The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-04-12

handing the large man . surgoon's knife,
turned away with his faco toward The
mountains top. As he looked the rim Of
the moon came into notch near the sum
INIT, he heard a strange noise behind him, Q
sound to be romembered In dreadful dreams,
then o hoarsc horrified kind Of shriel, that
whirlcd him about with it's frightfulness.
Half Of the moon was throwing its Light
down the mountain side, and Hyrum Pafley
was staggering back with ar1ms lifted and
eyes protruding "I've killed Cistencr' h0
shouted. 20 God, I've lnlled Cistener' and
he caught his hands IN his hair and
plunged about like drunlrcn man. His
limbs seemed to double up under tho weight
Of his body, and in moment he foil head.
long among the stones nnd lay there beat
ing his face among them in frenxy.
The little man stood stil and gazed IN hor-
ror. All, they had shed innocent bloodi
The objectionable sin was thsirI And the
moon swung into the notch, end looking
down o moment with inefiable sorrow,
passed slowly behind the peak and left them
In darkness.
The explanation was this. Cistene, jcal-
.ous of her lord, had watched him slip away
mysteriously toward Hartman,s, and had
followed. Standing in the darkness under
the trees to watch for him, the poor woman
had seen Trean fly by her Ike o midnight
spirit, and, stepping forward In fright,
was hurled to tho earth by tho girls pur.
suers and gagged and bound. It was sad
ending to o sod deception. Tar away in
Norway, the Same moonlight which had
Just shown her pallid facc to Farley had
fallen but few hours before on the cottage
roof which sheltered her through all hcr
peaceful childhood, and had looked down
with seeming pity into tho eyes Of her gray.
haired parents, eyes that 1onged and hun.
gered for their child, but should mover DO
satisfied.
But Treani She had fed ON through the
darkness, with her heart shrinking and her
feet winged with fear. She knew nothing
Of the cruel miracle which had saved her,
but, in fancy, feeling tho rough clutch Of
horrible hands upon her still, she strovo
only to gain her lover's side. Just. beyond
the row Of trees, into whose protecting
shadows she had plunged, q largo gate
stood open. Through this she ran, and on
across tho fields and around tho town. In
short time, from sheer exhaustion, she
ceased running, but still hurried forward
with quick breath and fluttering pulse, and
ever and anon looking back into the gloom
with q throb Of horror and fear When sho
had entered tho road below the town, she
suddenly remembered that Elchard was to
come by the other road, and she turned
hack into the fields, and, crossing the val
Icy, found the dim way and hastened on.
It was long walk to Eagle canyon, and
lonely as death, but at last she reached its
gloomy mouth and entered. Then on and
on until 1t seemed her weary limbs would
fail her. At tho entrance to tho smaller
gorge she stopped, not boing sure Of tho
road beyond that point, end sat down in tho
darkness by the wayside, quivering with
weariness. Tho moon was lifting its palo
disk over the mountains now, and pres
emily the yawning chasm brolro open as by
magic, with oil its hugo powders, gnarlod
pines and lowering lodges turned to gro
tesque phantasmagoria in the misty light.
Then suddenly three horsemon camo rid
ing down the gorge; tho one in tho center,
who was evidently wounded, boing steadied
in his saddle by the other two. The girl
shrunk into tho shadow, and they passed
away toward the city. She could wait no
longer after seeing that, but fed iko wild
thing up the canyon toward the mines with
her heart crying out in apprehension. But
soon the blessed sound of carriago-wheels
came to her ears. It was like music, and
she hastened on. When Elchard saw her