The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-11


became rather necessary for illuminating
purposes, shrill scream startled us from
our seats, on an old log, and thrilled US
to our very msrrows. .s..--...<-
One of the guides said,-
"That was q woman's scream, and near
by"
Then we dashed in the direction of
the sound, which led US straight down
the course of the brook, A few moments
brought us to the outlet of the little
stream, and as Mort and turned a pro-
iecting rock we came upon thrilling
scene indeed.
Mort saw it first, and crying, "My
dream my dream p he fell fiat on his
face in dead faint. And as l stood
over him, leaning forward, the moon
shown full upon the original of the
painting had seen in Mort's studio in
New York.
Here was the cascade and the black
pool; there were the gray moon and the
distant mountains. The gnarled roots
and fbres twisted together far beneath
me in the clasp of a fair white arm, and
the white figure rose and fell with the
rise and fall of the running stream. And
on the bank opposite, prostrate on his
knees, shading his eyes with his hands,
while he peered into the rocky chasm,
was Captain Rowland.
Even as l looked he rose to his feet,
and, throwing his hands wildly in the
air, fled from the scene. The noise of
the falling water had prevented him from
observing our approach, and it was
impossible for us to reach him. 1t took
us full quarter of an hour to get to
the bottom of the little ravine, and longer
yet ere our united efforts could draw the
poor young creature to the bank. We
took her to the little farmhouse, which
was about quarter of a mile away; and
then, leaving the guides to follow with
our traps, we pushed rapidly to our
wagon. The next evening we reached
the hotel, Mort nearly crazy with excite
ment, and not in much better condi-
ton.
Now had not informed the old farmer
and his wife of having seen Rowland.
Neither had told the guides, who had
come up too late to see him.
To each and all of these simply re-
lated the finding of the body of the
body of the young lady, who proved to
be from Montreal visiting the old farmer
who was a connection of hers.
acted thus on both reason and i'm
pulse, which worked together in this
wise:-
Impulse and reason both agreed that
as no human being but Captain Rowland
knew how the young lady came to her
DEATH any story which he-Captain
Rowland-saw fit to tell must necessarily
be accepted. Impulse alone suggested
to me possible means for discovering
the truth of the occurrence, and as Mort
had not seen the captain, but only the
body and its surroundings, which so re-
called his dream, had only to keep my
own counsel-and l did. The farmer
and his wife assumed that she must have
wandered into the woods, as was her
custom, and fallen accidentally into the
pool, and did not attempt to change
their opinion. They knew nothing of
her having had any visitor that after
noon, and | left them mourning for the
sad accident, and the painful duty which
had fallen upon them, Of communicating
the awful tidings to the young lady's
friends in Montreal.
At the hotel, the first persons whom
we saw were the Sanfelds, accompanied,
as usual, by Captain Rowland. He
seemed in his customary frame of mind,
and, as | started a messenger with tele-
gram for New York, ground my teeth
in rage that time must elapse before l
could expose him.
Two days later package came to me
by private hand, and that same evening
invited number of gentlemen includ-
ing Captain Rowland to come to my
room and examine a rare painting. They
came, the captain in excellent spirits,
holding his eye-glass in readiness.
The painting stood upon an easel, and
was shrouded with black velvet. Candles
with rehectors, arranged in front of it,
threw brilliant light upon the gloomy
covering. The gentlemen were ar
ranged in semi-circle in front of the
easel, Captain Rowland in the centre,
and drew aside the velvet covering.
saw Rowland start as though he had
been stung; he gave yell which was
positively inhuman, and sprang for the
door. There he found me with revolver
pointed at his face, and in two minutes
he was in the custody of two detective