The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-01-05

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i0cnih year, whO could moi write the
shortest mite without abundant 0ftbo
graphical mistakes, mud Rngulsh mental
aud physieal. and ahe smiled, She
rad the pnsaaFr over again, II seemed
iJ her that With very lltlle alteration
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AZ she thus mused q clock down.
stairs cilinad . aHtler after midnight,
and ~ the seipds died away, and per.
i"N tullcss supsryened, She, listening,
besn iirsl ~ u wero D vague disturb
Thee. nnd then the sounds us of cries
and moaBs coming from the direction
Of that other room NJ the end " the pas.
sage IN which rupert slept 10 lay
down the papers aud spring TO her feet
was the work of n second. In another
moment she was ont Of the room, and
speeding down tho passage. This must
be- one of these attacks Of which hlr
mother had spoken when the boy
would suddenly awaken ont Of sleep, In
pain. mental aud physical, and in =
state Of unaccountable fear and terror,
M OF some imaginary assailant paroN
ysms In which. Mrs. Lnscelles said, no
one was Of any use except the doctor
she herself. In her anguish, least Of all,
for II was u strange thing that though
Rupert In nm ordinary way adorcd his
mother, yet, when he was In this state
he seemed not TO know her, and moth
Ing that she could do or say was Of any
avail 10 calm him. Margaret. on hear.
Ing this account. had determined ON tho
spot to see II she could not he Of some
use, could not influence his mood when
the occasion came.
She was now the first 10 enter hls
room. turn up the light. and bend over
him. She found him trembling. SILVER
Ing. alternately hot and cold. uttcring
IN, sncrcnt, brcatblcss EXPLANATIONS. un-
able to suppress tho cries Of terror or
apprehension which appeared constantly
TO rise from his lips, as II he imagined
himself pursued by some dreadful thing;
aud again, In such agony physically that
the drops stood on his brow. Mr.. Las
ccllcs had said TO Margaret that at such
times her son did not know her. Mar
gnrct, taking his hand. and saying some
soothing words. found that though at
first he surveyed her. too. with u wild.
unrccognlslng, and almost terrified ms
pect, yet that no soon knew her, and
gaspcd out,
Margaret oh, Margaret , take care
Of mt. I am so frightened I'm going
10 die. am Suro ! Am going 10 die
"No, my poor boy, You ARE not going
Ia die and do MT fear. for | will take
earl Of YOU" she said. In her tcndcrest.
deepest ~yoice-nnd there were yibra-
tions. i~ntonations In Margarct's voice.
Of piercing sweetness. And at this
point she became aware Of the presence
of MIR. Lascellcs, in his dressing gown.
looking perfectly helpless. aud fearing
that Miss pcrcival was being put TO n
great deal of trouble.
spray. Mr.. lasccllcs. leave him 10
mo DO not let Mrs. L.asccllcs come In
here, II VIII only distress her needless
w." said she. quickly; and Mr.. Las
ccllcs. only too thankful TO receive n
coherent order which he could obey.
left the room. There was q whispered
consultation outside, Of which Marga-
ret only vainly heard the sounds, With
out attending 10 them. and then there
was some movement up and down the
house. and then silence. She had nj
last mastered Rupcrt's struggles, hold
Ing his hands In her strong grasp. and
was speaking cheerily TO him, though
her soul was wruug with pity. Gradu-
ally his anguish, for II was no less than
anguish. calmed down. His frantic ef-
forts 10 spring from his bed. and leo
from before some unseen, uncompre-
hcnded Horror, subsidized. lie became
calm. Margaret could only speculate;
she knew nothing Of the nature Of the
attack. Was II hystericalP Was Il, rs
his mother had whispered 10 her tina,
she feared Il might be-, n form Of insan-
TYP Was lis cause mental or physicalP
She did not know. but she found her
conviction had been right Tho
power which she was able 10 exercise
v him In his sanc and comparatively
healthy condition. did not desert her
now. II was long before she gained
complete asccndcncy over him; she did
not know how long the time was that
passed while she strove 20 conquer. with
voice, and eye. and hand. tender but
firm, that spirit Of wild terror aud I'M
reasoning fear which possessed him.
AT last Margaret saw The victory sas
hers. Il was Rupert who held her
hands now. fast claspcd TO his breast
aud looking UP into her facc with eycr
owe which the sleep Of exhaustion was
already casting IL dim. said
"You will not leave mo alone. Mar.
garrett"
IL shall not leave YOU alone; trust
met she answered. And so they 70.
manned for q moment. until his eyrs
had closed. and Margaret thought that
he slept. Then Il was that she heard
the door handle turned, and . step APP