Middletown transcript., 1873-07-19
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THRILLING ADVENTURE.

For enol resolution, the following Incl.
den, related to me hy friend cannat
well be- surpassed Madame Pauline l.uc-
ca usually reside. in the Victoria S'ra.sc.
Berlin Last Spring. however, she oecu-
pied. temporarily. at some distance out.
side the city y garicnhaus, or country
house. consisting oi only a spacious.
rambling Basement story. surrounded by
yerauda One aishi, about tcn o'clock,
she was sitting there in her bedroom
Her chair was placed before her toic, ia
bic, which was lighted by wax taper on
each side u the glass
The lwn tapcrs Sotc not suficicn, 10 il.
iuniuate the roam, very brilliantly, and
Tho further cul lay bnri.l in a snr; of
,rnn .ob,curiy Madame Lucca was bus,
reading sonc .itus. concerning en- gage
men,~ whom. sud l-uly she imagined shs
heard noise Shc looked around. but.
seeing nothing. concluded She had made n
mls,akr, aal resumed to- rcru.I. Of ihr
letter. She hna forgotten all abou, the
noise when ,ic heard il again Thi.
time. instead uf looking around, she hap.
pencd without moving her head. merely
10 rai.e her -ycs u the glass She heheli
reflected in j, the face Of man pceruy
cautiously from out cupboard behind her
At ir.t she ilneirl she was dreaming
She quietly lpukci again. No. it was no
dream There was the man whom she
nov recognized as having been formerly
10 her service. whence be had been dis
charged for general bad behavior She
Ind also suspected him Of purlpniug .ev.
cral objects which She had missed from
time TO time bat, not being certain on
this pont. she had kept her suspicious II
herself Yes. there he was; there could
be no mistake about the matter
Madame Luceas first Impulse was to
start up aud give the alarm Bat there
was no, another babitaian within a mile
or two. and he rec1ilectcd thar the only
person beside herself in the house, va.
her mail who. though a yrry good girl
and extremely attached % her mistress
was rs no means celebrated fir her nerve
The other servants. including III garden
or and cnachman. had been granted per
mission IL attend friends wsiang SOM
miles off and were not 10 return TIL the
mex. day Il flashed across her mind that
the man. who, as she knew. had been
lettering about the ueiglborhooi Tor iwn
or three days had learned that she would
be alone and meant % rob the house. or
perhaps. murder her, il his project of rob
berry could no, be executed without the
pcrpciraiion Of the greater crime What
was to be done? Again she glanced to.
wards the mirror The eye was still
there. glaring on her through the gloom
| All at once she remembered that rogol-
ser. belonging TO her husband the Baron
.on Rhaden, onrh, to be lying on shelf
! in the dining room ; but she was not quite
sure IL il il there. aud II could only
O., H. she thought. i should no, mind
While she vas rcfccling u knock was
heard on ,he door of the room She saw
the man Instantly draw back into the cup
hoard, and clnsc il after him. She fcl,
ralevcd that thnse two horrible eyes we're
taken off her; they seemed TO pierce her
/ like daggers
Come ia. she said.
Her maid entered
4 thought you had gone W bed. nv
good girl observed Madame LUCIA In a
tone of nnconcern.
Il was going. please ynnr ladyship --hnt
I-I-,hnnrht yon might perhaps want
snmeihine. renlird. the maid
u told you would he my own f.nm,
DE- rhamLre Tonight M: the onlv thing
I wan, Is TO stretch my limbs little. for
thew nrc crampad from long SITTING
Speaking thus. Madame I.ncca arose
with M air NJ admirably acted indifference.
and tack n turn or two across the voo,n
passing close to the cupboard AZ she did
so. She nfterwnrd declared she ihou eht
she could hear tho man breathe in his hid
ing place. He. on his part. might have
herd her heart beat. she said. when. on
looking at the ksy-hols, she found the key