Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-11

furtherest ond Of the narrow room. ho
, dartcd through tho doorway. The iron
door slammed shut and awful silcpco fol-
lowed.
God! he had left mo there to die alone.
| rushed to tho door of tho tomb and shook
it wildly. Again that dcrisivo laugh, and
rctreating footsteps. Then knew that he
was gone.
LILO had decoycd me hither; had as
sisted him in gaining access to the tomb
that he had despoilcd, and now / was left to
dic--buricd alive, buried!
With tho calmnoss of despair 1 dew
forth tho box of matches. l lighted ono
and looked about mo. All tho horrors
which wcrc to be my experience had not
yet aocumuated, for my eyes fell upon tho
burial case which last he had opened, and
by tho faint glinmcr Of tho burning match
l bchcld tho cold, dead face of Rose Den
borgh.
With wild scream of ugony, which
seemed to rond my very soul, fell to tho
ground.
Lights seemed to dance before my burn
| ing eyes; tight band of iron bound my
throbbing temples; knew then that had
passed tho border land Of reason aud that I
was mad.
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"Thank God! On, thank God!
Slowly / opened my eyes, to which loadcn
weights seemed attachcd.
l was lying on bed, Doctor Caspar
bending over me- whito md haggard: while
at my feet Rose-Rosc Denbergh--oh, no,
| it could not be!
"Lynn, Lynn, old fellow!" sobbcd Cas-
par.
| raised my hand; he caught it in both
his own. Rose fell on her knees beside me
and wcpt silently.
"What docs it all mcan?" quericd, as
soon as ! could find voice.
| ut means that I'm brute, and almost
murderer cried Caspar, vchemcutly.
"Lynn, when gave you glass of wine in
my Office three days ago dropped into il,
some OF that acourscd drug which you had
refused to take. swear did it with tho
bett of motives, thinking it would benefit
you as it hes Inc several times | deter
minod, since ycu wocld not take it willingly,
to administer doss without your knowl-
edg and mark tie cfIcct. F0cl that was,
my hand trcmblcd, and gave yol too
much You dropped at my feet like dead
man, and for three days you have lain in
an unconscious state. | began 10 despair
of your recovery, and vcnturcd to send for
Miss Rose. 10 my surprise, her mother
brought her here, aud they havo been here
an hour or more. Iynu," he added, bend.
ing closer to me, and spo king very low,
"therc's some reason for this change 10 the
cd lady. Thee! What fool am to cx-
cite you in this way! Old boy, GIN YOU
ever forgive me for my brutality?"
l pressed his hond without n word
Rose and her mother had withdrawn from
the room. | repeated my whole strange
experience.
"It is worth laying before the public"
said Caspar; SO followed his advice.
The next day l was able to be around
again, and then l solved the problem of
Mrs. Donbcrgh's changed demeanor TO
your humble servant, aud also proved the
truth OF the old adago-s.It never rains,
but it pours," in quite another way; for
when | returned to my room at the hotel
which | made my home, found upon the
table awaiting INC legal looking document,
Informing me of tho death of distant
relative, who had seen fit to make nc his
heir TO q cool million. Everybody else had
heard the news, and was quito tho lion of
tho day. And before night was waited
upon by committee of austerc-lookinc
gentlemen, who took pleasure in informing
mo OF the grand success of my picture,
which was now hung in most favorable
light, and viewed accordingly. Thus was
lame thrust upon me, though | wondered,
IN vague sort of a way, if tho news of nv
legacy Ind not something to do with tho
discovery that was wonderful painter.
Such things have occurred before, YOU
know, and perhaps It's tue way Of the world.
And certainly in golden frame picture
looks more fair and perfect.
Such must have been the verdict of Mrs.
Denbcrgh, for when vcnturcd to call at
that aristrocratic mansion found her all
smiles and sunshine.
A month later Rose Denbcrgh was mar
red, sure enough, (for once Rumor was at
least partially correct), but not to Colonel
Huntington.
Doctor Caspar often comes to see us, and
though he and | occasionally discuss the
the curious drug, and The wild vagaries
brought about by his foolish experiment,
never have venturcd to tell my wife, stfungc
reluctance dcters me from repeating the
story; and man as am, and not coward
either, you'd not visit c. Cemetery
after dark-not for the round world.
WASHINGTON, September 2-Yestcrday
and to day brought to the city "A number Of
democratic Congressman, officials and poll
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