The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-04-12

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to orthography-doubtful., But here is nd,
card. ."T iis7.gl = q
| Il took the delicate piece of paste board tha
was rendered to me, and rt ad the name,
"Eyam EosL"-with considerable mystific,
I ton.
~ hope LIDO not ihtrudel',Dy yisiter pro
ceeded-- evkienuy finding SOME. little difli
Guilty Id thsarticllation q his words; z but
! being. In bis pais Of ie.acounuy by accl
dent, and having strong desire to maxi
the acquaintance of gentleman famed fo
| his wealth and hospitality, took the liber
! ty Of stepping to have chat with you owe
"a social glass. Could I detain yeu In .pri
vste for ten minutess'"
81 amrbutertaihg alargeicompany,a rs yot
| will p par,,eiye to-night," Isaid. hesitatingly
brief period you mention. 81 will see.
"Thst's good fellow!' was the fIee and
easy reioinder. - -,;,,.,...... -. ,.
And at the same instant the identical hand
| that q moment or two before had melted in
1 TO air when would have grasped 10 dealt
me a hearty blow on the back. .SiEl- p.'
This familiarity would hsve irritstetl me
had 1t not been apparent that-the person
t1et ME call hinl--was slightly Tn his cups
As it was, | rather sitily hade him follow
me TO The house, and conducted him to a
| v,
| where | left him, and went in pursuit Oi
Basil. '.''i
found my brother in the great drawing.
room, where Otir guests were arranging
themselves fer the first quadrilTe. 1 beck
Oned Basil aside. and, with c,earness and
distiiHtness which 1 consider highly cred
liable under circumstances so uncommon,
explained to him all that had happened,
and described the remarkable visitor who
was at that moment beneath our roof. He
looked hard at me. and there was the out
line of an expression on his face that new.
er saw before "'. .'ii Z
am not of a. suspicious nature. but it
fE,s he'd into my mind in. an Instant that this
brother OF mine was plotting to possess
himself of my great inheritance through
some cunning scheme that could not faith
Om. But kept the discovery to myself;
and telling him 10 excuse me 10 my friends
for few moments, went back to the lit.
tie room where 1 had left the newcom r.
found him seated at a round table. with
bottle of brandy in his hand, from which
he was filling cristal goblet. On the op-
posite side Of the board stood huge white
owls with seyes Of amethyst, that winked
necessarily I'M the strong lights and upon
the great antlers of deer suspended just
above hishead, a mOnste-Ous anaconda oil.
ed in writhing convulsioDs.
lin the name Of heaven where did that
serpent come from - | cried starting back
in terrhr. sEhh : "
liza only q pet 0f mine, my guest AM
sw. I'd glancing up.at the reptile; per
( ctly tame, aud harmless as a Kitten. Come
a0Wh M mere, CID Ieilow.
Inc snaKe opeyed, and cOilcd itself upon
the table between the--the man and the
owl, who caressed it with his great yellow
r's You see I'm making .frce with your can.
tsl brandy.n mvsyisi,er said smilinp. Let
me fill glass Tor you: and white we drink
hayessometbing to saw
/ took the glass he handed me. and ysve
attention, sitting well back from the table
with its strange occunants
:" Y on must Know hesaid. =. that I came
As friend [ happened to be aware-it
don't matter how-that your brother me,Ii.
tates an act al aiuparallel al De, n W.
- Ab .syop We discovered thatr' hcried.
beginning to be interested. .Pray pro-
az intend TO. | never leave nv work half
jcne. He has aaiceady arranged with g
tain minions of his tn conf no Won in a nr;so,
situase,l on the on tpYmostl yerge of cyeation
-to nrocfaiu Won y lunatic and seize yn,r
Already he ia f,liing tb. ,ninds
nf fine comnanv here assembled IN vo,,r h.
DR. with the notion tbatgou are beside vour.
elf. i'm order to make Of them convc,iont
witnesses. He Lleans TO depriye Won OF lib.
,rtv to-n;obt. hut ba shaIi he fi;Js.t NJ,
.arriage viii ret"rn in five n,nu,n. ,oe. an, my
:haH escane With mes, $500 ''u
-..i knew he nedjr,.ed sor,e rn,scb;ef, :, 7
,ried. sprinpino a TO INV feet =. bnt am IN.
lebted To Won for the details Of q Not ~
which I sboi1ld bsye heen involved bnt tnr
,our timely warning You have p-o,od |,
nv friend. Give me your bb.nd y ,
Aoain he extended the bara yyhare,,,'o,
p,rkIed the reat sannhire--a~sip 4 assapod |
o cIssp II. and ara,n INV t,n yrrs' c,osod ~,
oth;n, hrr"d;,, -, Dlor.u vi
o sprfiip un- in NV mind jm,,ossihle ~ Sas
ribe. terrible 10 rep,ember' gazad b,in.
essIyxae nv new, friend: ami. ss aaneS
lis features underwent a vonrjerf;,I cSanca
treat blotches appeared on either cba,.L
he ewes became bIeared and wafcry HI,
Iair grew unkempt and tangled. and q
readiul pa,ss seemed to take possession of
Us Sboie eIrame--,rrp 30
Ihe owl winked at me with his amethyst |
yes, ana ,ancled that ne Intended 70 con-
ty nIno thab we, VINO moment heiOre
aa neeh go IKE hso underTQoe a similar
lin nu,tane"ts change; L turW<p mirror
uat nun2 upon waii oetiinos;. and hor-
y, .,, OF horrois' my other SET aWf were
~, .,E ,ue eHace coou'erparG oi eacn other:
nu YOU nass Dewitcned mel! l
.ue .nroxS.
~ was paipsS,e ncsn and blood now.
nv a.. - Sauesseu IL, nueieo it upon
io noo, aiuI stamped Upon IT. The great
ept". ,rsi, ~ ~iiItea ;h. os az me window leaving