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

ing out Of his chair, aud whose hand
grasped convulsively tho hilt Of dag
ger, the blade of which was buried In
his heart-buried knew by blow
which had been struck downward by
one standing over him.
All this / saw and realized in u sec
ond. The attitude of each actor, the
whole scene surrounding was taken in
by me as one takes in with single
glance the purport and meaning OF q
picture. Then dropped Pauline's
hand and sprang to my feet.
Where was the lighted roomP Where
were the figures / had seenP Where
was the tragic scene which was taking
place before my eyes? Vanished into
thin air The candle was burning dimly
behind me, the front room was in dusk.
Pauline and Iwere the only living Great
ures in the place!
It was dream, of course. Perhaps,
under the circumstances, not an unnat-
ural one. Knowing what | knew al
ready Of the crime which had taken
place here; feeling sure that in some
way Pauline had been present when it
was committed; excited by what had
occurred to-night-Pauline's strange
walk, her sudden bursting into song,
the very song l had before heard, that
song with the dreadful ending-it is no
wonder that ] imagined scene like
this, and taking the only persons |
knew who were in any way connected
with my poor wife, brought them into
the life-like vision.
But given that man may dream the
same dream twice, perhaps three times,
there is no record of his dreaming it as
often as he willed. Yet this was my
case. Again took Pauline's hand,
and, after a few moments waiting.
felt the same strange sensation and saw
the same awful sight Not once, not
: twice, but many times did this occur,
until skeptical as was, as even am
now in such matters, | could only be-
licve that in some mysterious way was
, actually gazing on the very sight which
had met the girls eyes when memory
perhaps mercifully, fled from her, ant
7 reason was left impaired.
= II was only when our hands were il
l contact that the scene came before me
This fact strengthened my theory.
r felt then-I feel now, it is the true one
n What peculiar mental or physical organ
d ization can have brought about such a
y effect, / am unable to say. Call it cata
e leptic, clairvoyant, anything you will
: but IL was as | relate.
d Again and again l took Pauline
d hand, and as held it looked into ths
r brilliantly lighted room.
o Like the motionless figures in tat
's ledu uirdnt, again and again, without
st change of attitude or expression, say
% Ceneri, Macari and the man in the bach
D ground looking at their victim. Th
g appearance of the last named | studio
,r very closely. Even with the agony q
1t death on his face | could see he wa
Ir supremely handsome. His must hay
le been face that women love TO LOO
W upon, and even through the horror {
the vision, a painful thought came {
!, me as wondered what might have bee
i his relations with the girl who saw hi
'e suddenly struck down.
Is Who had struck him? Without
r doubt Macari, who, as said, was stan'
Ie ing nearest him, in the attitude of or
10 expecting an attack. His hand migl
just have quilted the dagger hilt II
t, downward stroke had driven the blaC
N so deeply into the heart that death an
c. the blow were all but simultaneou
70 This was what Pauline saw, what pc
Q, haps she was seeing now, and what, t
: some strange power, she was able't
m show me as one shows another pic
at urei
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