The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-30
A sisters Revenge.

sloW-gatheflng gloom OF night
seemed suddenly to deepen. The
light died alorg the slopes OF the
mountains, and the little tarn lie.
side which his horse Lad Ieisurely
walked for the last hour seemed
suddenly to lave grown into q
bl,ck, movelcss line.
"Thc storm is on MS, Kitty, and
we're stalled IN this confoundcd rut
ofa valley" said Lord Redmond.
81 have been trying to get out OF it
t;r two hours" lie muttcrcd, dis.
mounting, aud leading his horse.
The beautiful mare he led seem.
ed to STARE in his anxiety, follow
ing obediently, and with nm occa-
sionsl gla"ce around Suddenly
SIZE cave shrill whinny: and at
tie same moment Redmond thought
lie heard distant cry. lie looked
up eagerly, scanning the hills, and
finally saw boy standing on a
point of one of the bluffs, and ges-
ticulating wildly. As he pressed
on he could hear the lads cries.
"IIaste, then, haste-the storm
is coming! IIaste-it will soon be
upon you! Follow tile path-it
will lead YOU up here. Hasten, or
you'll be drowned like a rat in his
hole"
Before Redmond reached tic boy
he was suspicious that lie was half
iliotic; and wien he gained the
rock upon which lie stood, he saw
tLat the lal was, indeed, a poor,
l.ali.crazed fellow, with staring
eyes and furious gestures; yet not
without mercy for those less help
less than himsrlf, for he carried a
wcaried lamb, which he had proba-
bly, been ont in search Of, while the
ram ran by his side.
"Come come out of the storm y
lie cried, pressing on.
And Lord Redmond followed,
still leading his horse.
Kitty saw shelter first, and
wlinnied again at the scent of bar
ley, which she perceived as they
turned q sharp angle, and faced an
old stone structure, with build
ings, more dark and gloomy in its
appearance than the surrounding
scene.
$50 in TO the fire." cried the
boy, pointing to the door and
grasping kitty's bride.
"No, | will see her put up first, Y
answered Lord Redmond, leading
the horse around to the stable.
Tie animal was too valuable a
one to'be left to chance care. lie
was surprised at the readiness with
which the halfsenseless boy rubbed
down her glossy tianks and covered
her with an old blanket, showing
g'eeful satisfaction in her beauty as
lie tended her. He LETT her finally
and turAcd toward the house.
1t was a good stone building,
showing marks of decay where de-
cay could touch it. Neither face
nor freight was to be seen at the
windows, though the wind was
shrieking and the rain falling hcav-
lily; and obeying the boys dircc-
tons, Redmond opened the creak-
ing oak door and entered.
lie found himself in a large, low
room, in which an old woman was
preparing supper, while an old |
man sat upon the hearth, fImbling |
with the lock of n rusty rifle, and |
two old pointers lay at his feet,
smelling about his hands ard the |
gun He was the wreck OF a stern,
fire man--that was to be seen at a
glarce. The woman was a crone
OF the lower order-his serving
woman, as she showed by the awk-
ward haste to obey the old mans
command and bring seat to tile
fire. lie did rot speak, but only
commanded by a gesture.
Redmond addressed him courte-
ously. lie smiled sadly, shook his
head, and touched his ear, in to-
ken of helpless deafness.
And SO the weary lord, detained
from his waiting bride and mari-
age feast, sat in the old drcary
house looking III ill-concealed dis
content from the fire to the serving
woman, and from the dogs to the
passive and resigned face OF his ST.
lent host.
When the woman came and
wheeled the old mans chair to the
board, he perceived that he was
llso crippled. The crone turned to
him.
"Will ye sit by, sir?" she asked.
As lie rose the door opened, and
he stood arrested in the movement
4 lady entered, SO fair, 50 pure, 50
,old, that she might have been
made OF snow. She had q loose
black mantle about her, which she
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