The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21

morning we had been beaten out at least
twenty miles further than we were at might
Il was two days before we managed 10
make the land at the village close to Lori
mer's house. The first thing / heard was
that the English signor and signors had left
ON the previous morning, and all their
servants had gone after them, for England.
But 1 could not and would not leave
without seeing the place myself. / walked
up 10 the villa, and found IL closed at every
entrance. There was not a trace of a liv-
ing soul about il. / was determined TO
enter il. At last, after walking round the
building once OF twice, / saw that It was
possible TO climb mp TO q window, which /
az once recognized as that of my former
sleeping room, by means of a light lattice
trailing It, If it could only bear my weight.
| got mp / opened the easement, and in q
minute / was in tie loom. At once l
found my way to the apartment which /
knew 10 have been that occupied by Lori
mer. Everything there bore traces of de-
p%arture; but there was no disorder, no con
fusion. nothing to bear cut the testimony
Of my dream.
"Still I was not satisfied, and l resolved
10 search.
"In one corner of the room stood a pom.
derous iron-clasped closet, ofItalian make,
and ola great size. Il shut witb-e spring;
but I found the secret Of il, and threw
open the lid. Great Godi there was the
realization of my dream; there, IN that
snowy robe. was the body of Sibyl, with
the tangled mass Of golden hair; there was
the face gashed with the deep wound which
/ had already seen. discolored all over with
the dark stain that seemed to cry aloud for
vengeance.
From that chamber I departed with tho
intention OF Immediately giving the alarm.
But my mind was distressed, and | wander.
ed ] scarce knew whittier, till found my
self Immediately in front of the arbor in
which Siybl LoTimer only q few days ago
had sat beside me.
"Once more l hoard a step, the same
step 1 had already heard there. TUNED
round and saw Lorimer.
",Dolt ! IDIOT he exclaimed, have you
come here 10 meet your death2 Do you
not think that / watched you enter the
house, that I knew you went into that
chamber in which she lies ~dead-dead, and
killed with that same instrument which
shall deal you, too your death p And | saw
him flash the long italian blade which l
had seen once before in my dream.
If anticipated the movement, and seized
his wrist Just as he was in the act of strik-
ing the blow, else you would scarcely hear
me tell you this. There was moi a moment
to lose. Then came struggle a struggle
for existence. He was q powerful man,
and his grip was like iron. We were fast
approaching the extremity Of the pieci.
pice, l on the side of its brink. A moment
more, and all would have been over. His
foot slipped, and he fell PROSTATE. There
on the ground lay the knife. I seized it,
and
"No, thank God, the stain Of blood is
not on my hands. Lorimer rose, but wheth-
err il WAS madness or despair, or whether
he felt that l was more than his match,
know not Hooked round; he had disap-
peared. The man had thrown himself
from the brink of the rock, five hun
bred feet high, iuto the ocean beneath.
'For the rest-well, never mind the
rest. Il was the dream | wanted to tell
you about, oppropos of that business Of
yours. II | were you, Arthur, as / said be-
fore, / would renew the search for those
papers in every possible quarter to-mor-
row."
And Gay Gervayse knocked the ashes
out Of his pipe, and became silent and inn
penetrable as ever.
Well, Frank and myself took the nd.
vice OF our cousin. We did renew tho
search for the will; whot is more, we
found it among precisely those papers
which were indicated to Frank by his
ghostly y%isitant. As for the truth Of these
two dreams. l can at least vouch for that
Of one; and as for the other, Guy Gervayse
Is not given to romRncing.