The Red Cloud chief., 1874-08-15
without. Never vas . city house 90

without. Never vss . city house *
sheltered from outside observation y
this /; you have no neishbors in the
intrusive sense We have unfastened
Q window OF two out Of which We
could always drop into the garden.
You have been . placid aud kindly
hostess to two people Who love dia-
Jie1ie; believe me, madame, We could
have frightened you out Of your wits !
She darted upstairs and returned
ike lightning, went to Mr.. Ayscough' :
table aud gathered ,ome more sheets
Of paper, rolled them rapidly together.
took one of my marble hands, and
pressing it kindly, skipped out OF the
door.
Yes. ] let her 60. l was powerless.
Down the front staircase. out Of that
handsome, respectable house she went,
aud | had PROMISED to pro,ect,, !, Two
tuWblers-scrUbats. symna>t,-thirye,.
murderers, burglars, TOR aught | knew
had heen fellOw-lnmates with m-. and
| had let M Of them goa pretty
%pro,ectress |! | eau not reuiember
how | did il, bu, | kuos wrote a tel
egIan { Mr.. Ay>cough and senI
Nancy for the doctor. | Know | wrote
also = letter. tor 1t is before me:
Mr.. AYsCOUGH: Yesterday In
visiting your apartment l becaue con-
viuced that some intruder had been
meddi.ns slth your iukstand. will
c~onfese 10 you that l have been the
victim OF superstitiOus fears, and that
| believed once that | SAW the ghost
OF your vile. | Va, weak enough TO
tcei these fears come over me again.
As | searched about the rooms, half
ia teri r. | observed the little garrett
door swing gently open. a>cen led
lo hn1 a WOMAN Sleeping IN the Dur-
sery beG. 80 astonishing Wa, the iise-
ue>. 10 u rlrudes picture, that | still
believed | saw a wrath.
Il took the hand, however, ola live
woman. Ii was the acrobat Ro>alInd,
nov p..formiug At B.akeiey Theatre.
She aud her husband having gained
access ~ the garnet rooms III thu early
summer, by ueans Of the wi,teria vlne
have lived there ever since.
'Shn hax taknn n.st k.uA
let her escape. Forgive NE aud tor
give her. She seems = hal!-cr.zcd
Ioor crea are, aud 1 have y fellow
feeling .vr iIer. Many MARTIN. >
When ne doctor Came | va, pas,
speech OF acton. La me ieIirlum of
y brain lever | paced ,i,e ncxt mouth.
When vi. AyNcYugn arrived he
read my letter. The doctor .ay hi
fury SURPASSED all description. l DO
not wonder! to have nolhingro vreak
his vengence upon bu. . feeble old
WOMAN. battling in the idiocy Of q
brain fever.
Yes; yes! there we're tho acrobat. !
They were TO be found aud punished
They, tho miserable disturbers of his
hottest solitude, the invaders Of his
dearest privacy, he would w-eak his
vengence GU them!
The doctor, sitting by the bedside,
heard his Infatuated words, and at the
same time glanced over the morniDg
paper.
Stop, Mr.. Ayscough," said the
old gentleman, your Indignation Is
just and natural, but the power OF re-
venge il taken from you. A greater
than We are ha> spoken. Vengeance
1. mine," saith the Lord" And he
read the following paragraph
"HORRIBLE ACCIDENT AT THE
BLAKELEY THEATRE. The we'll
SHOWN Ger man acToDats, FerGiuand
aud ko.aiind, 10 the peiiOrman,e o..
their great flying trapeze act, las.
evening, missed the bar aud fell with
terrible force to the floor. The wo-
man L. dead The man still fingers,
suffering horribly. Tic was noticed as
being unsteady and nervous wheu he
cyan, aud the Wa, evidcutIy
eHtreatins him ~ stop but he woud
not. She Wa a beautiful aud loving
creature, evidently educated above
her Profession but the man Is said Ia
have been a drunken aud ,uiieu brute.
This terrible accident ot Course caused
an sen>srion. The large al.
t,ence immediately dispersed, sal
dened BY TIL, dreadful spectacle. Ii
Is hoped that it will bring these aero
bate performance, InoU di,iayor tor q
very long time
| never saw Mr.. Ayscough again +;
but he left me a handsome present l
aiterward had reason To believe that
he gave the unfortunate acrobat q de-
ecu aud Christian funeral.
l never attempted again to live
alone 10 = great house, nor do | 1a,ter
myself a woman Of courage oil that
dear illusion was taken out Of me by
rather sn extraordinary experience |
grant; but still it has been taken
away. True courage would not have
tainted away true courage would
have caught thc woman, and would
DO, have had . brain fever. Yet for
all she cosi me. have still q great
,enderne>, for N only ohost
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