The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-19

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"Skc was lying on that heap of bricks:
marked the place with two pieces OF
chalk; ay, here they are; herhead lay here,
and her feet here" ss ' ly,ielai.
aWeIi then," said the woman, che will
not DO far from that place, You clear
away those bricks and rubbish, and you
viii find him underneath. She was his
sweetheart, that Is well known here; aud
no was safe TO be beside her when the
place was blown up" II sf'f"lE q.
mo such thing" said ltahS0me, angri'
", and casting u side look ut Grace, "she
lay pn tho second floor, and MIR. Little on
the first floor" 2. ~ y s1a ~.
"Thou simple body" said tho woman.
"What's q stair to young man, when o
bonny lass lies awaiting him, and not q
soul abOutT They were deal too close
together oil day, 10 DO distant at night"
A murmur ofasscnt burst ut once from
all the women ~. i.GlYt ~
Grace's body WINGED and Quivered, but
her marble ilce never stirred, nor did her
Iips utter aSound. ~ i'"t Is yagli
Come away from their scandalous
tongues" said RanSolnc, eagerly. 7
mo said Grace; and such a"No." 1t
was like astatue tutoring chip Of It's own
marble. '.HHnat-i1eT rs tts 'HE77
Then she stool QuivCring moment; ;
then, leaving RanSOne's arm, she darted
up'to the place where Jael Denecshad
been found Ie3 'frIHlI if 'ff T
q She stood, like a bird, on tho broken
masonry, and opened her beautiful eyes
| in strange way, and demanded Of oil her
senses whether the body Of him she loved
lay beneath her feet. =, i.E' jlhia
lhI After a minute, during which everyoyc
WINS rivitcd on her, she said, II don't be;
lieve It; l don't feel him near me. But l
will know" Ha. j.,
She took out her purse, full Of gold, and
held Il up to the women. This for you,
II you viii help me" Then, Meeling
down, she began TO tear up tho bricks and
throw them, one after another, 30 far Us
her strength permitted. The effect on the
wOrk.Women was electrical: they swarm
oil on tho broken masonry, and began 10
clear 1t away brick by brick. They work.
ed with sympath0tiCl fury, led by this tair
creature, whose white hands were soon
soIled and bloody, but never tired In
less than an hour they had cleared away
several wagon.lOads Of debris a'E
N, Tho body Of Henry Little was not there
Grace gave her purse 70 the women, and
leaned heavily on Mr.. RansomCs arm
again. lie supported le out Of the works
As soon Jus, they were alone, she said,
Us Jael DcnCe alive or deadE"
.She was alive halt I'M hour ago" .5,
HNYhere Is she y ,las .lul.5
cat tho hospital" lie l.,,! ...r ,It,f. IN
"Take me to the hospital" l,g
He took her 10 the hospital, md soon
thoy stood beside d clean little bed, In
which lay the white, but still cOmely, face
Of Jacl Dence: her lllXuriant hair was cut
close, and her head bandageil; but forher
majestic form she looked Q fair, dying boy.
IStand back" said Grace, sand let me
sneak TO her" Then she leaned over Jacl
where she lay. s".'s
Gentle women are not al gGntlenGss.
Watch them, especially In contact with
their own sex, and you shall sec now and
then trait Of the wild animal. Grllce
Garden al this moment was anything but
loye.likc; 1t was moro like q falcon the
way she clutchel the bed.clothes, and
lowered over that prostrato figure, and
then, descending slowly nearer and near
| or, plunged her eyes into those fixed and
staring 0rbs Of JGcl Deuce. !.
So she remained riyctcd. Had Jael been
conscious, aud culpable,, nothing could
have escaped o scrutiny so penetrating
Even unconscious as she was, JGels
brNin and body began to show some signs
tlley were not quite imperyiols to the
strange magnetic, power which bcsiegcd
them 30 closely. When Cruces eyes had
been close TO hers. about 0 minute, Jael
Dencc moved her head slightly to tho left,
MS If those eyes scorched her.
But Grace moved her own head to tho
right, rapid as o snake, and fixed her
again directly. ,fl .a,.au, .u
Jael Dences bosom gave heayc.
@Wlicre-is-Hcnry LittlcT said Grace,
still holding her tight by the eye, and
speaking very slowly, and In such Q tone,
low, but solemn and commanding; y tone
tliat, compelled reply. ..l,.. !. ID
"Wherc-is-uenry Little p ..
When this was so repeated, joel moved
a LILLY aLu not H t1ts gv i,,io u
TH neT IT, a,,o,,Nd tSoI,i,: and sorc IN.
articulate sounds issued from them.
"Wherc-is-Henry Little"
Jael Dencc, though unconscious, wrltled
and mOanel 50, that the. head nurse Inter
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