The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-24

ing why or wherefore, blend together
the notes which commenced that great
song which had heard as fingered
outside the door, listening to the sweet
voice singing, and wondering whose
voice it was. AS struck those notes i
looked through the folding-door and at
the motionless statue-like figure OF
Pauline.
A nervous trembling seemed to pass
over her frame, She turned and came |
toward me, and there was look in her |
face which made me move aside from |
the piano, and wonder and fear what
was to take place.
The cloak had thrown around her
had fallen from her shoulders. She
seated herself on the music bench, and
striking the keys with master hand
played brilliantly and faultlessly the pre-
lude to the song of which had struck
few vagrant notes.
was thunderstruck. Never till now
had she shown the slightest taste for
music-as have said, it appeared rather
to annoy and irritate her. Now she was
bringing out sounds which it seemed alb
surd to expect from that neglected and
untuned piano.
But after the first few bars my aston
ishment ceased. As well as If / had
been told, knew what would happen
| or part of 1t. was even prepared,
when the moment came for the voice to
Join the music, to hear Pauline sing as
faultlessly as she was playing, yet to
sing in the same subdued manner as on
that fatal night. So fully prepared l
was that with breathless emotion /
waited until the song came to the very
note at which it finished when once be-
fore listened TO it. So fully prepared,
that when she started wildly TO her feet
and uttered once more that cry Of hor-
ror, my arms were round her in mo-
ment, and bore her TO sofa close by.
To her, as well as to me, all the oc-
currences OF that dreadful night were
being reproduced. The past had come
back to Pauline-come back ut the mo-
ment it left her.
What the relluX might do eventually
whether II would be blessing or a
curse-I had no time TO consider. All
my cares were needed by Pauline. My
task was terrible! l had to hold her
down by main force, to endeavor in
every possible way to soothg her and
( prevent her cries, which rang so loudly
| that feared the neighbors would be
: alarmed. And all the while she strug.
| gled with me, strove to repulse me and
/ regain her feet, as certainly as II l could
? read her thoughts knew that whatever
7 had happened formerly was once more
: before my eyes. Once more she was
3 being held down by a strong hand, mos
likely on the same couch, and once
: more her struggles were gradually be
t coming feebler and her cries growing
n fainter. 1t needed only for the latte
n to sink at last into repetition of thai
e dismal moan to make the picture, so fa
o as she was concerned, complete. Th,
only difference was that the hands nov
c laid upon her were loving ones.
5 All things up to the present situation
= and all things | narrate after the termi
d nation Of this chapter, expect to b
believed. do not say that such event
= and condolences are Of every day occur
, renee. Had they been so, should hay
d no object in writing this tale. But j d.
o say this, all else save this one thing
1t could prove TO be true, II not by direct
by circumstantial evidence; all else cal
It be explained either simply or scientific
@ ally; but what follows can only Civ
Il my word for. Call 1t what you like
O dream, hallucination, overiieated imag
q ination-call 1t anything save invention
| i shall not be annoyed. This is wha
$ happened. ....--
It Pauline at last lay still. Her moal
n had sunk into silence. She seemed ono,
"a more to have lost all consciousness. NJ,
one idea now was to remove her rs speed
= lily as possible from this fatal place. al
/. sorts Of strange thoughts and specula
: tions were thronging my brain. AL
I sorts of hopes and fears were shskin,
I me. What would the explanation be
n if ever | could get itP
Mypoor darling lay still and peaceful
q thought l would let her rest so for
o. few moments before i carried her out
Il / dreaded what waking her nigh
n mean. So took her hand and held
l; close in mine.
d The candle was on the mantelpiec
, behind me. 1t threw little or no ligh
| into the front room, the folding door
d Of which were only partially open-th
1t half behind the couch on which Paulin
I. lay closed. II was, therefore. impos
o sible for me from my seat beside her
look into the front room. Indeed, as
v sat there my face was turned from II
t. held my wife's hand for few sec
,r onds, and then strange, undelinabl
N feeling crept over me-the kind OF feel
a ing sometimes experienced In drear
N in which two persons appear, and tn
Vt dreamer can not be certain with whic
d ones thoughts and acts he identiiie
d himself. For awhile seemed to have
9, dual existence. Although perfect
l. aware that l still occupied the sam
T. seat, still held Pauline's hand in mine,
Is was also seated ut the piano, and !
g some way gazed through the hall
+ opened doors into the other room, an
(, that room was full Of light!
70 Light so brilliant that in glance
9. could see everything that the aparI
st ment contained. Each article of furn
ture, the pictures on the walls, the dar
b. curtains drawn over the window at tn
4; end, the mirror over the fireplace, tn