The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-03-11

all unnatural gloom from my life.
While bad been sitting alone on tho
lake shore toward the evening, I had heard
n distant shot IL scarcely rouacd me. 4
cportsmau, thought, had wandered from
bis cneampincnf, 90 the opposite shore.
had seen some game in our wild woods.
Killed It, and bis canoe bad long since.
carried him away. In The gathering dark
moss gropcd NY way back through the
inmiIiar little path, nnd reached rny own
door. alone should pass tic threshold
ih Use inturc thcir lcct were still -fI,c
busy feet That bad toileI fDr me. followed
me. and had been eyer near me was
fo go On nIy rugged patti alone Heart
-ich and overcome, stopped M lie door
and leaning nay heal against il. sobbcd
~ uncomfortable despair. Tired ont af
length lad sr6tyn quiet, and was m.f
about 10 lin The latch, when faint nom
~ Of ~ animal ia pain. and clo-e 10 ,1r
startled me Then dcalh.likc suc,.re
rcigued
knew iHd 3ol Lrcu mistaken. + C.lt
tI.at nln.l forget myself ana helm tbe
poor creature ip di,t...t. IN +. vDr,.
good ior 'ircngiii T. know that r.rnc o,,.
needs sou 10 .. strong" 10 I,poer
he.iiniing hurried into The lnnc cali,
struck . light, and went ~ the direet,o,,
whence the moan bal rcarl,cI ms cara :
thought Of the shot had icarl. Il ws.
guile possible poor wounded deer va
Iiyihg 10 tha bushes. Yesl cou,d uo,y
zee ~ skin unfni- -takably fayn-epottcd
dnn-eoior. II Iay qnitc still -pcrl,aps that
moan lad been its Gying gasp,-and so
! came quite cloc ~ H., leaned oyer. and
paralyzed with horror. saw my mother.
iaee' only young and very beautiful. a.
siie must haFc lo,acd when girl. Death
y pale, dead, pos-ibly, she Iay-,nattcd
haiF All "bont hcr l1cc, and CLOTHED In
d"e.tim. Just then siic stirred: il was
not death. Ail wonder ceased within Inc.
every telling lied hcforc tie thought that
this being, whatever. whoever shc was.
might Dc aycd 10 i've.
! dragged her tle few steps into the
House. iaid hcr on my hcmlork bonchs.
untouei'e,i by inc since ilie sickness visited
a.. Then ! found wound in the poor
creature side and bound it up. bai,i4d
iier head, and, "a tie qulc:, no'v again I
irii startled at -ccif@ my mothers image.
Young and fiir. irfarc mc. and, when IL
tcrrifi h"f grc-l rgs- opened. | l-lt II must
to- lIiat sister io-i o. ise TIL now. and cent
l1,l 10 ihis ,a.. hDur 20 take ms mothers
| place. lcancl forward iu M excess oi
/ tcuderles.. to welcome her, whcn looh
of fright, an aaims;-iikc. wild terror took
/ possession o. h-r face. and a low sort o
sHarl broke from her human lips.
Tie Start she gave caused a fresh low
81 L'ool linur-- ta.-cd over her eyes
/ Again -iauchel i.r wound. and prcrar
80 roari-hmrnt 90 r4sc she waged. 10,
bn-icd Ia these ways fjr further spreu'a
lion. only with q strange weight 20 90,
heart and aeafiHgs, q, balv. saidculy
iclt lln g.eam eve. watching use. sucl
strange eyes, No Lunau expression
about them 'raithy look I'll them now
Gently a- cau'3 approached her siIC
She treiuh'ed and tried % hide her hea
wlien ! offered her my clrefuIly-prcpare
food. I moved away aud -tudiously ayoI,
ed any appearance a watching her \,
! was intensely conscious of ller ever
movement. could sec bcr cyeins cage
| ~ with q wretched, fami-lsd look. a n
yenisor steak HAT had been forgotten
aud lay on the table close beside he
/ Stealtiily, like least OF prey. her feeb
hand stole toward it, and In a moment 81
had torn Il in pieces and dcvoured it.
Horror filed ms Iscart. Could ih
creature be human sat stin in n
corner, where, myself unseen. con
watch and restrain her il necessary. Al
weakness overcoming her-aft
+ this la,t eiieft ~lc lay tossing 81 M m,ca
sleep.
, Oh | was 50 weary aud so very loEel
tn" dreadful night was almost at an cn
| went to her sile, threw myself on 4
bed beside her, and put my arms abo
her neck. Again her wonderful cy
opened i'iil Ia my fice. Ifixcd them wi
! my own. | caressed her, called her
the cndeariag name of old, bcsoug
her 10 be gentle aud 10 love me. To
her She was my own, the only creatu
. left for me 10 love and care for Oh
short sccoud il seemed as liza soul look,
ont OF her glorious, dcer-like eyes, the
with sroan rs il she gave the strugg
over, and with that low, fearful gro'
again she fastened her white teeth in n
hand.
Shriekiug with the pain. fainte
When came TO myself dawn was strg
ling in at the window, leaf-shadows flicke
cd on the floor. Fearful pain ia my har
reused me at length, and consumir
thirst drove me into the woods toward Il
spring to allay it.
Struggled through the underbruSh, NJ
there close to the water, disccrned col
fused mass. There lay my poor siste
dead, piHowcd on wildcat of Tie wood
shot by the same hand, probably, that ha
wounded her fatally.
a London writer says Lord Beaconiield
tondness for rings and ilashy iewelry
not more strongly reflected in the page
of 'Endymion" than his love of eating |
"Lothair," +" and the fact is recalled tia
his hotel bin at Berlin was So. 900. II
Iothair' > he says, "there is the sam
display of ilashy jewelry, the same blaz
| of unraoIifv somRwhot Colilifipd bv con