The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18

telescope and see that IL has gone up as
much as two feet since the evening, and It's
line shows against the window sill OF Van
dykes room. In an hour il would hide the
bed. But see While l look the curtain is
drawn and the sash raised. 1t is Agnes; she
wears dark gown. She turns away and II
can see that she is arranging things. She
passes the window with q broom in her hand
but che doesn't sweep. She comes
back TO the window, looks out and eoes
away. Soon returning she goes to work on
the bed. This operation | watch almost in
an agony Will she-will she spread the red
coverlet? But she stops. think she goes
out of the room, leaving the bed only half
made mp Several minutes elspse and |
grow impatient at last she returns. Now
she takes Up the bolster, shakes il, beats 1t
and sm0othes it. Then she lays it on the
bed She spreads two sheets, then two white
blankets. / am breathless; il is the supreme
moment Alas alas! She takes up the same
white coveriet, with a jerk, and spreads Is
over ALL
There is no use all is over. 1t must be
abandoned this magnificent plan Before
another morning the window will be hidden
by the wall. l rose and paced my room, bat
| could not think what to do. At any rate.
the rifle was to be removed, and the useless
frame torn up. Finally turned to do 1t.
But. before doing it, stopped to take one
lssI look. Iapplied my eye to the telescope.
4 Agnes was standing at the window, gazing
out this way. She was apparently regarding
4 the workmen on the new building. She had
book in her band; she is a constant reader
of trashy novels. AS looked, she turned,
got upon the bed her masters bed, arranged
q pillow and lay down 10 read. Mon Dieu |!
!, | was startled with thought. Her form,
dressed in black, upon the white bed, offered
the desired contrast and made the best tar
get could ask for. Just as she was lying,
, would her master lay at night! In q mo-
ment, but gaspipg with excitement, / ad-
D justed the rifle In its clamps until the cross
1 of the spider lines in the telescope rested di.
rectly upon the region OF her breast and
: fastened it securely unmovably. If the r dc
3 had been charged and fired then, the ball
Q would have pierced the heart of Agnes.
= rose in my excitement and walked the floor
!, l came back. shook, or tried 10 shake the
|, frame, and looked again. There was no diff
D ference the aim wss perfect,
/ went out to cool my fevered pulse and
4 walked aimlessly for hours. When l 70
? turned the bed and the greater part OF the
L window were hidden by the wall. No mat
! ter now. All the better, in fact, since THU
wall would not interfere with the passage o.
3 the rife ball, because by reason OF elevation
of the rifle for loug range 1t would pass above
? that building.
1 low carefully loaded the rifle. Their
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boards forming box. There is q hole in
the upper END of this Dox, as you may see
: for the free passage of the ball. You see also
an opening in the window, exactly in line
through which the bali could make its exit
from the house. From the lower end of the
box Issues cord, which is attached to the
> irigSsr of the rife, the hammer of which
was drawn back In readiness for firing Next
proceeded Cd cushion the box and en-
. velop it all around With many folds of old
{ sail cloth and oarpeting. You see that it re
: sembled q bale of old carpeting. The object
of all this was to SO deaden the sound that
the report of the rifle might not be heard
outside of this room. Finally / Contained
the Windows, as you see.
Every thing was now ready, but purposely
waited till that wall should reach compile
ton; for / knew that then the observer,
looking out of Henry Vandykes window,
after his death, would not be able to
see this building. The detective will not
dream that the shot which caused his death
passed over the top of the edihce. but will
take il for granted that II was aimed by
some one fro m its walls, or from the ground
in front, Thus the deed will be involved in
mystery, until this statement 10 read, and
that will be at the end of the month, when
the agent enters 10 take possession. At that
time shall be far away. During this inter
. va! l had the casket of my Marie, placed
ucoI LILO nuipplnS LII WoIo'
house, ready to be carried aboard ship al
any moment
Monsieur it is nearly told On yesterday
, found a vessel making ready to sail early
this coming morning. j took passage, and
had the casket slowed ABOARD.
a Five hours ago-it was 10 OF clock and il il
now 81 took my position in the dark out
! on the ground In front OF Henry Vandyke g
, house, and awaited his coming. He was late
lhrtt ho Ia hafn vhk
him. He alighted, paid and dismissed the
, driver. and entered. Soon q light shone
through its curtain and l saw his shodow
} pass several times In i've minutes the light
, was extlnguished. 1t was enough. / knew
that he was lying in his bed, Just where
Ages lay when drew aim u0on her. Colin
ly walked hither to my room. / lit my
lamp, and, taking q chair, sat down within
reach of the little cord that comes
out from the box. l took 1t in my hand.
which did not tremble. l thought of my
Marie and the wrong he did her, snd-I
pulled. There was q slight tremor in the
box, there was dull report, and | listened.
, Ii may be fancy, but think heard the bull
let kissing through the air as it sped, in three
seconds, TO its fatal aim And it may be
fancy again, but | think heard it click"
through the window and strike its victim
u There followed soon, however, q sound
that was not fanciful. Monsieur. do you be-
lieve in the supernatural? few seconds,
, ten or fifteen. after / pulled the cord, and
after Henry Vandyke was. as l knew, dead.
, there rose upon the stiffness of my room q
prolonged, unearthly moan, q despsiring
vail. as of some being that suffered prefer
, natural agony. 1t was q little like the
mournful bowling of a dog. But 1t could
not be dog, for there is no dog in this build
ing. The man who rooms below me is q
night Waterman for some warehouse, and
once kept a dog, but lost him. and il he had
recovered him should have known it No,
, 1t was not dog; il comes from some being
not of earth and it is somewhere in this
building While pondered what it was 1t
came again, and so it has continued to re.
peat itself, at regular intervals, all through
this night 1t came few seconds ago. 1t
, makes me shivsr. but ] do not fear. Can
! it be the soul of Henry Vandy Ike, wailing in
|, torment? Can it be al utterance from
the realms Of eternal woef May it
be his spirit come back to haunt me ?
, Ii 30, refuse to be haunted. IL he comes,
in his unutterable woe. to visit me with re-
morse, then decline 10 feel remorse Yes,
I shiver. but do not fear. Why, Monsieur,
have you not felt, has not the conviction
grown upon you. while reading this that
am man self-doomed to die2 Yes. as soon
as L shall have placed my Marie beneath the
sod of the Alpine Valley which she loved, /
shall die upon her grave. Why therefore
should fear ghostly visitor?
There / hear it again. 1t causes me to
shiver, bat do not fear. Be quiet, thou
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