The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-08-14

closer aud closer. my heart wrenching |
In wild. uneven eliot in my bosom. my |
breath coming in short quick gasps.
and nv ear, 50 unnaturally strained for
the slightest SQUAD. that | could hear
the blood kissing and rushing through
the veins in my temples Suddenly
heard sound as Of some human beng
in pain. and then wild. wailing cry:
Harry. Harry. Harry. God help me-"
and then low moan again. With one
bound rushed forward. and there in the
shadow Of the shed, crouched up against
the wall. saw the form Of woman.
apparently dying. knclt at her side,
raised her in my arms. and, as
the pale light Of the moon
fell on her face. recognized
the features Of my lost husband re-
collect Wild unearthly cry ringing in
ms ears whether uttered by myself or
not. can not say. and then awoke
to lind myself lying there in that silent
house. with the cold light Of q cloudless
moon falling full on my face through
the uncurtained window. Sleep. with
the recollection Of that dream haunting
my mind. was impossible; so ! rose.
and, on looking out, found that my
window opened on pair Of iron stairs
reaching down to a garden. In dull
mechanical way l dressed. slipped a
shawl over my head. and stepped ont
l passed through the garden. unattached
a gate. and found myself in an open
road. bordered on either side by tall
Indigenous. In front the road rose in
a kind Of hill. until il met the line Of
sky. beyond which | could see nothing.
As l stepped hurriedly EDWARDS. the
moon. which. till then. had been shin
ing full in my face, darkcned. and
when res. TO the brow OF the hill
a strange consciousness OF having tr0d-
den that path before came over me;
and AS found myself on the summit.
and looked nj the view which suddenly
broke before me. an icy chill ran
through my frame. and l nearly fell
fainting to the ground, for there-seen
In the wan light Of a low-lying moon.
across which stretched a ragged skirt
Of black. angry cloud spread the
wild heath Of my dream. still.
silent and sombcr. And. as
stood there trembling and shud-
dering. two long hazy beams Of light
one above and one below shot out
from either side OF the darkcned moon,
just as il had appeared before. II was
some seconds ere could nerve myself
to look 70 the right, but when ! did so,
there, dark and dim. saw the outline
Of the deserted shed. Once more the
rcsistless impulse seized me. once more
/ was drawn gradually but surely to-
wards the she'd. | heard the low moan.
the wailing CRY. and saw, just as had
seen II In my dream. the dark form
crouched up in the shadow OF the wall
But this time there was no awakening.
this time it was no impalpabe form that
touched. but the fragile figure OF a
woman. her hair loose-lying around her
her ewes glazed as II in death looking
up into mine with dull appealing look.
Trembling and afirighted as l was,
recollected that had small bottle o.
brandy and water in my pocket. placed
there in case should require IL on the
tourney. With great difficult, ! sue
cecdcd in forcing few drops past hcr
lips. which seemed to revive faint fut
tering in the wcll-nigh lifeless bosom
l saw that she was perishing with cold
so l raised the poor creature in my
arms, took of my shawl and wrapped
Il round her. and tried by brisk chalins
and rubbing TO restore animation
Then. with al the strength Of my lungs
shouted orhclp. but except the angr,
bark of some distant Watchdog there
was no answer. Life wa 20 nearly gons
that | dared not leave her, even fol
, the half-hour which It would take Z
, hurry home and obtain aid; and 20 thu
I long night through sat there on thu
damp clammy ground, barchcadc and
, shiverng. with the head Of the helpless
, woman on nv lap. striving 70 keep thu
faint, pickering spark Of life from being
cxtinguished. AT last towards day
, break. heard waggoner going by
, and. hopclcssly hoarse with cold ans
! calling a. | was, succeeded in attract
/, inr his attention. and inducin:
: him 70 drive us both to tn
! house. A doctor was hastily sent for
/ who said the poor woman was almos
dead from hunger and exhaustion. bu
7 that by care and attention her life woul'
be spared. That night ! went TO be-
| with my head burning like furnace
4 and every limb aching with pain. an'
4 when morning came 1t found m
: stricken down with raging fever
! brought on By the exposure to IA
. damps and dcws Of midnight on tn
|. lonely heath. How long lay like tina
!. know not II must have been man
weeks. for they told me after had bee
: twice given up" BY the doctors
: was delirlous the greater part OF tn
{ time. and have no recollection Of an,
!, thing. except that when was get'in
J better. had a dim consciousness Of
! familiar presence in the room. and ono
J, fancicd some one kissed me on I'll
! forehead. The first person ] rcco,
I, nized. when nv senses cleared. wei
4 my mother and the woman whom
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