Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-01

case. adjusted it carefully, and took
long, steady look down the road. See
ing him do this, the man stood still, but
kept his hand up all the same.
"No."
turned and looked him in the face.
| could not believe my ears.
upon my honor, Frank" he said
earnestly, ~ see only the empty road,
and the mouth of the tunnel beyond.
Here, Kaufman
Kaufman, who was standing close
by, stepped up and touched his cap.
"Look down the road" said Wolfe.
The guide shaded his eyes with his
hand and looked.
"What do you see ?"
Il see the entrance to the gallery.
mein Herr
Nothing else ?''
g Nothing else, mein Herr"
And still the man stood there in the
road-eyen came step or two nearer |!
Was | mad2
You still think you see some one
yonder," said Egerton, looking at me
very seriously.
I" / knoD that / do"
"Look through that" he said, "and
tell me if you still see him."
see him more plainly than before"
"What is he like? ?"
Very tall-very slender-fair-oui
young-not more, l should say, than
fifteen or sixteen-evidently an English
man."
" How is he dressed ?"
70 In, rpa1v emit
his throat bare. Wears a Scotch ca
with silver badge in it. He takes his
cap Oft, and waves it he has whiteish
scar on his right temple. l can see the
motion OF his lip-he seems to say Go
back go back 7 Look for yourself
you must see him ~
turned to give him glass, but he
| pushed it away
No NO. he said hoarsely. cts of
What more, for Gods sake?n
l looked again-the glass all but
! dropped from my hand
Gracious heavens Y | exclaimed
breathlessly, he is gonel p
"Gone p
Aye, gone. Gone as suddenly as he
came-gone as though he had never
been. l could not believe it. rubbed
my eyes. | rubbed the glass on nv
sleeves. Hooked; looked again; and
still, though | looked, doubted.
At this moment, with a wild un.
earthly cry, and strange sound as of
some heavy projectile cleav;ng the stag
nant air, au eagle plunged past upon
mighty wings, and sWooped down into
the valley.
"Ein adler! Elm adleri" shouted the
guide, f1inging up his cap and running
to the brink of the precipice.
Wolfe laid his hand upon his arm, and
drew deep breath.
"Legrice," he said very calmly. but
with a white, awe struck look in his face.
'you describ d my brother Lawrence
age, height, dress, everything; even to
the Scotch cap he always wore, and the
silver badge my uncle Horace gave him
on his birthday. He got that scar in a
cricket match at Harrowgate."
" Your brother Lawrence 2" Ifaltered.
Why you should be the one permit
ted to see him is strange" he went on,
speaking more to himself than to me.
Very strange! | wish But
there Perhaps should not have be-
leved my own eyes. l must believe
yours ~
81 will never believe that my ewes
saw your brother Lawrence" l said
resolutely.
+" We must turn back, of course" he
went on, taking no notice. of my an
swer. Look here, Kaufman; can
we get to Schwartzenfelden tonight
by the old pass, if we turn back at
once? ~
I" Turn back " 1 interrupted. NY
dear Edgerton, you are not serious ?"
was never more serious in my life,"
he said gravely.
:" If these Herren wish to take the old
| pass" said the astonished guide, " we
cannot possibly get to Schwartzenfelden
before midnight We have already
come seven miles out of the way, and
the old pass is twelve miles further
round"
Twelve and fourteen are twenty
six" said l. ave cannot add twenty.
six miles to our original thirty 1t is
out of the question:
These Herren can sleep at the cha
let, where we halted,n suggested the
guide
True-I had not thought of that"
said Wolfe. I'VE can sleep at the cha
let, and go on as soon as it is day."
Turn back, sleep at the chalet, go
on in the morning, and lose full half
day, with one of the finest passes in
Switzerland before US, and our journey
two thirds cone" cried. "The idea
is too absurd"
"Nothing shall induce me to 60 on in
defiance of warning from the dead"
said Wolfe, hastily.
"And nothing" / replied, shall in
duce me to believe that we have receiv-
ed any such warning. either saw that
man or labored under some kind of
optical illusion. But ghosts L do not
believe in"
Gas you please. You can go on if
you prefer it, and take Kaufman with
you. | know my way back"
Agreed-except as regards Kauf-
mann. Let him take his choice"
Kaufman, having the matter ex-
planned to him, elected at once to go
back with Egerton Wolfe.
" If the Herr Englishman has been