The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24

upon his first arising, returned with the in
formation thai Mr.. Taylor-the gentleman
whom the stranger had left at his gate on
the road-would be over Immediately after
breakfast.
Upon the arrival of Mr.. Taylor, he and
the squire retired for a consultation, to
which they after a while called Randy, the
vagrant. They then returned to the tray-
eler, and, after hearing his account once
more, and comparing the time of his leaving
Mr.. Taylor with that of his arrival at the
squire's, they proceeded to the creek in
company.
Upon their arrival the squire addressed
the traveller:
81 have taken counsel with Mr.. Taylor
touching this case, which seems a deep
mystery, after all the information we have
been SO far able to gather; the lady seems
unknown even to Randy, who visits every
house in this and the adjoining counties,
and you are equally a stranger to us. 1
consider, however, that you have been fully
discharged from any connection. with the
affair. We must first attempt to gather
something from the lady herself.n
At this point the doctor came out of the
sick room. He stated that the lady had
great y improved during the night, and that
the wound was, in all probability, not seri-
GUS the lady had even recovered, in a meas
ure, the control of her mental faculties and
language, though she was not fully conscious
or coherent as yet.
The squire, Mr.. Taylor, the traveller and
the doctor together proceeded to the bedside
of the unfortunate woman, the stranger
being assured of his release by the words of
the squire-frst ordering a servant to bring
his horse to the door before leaving the
piazza.
Upon reaching the bed the woman opened
her eyes, and, seeing the kind, manly faces
of the squire and Mr.. Taylor, she family
smiled, and ran her eyes over the rest of the
group.
She passed the doctor without any vari-
ance of expression, and then rested them
upon the face of the stranger.
The eyes became set in a horrible stare,
the light forsook them, the pupils dilated;
she raised herself to a sitting posture by a
convulsive movement of the arms; then,
crouchiug to her knees and throwing her
self wildly down upon her face, she shrieked
out, with a curdling moan:
"Oh, oh, Dupuy! don't don'tf" and con-
seriousness once more left her.
Despite his self-comm:and the traveller
paled. He at once retired with the gentle
men, however, to the piazza, and the docto
moved to assist his patient.
III SuOi MI AC, WV JOiiCu WIG parry
on the piazza. Nothing had passed between
the group until the doctor broke a painful
constraint which had fallen upon all.
"Gentlemen," said he "the worst mis-
hap that could befall this unfortunate lady
has just occurred through her having seen
this gentleman, Mr.. Durer. She is a raving
maniac. She may die, she may recover after
a lingering illness; in any event, she will be
fortunate if she ever RECEIVERS her reason.
Darkness has settled upon her brain for a
long night, which NAV never be followed by
dawn"
"To what, Doctor" asked the squire, " do
you attribute her shock?"
"She was evidently stricken with horror at
the sight of Mr.. Dnrer, whom, from my
knowledge o. the law of the human brain,
she has in some way associated with the
| violence which has been done her, to her
great terror"
There was a pause, a painful lull.
Then the squire spoke to Durer.
"The case, sir, has taken a new turn. You
will not be surprised that | conclude it my
duty to commit you, to await further devel-
opments in the matter"
=
Upon the last syllable he strobe from the
piazza, booted and spurred, his steps clang-
ing an echo to his voice. One. spring and
he has vaulted into his saddle; he brushes
away the servant who holds his bit with i'm.
perial disdain, and turns his horse at the
gate.
The animal clears it with the activity and
fire Of his master, gathers himself on the
other side, and before the squire can re
cover from the stupor of amazement, is of
like the wind.
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