The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-03-09

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leave :. note for. Harrrv., 5askinr him ID 81.
cuse nv sudden ,departure, and begging !
him, whatever might, Be- alleged against
nv character. to suspend his Jude e,nert
until ne had heard 1WihYt I hai to saw 4IIif
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TIA front deor w.s looked ~ -. ~
tsken 49,; ~ mnst trv scm.i ~ ~
hacE entrances. ,II.a ieter;n;neIto 81
ont of the house II; nossihla.."T nd not
been in the Kitchen hit saw n.ss.ee
which I had no doubt led n that direct.
ion. Caut iouslv T travcrsed f.. for the
e,rlv davl;rht IA onlv d;m1v strn,o,;no
in t6roueh tho. fan l;rht, over The hall
door. ,,'7 49,. .: 49,: ...."
i. Presently came to pair of, folding
doors covered. with crimson :baize. 1
rushed: thew did not Weld Int neerinp
more closely 1 saw = latch BY which they
were secured tried ~: still the door
would not open, There was another
handle, and I,put down nv: portmanteau
to try this, when-"Oh! oh ALL! 90.
o,o.o!, Murder! !. Thieves! : Fire! o.
100000 and so on, and SO on, for about
an hour, as it seemed to me, though I
don't suppose it was over minute. L
was caught in the thief:trap that Harry
had explained to nc, but which had for
gotten. Nv fingers clutched violently
at the handles, though | was all the time
most anxious to rush away from them
but the muscles Of nv finpers were h..
vopd nv control. and I was SUFFERING ex-.
crutiating agony from the electric cur.
rent, which was vibrating through me
from head to foot. At last the shaking
ceased and with it nv cries and shontS
which had kept up vigorously all the
time, then I almost dropped into chair
which stood near. Then saw and heard
Harry, who was asking me how 7 came
there.
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am almost driven ont n nv sense.
please let mo On or r shall, miss Tho eorlr
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I will drive YOU to the station9do. now.
In the meantime Jane shall come and get
you some breakfast; I believe she is Get.
ting up.''
mo, no,''I gasped Il can't wait for
Jane: I will start at once: must be zone
before she comes down.
"But will call and tell her to make
haste; dare say she can't come at
once.''
ssNo, no! must 20 at once. Good.by.
I am sorry to leave you SO abruptly, but
IL shall lose my train.''
-'.Only stay two minutes, until I can
slip on my clothes, and will walk to
the station with you then"
"No. no thank YOU. Good-bv. GOOD.
by and fastened away. But / had not
gone far;bcfore / remembered that the
electric wires were laid As far AZ the en-.
trance.eate. I looked back : Harry still
stood at the door, looking after me. rs
there anv danger at the gate 2" 7 cried.
There's no DANGER
you are sure there arc no knobs, or
handles noi1c oru%hs,,r oF %hAk