Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-10
4 Rivals Revenge; or, Victory Of
Last.

'sMy dear uncle" said Tom Owing
.un, 81 want TO lntToduce you to the
most divine woman who ever gave a
man heart trouble" And who Is
shls paragon Of beauty?" said DR..
Percy Hamilton smiling. 81 know
you are not given 20 enthusiasm. So
am curious.
They were standing IN the parlors OF
the Ocean House, on Long Island
sound. The Saturday night hop was
In progrCss, and crowds OF handsomely
dressed men and women were waltzing
to the voIuptuOus music of Strauss
''She is singer A famous one, l
believe, in New York. Here she
comes now" as a woman with black
halr and eyes and skin flashing white,
irifted toward them in the dance
For moment DR.. IIamilton's eyes
met hers, and he startled perceptibly
while the lady 5urned away her head
What did YOU say the lady's name
wasp" he asked his nephew
Miss LeouharIt. She - not stop
ping at tie hotel but at Mrs. Crau-
ford's cottage. Come, Will introduce
you"
.'No, not tonight" said his uncle,
hastily. The fact IS, my boy, l am
not feeling very well. So 1 guess III
90 home, " and he left tie room rather
hastily, Tom thought, and without
even saying goodnight.
Tie next evening II happened that
Or. Hamilton had patient at the
Ocean House and lie took Tom Owing
ton with him Cor company. 1t was
late ia tie evening before they re-
turned. Is they passed Mrs Crau-
furd's cottage they were surprised 10
hear scream from within and tC see
a man dart out OF lower window
and run away. In moment the doc
tor spraug from the buggy.
Drive after himr' he called TO
Tom. while lie ran toward the house.
lie shook the door violently, but II did
not Yield. Turning TO the broken
wtudOw-frame, he raised IL and climbed
into the room, starting with an eIacu-
Iatiou as his foot touched a PROSTATE
figure upon the lOOr- Mrs CFadiord,
reused 10y the Lujse, confronted him.
What Is iL2' she gasped, with
trembling lips, gazing at the strange
tableau, weird and spectral IN the
moonlight.
"It IS Miss Ieuuhardt," he an
swered, raising Ler In his arms is ne
spoke, aud placing her upon the sofa.
been struck on the head
Or. Hamltou's head WAS bent low,
but the other listeners looked at each
other in surprise
why, she knows the wretch who
struck herr' Tom OvIngtOn exclaimed
quickly, while her delIrium changed To
utter Inconsistencies. - hope there s
no ugly mystery wrapped round this
business. He'll be trapped Flynn's
after him, and If lie should prOve"--
DIR. Hamilton made an inpatient
gesture.
imagination, as usual, Tom. Bring
me more water. BE gu OK about 1t,
and don't talk"
II was broad daylight before the
doctor left the cottage 10 return hcme.
Miss LeonhaEdt had fallen asleep at
last.
Miss Leonhardt's injury and the
shock to her nerves kept her Frustrated
for a long time. As she sat beside the
window OF the room in which she was
still a prisoner she opened with Ian
guild interest a little note which was
handed TO her.
"Wiu you please give me permission
to see you as soon as you are able
long enough for me to explain great |
wrong done years ago to you aud Iercy |
1t was her verbal reply to this COM
which brought the doctor /
10 the cottage on the afternoon of the |
following day.
Miss Leonhardt, too weak to rise ]
from the armchair in v'5ch she was /
seated, acknowledged l,a entrance by |
a slight. grave bow, She was white TO |
the very lips, but her illness might |
easily account for her startling pallor. |
AT least, q" DIT. Hamilton said, In a |
tremulous voice, Teyerently touching |
one of the exquisite flowers upon the |
little stand, lat least you have not for
gotten. 1t IS sixteen Years ago this
very month that my rival, your lover,
went 70 you with the blaCkest lie upon
Ets lips that man could utter
She shook her head slowly.
II did not know it---that was mere
chance And l did not know what
work you had chosen in the world
He quarrelled with me again as
soon as we entered the army" Dr.
Hamilton resumed, passionately. IL
told him the truth. lie swoTe he would
be revengeG upon Us, and we know how
he kept his word. The man whostruck
YOU down IN this room that fatal night
Il saw him a few hours after in his
cell. He has confessed 10 me what !
have Just told you, for l found in him
the wretch who has ruined both our
lives. But in your delirIum that
night" he continued, AS she shrank
back under his rapid words, you said
something that made me hope-that
made me strong TO walt. My God.
how l have waited all these years tlll
I could come to you'll You have kept
the little cross, the tragic emblem of
our betrOthal, which''-. His voice
broke, and he paused for an instant.
"Oh, EleauOr---PanSyp
And the Old name, So dear TO both OF
them, came impulsively from his lips.
For she had half risen from the chair
In which she sat. In her trembling
hands she held up 20 him the blossoms
whose name she bore.
1t is you who have sent theml" she
cried. "Oh, my husbandp' And with
divine light shining in her eyes, she
fell forward into his OutstretcheG arms.
Carroll Johu~on's "Reminiscences.
One awful old chestnut was served
up in this way on the old minstrel
stage:
Bones, l meant to ask you about
your people, but 1t slipped my mind.