint glenn ot h1pe i Echt-
ed n the tRee o the wumau Opposite she
looked zppsalinEly AT ms.
@Hx Z better-be Il su-Rlv better ~
Ee VII be soon-" ! answered, moved
% Ply u spite Of myself E.He csupOt
five hsH an h3u- longer
Ehe horror 0f fh1t sspulch-al sllsnea
that 4el upon Is aE M accents o1s3-gEsy :
shall / ever forget It Five uiuufes
aftsrwgrd, ths breathing, spasnolic and
pEln1ul 70 hsHr, died iHio e1srna1 silence
The vgmen Et.e5 the c3rns- o the
haDdkerchis-. nn5 Szze3 into the gaastly
face Il was th11 = younU mn Ut 1bsut
twsnty-twn, WIN had evidently been nEt-
relensly good looking
-10h, heavens, hs Is dead :"
Her clear, Rg9nized T1ice was rin-ing
n nv esr as they Led me hack iuto the
6grkaesE u the night ! felt z bank note
n III hand as ! erte-e2 TIE carriage pBes
more
stDoctor, y5u havs asBe y8ur best; !. L
not yuur fault tn ypur Efforts have ID.
been more successful Remember, yol
are pledged 70 sscrecv"
The next menert, ] was whirlinc
swiftly through tbe November midnight
with the strange, uDguiet ieeEins ot one
suddenly awakened from z startling dream
Yet i was No drsan-glas Il was star
Ene rEali1y-
The carriage stopped al Cross roal
DeEr the FlIiage.
<.Piease 70 eight here, sir." said Ibs
driver E1Yuu are nat FIR from home"
obeved, and stood listening IN Bhs
middle Of fhe road wfzle the c2rriass
wheels died away, losing their disfiB ctBes.
of sound IN TIE 81 REX n the restless wind
THE clock IN tie vlI3Rse church toilea or
the boU uf oDe
Late ns II was, h1Vsve-, ny sErcs-z
was sill open and lighted I'D the ser
want trem Haddenleleh HaH had JUS
ridden up 10 the doa--
IF ypu please, doctor, yDu Are wauter
immediately It The En1 The CBlBBe
, ss15 yUu were ID ride my horse f vouEa
WIS not already Ba3dlea, and / cEn wax
81 fbere VII 5e ID TINE lost
] mechanically mounted the noble an
nal that stood waiting for me, and rodl
of, rzfher glad of IN opportunity p 70
q II Il.