Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-09-18
WHOLE NU MBER, eos.

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si@,,oj Il as a u,;4nnss !, Ms y,,, r,nm."
TSn ,tt"r,nv n,,yn' - start of surrr;sr.
-, won Know ,rv Of thn nrnvisions Of
that wiliY" hc asked
Tbn woman hrsit,tcl or,in.
al did not read thc '.,,l nor bc,r il
r,..,l " sbc fnollv answered. ,v,sivaIv
Did Mr. WnIErrro,I never toll Won
what it containclY"
The woman coorcd strangely md s,id
that he never did.
"Morc myst, ry." rIultcrnl the attorney.
It sem, t. h, in the very o;rl | c,n't
even tux to this old woman. wi,haat hay-
iu., il thrust in nv face. Bat now for the
,r1at question:"
He r,thcr.d the documents hastily II,
and r,T!acel them.
"Mrs. Arcs." he sail. Won look worn
out A glass of wine would do you g,,od,
and Iwotldn't mind h,y;n, rne mvsrif
IL, sterpcl to the he'll pu,i and ordered
two rtlSSCS OF tltfpt when tie call
answered.
In passing the wine to the housekeercr,
the attorney alro,tly ,lroppcI n rrain of :.
colorlcss powder in he, rlass. fl dissolved
Quickly. leaving the wine Us clear as before.
and the woman drank it without NOTICING
either the movement or dctrctinr ANYTHING
strange in tl;e taste os the st;mulunt
"The wine has refreshed me. ALTHOUGH
still fe,l STRANGELY inclined to ,lrowsiness."
said the attorney.
"I thin, I win r,st fer. ,,o,,o,,s,
Saving this, he leaned comfortable
b,ct in hisar rha'ropd awaited n,tirntIy-
for the dr,., he had administered 70 bnv,.
its effect on the hon&ck, epcr.
With a rreat deal of satisfaction bo.
soou s,w hnr cycl; s. dr,on heavily on1 bo,.
hn,d fall hack urou her chair Aln,ost
immediately She was sounI osloon anJ
the attorney bcn,n his work
Jow,r;,,c tb,, n,rr.,,l l,,r ub;L o,,
cn,led the small commitments mont;n,ol
abovc 10 prc;,.l !, certain n,rt;on nf i,
c,,oc. and. as h. hid cyrec,oj ,b. st;l.,
snT,n, lork ravo,,;r,, ,,rro,r o,>o,,n.,
IN tbo co,,tr, Of thn ,,,,l II r,,, 80,
VIA, npon"h to contain +, Nv, r,,n,. ;,,,,' r,,nU
,,osolv foIJn1 ,nI mi, ,ho ,ttor,o'. ,,a,
ol,o,,t 10 draw forth. when , vnir. seon,.
;,,,, j., tbo vorv r,o,n rhor, L., ~
e,,oI.e n word II, n r,n,, Ill, a tb,,,I rnai
in his startled cors. ;i'h.t ono wnrj VIZ" -
..Traitorr
pnfora tho .cbo of tbo ,.o;oo ,,,1 1;o1
ont Of IN. room tbc ,ttor,n,, c,,sod tL,,
nonnl and STOOL v,,,;tn nnjt trn,,ll;ni,
l,.,z;n', ar,rnJ ,hn r1,nn 'o''''''''''''
S,,n tbo OH hou, J,no,,,,. am os,,.,> :,
Lor cboir NO o,n ,v,s :, I.,. ,..,,
Wax ,nl f,;r4 w;4h ....,.nr Nr cr,
s,rl into :, cb,;r
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Tbn vorl nec,,oa bic ,;,,s ,,;t,, c.,,,
4 l;ttla thon'rht ,r,vo h;r, ,r,,. o1',. : ,'''.'
however. and rnro%rI ,t his own ,vant of
nerve, he sprin.r 10 his ..t ,,in
at was but the win!," he tbouobt
WALKING to the window, and ra2iun out
upon the BRIGHT October snnl%ht. wh;ch
law over hin and volI,.v ,na fn,mi,r ,i,,or
like web of fine spun cold
"What have TO do With s,,n.rstition .,
he added. "I am too old 10 run from ,
rtranrc sonnl in broad d,yl;rht viii
have that document, tho,,rh NIL the fenIs
in He'll cry out AGAINST me-"
Awain he lowered thc leaf. snrrnr Loc,-
thc still. and sriznj hold Of tho n,no.
Half EXPECTING and dr,ndinr to hear tba
warning voice auain. he paused with b;s
hand on the do[umrnt and looked ,bont
him
Fora moment his attention w,s ,tt.octod
from the mysterious voice. hv sirns Of
awakening in the hous.kaenrr N.,vnJ NV
the thou~bt that whatever h. d;l ,nnct
be done at once. he hastily sn,tchnJ
th. raoer from its r.stin,r pl,cn and cl,eoJ
and replaced the leaf
1t was all the work of 4 second but
in that second, such /, terrihl. wall of
agony as had nc;cr silntel his ears before,
rang through the room.
When the housekeeper awoke a short
time afterwarl, she fuanl the attorney
s;t,irr almost ;us,psill. in his chair, with
errn,t irons Of sw.It oo>in,, fr,m his fore.
h.,I nri his n,,s will With terror fxed
~, sn,rn
:. A., Gr,y, yyb,t bovo Won found ." cha
don,nnJcd in fr;@Itrnnd zones Has
anv,L;n, h,nnonni Viii, + Uk.tbe foolish
oIj yon5an th,t am sr.nt ot NV ro.t, >"
"Nothiny-notI,;nr Mrs Amns Itb;nk
T rus, boT. slo,t tno and hnI n borriIja
,lr.ar IIroo,nn,," hr continued "6x
;n,,lis orcs koarlr ON tbn old uo,,,n',
face that ther, we're secret noss.ges in
+bo w,us of +Lis Lousc ond that naonl,
who are never seen in the village, meet in
this room,
Mrs. Amcs started AMI turned as pale as
INC attorney l'r' hc'u u III Ill ~ h'iofe.