Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-05-17


4 rTsa Rilp hsx6r spsaartSaShse Gkal
wav again," " she sid Nth an emma,
ais 20 monEnfal thai it startled ever
hiznsns sssM - "a ksas9 sfnssFs g.. a
WHIST mAA the dream g. hs asked
almost in Fpite OF hiusalf, 81 can. A
eAHt heAr it hns ! shall not hSen
80 EnMaanheTs sos "a naalsas IS ,aesSa,
i s'1eisnnos maeh - lell, nnlyas=a.ant
she looked up with ! shudd r--sstk
hoErpr Of 1.-THE koEroF that never
leaves mel I daaemsa ysn wsrs in q
rooa that ssshasd % ne 70 Be the
apartments Of palace. it was 30 ax-
qnisitelF Furnished. It was an oblohe
roQm, and pictures and staknary, and
hangings that glitsssea 9TH gold
md panels painfsd IN tie most ex:
\ cQl1a aet - 80 eVsrv.
Whe. i did DOT stop y 1ook III
thaae however, IL attention waE
rireted on d long tale richly draped
IN red. It did not sssm . dinner, and
yet there we're men and women, seat
ed along both sides and you were in
the center. Suddenly ] &w Ct your
back a tall, thin, eTil9ooking man,
whose fece held a terrible fascination.
Heseeued 70 b falI Of power, and his
eyes cleaned and darted kFe, like the
syes pf . basiIisk s The awful eyes
were 6ked en- you, following your
veEy me dvement. 4 tried t. warn you
but my tongue ssemed powerless ID
move, and my Limits wsfa palaisd.
On. low thOse evil syes followed yonl
And presently I saR what broke the
speliaof my silence-that IN one hand
he held a shining dagger Pnd wa
only waiting his opportunity to strike
you to the heart
g.At lsst xshe ssfrom the chair,
white ,as. deafh-'.ak. last the blow
fell. and st that moment the clock
struck Sit was striking When ] walked
HP+rhnt the hands seemed to stand
&C IN qhaftnr 70 thxea. 1 screamed
bat yousnessr hsard me nor saw me
and then / awoke. 'sa9 rss'a8 ~ -
EniARd Whose was tie fa0a?" he ash
ed. in q low Roice. 81 % 1& AA D
osH he felt anysemotion as he listeh-
ed 10 her descriptions Of q place he
only knew too vel. he gave token oi
none. ban ~ giss ii gkssyassa isaw S. t.a1
= How Hcan / tslly except to de-
scribe it? A narrow, high forehead
black, curly hair eyes Brighter than
diamondsi o look of. assumed power
thin but handsome lips; tall, sinuous.
All, / shall never forget that man
,newerg,s 1IASow4gls1
mo. He, don't let people forget
him, once they have seen him. her
husband said and then looked up
with keen, almost frightened. glance
rs he still stood smoothing his hat
with his gloved hand. Lar RI
"Ohl then you know him? NY
dream means something. Now you
will stay-oh, Ralph. you will stay?'
she added. with snpplieating voice
and ewes. % la8 iaT4 ttj JihA
Indeed / will not stay" he made
answer. impassively. "I'll go if only
to show You of what intangible stuff
dreams are mads.i So farewell, and
forget all you can." he added, in a
lower voice and somewhat impress
lively. "If you don't see me again,
why, farewell meet your fate as
bravely as you met me-
He went out, humming and laugh
ing, leaving his wife sitting motion
less, nameless horror in her eyes, a
faintness in ker heart that she could
not conquer.
How much she had dared, how
mush she had done fer that hand
some, wayward man How dearly she
had loved him, how fervently be-
lieved in himl And even yet it seem
ed to her that if only once she could
compel that better self of his to come
out into the light she might yet save
him from the curse that seemed hover
ing over him.
She believed in her dream, rather
vision, she called it; and now he had
gone to his doom, leaving her to suf-
fer alone.
There was nothing to be done but
to endure her loneliness. If she
could but have followed him, as a
strange yearning possessed her to do
now But how ( he had taken cab
at the door, and she was not hardy
enough to venture ont, particularly as
u thick fog had suddenly sprang up,
obscuring the streets.
For some moments she walked the
room, her hands clasped, her breast
heaying with emotion,
To be IN this great city alone r she
murmured, land he leaves me SO often
alone T.
She went to the grand piano and
struck a few chords wildly; they
seemed only 70 reeoil insound against
her heart. She took up dainty yio-
olin, but the tones held no melody for
her.
Suddenly the door was thrown open.
"a lady, said the pompous set
want, with a doubtful glance at the
veiled figure. Tgr7r
Mrs. Forester came forward with 9
CRY of almost rapture. L F ser
ANY one would have been welcome
in that supreme hour-hOw welcOms
then his sister, whom she had never
seen heforaf e8
II thought Ralph would be at tbs
depot, said the young girl, after beu
wraps had been taken Of. "You don I
know what a time I had finding you.
! am afraid he Is by no means mo-
del husband, she added laughing