Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-11-14

and slung his rife over his shoulder.
Two or three followed suit, and the
rooms were in whirl of confusion.
"Let me go too, Rose almost shrek
ed.
"My clild, there may be some mis-
take" said DIR. Caltran soothingly,
alarmed at the consequences Of his
sisters vision. "Do, pray, be calm"
"No, there is no mistake She ans.
wered, Historically. 81 told him to
skate up--his horse was lame7-I dared
him to come. Oh, merciful Heavens
forgive me -
She was in a perfect agony of de-
spair. The horrible vision her cousin
Georges words conjured up, made a
more vivid one in her brain. Her face
that had been so brilliant short time
before, was now the picture of anguish
She could not help thinking that if
any evil had bcfallen him it was clear
ly her fault. How many times she had
tormented him almost beyond endur-
ance-becn cool, capricious, laughed
at his love. Arraigning her heart for
Judgment, she found it had been Bit
terly cruel to him--to one man for
whom she would give her life if occc-
sion required. In the confusion and
crowd she passed quietly up the stairs,
got her shawl and hood, and stole out
unseen, Along she sped like shad-
owy wrath, and was on the river as
soon as the men with their rifles.
Hark what was that ? A sicken.
ing, despairing cry, wall of mortal
agony. Rose recognized it for his
voice-for they were close upon him
now,
Yes, the cry came from Charles
Vance. With that one despairing
burst he gave up hope, and turned up
, on his horrible pursuers. In the moon
light his eyes glared back to those
fierce balls, ard there was a dcethly
pause. The suddennoss amazed the
unreloasirg brutes, but the foremost
crouched to spring.
A ball went whizzing by, so closely
that Mr.. Vance felt the hot air upon
e his cheek. Then yell ensucd, end
J. ing in a howl of maddening pain
Another report-another footsteps I;
( voices. Yet he did not stir.
8 ooh, Charles Charles ~ and the
next instant Rose lay senseless at his
G feet
At first he could not think, could
not speak; the utter surprise and
d sense of deliverance overwhelmed him
e He knelt down on the ice, tremblin.
e in every limb, and the rest came throng
ing around. The discounted enem,
l. were retiring with savegc cries, leav
ing two of their number dead behiLC
It them,
10 "What is it all ?" began Mr.. varcc
7, "I--I can not immagine-"
! ado not try" interrupted Georg'
'e Ardlcy. at is the strangest thing
= that ever happened. Can you wall
IL home? I'll see to Rose" and he pick
Il cd her up as though she had been Q
u u baby.
Il They went home slowly. Vance
. strength was all but exhausted. An
CRY mutterings followed them from
afar, but there was no real dange
:, now. Rose, reviving to consciousness
:, struggled away from her cousins pro
I" lection.
"Let me walk; I am quite we'll now, ;
: she said, with touch Of her old i'm
periousness. And she got 10 Mr.
- Vancc's side. 'He
, "Ob, Charles, I have been so selfsl
> and cruel! Will you ever forgiy
me ?n
|, Charles answer was to take her arm
" within his and press it to his side. Sh
:. broke down with a sob.
!. Hush, my darling God has inter
posed to save me. But still do no
q, understand how or why YOU should al
4 have come"
"Oh, Charles, it is the stranges. tai,
, You will hardly believe it--you, VIII
90 have laughed at
Don't spoil the story, Rcsc," sal
We George A!dley from behind. 1--WE
d. haze it all out when we get home"
&c Was DR.. Caltran surprised when
he heard Of the strange escape. and sa,
Of the rescued man He made no sig,
wo Miss Caltran, the clairvoyanatc, W,
vi herself then, save for an intense, du
ds. headache,
St They had gained on me SO fast tn
it seems as if I could not have he
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