The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-29

70 cabin. 1.-The misses am geih 10 40
some thing awful"
crept into one corner of the INT d. room,
and covered his head with a blanket as
il he would keep certain sights and
sounds away.
In the meantime Myra Hayward and
the man she hated had drawn rein on
knoll a short distance from the gorge.
1--WE will court the echo now," she
said, with a dash OF triumph in her tone.
"The bridge is just ahead, and II you
will dash across will follow when you
shall have gained the other rise. From
its summit you can hear the echo oil
your horse's hoofs, and when l have
Joined you | will tell The story that ID
linked to Lhe gorge" --.. .... ]
He heard her, bowed, and with smile
told her that he was of.
The next moment Myra beheld him |
dart from ner side with the impulse OF a |
rocket, and heard the iron h0ofs beating |
the hard road. Then she held her
breath and grew pale under the excite
ment.
A minute had not elapsed when there |
was cry that seemed to qulVer the
clouds Of darkness that hung low over
| the chasm.
Myra did not hear the dull thud that
quickly followed, for the awful shrek
was echoing every where, and her soul
was tull Of II. 1t WAS not repeated, for
1t seemed the death cry Of human be-
ing. The silence that followed seemed
almost palpable. Myra heara the beat
| lug of her own heart, and at last urged
| her horse forward. Oa TO the very edge
Of the bridge she rode; there She drew
rein aud listened.
| Cyrus Whitney and his stecd had dis
appeared, Tor some yillaiEous hand hau
removed the planks, and the gap looked
like the mouth OF hell.
Myra gazed into the terrible opening
as II seeking the horse and its rider;but
darkness that seemed to stretch to Jhe
lntipodes revealed nothing.
Then she raised ner voice in loud cries
for assistance. The echo sounded ey-
lerywhere, and at last startled The in-
mates Of The mansion beyond the knoll.
Assistance came, and When the
planks had beeu repl ICED the beauty
crossed the bridge. The excitement
tuat prevailed is indescribabie.
The judge AMI his negroes, aided by
, number OF whites, we've fitting niLutr
} and tuither with lanterns, cufsing the
nand that could perform such dlabol-
ical act, While Myra, i'll an apparently
lalntlng condition, was borne To her
chamber. The judge believed that some
villain mad attempted tQr take the lives
of his daughter and Lne Nortnerner, aud
: declared tnat the guilty party shouldlbe
l brought 10 justice. The b ,ldest in the
party sarauk from a descent into tue
! darksome gorge, Dut the JuLSe'' money
d. oyercame LneIr fears, and tney Went
down
s BY and by shout came up:
a ''We nave found nlmF'
Judge Hayward started.
n k.n IL Il ,Nt
!, ings, and waited GREATNESS lor Lne re-
t IpIy.
'Breathng-that is all"
' "fhank God--Dring b III upW
1t was mighty WorA-tne rescue OF
a CYRUS WhIIney from the rocks aaG
Ii waves at the bottom Of the cnasm, Dat
the men proved themselves equal TO Tie
= task, ana atlast the mangled body OF tie
u lawyer was laid at the judges feet
There was pIeu utltude Of Urulses, con-
tusions, and broken bones, and the sou
Y seemed ABOUT to rellnguish It's tenure o
{ lie.
:, cyrus Whitney was borne to the
Il Judges house, and a surgeon sent for
W Babette, tue pale-.acel girI, lIsLeLel on
y the top of the stairs to u discuss. Oh o
his injuries by the group Oh men in thu
: hall DeloW, and then crept dazed and al
most wild to her room. Myra with he
door ajar, and win flashing eyes, lis
s tened To the same words that raYisheC
D her Cousins ears.
g IL knew he would not survlvep 81,
l. saiu, shutting the door. Il SAID las
III night that L would put an end to tn
loYe-maklng that has been going OH i
sr this mouse, and if have not kept m
IS word, let the hand oI Heaven Dligut III
W Deautyl My sweet cousin BabeLLe, yo
must uunt another lover now. And lie
" MIN be one for whom l never scbemed.'
so The days that followed were lerribl
v ones 10 Inc tenants Of the judges mar
10 sion.
Babette grew thinner than ever owe
a. cyrus Whitney's couch, and While, Ion
watching wore her to a shadow, she sa,
va him recovering.
Id He is going to livew Myra e1
claimed, one day. "The laLes are agains
~ me! Ii God AMI the doctors save hin
ie my second blow shall kill"
NJ The last word had scarcely left he
of lips when the door swung open, and he
es lather, pale and eXciteu, stood betoI
re her.
You are going with the BarnweIls t
,s Cuoa tomorrow" he said.
le Myra started.
at "FatheT-"
ey "Not word, guilty thing tn!
you arep was the stern rejoinaer. "B,
ds an hour since Yellow Dick accidental
at shot himself, and 1 have listened 10
on confession from mis- lips that has torn m
he soul, and almost torn me from my XII
lr. You W ill not return from CuDa until
IN send for you, which Will not be uni
Babette has been married beneath II
- roof. Myra Hayward, l curse the hol
Ia that gave you 10 my armsV
She sank back, pale and speeches
cd and the father lett her to the sting
remorse.
ut Years have passed since the terrib
id. tragedy OF "Ecno Bridg :"
as The golden girl is the wife OF Cyrv
re Whitney, and the woman who delibe
DIS ateIy plauued the awful event we ha
nd recorued, was lately driven from q
Ike capital of the Belgians by order OF /
kIng-a beautiful, wlid, unpIincipl