Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-05-15
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I sprang to my fset, and rushed toward
her. but as reached the, window, fAes3 ca ap =
pafationl onlsseihed to yanistfihto t6estoFmyS'
darkness; and Z was left alone. At' The
selfsams instant sae shafp report ofta
pistol aopndedrHiI could stai1tHs jagged
stEea.m stream ae Of fire ,ahqve .therillewfT straight,
through through the very spot Ehese ten minutes,
since my he I'd had lain.
With an ipstantaneoas realization of
my danger, ] swing myself over tna the e edge
ofthea window jumpiass some eight or
ten feet iifo4he, tangled sBushss Rbetow,
andiasf' crouehedp there, reeeaerihg,my
breath, l heard. beard the, tramRpf Footsteps,
into my room.
els he ad2aacrieds a svoiee,up the lad
der,-tne smooth. deceitful voice of the
woman with the half closed eyes.
oaof con1se he in.agrowled asoioe back;
that charge wopld-haye,killed 4hn ineu.
a light. there, re,o Quick, and tell Tom TO be,
ready
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a cold, agonized shpdder ran through
me. What q den of midnight mnrderera
had T fallen ihso Aid how feaurrfully
narrow Had been my escape. I'sisf sd -
With the speed THAT only mortal ter.
rer and deadly peril cangive, .f1sEushed
through thewoods, now illuminated ,hy o.
faint glimmer of starlight. I know not
what impulse guided my foetsteps-I
never shall know how many times cross.
ed my own track OF how close I stood to b.
the brink Of the deadly ravine; but
nlerciful7 Providence seneonpassed me-
with a guiding and protecting care, for
when the, morning dawned, with faint
red bars of orient light against the stormy
eastern sky, I was close to the high road,
some seven miles from r.! r. N 1a' ne
Once at tHe town. / told my Il stolr3y; el3;itt to
the police, and al detachment vas sent
with me to the spot .hi 3g, nu ssu
sAfterlmuchi searching and many false
alarms, we,spececdsds in fnding,she rnin-
GUS old house but it, was ,emptyr- our
birds had flown; nor did I recover my
valise and watch and chian, which latter
l had left under my pillow 'Fi''' "a
ats Drew's gang" said the leader Of
the police, "and they've troubled us these
two,years. l don't think, though, they'll
come hack here Just at present"
Nor did they.
But the strangest part my story is
yet to come. Some three weeks subse-
quently I received letter from my sis
ter, who was with AliceNin her English
home-a letter whose intelligence filed
me with surprise: !; a5d ,eig .8 I.
Unjust tell you something very. very
strange" wrote my sister. that happened
on the night Of the 18th of October,
Alice had not been well for some time
in fact, she had been confined to her bed
nearly week, and / was sitting beside
her reading. Itwas ldte--ths clock had
just, struck one-when al of. a sudden she
seemed TO faint away, growing white and
rigid as corse. I hastened to call as,
sistancc. but all our efforts to restore an-
nation were i'll vain. l was just about
sending for the doctor, when her senses
returned as suddenly as they had left
her, nnd She satlup inabed, pushing back
her hairrand looking wildly around her.
"Alce" I exclaimed, show you have
terrified us all. Are you i'll? :"
"Not ill.," she answered, "but / feel so
strange. Oracle, I have been With my
husband Y. sxl,sF ~;s
"And all our reasoning failed to con-
vince her ofsthe, ippassiblity OF her as.
sertions. She persists to this moment
that she saw you, and was with you on
the 18th Of October-.or rather on the
morning Of tie 18th. Where and how
she cannot tell, but I'VE think it must
have been,a dream. She is better now
and l wish you could see how fast she is
improving"
This is my plain unvarnished tale. /
do not pretend to explain or account for
its rnysfariac ON, IL, xo1otn g. -.