Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-04

hurled this object against the projecting
head of sunken rock. At the same instant
! L0wder recognized it as the body OF a man.
/ lie crept toward it, and the waters dashed
the body on the shore at his feet. tie put
his hands on the face. How cold and wet It
was 1t felt like the face Of dead man
Lowder's fingers came in contact with the
soft. silken moustache. and he knew that the
body was that Of Guy Tressilian
Of the five who had stood on the sloop s
deck a half hour earlier, these two alone
were left. The captain and his crew had
found their deaths among the cruel, yawn-
ing waters.
Lowder thrust his hand under the waist
coat of his friend, but he could not nercei7e
the beating Of his heart. Despair took pos
session of him
- Dead - he said shrilly. Dead And
he would have done so much for me IL be hal
lived And his father and the young girl be
was to have married will wait ia vain for his
coming HIS place at Tressilian Court is
empty. W ho can ill it p
IL seemed to bim that some demon at his
side echoed the question Who C3uid MI NE
place LETT racaRt by the noble G1tV IressElaE
thought came to nina thought 81
strange and sinister that be shiyered inv9l-
UNFAIRLY. Again lie felt OF TressIlan's
heart. 1t gave no throb against his hand.
lie passed his hand over TressiliaE 5 head,
and discovered a gaping wound in the skull
The hair was clotted with blood
Putting his hand into his breast pocket.
Lowder drew out has little water proof match
safe. lie opened it with trembling fingers
and struck a light. The red flicker danced
on young Tressilian's face
How CHASTITY and terrible it looked Tie
eyes were closed, the smile was gone. THE
seal of death seemed Get on the noble tea-
lures.
Lowder examined the wound 1t had been
made by contact with the sharp rock, aHi
even Lowder perceived its terrible character.
- If re is not dead. he soon viii be- he
muttered. = His brain has received an aW-
ful injury. lie viii never know who lie IS
again lie won't live till morning, and be
IS perhaps dead already. lie must BE dead.
Again it seemed to him as though some
demon echoed his words
The match dropped from his fingers into
the water. For little while he crouchcd
on the wet stones IN silence. bAtrlFnz il NAV
be, with the better and nahler instincts il
his nature.
At last, with sudden ana abrupt stealth
ness, his hand stole into the breast pocket +
Tressilian and drew out his private note
book, packet OF letters. and few trinke.s
lie secured these among hIs own wet gar
meuts. Their possession seemed to give him
courage. and his face hardened, and be
knelt beside the body Of his friend and rifel
his garments Of all they contained, hestow-
ing his plumber On his own person
Then lie took his own purse, bis note
took, few receipts and tribes from his own
pockets, and put them in the pockets of
Iressilian.
=. 1t IS done he whispered to himself,
j. 4 -E.- -E
darkness i. Ne one Is harmed lie is dead.
Il he had lived he would have provided for
me- As lie Is dying OF dead. I must provide
for myself. IhlS likeness hrEtrslg as JrltL make
ug fortune. HIS friends viii be spared
terrible grief, and IL shall 1--we ii last
Fortune gives me a chance = gam name and
wealth at one lucky stroke
As If to give himself no chance Tor repent
ance, he arse TO his feet and turned ms
searching glances in an inland direction. a
light, az from cottage window. Elimmeriug
family through the thick haze. caught bis
gaze
Raising his voice. he called loudly
Z. Help Ii0 there help
The wind had abated, and his cries rang
cut through the night with startling dis
tinctness. The light lie had seen moved ana
disappeared a minute later. answering
cries reached Lowder's ears. and lie heard
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