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

the windows. without being penetr,
ted by it; and Gaston's eyes, as h
ciung desperately 10 the bars outsid,
were quite unable TO pierce the ohscu,
lty within: besides which. he had .,
cry reason to believe that his mothe
was in bed in the inner room. AMI Il;
Efforts were directed To the rousinr q
her from her supposed sleep. Agai
and again he called her and she +
turn put forth all her little strength i
desperate struggle to free hrrsel
from some Of her bonds. or al lcas, I,
get rid of the gag but all her effort
proved utterly futile. and only SCENE,
ID have the effect of rendering her
Faster prisoner than before.
My God she must have been III
ilei in bed hy the smoke shc h.,r,
'aston say mt last and then she hear,
nun 60 down, and with that. her las
chance Of escape seemed 10 III. utter.
" away. She knew that they woulf
not have tried To reach her tbroigl
tue window, had not aIl ortlinar,
means of access to her rooms beer
blocked by the lire. Through the broL
en- window she heard some man wh,
had louder voice than his nrlehh,ur,
say that the rooms below wcr,. AT nu
iire now. and that the thick beams In thc
ceiling would soon be burned lhro,rh
ami thrn--The mans voice was Ia,
again ~ the murmur of the crowd. and
Lady >prncclaugh's soul shn,licred
"''h'n h'r There was no hope lcf,
her, thcn-none Then came another
thought SO much for her u do IN
SO little time Ia io il in.
\ sudden cheer from the crowd
" hat could il mean, Aui next ,no-
ment the sound II hurried f,oot~tep, al-
'hhcing along the corridor that lel u
her rooms and then the crash Of i,
heavy body against the door; another
and the door broke away from il,
hinges AMI through th- smoke rh.r,
advanced upon her a tall dark iiytirr
which, In that first moment Of surpri..
she conld not look upon a, other th,u
an apparition from the dead. The
current OF air from the broken window
had thinned the smoke IN .n,n. m..,.
"f'' ana th' room wa, fiilel with the
ruiit glare of the burnin. house.
in the midst Of thai glare stood h.
whom but a few short hour. ayn III.
hah iondiv hoped lay buried fathom.
deep beneath thu waves he who's.
young llir ,hc hal hiightrI. who's.
death III. hal cnnpa,~ci--h whom
she hatcd above all others eldest
born "f her dead hn-bsn,i. and now sir
Arthnr Spencelaugh. ph. the bitter
ness "i owing her III, t. the courage
Di TINS man Wa, thi- the mcthol nf
has forgiveness:
..,nk n-ir: put tou must tell m al I
crwards. for We have not a Ihiuute u
spare If we would get back ju safety.
He had his pocket-knif" out even
'shil. he Was speaking, and WIS rapid
Iv cut,ing the cords that fastened her.
But >evcn when released fsum her
bonds, she was utterly unable q move
rither hanl or foot. and Sir Arthur
seeing this. hastenrl intp An adjoining
room, AMI brought thence large conn-
,erpanc. ia which hr proceeded -
wrap the helpless ~uIuan: .tnl when
this va, done, h. took her up lightly
In iii. arms. ani carried her ont bN th-'
way he hai come. Al the end ot the
corridor he paused before him lay the
gulf Of raging tire. several feet h
l.t t.gtFii,.
leapel when On his way Ia search for
Lady >pencelaugh, before which all the
other volunteers had paused agha-t,
and even Castor. brave enough on all
ordinary occasions, hal tremhlcl and
fallen back, as doubtful OF his ability
10 reach the opposite side. This hery
gulf occupied the spot where the old
staircase had been. which was one OF
the first objects that ftl. q prey t. the
flames From the opposite s'tc Of the
staircase ran what wa, known n the
Stone Gallery and the space between
the end of thi, gallery AMI the corridor
where Sir Arthur was nov standing
wa. filled by staircase NJ lnn1rr. but
across from the gallery 70 the corridor
was desperate one under ANY csrtum-
stance, since 10 miss ypur footing On
the opposite SIDE meant nothing .r,>
than destruction AMI bur,ienc,l ~ ~
Arthur now was. H. get back the -anc
way wa> a sheer imposaihiiity. lhc
men awaiting his return in thc CALLER;
had given INN a hearty cheer when
they saw him emerge through the shoA,
holding in his arms tine object IF hi-
search but the cheer hai ended III
something very like 4 groan, whri
they saw and recognised TIE difficulty
which lie was now called upon Ia face
There WAS a minutes intense silence
(which Sir Arthur was the iir-l tn break
| Fetch up the long ladder out uf I'll,
Z slrubbcrv.' he called ont to the lnru u
the gallery. They unIler-tn,i In al
! instant why he wanted II. AMI t"o nln
/ utes later. there it was. Vita heart.
goodwill. they prucr.-,ici - ph>l
ont from the gallery, and pfcr IN
burning wreck Of the staircase. till II
other end re-te Il on the corridor al tn
feet of Sir Arthur; wh" then, taAll
up hi, burden again. stepped hGltl
from runs TO sun9 arros, III iirr
gulf, till he reached the opposite sii'
and then gave up hl- rhargr INTO III
hand, Of the paled facet 1a~'"n vii
rs vet knew not the name Of the ia
less stranger.
CHAPTER XLl.-A NAp"oMAN ktE EtN"I
NIGHr after night. with lule
stealthy patience. tine woman Mar
laboured at the task she hal sci ne
self To do. But ii wa, not every nigi
that she could So work, for there We
quick ears at White Grange; no
, than once she had been surprised