The Red Cloud chief., 1888-12-28

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WIN universe e.p."Ss"o sc.rns>a
misfortune ma Oh '"o
Oh 'ens0"" -.
TO piore together these iSco a.
month"; OF labor. IL ree0'Ds sn1o
diaries and letters IN tne nuCNs
for ] have never se't sufs
or other ] or some OF my 49,
not be challenged 70 pfoo"ce ~
OF Giiiingham- Inc DO" h.' NNr.,.
me II last II seems tosS so"c ,~S.~--
OF that Old coiisteIAs I'D" -.
and gone. - ! noped
turned up. AtSny
IT WORK, making I'll mSnoer '"t1'
scarching registers and % on. .no ~
ycfs nave W'o "o -, e.,
called upon 70 produce these deooA. %" ."es
II they are not forthcoming " !! 'eu".eo'
Gii!.ngham Towera may oe'n s 80
srdy. CnleSs you. my younS t!'e"oss "'
keen wits ana IeSuS 49,
help me. my rcsourc-s arc ~ d e""
He turned and rang the orli, Q s"e"
Iesnt his head upon his hand. his eHo" On
the ~mantiep,ece. 4 servsri enter-d' ana
looking up he said quite naturally; 'Tu'
out all these lights and close the room
again, MaiIam-I only wanted TO show MI
Paliaiti how it looks on . state OCCASION
and take the cigars and things INTO Tue
billiard We viii finish lie evening
there"
OF the almost incrcdible events "n.'"
followed I confess that ] Am unable 10 one'
any explanation. lean only vouch Tor theif
having actually occurred. whether A. M
Pailatti honestly believes, the SOU can IN
certain rare instances leave Ire oouy Az"
wander up and down the spirit world IKE =
dog in . fair, prying into the secrets oi 'he
dead. or whether those events were n.efeiy
the result ito quote the doctor IN MARTIN
Chuxzlewit''D Of = mos e~xtrSoru'hs's
happy and favorable conjunction OF cifcu"-
stances" will forever remain . mystery "
me.
When I got into bed that night my BRAIN
was in = whiri, and I should y been glad
u exchange nerves with . cat The unusuAI
auantity Of wine I had drunk. the dazzling
splendor Of the state drawing room, The
awful midnigh, tragedy VI = century ago.
and the liss.like portraits OF the princiTa.
acton seemed TO forbid the very idea OF
.Ieep. But, when ] thought myself most
wide awake I began TO dOxe %, aud WAS o
..a. fast "a n church" How long IL had
lasted could not tell. when I woke with q
tart. and for the third time in my life
found myself alone In the dark. lstretchrd
ont ms tsud for the matches. but they were
gone. and Mt the same time the luminous
ylar,, spneared upou the wsll. Then the
room. with its one tall open window, the
broken furniture, the cusc Of stuffed birds,
And the two figures Of my former visions
devcloucd rapidly. could see the las,
plainly enough nova man in . long horse
mans coat and brown boots with great sill
yer spur,. q woman in a long white wrapper
with fair hair flowing over her shoulder.
nearly 10 the ground, and they stood To-
vether by the table reading from y large
sheet OF paper which they held between
them. by the light Of . single candle In q
tall silver candlestick. Occasionally they
turned their faces toward me with an snx
ions expression, as IL they were lis;enibg fol
something and I Immediately ~rccsenizct
two OF the portraits in the state arawinH
room Suddenly they started vi0t1ntly, the
man rushed TO the window inc Acaped out
,ha woman thrust tho par1es into heI
dr... and q second man with ndrawn swor
a.shinv in hi. hands dashed into the room
.nI through the wiudo1 Ia pursuit %,
,ba fugitive. Then To woman drew
6ut the papers and trieS TO tear them
but they must have \bsen parch
ment, and she failed; she mt them Ovei
| the flame Of the candle, but None corner
| oplv began to shriveL aud they \lVuld no
burn. At last she turned to n OF = dirty
prints which opened ut her touch thf( p TN
document into q cavity III the wall am NJ
closing the aperture, FELL headiong 70 M
ground. l could not have borne muc3
more, when there was q glare OF light In my
eyes, q hand shook me roughly by Tn
| shoulder. and q voice tfailatfi 81 cxcia m'd
GOOD heavens! houghton. what Is th'
matteri You must have had the night
4. mare, and look quite exhausts1-' he tool
y tiny vial from MS pocket anu pou''"s LIN
. contents INTO . teaspoon, pun ITO my ups
! Whatever the potion was IL WAS so s'roni
|; that II nearly took my breath away out NJ
| effect WAS instantaneous, And ] asked niu
| quite calmly: How on earth DID you come
here!
why, l ieis 80 nervous "" "
after Sir Georges entertainment mat
couldn't sleep. aud as l got worse AUD wo!se
! thought wouiu see " you "e'. AZ VA
same plight lou cer,"luts So" nav
been no better o" tIan ! ANU mink w
better ss'ck toSe'ne, suo He.p u'
awake by taxing uiiussts" oo." ~ppe~
Most willingly SAID, and l VIA o.
gin oy taliA0G you my Sisio" ''Ac "'o"e
Pharaoh, and perhaps you may be able .
expound IL, Joseph. There may % noth
ing in IL. or every thing. who knows'
The Z morning. after N almost IN