The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-02-13
ADRIANA A.
BY JEAN BONCGUR.

w 4. : CHAPTER XIII.
TIE country round Etberedge Cour
was for the most part undulat1ng ant
we'll wooded though here and ther,
IHYiid epet Pight be, feqnd: I! And i
VNSS to 6he df thcsse, ~ ia" Adrlana "a. wa.
making her way. It was a sort of ira
<35ne, whose steep banks, yellow in jun
with golden gorse blossoms, now ros'
like walls Of pnrcssts white that diimos
touched TIE fow-hanging clouds. A
shallow brook that gurgled over thu
stones lazily in the summer time, wa.
! 'stsnl sl ..q&ettef .nqv;; bound IN its FROSTY
letters. There was an air of oppressive
stiAaess* about the place, no sound o.
life anywhere near; and as the clouds
grew darker and darker, drawing even
nearer to the white walls, their white.
reg |Fg grew e:Ap4ftt1y, AND Aaia1a fell az
it Sic we're entombed in q vast sepulche
Yet aa aha :Rept. aaalitaisIiiness I'D
Der; she Eas alone, she could thi1 X
She did 5@ feel tbd cold, she hesds]
not the darkness. She would 20 h
the end Of the ravine, and return across
the fields home.
5 a . strange s.s 2! exhiloratiop possessed her
a sudden strength seemed impaired tc
her; her life seemed indestructible. -
She realized her being, she realized
her two beings-the mortal and immor.
tai; aud the one seemed so phdomi-
sshsat, so strong, that it bore tn, othe,
h urged it on without sense Of
ess, without sense of old, OF
Lighter and lighter gre, her
latpsver the slippery ground !; firmly
she trod and quickly. The thrctening
snowaakes came down at shorter inter
walls, but she did not see them The
dim barsof fadeG crimson thathA been
'struggliag to become hr'ght % The
western sky had disappeared, th ghast-
ly white walls were turning gay, and
,thsiEF s s94npqiits !.4 melting into the gray Of
the descending clouds; faster nd fas-
ter fell the snowflakes-thickr and
thicker the snow storm had bSun.]
:. Two miles from Ethcredge Court,
and it was growing dark: tb snow
beat against her face. She cold not
;see.thePath, bnt, shetkaew thdway SO
we'll that she had little uneasina.
Yet she was going wrong; i te turn
she had taken did not lead ID Ether
edge Court, bat to a commd some
miles distant. She did moi im,ediate-
,ly discover her mistake, and vi en- she
turned to retrace her steps, II blind
ing snow prevented her scein where
she was; she tancied she ha come
about half a mile since leavinahe out
i let Of the ravine, but her thouhts had
SO occupied her, that she had not no.
ticed the distance. She was utterly
petple1ed whether TO- advancef to re.
main where she was until the 5rm had
:, little subsided. She grope about,
and, discovering the stump q an old
tree,, sat down, drew her clod closely
around her, d and screened D fsslf as
we'll asashe could. from the snd !. g. r.
Then she listened the sillce was
intense, not sound broke thdtillncss.
The snow fell noisclessly, cov{ng over
ell the Landmarks by which |e might
hope to find her way home hen the
snow. clouds had exhausted tfmselves.
Along, galdhe--she te.lise1 it NOV ;
abe might have to succumb the Bit
ing cold, aud morning nigh find her
.llIipg there a frpzep corpse. Had her
fdeitlhy brought bcf 'kither perish !?
Was it not sign that EthcrEe Court
Has. 20 place for 'ehcr !? I, FL morbid
fafcy strung events togethe and took
| it for an omen. It was we'll ihc could
lie down quietly and take HI rest. 1t
was All easy death. Sleep, ccp, etcr-
| nal rest! No waking to sfoublc to;
I nsotsraO1. nsta .zf''osS ''> .@7'' J
There is a sound, q rus bg in the
bushes behind >her; a thhnd fears
rise ii her 'nind-pcrhapd struggle
for life! Up leaps the stbg perva-
dine. influence, Il the ID death. kagonistic
spirit 10 strong in man. be can al
most feel the assassin's grd upon her
throat, can almost see the lsh Of the
sharp knife up-lifted for tn Purderous
stab; aud yet she covers fll.bound.
She has no power u move fnger, her