The workingman's advocate., 1872-10-26

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! es.dert Il the Coopers. international Union.
CHAPTER WIN


CHAPTER VIII
Grace, when found, or rather overtaken
BY the woman already mentioned, was IL
the vicinity of Union Park Alter the
had proceeded short distance IN silence
the woman began t. talk gibly and vulu
bly,, her great desire being the restoration
of tranquility and peace u the truGble,
mind uf the sobblng creature al her slde
But vice ever betrays itself, when sIuu
latIng virtue, by attempting to appeal
Purer and hulIer than virtue itself. MheI
the heart is heavy With woe "r fostering
with hate. AN enforced smile may deceive
bus It is more likely to betray the rea
emotions III the mind by its very ghastlI
ness, and all enforced laugh, under sImIlal
/ circumstances, unpaIrs its genuneness
and exhibits the counterfeit by Its very
/ bOlsterbusness As we'll As Dy its want Ol
! soul II is extremely doubtful, whether II
is within the scope ut human acuulrementl
] TO So successfully habit vice III the livery
| VI virtue a. to deceive those who are dls
| posed tO exercise that moral sense that
| God has implanted IN the soul Of human
I ty lhIs is more especially true of beings
II All excessively sensitive and spiritual
nature, and Trace being Of the latter class
was repealed and IrntAted instead of beIng
attracted and soothed by the forced cheer
! fulness Ut her companion and the more
| freely and gaily she chatted, the more
monusyllabic was Grace IN her answers,
and the more dIstrustiul and suspicIou-
she became of the real motives of the
woman. Her fears gradually increased ~
] h.. a Ftt.s lf
lack Of candor and truth III her would-be
benefactUr. The woman said she lived
only u short distance from where she over
| took her. This Grace remembered, not
withstanding her fears and emotion, but
when the short distance had reeled itself
out over a mile, and still the end apparent
~ no nearer the poor girl felt convinced
she Was IN snare, and she determined to
elude her voluntary protector on the Erst
favorable opportunity. They had already
passed into the South Division, crossing
the river On Randolph street bridge, passed
through Franklin street, entered Wells,
then passed south through Washington,
Madison, Monroe and Adams streets
They finally left Wells street, and proceed
ed west short distance, when the woman
suddenly stopped, and taking Grace rudeiy
| by ths arm said
" Miss, this is the place enter quick,
she at the same moment flung the gate Of
high board fence open with the other
! hand, and sought to thrush the frightened
! girl fUrcibiy through the narrow passage.
The house before which tho woman
stopped was a sombre, dusky looking,
three-story brick structure, with high
U 4 a N. l.,
! tightly, and there was no light visible on
| the tirst floor Through the latticed
blinds Of the second and third floor win
dows faint glimmering rays Of light wert
| feebly streaming. On the right-hand side
Of the building three massive stone steps
led o. a small pOrtico, Closed ON the sides
| The outer or porticO door was open, the
upper half of the inner door was pannelled
with red stained ground glass, through
which the solitary gas jet in the hall shone
like the great eye Of some terrible demon.
Grace shuddered at the sight Of thu
building its sombre aspect, dreamy soil
tude, the grave-like, almost supernatural
stiffness, hanging like ghOstly pail over
| the place, but above all at the omlnOuG
red glare of the single red light i'll the
hall. She had already made up her mind
to escape, but no opportunity had yet
presented itself but when she found her
self at the gate, and having comprehended
the situation in All instant, she refused
pointedly and stubbornly to enter. The
woman knew well that pursuasiOn would
have no effect upon her intended victim
she Was also cognizant of being followed
for the last half hour by two men, and she
felt that her only chance of success was t.
force Grace into the enclosure where she
knew help could be procured But Gract
was now fully aroused and aware Of heI
danger, and she struggled brayely to frev
herself from the fangs of a monster more
hideOus and dreadful than tiger or cobra
because being human-more cunning and
tiendlsh The woman having to hold one
hand over the mouth Of her victim to pre-
vent her outcries, was Mt q disadvantage
and Grace would have escaped Of her Owl
efforts, had not two villains emerged from
the house and rushed upon her, and by
their very looks frightened the poor timid
thing into deadly faint or stupor. Tn,
two hends who came out Of the hOuss
rushed back more quickly than they en-
erged, when they saw two men, one u
| Whom was al OInCcr, WlIitln u low Iccb ~
them. The woman also disappeared, a. i
by magic, and the insensible form Of tn,
homeless girl WAS left alone with hel
rescuers. Some distance back the office
had taken the precaution to hail . passing
carriage and requested the driver to follow
them and keep within sight Into thi
carriage the apparently lifeless Grace wa
tenderly placed. A short consultation wa
held, directions given to the driver, anS
the carriage dashed away. In about tel
minutes it stopped before neat, cheerful
and comfortable looking cottage, int,
which the still insensible form Of Grac
was carried
CHAPTER Y.
The Monday following the events mar
rated in chapter VII, Richard was surpris
ed on reaching home to find new boarde
at the house, in the person of q young La.
whom he had known in SilverviIle. Tn
little fellow was in the sitting room whe
Richard entered, and recognizing hir
instantly, he advanced with outstretche
hand and smiling face Arbyght looked
then grasped his hand
Richard Arbyght !" "Lonel True
son :" burst simultaneously from thei
lips.
Why, Lionel how came you here r.
"Well, you see, the old hOme sOmeho
became too smAn for the whole Of m, IN
thought / would leave, that the rest {