The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-11


wfUng th6t, was to be. and al 'eterhal
memory Tor q finite error,n i.q s,sSl'n'
.Niriam's pretended slpmber becait /. q q
With her mind fun OF CONFUSED. A,I
addressing thoIShts, they foi lowed 81 q
into her dreams. Like the al ftln n
figures of Kaleidoscope MeltfnR ore
ipto apother, borrid pictures passed
through her poor, bewildered. brain.
The ,hQuse stood in 'fiames because she,
had thrown Tie baby on the fire, and
al the nelghb0rs were there. calling,
her hiurderess and trying to. drag. her
away to Justice. Then some one. Wits,
pSfed ""'Witch,r and one after another
took up the word, and they fell back
itQm her, pointing with their fingers
Tug 6y tke Keaftk VIII Dame. VA.
ford at the Other. side, apA suddenly 1t
was not the dsSsa, nat 4 jStress Wilson
who sat there, with q rope around her
neck Her face was death ly pale, Ap@l
her dark klue eyes, fixed upen Mirahl
seemed tO east 9epell over err 80 Slitlo
she c0t1ids eth 81. pioyA no : cry dut As
she would fain have done al Then tie
elm her arms began to strpggle,'
AID getting. Town 2 went III Mistress
Wilson aud vclambered ON cher knees,
Itrreached up and took the rope
It's 1ittlH hands aud threw IL III The iii B.
and Immediately thererws u dazzling
light, and Mistress Niisoin stood
clothed In white robe. With wings ut
her shoulder, and. AJiriampknewcitsw8s
hcrlspirit:s Upon that 'she4wAs seized
with q great dread, for the child stdod
sS1a|s ~ yESr|s{ sS1 sgiY5g ), 3
her own IN that brightness, aud tried
and tried in VAIN 10. call II. lack IT
was vdT5 mhCafT hess sS& SSTyS&Se of
the wttch's marx upon lie brow, nd
its hair sh0ne GOLDEN IN the light that
streamed around, Then IL appeared
that the spirit turned to, 20, the child
ever following, aud with great effort
Miriam broke the spell, and stretched
out her arms and cried: -
NAY takei II ROY. 1t is' pejne! I
know IL now. 1t Is mine indeedv
As she spoke, she felt q sharp .pain,
and her eyes opened.H'il''ai r, ,il,e -. Ia
~ The sun was shining in her face, and
she had struck her hand on the child's
little bed that st0odD leslie ha. n Ha {
bewildered yet from her. dream, she
raised herself and saw tile baby lying
I'm peaceful slumber. It's little face
lopkei Seryyyweet and 4tsr its brow
sASSth, IaKsaathe suAseSasss ~laat-
it's ias spp aie RSS + Es as0 l fSad
at 1t the black Thoughts and faneies OF
Days and weeks gOneAby melted like
Che fdArk visions Of that hight ard
as M shef dream, she Arecog nfzeA yhe
child. But namefess anxiety fell
upon her, aud u horrible dread, and
her voice was shrill and,tanse as she
,is'oh, Hnoch., Enooh. rissmd ride =
town hrE'qr the Chi is. well asshy..
The child Is mine, and .Mistress, Wiz
sou must not dep NV- ~
lEfe started up from the chairgwhere
he had fallen asleep in sheer exhaus-
ton. The words rang llkeI a clarion.
The spell was broken-the scalesv had
fallen from his wife's eyes--the child
was well! But Mistress Wtlson--,vas
there yet time to save herY " '~'f'
He spoke not q word, but sadd ID
the old plough horfes with shAk IL
hands, swung himself on It, and rode
away. Never since he could lremern-
Der had he slept 50 late as on. that
morning! Far over the sea the Ash
ing boats that had put out at dawn
showed now butNa speck of shining
sail. 10 And bark! Were those the Ss-
lem bells that the wind brought SO far?
No, for the hour appointed for The witch
to die sounded long ago. There was no
hope that he could, reach the Jail. He
.nust make for Gallows hill. 10y the
shortest way, to meet the fatal trsin
beyond the town. He urged his b y re
to a furious pace that was still far too
slow for his feverish spirit, AS the
road stretched on between fields and
fences, he had no eyes for the spring
ing green N Sthe fresh Afurrows, no
thSSshsss t. SSSA ill w the
blossoms on. the hillside. He saw
only dismal procession issuing from
the dark portals of the jail: Mistress
Wilson standingiin the carEwith her
arms bound behind her, and the tu-
Inaltsops crowd that accompanied her
slow progress. jeering and shouting
when she swayed to- and. fro and I'll
but lost her balance ut the rough jolts
ever the ayemjent; lthes men gazing
with hard cold eyes, the women point
ing, the chTdseh lsiFieking in exulta-
ton, 1.-THE witch Is hit! the witch is
hitin when some stone from little
hand fell with truer aim than all the
rest. He had seen such. thirigs before.
He could picture IT. TO 1himseffAs~ dis
tinctly that the great drops rolled over
his forehead as he felt his pow
4SlHssy Tt Il b 3; tl s thst1f
town, along the sunny road, the cart
went on and on till 1t stopped beside
the gallows. His heart began to thump
heavily, his breath came thick and
short. Only little further, only to
the turn in the way, aud he should
see the spot; should see IL the crowd
was there--should ,see-should see
the awful presentiment that oppressed
him, .slbeoanaeI a paralyzing weight
There was only that one hope left to
which many a soul has elnUg in its
anguish, hope In the very horror of
the thing 1t fears. It would be so
c csusl a Y ESGy!S 6ss'a dstaaiSlAtAat it
He had reached the turning. Should
he TOOK upp Was 1t the pulsing blood
that made that murmur In his ears, or
were they already there? He urged
ateeeorG GOO n@QdFeH fEraiAe his
H head; II s tss fal
spring morning, with Ms ontstretchesl
arm and something swayed therefrom.
shorty after. . troop Of boys, dash
ing down the hill caught sight of a
solitary rider whore spent horse plod-
ded Its weary way upward with signs
OF great exhaustion, but taking Its
own course and'fts own time to tile
task, for the. man had dropped tile
reiDs, and was 80 bowed over his
horses neck that they only recognized
him with difficulty, =
Hey Master.D Dalton !" they called,
In boisterous' merriment, as they cattle
ing!" ,sge4r
The man raised himself and loogdi
at them with glazed. eyes and an ash
face. They were children from
fisher hutsr In Marblehead, and knit
their wealthy neighbors we'll but tlic
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