News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-06

. . drops dally-a Spanish tonic he had toll
. me-and was numbering her own hus
band before my eyes
L sat down to debate what I should dc
, BY Thursday, the man whom 1 no,
knew to be the scoundrel Alvarez ha,
) said, all would be over. 1t was alread,
tuesday, too late to hope for his recov
cry, perhaps, but I must attempt if
Yet, howe He could bear little excite
ment IN his weak condition, vet TO tel
MN without causing excitement was i'm
possible. The waiter would condemn
iler, but would he survive the discovery
l mad scarcely reached my room, when
tnere was knock upon my door, and /
ooeyed summons to Reynolds room,
Beads of moisture stood upon his brow
and he breathed with intense difficulty
He apologized for disturbing me to keep
HIM company, but the storm had made
him sleepless.
Besides" he went on, 1 thought
L heard scream, a fearful, horri-
/ bic scream, last night. when the light
ming struck that tree on the lawn
was too weak TO get up and 1 would not
disturb my wife. l haven't got clear,
and the noise doesn't leave my ears.
hear it always. I heard it then"-he
shuddered and covered his face with his
hands for a few seconds, then started up
in listening attitude as he cried "There
l heard it Oh, heard it again Help
me- Help me! Oh, Charlie, you heard
nothing did you2"
l stroked his brow soothingly, and
putting pocket flask to his lips, urged
him to swallow little of the stimulant.
In a few seconds, so complete was his
exhaustion, he had fallen into o nervous |
slumber. |
The sick man slept and T stepped !
sottl ly to the adjoining room. l turned !
the key, lifted the latch, and ventured !
cautious glance behind the portiere.
In the room beyond the room in which
! stood, Anita Herholf, the most beauti-
ful woman L had ever seen, was raving
maniac, Her long hair hung like a
thick cloud about her; her magnificent
eyes were dlstended and bloodshot, her
clothing torn and disordered; and as she
SWayed her slim, graceful figure back
and forth IN movement almost snake
like IN It's suppleness, she uttered
1oglIke snarl, which occasionally was
prolonged into the revolving sound that
cached Reynolds room. Tncipient dis
'ase had been developed by the strain
he electric shock hastened the climax.
The murderess was feeling her own
angs. [ summoned medical aid at ;;
nee. The physician pronounced Mr.. !
terhof undoubtedly a victim to the :
ea ily narcotic foxglove. His condition
or weeks was one between life and :
cath, with almost no hope of recovery. +
His wife was placed in an asylum, :
here she died before he was able to +
cave his room. He never knew her =
rlme. When he was able to travel he ;
'cnt abroad, leaving the home in nv u
are. destroyed the contents of the :
lble III the secret gallery, from which 1 Il
ad undoubted proofs that my suspi- ~
ons were correct, and that Anita Her +
off was poisoning her husband that she 4
light give herself legally to the villain h
hom her father had refused to let her n,
AIRY during his lifetime He, Alverez, =,
aving just left the gallery as the bolt e e
me, was killed by the falling tree, and 81
ever lived to be punished for his b[
er few hours was unrecognizable.
one can read from it as l did, the
3ret of the "Ghost of Peneras."
The dress of silver gauze 1 keep also, III
tn the little lamp which Anita Herholf
ust always have carried; and by the
4 of narrow, oblique mirror in the
iling, the effect was produced of fig
e at one end and a shadow at the nc
her, or ghost, as have always called ID
1t wGs one to me.-Frank LeSlie's. in