Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-08-19

committing the garrison by the suddenness
and vigor of my assault, insomuch that
after brief, hopeless struggle, 1t surron.
dered at discretion. My darling had
spoken the words that bound her life TO
mine forever.
Under the summer stars, in the hush OF
the summer night, she and were sitting
on the balcony of their room that over
looked the river and the purple woods
beyond; at her feet, as I loved best to sit,
AID watch the great violet eyes turn slow
ly on me; at her feet, with her hand IN
mine again.
And SO you ran away from me, Hell
en9"
"What else could l doP 1 was so weak
with you, Frank ; so weak against my
love. And, for your sake, l felt it ought
not to be. SO ran away. 1t was terri
BILE work to get Amy to start that night,
though She was horribly cruel to me
she fought for you. How / loved her
when she did But l would go; and SO
we went"
"And then you thought you were
safeP'
"Safer. Away from you was strong"
"And did you think you would be out
of my reach long?"
She gave me smile, delicious as ca
resS. Then she said:
"Qui sattl l thought you would come,
but not 80 soon. Not till should have
time to harden my heart. knew was
doing right, Frank. But thought, too,
that might never see you again. And
then" her face told me the rest.
"Enfantl What had you to do with it,
right or wrong, if you loved mef You
we're mine. How could you ever think
should let you goP Let you go, who have
given me new faith, new hope, new life
made life precious to me, now-how could
1? Helen, my Helen, nothing can take
self from me-"
From my arms, where she had nestled,
on sudden she started.
"There!" she whispered, pointing to
the deserted river walk; "there! Did
you not see him Z"
On her face, yet wet with happy tears,
had come the haunted look once more ;
in her voice was the old fear, though my
arms and my love were about her. /
knew what had done this; the sight of a
man for whom was beginning to feel
something of the hate that kills.
!" | saw no one, you know. And if
Alvarez Smith wants to do me mischief,
why on earth should he turn out and do
melodrama in the moonlight, threaten me
with imaginary daggers, and that sort OF
thing, to put me on my guard|
~ saw him standing there" and she
pointed again straight before her.
"And how was he dressed?"
"In short cloak, it seemed. I saw
him throw il back when he lifted his arm. u
"And then he disappeared-whereY"
"lnto the shadow of the trees"
That was perfectly possible. A couple
Of strides would take any one out OF
sight, who had stood even in the centre
of the broad alice.
IT Helen had really seen Alverez Smith
he might be hidden in that shadow oven
now, watching US. My blood began to
stir at this.
had been Just week in the Bad when
the denouement of this story came out.
We had gone up the river one morning
in "hen COOP" had landed some three
miles or so above Lindenbsd, and strolled
away, out of sight of the boatman, along
the bank, down to which extended the
low scrub and bushwood Of the forest.
We sat down on a sort Of a little crap
which overhung the river, and from which
Helen had discovered view which she
was doing her best to sketch under an or
ganized series of interruptions from mo
Lying there at her feet, watching hel
eyes, and drinking in her voice, thinking
of that new life she had given me, and
that was precious to me for her sake,
was terribly near my death.
There was hardly breath Of air astir
and yet, all at once, my pot hat, that was
tilted over my eyes to keep off the sur
glare, rolled away lszily over the turf
| dipped, so neatly and lightly that hardly
felt it, of my head.
A sharp crack and a little puff of whit,
smoke rising above a clump OF brushwooC
| explained this phenomenon.
saw at once what it meant. was or
my feet, and half way across to the covel
which sheltered my would-be assassin il
q couple Of bounds. Another bulle
| Whizzed by my ear, ard then l haC
sprung into the thicket, struck by ont
lucky blow smoking revolver from thu
shaking hands, and flown at the throat o
-Alverez Smith.
1t was well / had lost no time; he go
no chance of using his knife.
heard Helen scream, and then saw
her fall lifeless on the turf where we has
been sitting, and then was wrestling fo
dear life with a madman. He had M
| science. but he held me like fiend. Gu
him off his legs again and again but h,
| clung so desperately to me that l couldn'
drop him. Each fresh struggle brough
us nearer and nearer the edge of tn
| little crag. guessed what he wanted t
| do, and put all my remaining strength
into one fierce, desperate effort to film
him.
This time he went down, but my foo
| nd eli ho Arxy oh ttrrea a y
managed to pull me down upon him.
l felt his arms close round me in gril
J of steel as he twisted and writhed toWarC
| the edge; heard his yell of diaboliOa
triumph in my ears knew that we mus
roll over felt the mad rush of air by me
felt shock that seemed to stun me AM
then, locked in each others arms, th
water closed over US like thick dark
ness.
He must have struck against somethin
in the fall, and have been dead or stunne
when he reached the water.
In second l had wrenched myseI
free from that deadly grip, had risen
the surface, and was striking out for tn
| bank. Ten minutes more and L was kneel
ing beside Helen, slowly recovering he
consciousness under the sympathizin
care of forest.keeper's wife. n
|
The body of Alvarez Smith was pickle
up nexcNay. He had disguised himse
80 well while waiting his opportunity {
settle matters with me, as to have elude
detection by the Polizei-Amt, but wa
able to swear unhesitstingly to his ident
ty, and did, with some, pardonable satl
| faction
He is believed to have left no one to e,
act the forfeit from Helen Wybrowe Whe
she marries me; and, supposing his bsl
gain with the original claimants to hay
been lawful one, there is an end, yo
see, OF "Wyhrowe's Will"-LOndon 8,
''f9 ~ ~ = : - 7Ul
Rules for Life.
THE following rules, from the papers {
DIR. West, were, according to his memo
randum, thrown together as general WAY
marks in the journey of life: