The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-02

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She made a gesture Of despair
and bid ber face in her hands.
III |hls is to be our last inter
view, haau't we better play alilile
at the eptimental2 Shall ] kiss
you a 1arlinsf"
She s1'ang upand flung herarms
about n'' neck, bursting into a
passion "a tears.
mo nonsenselp he said, almost
angrily as he disengaged himself
from h' enbrace.
"Yon FilI neyer speak tomethat
way again." she said with an em.
phasis 3 mournful that It startled
|eyen him.
"Whal wasthe dream9g he ask.
fed, alm''l in spite Of himself. II
can at sasl hear il; but / shall not
hee il lomembef.s
Nfes much 70 tsll oply-
and she lpokedlup with q shudder
-"the horror Of 1.-THE horrorthat
never leayeslmeI | dreamed you
were in q room that seemed to me
10 be theapartments Of palace, ii
was so ekauisisely furnished. 1t
was an obleng room, and pictures
and statpary, and hangings that
gHtteredf with gold, and panels
painted tatEe most exquisite col
ors, met my sight teyerywhere. /
did not stop to look at these things,
however. MY yattention was riyet.
edion a long table richly draped in
red. 1t did not seem a dinner, and.
yet ther were men and women
seated along both sides and you
we're in the center. Suddenly 4
saw at yOSr back a tall, thin, evil.
looking mtn, whose face held a ter
rible fascination. He seemed to be
full of power, and his eyes CLEAN,
ed and DATED fire, like the eyes of
u basilisk The awful eyes were
fixed on you, following your every
movements l tried to warn you,
but my tongue seemed powerless to
move, aud my limbs were palsied.
oh, how those evil eyes followed
you'll And presently l saw what
broke the spell of my silenre-that
in one hand he held a shining dag.
ger, and was only waiting his op:
pOrtunity to strike you to the
heartl
cat last'-she rose from the
chair, white as death-"at last the
blow fell, and at that moment the
clock struck lit was striking when
| walked up-blt The hands seemed
ttqsIandat 4 quarter Of three. ID
scFeamsd but you never heard me
uor sawme-and then l awoke."
"Andwhose was the facet" he
asked, ii a low voice.
If heifelt any emotion as he list
ened toSher description Of a place
be only knew too well, he gave
token Of none.
"How can l tell, except to de.
scribe 10 A narrow, high fore.
head; black, curling huirj eyes
brighter than diamonds; q look Of
assured power thin but handsome
lips; tall, sinuous. All, l shall
never forget that man-neyerl"
mo. He don'tlet people forget
him, once they have seen him."
her husband said; and then looked
up witha keen, almost frightened,
glance as he still stood smoothing
his hat with his gloved hahd.
"0hl then you know him? Ny
dream means something. Now you
will stay-oh, Ralph, you will
stay2" she added, with supplica.
ting voice and eyes.
"Iudeed Twill not stay" be made
answer impassively. "I'll go if
only to,show you of what intangi.
ble stuff dreams are made. So
farewell and forget-all you can"
be added, in a lower voice and some
what impressively, "If you don't
SEQ me again, why, farewell, and
meet your fate US brayely as you
met me.n
He went out, humming and
laughing, leaving his wife sitting
motionless, nameless horror in
her eyes q faintness at her heart
that she could not conquer
How much she had dared, how
much she had done for that hand.
some, hayward mani How dearly
she had loved him, how feryently
believed in himI And even yet it
seemed to her that if only once shc
could compel that better self of his
to come out into the light she
might yet save him from the curse
that seemed hoveting over him,
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