Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-05-06

~" ~ tif Httie ANTERIOR
where she had lcit her lamp before 90
ing out Opening the door. sle -tarte
oark ~ terror nj finding the room fll
OF SInoke-nav. there was more tha,
smoke. there was actual live flame: re,
luiv"rlng tongues licking the wood
WORK grccdilv: great urid blotchcs
hAe some terrible eruption. moments
spreading, and murging one into ano,h
W ana gathering strength and iierre
hes- ~ they spread. and alrcad, far he
y"nd any curative means at command q
'ie rench girl. She understood il AZ ,
glhic" fh" lamp had flarcd M for wan
pi -hufiing. and the flame had cauph
Tue tapestry with which the wall. /,
part werr lined. and had 80 spread +,
me pahneiling behind. which age hac
| rendered almost ~ dr, aud nfammahl,
a. tindrr. This antcroom wa .iiua,ed
~ The east wing. ani III. ca., wing wa,
/ ~ TAR lhe oldest part of Bclair. True
u had been renovated aud repaired a,
inherent periods. but alwa,, in keep.
hig with the original idea. which had
| apparently been Ia make "A, much u.,
"f timber and plaster. and a. littl. q,
| stone and brick. A. possible. LADY
/ Spencclaugh'- apartments we're situated
~ the east wing. her >itting-rnom and
hourioir On the ground-floor and her
heh and dressing rooms imm,diatcl,
over Them of the remaining room. in
tiir wing, one was the antcroom. wb,r,
iiir hrc originated: another. "A yrrai de-.
"isie billiarI-ronn while the RS, w,r,.
seldom used except On tho-. rare o,..a
-i"n3 when Bclair was full of puc.is
!" 'h' hoir "i III" east wing. onl, two
people ordinarily slept. namely. Lad,
Spcncclaugh and her maid.
>tupiitcd with fear ri sight ot TIL.
ne" Ani terrible enemy. and utter,
"r>'r'"h bN her usual sany- troId and
pfc~'nr" oi mind. tlotil,ie rushed back
thF"uGh IA" passage. and 80 into tn. en-
Itahc'-hAlil. screaming: Fire fin, and
''h' uhtritiug one of the doors. She
'u-n'i OUT into the park. ani hurried
on IA "" direction uf White Gran.r. in
m NAgn" hop" IT ovrrtskin4 Antninr
't"iiIu" screams had been hcar,i hy
u" one except ht thr woman who h,d
ptth l"it bound and gagged b, the two
ih''' anu "ii her EAR the warning word.
i't Win i"rribl" significance. Ia All
'aAi great hpu~". -hc wa, the only per
'"il l"i asleep. and IL" cuukl neither
sur h"r pax. Thr tirc wa, -pr,..Iin.e
i"p'liN u wA- M longer confined tn
ihf Lhtcrr'rn. hut ha,i ticrrcls laid hold
"l ih" graz "iAru -iairra~.. tha, l.d
it"h thr rntrancc-hall Ia thr uppcr
ilo'r- ~ ti" "a-t wing and Wa hayin..
q merry game I" itself in the billiard
room and would soon fnrt... it, VA, in.
/" the empty chamber, overhead Thr
i'ungcnt odour nf the burning v,.,d
came in hot hrav, pull, under ia. door
'i the room III whirh Lad, >pcnrrIauyh
-ai helpless. and gave dread contir,na- 7
i"n to the word IF Clntildc She liz d
cnrd a. -hc never seemed Ia hXy, IL
"ncd beion'. for some voice or other I
oxen ~ the vicinag. III human h.ipg.
~ -hc heard nothing saw. the rr1lrk-
ing "t The iamr- a. they .riyed Oh N.
Al III. ....i .-A
1ti-h Ma in some measure blunt"t,
nd nov that The end oi all her -uiI"r-
ug> ~rrtnrd 80 imminent. -ir -anA M"
-ort ~ dull -iupnr oi despair. whirh
rnt a strange air ot unreali't both l"
,,r-rn ami her surroundings, making
,.r feel a. though -hr were merely
lcting part in some weiri. iahta--
H. dream. from which >hr should prs
.ntly awake: duliing for a time. -
ltnuoh T., III" influence oi -hinr IDw-
both oSerwrru2ht body.
,nd ovcrwonght brain.
Nor wa- this spell, If such i may hr .
-allcti. broken till she heard sudden I
rush orvoicr,, AMI knew ,nat the 9th 4
.r inmate, had taken th,' alarm. \ /
little later. ami there was iouner !
Glamour uf voices than before. aud stir I
cnull hear her own name called aloud
and then she knew that they had
missed her and that some effort would
be made for her rescue Herewith
the desire 10 live came back upon her
in all il. intensity; and what wiih'
PRAYER was that which, i-om
the lowest depths Of her heart went
up to Heavens gate. th"i she inighl
not die iu,i yct-that >hc. no martyr
T. any religion save that OF Self, inlght
no, W. called upon TO undergo this merry
,rial-that she might live. were II only
for A little while. live - redress some
of the wrong -he had done. h'e that
she might have leisure u repent
Presently she heard Gastons Noic"
giving some orders 10 the men out
side. and the sound thrilled her moth
err, heart. Whatever might happen t"
herself. her darling was safe and from
that moment on. half of her calamity
seemed lirlel or her. The room by
thi. time VA. full of sitting smoke. amt
the menacing cracking OF the flames
sounded louder with every passing
minute. There seemed to he quite
crowd of people collected IN the shrub
berry outside She could hear the deep
rnurlnur of many voices, now lout now
Low. without being able to distinguish
ANYTHING that was said and ever and
anon the sharp. imperative tones "i
Castor sounded clearly above the rest,
with what seemed TO her like ring of
suppressed agony in their very ciear-
ne-.. Aflcr what appeared tefripiN
( loug delay. a ladder was found that
/ would reach 80 the windows "i her
room and scarcely had its tip touched
,h,. wall. when man was climbing II
with the agility ola sailor. under whose
fierce blows, next instant. the pane> oil
the window fell in fragments 10 The
ground.
Mother mother where are you
Castor. for it was he who had climbed
tile ladder.
/ The windows Of Lady Spencelaugh
at,,rtnent, were of the old-fashione'
diamond-paned sort. with iron cross
bars worked into their frames, an'
opening only by means Of small case
nent. 50 that it was impossible 10
any one to get either in or out tha
; way: and her Ladyship had often Sc
cretly felicitated herself on the addi'
ionai security which her rooms derive
from the peculiar formation ofthe vii
dows.
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