The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-27
|aroeni elknpened upona long, WideDbr-
siddH daviaedaat icter1als by arohes, lin

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naaled him aluder my breath, ,stoo fright
eesd ihthe sound 'of my toxnsvoice to
|.peako al6uas;sdf she hadesnot been a
l6vG, i should doubtless have called in
|rans; tbu(,his ears were, Sensitive to my
soicsa;it, seemed; ;taadt the! response ss13as
immediate. .oo'pod n,
|soas s..sN.lsassjjosiea what is it? where are you
deesg r. ,srNitha an, ,l instant spring ont Of
he'd, Pena,a te6ck of the .dooE-latch. 10
affTheresg1s'mebedy up stairs. Oh,i
Ghii.1.4m terriblysjrishteneedt K o:.o,, Il
e4ssIalLs Lsb& zithe;y ;yep ip one moment,
ategE:Yio 10 zAaa.b Ard befare I could have b. am
sstzisaasd sseiassd issr,oesbk.be vas. standiag'be-
ssidea deasssl, spe, Al .dsessea and ready fsE tt
|,epsrgepsysrs1o oezplainesd what + had
heard: shs vent; into, my troem, and
.h1aa.aned;, gts74the mysterious sounds
!haag4 d. 4'ceasede. .si~onsn bna a,ia,@..q" 4
ara as'Fhey h heard US Jsallkkg, talking, Chi they
are: keeping, 4tl.ji aniet-7-sh, what shall We
:do!s t.~hisperesa, nerElvonvsly- z:o,
IL sPsrh.psh ! " it vas Sc rat you hesrd, or
q eeaa.t,n' he suggested. "The old :garret
is qyqrhesAE-7isq't qsy,git se'E7 i II IT," >:;.s, ::
(rsT VS.; .s!;;b,nt ibnt that bat vas no rat It didn't
c,cs.pPper .P it7treqzT5there her i is again"
The same creaking board nd, and Ee steeall1tby tesl1
step. 1T then . spring, and and :! sudden,
startIpg; crash, as # some heavy body
had fallen. Il screamed With all my
might; IN spite e Cbi's arm around.
ne, 7. could MT: control the, first i'm
pSlSs ,['fJ of ny tfrro;r ; and it vas rather:
| &eTtifyiag to have Him burst into q
hsa!ty a'st sists ieststd p IF ste sharing my
;,};s!l }ss!; 3El FIX j ny j$?,rd word 70. itw
j be e4olaimoa<.A "Give me your candle,
Msnornics, ns'a! ia RI hut hhes, he, OUT
''" He' snatshea i from me, and strobe
down the long corridor to ittl tho attic
Asstaircsssd IsfSllowsdp too frightened to
'kaaya bshibj,o andsawith some sort Of
Rsroic' 'ideasot s',ariog!his fate, whatever
BIT might be; ;Tand :so&e came together
to4the door that enclosed the narrow
stsir~ayolsaaihg upahe ga'ret. It was
slightly 1jarih1 70 2?"'Ist .:':'
AuimeTsat'sje~her9 puss' squeezed in"
'Ghi';1adghiogjo joand he spraDg up
ths1steps,' 4 three at a bound, I scram-
'fpliagzafter as ~ellas..I { could, having no
| faith xhateverin the cat, and in deadly
terror of some unseen murderer. The
candle the merest glimmer o. light
oip .uammensity Of blackncss; !; it show
ed butoneE step in; ad Vance, and in no
1lway. sptapared, either: Of for the ap.
.proaeh of = imoving,object that bounced
suddenly against Chi in the udirk,
knockisg tha' candle out Of his hands,
and; Hith;a fierce pluuge, and fash Of:
two fiery, frightened eyes, went scut-
| thing downstairs: So u,N o.;''~-- 4:
+. Of courae.it was the cat, but it's; orot:
plessaat'to haveseveRa cat rush At you
10 tbedsrk, and Il ;soreamed' naturally
enoqghu dItk the first duty efweman
to scream at suoh oh2erises,I and IL always
DO sny 4 vduty.y Eyene Chi, himself u. was
asasttll asasttll"d. .,a gut tt. Of bis se eompesure e:.,,;g
! y r,"cConafagAd the. cat !y'. he lmuttesed:
t"Don'tl be. afraid Marjorie :, !,,,27as I
eltaeg selaeg 9shiq aj4h in abject fsaEs fsags five got
ss;mpa ss;mpaatob, III! ligha the candle: tdagain.2
IS G.Qh, come % %dpyag, do1, come dftownlip' dow T
linp|eredsr .eJfsit's the cat she's gone;
There's nothing to stay Ifero opow-"'lI,:l
"I-want-te sesswhat twas that fell
a6aii a6a@ihi u 70 ''bSaVAy7ia liz said; you
need pnot: 20, lMsrjore. I'lt take you.
4swp.stairr TO- Jerusha, land come back,
tsftervard.ns nsero1a ed, 10 aoi5j5no2 os:1
ks,1ssApd get killed all alooe;?, No, you
oshaa't "a IT&g'speds1y '"'I'h 60 where
you go:"iai>eqz2 |ra .>2s.:.~ ,3 r'n;
taCeme %, then he laughed. Give
lpne inteptionsof being killed, I can tell
Lyon, though. I've too much to live
lafas noMls' 10 saojs72xsa c@, ;-a-., ,::s~ -:
aoAaA dark as it was,u hoo found my
! lips'somaw.y,o without; sny, difficulty:
es.pdleryps disoozered, after some
erapipes oapd, relighted.rao Then we
,ExenthNarils down ths black, length Of
] thehuse, ssUet, Chi holding bis. light
f.pfk sad 4ooksiaes from right te. left for,
iaAs1caaeo of;thh1 crash, lit; was an
esriv old splaoscbg neapdle-light; an i'm
! mepses, specs, saisidad'aon1y uby huge
Iaeahesothat sapPorted,Sthearoo dand
|s6llsa5Eiths.l the, heterogeaeous s;lumber
|sthstthe ,msny aaepar.tidns of an 1old
family ceupulate.o There wers; holes
bihthaiaeorsvhsra rats skulked,a there
ENesIholebainesthe nlolt where pigeons
built their nestaseaying; in and out, Of
the broken Window-panes. There we're
ID chests and trunks filed with forgot.
ten 16neries;sthere werert rusty old fire.
arms ;;.zthere. we're tables and chairs Of
pssted5nastg, in ALI stages aef dilspida:
|stienso.> othibe,n however; seemed to
have. .bsepE disturbed from the crepose of
. yeaps sauta; wejureachsd the extreme
end Of the garres, back of the last arch. !
There something lay in aehesp] Of
M ruins, Ii sHd Obi shouted eureka" rs
s5hs jeIloxihssesof thsacadale revealed
'sn'std desk completely shattered, !, and
70 masss!Sf' 'papefsaassiewn about tie;
'wieeEsbsod aaod: gaibulos'i ,H3iaog /
Id "Hstesdyout: burglar~ he cried; |