Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-29

hduuteu, anu no one would nlre out 10 1--we at that
place. This event also seemed TO marx a distinct
epOcn, as IL that baptism oI IRE had liberated "a
aslIdl soul. HenccIOrtn there was a suadowy
shade, an indennaole something In that ROOM that
tooA possession SO the uoor Was closed and the
doctor tooA Inc key thereof.
"D-n It," said he, whats the use Of kitchen
Cynthia, II there's no coOk?"
Don't swear, kuius," she shudderingly An
swered 81 love W COOK, dear WITH our little
oii-stGVe IN The drawins-rooA IT'S ike playing at
houSeAeepins. Yes, positively, prefer IL, dear
Then. IL Is 81 nice for be alone; lust we two
"MOoh-nOwer, now sweetly youexpand ~ cries, ne
doctor, euioidlng her in his arm, and Kissing ,.r
lI q vile wishes TO MAKE her husuAud "A ra,iian MT
lover let ner Try cooking Ior him; that Is, II sue
And thus the winter closed In upon these two
Who lived In the Old house Without other occu-
pants. Dr. Rawie soon became 50 deeply Interested
IN the occult investig atoms into which
he was led through the books left MIN
by the Java Aieim, that he did not feel
tne WEAKNESS OF Their solitary life; but iG was
not So with Ills wife. She poor lady mad enIertd
That strange mouse gay and lau hing bride In
good health and nne spirits II was no. long be-
fore sne moved about silently, growing each day
paler anu pa!er, IKE some tender plant that re-
quirts sunshine and wits In cneer. ess shade Sac
Was not unhappy because sue leu lie apart from
tAe world, with her husband Tor she loved him too
Iondy 10 pine Tor other sOci ", slil less did ,ae
care Tor the dissipation OF gayety But her nervous
system had received serious snock The terrlfy.
Ing accident and harrow1iig death bed scene sue.
ceeded Oy the horror of that spectral fre man.
lasmal as IL undoubtedly Was mad lerI an i'm
ession, not TO We snaAen on, that the place was
herself that II was a mere halIucinarion.
aud yet the feeling Wore UPON her and an y
became exceedingly SENSITIVE TO all sounds
vague dlstrust and rear TOOK rossesslon OF uer
Upon the eminence wnere they lived the winter
storms OFT and again ueid widest revelr, To ner
MOI Old imagination the rude blasts mad human
voicfs int sighed, moaned, groaned walled.
ho"led and shrieked, and during the blackness OF
the long winter nights ali these voices or nature
were thousand Tod intensified W her acute Der.
ceptlonS On, now she dreaded the nroinnJai
swift OIL the tempest, with Its tumultuous onset.
the swt-IecurIinG waves OF direful sounu of these
Viewiess lesions o. the air, when her lImiu soul
shrank shriSeiIed and aghast within its she'll
During that dismal winter they slept In the cham.
let sure had a nightly occupant One tuing Gym
tina became aware OF Only her were Opened "a
these preternaturai sounIA she had II " true.
An Increasing CONSCIOUSNESS that they mtxht b
evoked at any time; but sae never heard or
thought sne heard the pl1ntive sishs the steaithy
tread. nor the siainmins OF a door sac knew was
closed or even, Oh nideous feeling, that she was
being oreathed upon. unless she was Alone or her
husbands spirit locked In Sleep the something
Whatever II WAS, Inat had access 10 that house.
had not the force 70 impress itself upon the
| stronger organization OF the DOCTOR Al moments
that II sue steps, when her will-power was dor
tnAnt would II not then oppress ner. ana could
LOT the ynoul live from ner lie and goat upon hei
ntAltV All that she had read aooQk the raven
| ing vampire would then recur 70 hef disturbed
| iSney aoo aurlgnt her. Ana thus. month aIteI
aoasa poor CynthiA halt distsAughk communo6