Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-07
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my back"
81 swore to have revenge. Revenge!
When he said the word The second time
he raised his long arms above his head
and they stood out against the sky, his
extended fingers looking preternaturally
skinny and weird.
''Ah, yes, remember" l replied with
a smile, that intended to be cOnclliatOry,
but which knew to be horribly CHASTITY.
had no doubt that had to do with q
mailman, and l Immediately ran over in
my mind the various devices by which L
had heard lunatics were kept at bay or
diverted from their terrible purposes.
First of all l fixed my eyes firmly upon
his, but that was of no avail; on the con-
trary instead of recoiling from me, he
advanced step nearer to me. Before
had time to try any other remedy he had
brought his hands heavily down, one on
each of my shoulders, which he held as
in vice.
"Revenge l must have, and revenge
will have!' AS he Kissed out these
words he put his face close to mine, and
l saw the same strange bright look in his
eyes that | had seen in my chambers
that day, only it was intensified by the
moonlight.
a.
added. ''But before have had my re-
venge 1 seek solution of the mystery.
1t lies down there" and he nodded in the
direction of the gulf "You understand
me?'
l nodded my head vehemently and
smiled in a more CHASTITY manner than
before, though l was calculating in my
mind whether, if it came to a trial of
strength | could master him
cit is you must unfathom this mys-
terry"
I'll! why?"
"Becouse you are profound; you under
stand the law and its tangles; because
you are my counsel, and my case is in
your hands; the fee is in your pocket
now"
Gin the grip OF madman,'' thought,
and devoutly wished myself back in
my bedroom. What should 1 do? The
chance of help coming that way, at that
time of night, was very small. If l
screamed for assistance it might irritate
him. All this flasded across my mind as
he delivered the few words recorded.
was glad to find that, as he talked,
he receded backward, and l trusted that
we should soon be clear of the danger
Gus gorge. On level ground l felt ]
should have more chance in the event of
struggle; one little gap in the ratings
protecting the road passer, and | should
be all right. We had reached this gap
when, with superhuman strength, he
sent me spinning from him, and l fell
| through it into the dreadful gulf! l
seemed to fall miles; l fell really only
few yards. Putting out my hands, in
stinctively l clutched projecting ledge
of the rock and found myself hanging by
my arms, my whole weight held up by
the strength of my fingers. With what
despair | held on, and yet with what cleo
trio rapidi4y it flashed through my mind
that only a few seconds could thus sup
port myself What could l do? Nothing
but expend my strength IN a despairing
cry for help in the hope that it would be
| heard by the inmates of Bryn Hyfryd.
| This l gave, and l can hear now the
echoes in that fearful depth hooking my
| despair; they seemed all around me-now
| close to me gurgling in my ear, and now
dying away in sort of chuckle down
below? Then began to economic my
strength by giving each of my fingers
rest in turn, but l found at last, after
what seemed an age of torture, that my
powers were giving away, and my senses
were leaving me. | was about to resign
myself to my fate saw lights above
me, and heard the voice of my friend
Ashley. Strong arms reached down to
me and lifted me up, and | remember no
more.
When next opened my eyes, it was in
the room had so incontinently left that
dreadful night. This fact did not come
to me all at once, but very slowly. l
| found too, that | could not raise my arm,
and could feel that l had much less hair
oc my head than usual. Then Imade out
two tigures-one quaint old woman in
wonderful cap of snowy whiteness, and
red shawl upon her shoulders; the other
a young woman in black, with the excep-
ton of bit of white clematis at her
throat. 1t was an oval face of exquisite
beauty, and pair of black eyes fringed
with long black lashes; all this l took i'll
also by slow degrees. Then the elderly
woman came forward and uttered an I'M
ineligible ejaculation, at which the
younger woman hurriedly left the room,
only to return in a few moments with
little fussy fat man, who piously lifted up
his hands and said: 'lss, indeed to
goodhess!" Then Florence's dear face
bent over me and kissed my forehead, ard
l heard her whisper:
sThank Heaven!"
was convalescent. Lucy-yes, called
her Lucy, and rather liked the sound of
the name-was sitting opposite to nae,
reading. During pause l asked, sud-
denly:
sWhy did you take such an interest in
me? You were my nurse, hear"
"Well, had been used to nursing, and
l felt handy to it, Mr.. Sylvester. l have
had, unfortunately, great deal of it to
do" :.
| looked at her black dress, and then l
remembered what Florence had said, on
the night of my arrival, about the ''dear-
est girl" having recently lost her father
She raised her eyes to mine for moment
and strange thrill went through me.
They seemed to remind me of something
In the past. Before could think it out,
she said
"Florence IS, you know, my cousin and
old school-fellow, and as have no home
now, she has insisted upon my taking up
my abode here, and | was glad to be of
service to her. Besides
| "Besides what?'
81 felt it matter of duty as well, you
see," she went on, with heightened color
and in answer to my questioning look.
| .sIt is. believe partly owing to my Door