Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-01-14

ed you, doctor, and wanted to break
your heart as you had broken hers,
and that If Alice would swear not TO
marry you, aud not to tell you why,
or where she had been, she would let
her go; but if not, she would push
the stone over the mouth of the cave.
and shut her in forever.
Then Miss Dwyer said to CASTOR:
"'Why did you lei me do it,
Aud he said
Because wanted 10 marry you,
nay beautiful fendr
is it a mans duty to swear away
the life of his friend, but he cannot
swear against his wife. Will you
marry me, Katel'
II could see her shiver; but she
said calm enough;
Yes, l will
He began to get out of the boat
then. aud said it was going to storm,
and they would go into the cave. lie
held his hand out, and said
Z" Come, my lover
"'No, she cried out; / won't go in
there; besides that, we cannot, for the
way is blocked
Then he explained that there were
really two caves with an opening be
tween, and that she need not 50 into
the other, where she might find some
thing she would not wish to see.
"She kept saying:
i won't go there wontl
"Then he told her she must consider
his safety, as he had written an ac-
count of all he knew about the cave,
and given the sealed paper to his sec
rotary; if he should die suddenly, it
would be opened at once. She rose
up then, and told him he need not
help her; but he kept holding his
hand out, and stood so she could not
leave the boat without coming close
to HIM, She held back, but he too k
her hand, and as she stepped out on
the sand, he put his arms about her
and kissed her lips, and said:
" How you shiver, my darling !
You must be very cold.
"Then she struggled and tried 10
get away, and said in sort of a tenn
per:
s'Don't you call me that 1 don't
like it."
"He laughed then. and told her he
would call her anything he choose,
except murderess: he would not call
her that.
"She seemed to wilt right down
then, and let him kiss her ever so
many times, but she looked as if it
made her feel sick. "
81 can readily believe that, y said the
detective dryly.
1.-The storm was awful by this time
and he made her go in the cave-the
opening was right under whore / was
lying, but never seen it. Well, soon
as they were in, wanted TO get some
where under the rocks. SO as 70 be safe
So crawled back a bit, then took
hold of the rock to swing myself over
and drop, for it wasn't very far RnG |
was scared but al heaven and earth
seemed to come together just then,
and didn't know anything more till
shutdown last night, and then | seen
thai q big tree or lightning had struck
that big rock where | hid, and it had
fell over the mouth of that cave"
"Are you telling me the truth9" said
the detective, sharply.
"Of course" answered Tim. "Why
should | tell it all if it was not true2
why didn't you come home last
night2"
II be coming to that sir. When /
found myself down there on the bank
| could hardly get home, | was that
weak and tired, My mother met me,
and asked where / had beeu for two
days and night. That was the FIRST
/ knew that it wasn't Tuesday. She
was glad tosee me, but before | got
quite home | lost myself again, and
never knew anything till this morn
ing. Then l come soon as l could"
Have you told any one Of this"
"No, sir not word. | thought if
they was all dead maybe it you'd be
better for no one to know"
"Well, my boy" said Doctor Ben
tlv, kindly, you have shown so
mush discretion about this that |
think | must tell you something the
villagers do not know. Miss Caxton
came home on Tuesday. Mr.. Castor
took her out after Miss Dwyer shut
the cave. He took her fifty miles
away, and meant to keep her conceal
ed until he could make Miss Dryer
marry him; bat she escaped. We
have been searching for Miss Kate
and CASTOR ever since. Can you go
now and show US where TO 6nd
theme"
Tim was eager for the trip, and
with some of the villagers, they were
soon en- route for the cave.
On arriving. their first call brought
the muffed response:
"Help help-for the love Of heaven
| am shut in here with a maniac! !"
It was several hours before they
could release the prisoners, and they
found Gaston's words too true.
Kate Dwyer was indeed raving
maniac; and such she continued until
the day of her death.
AS soon as they were released the
villagers rolled back the stone, and
sealed the cave forever.
CASTOR fed from the village; not so
soon, however, but what he heard the