Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31
and ben, HI. step. re.-nd. The old
woman ,rudssd on behind.

from Hurylfs lantern.
At time. strange. fantastic figures seen
to io,. and stir IN the flames ih., now
and again .~,ll from the mouth Of ,h'
v.rgior. The doctor and the old won
an follow the lihe of coast that runs II
and on, ofthe small bay. along the shore
The .ea !, ois li'id -hiIsns''. aud spark
l,. q. IL. billovs hurl, the pko'phois,
cent fringe Of ,uif thu, seems TO pogi
waves on wave. u glov.vorm' upon ,h'
beaei Thus both walk on until ihsy
reach bend in the road between t-'
swelling downs. where the broom ace
sea iushss els,h their blades ,ose,hsI
Ike 90 many b,yone,..
A, ihi, poln,. the old wum,n stopped
She pointed a fiagsr PsI'isd With sse to-
~Aid. = rcd light. some way 1of In 10
gloom the house ,'id,n,ly q Vori KT'
~. The herring. .eurrr.
There p laeohie.lly pa, in the doc
tor
"Yu." nodded the h,uing. .eursr''
mother
Jus, then the vanslor. vibrating 10 ~
foahdA,ioa. with noise like thunder
tires up one huge mass Of fahsiaoa'
a,ms, that itni the cloud. Dr. Tnfal'
"a. Va. thrown 20 the ground by the
fore. Of the e1neu.ion. ksssihing hi'
fo0,ing. however. be .-ote like q troop
20. snd looked around.
The old woman had DISAPPEARED. She
must have fallen through some deer
etVee 10 the ground, OF taken d sh' or
The u I.ilhg fos cloud. Of ocean. Tbs
dos. bsvsrthsls.'. "a. ',ill there. upright
on hi, h.sbeh,'. hi, mouth vide open
ba, the lisA, of the lantern was blown
oa'.
"N,v,r mind" mumbled the doctor
let. ~ oa."
The hoas,, m.n h.. pocss,si bis one
hund'ei .nd ,-sniy fsifsp, ind nov
'fsl thu he must sain them.
A loas h.hi "a. u,lbl, IN the die.
,.be,. h,lf ksii.s A-.y. Djab'ls'..
u 80, the lamp u ,h, dying. CT. per.
chance. dead msn. ana yondsr must b
TIE hsriins caf,f. stols There eolli
Be 10 mistake. for the old woman bad
ri h,,d ii ol,. And 90 thinking. utde
The -b,,lias Whit, Of the -iad And the
dn,ins .sUa Of tas rAia With the "hols
noise of ,h- STORM IN hl' es''. Di. INT.
als. harmed on In the dtseiioa of the
house "hica. 'isnilas "a f'jai Of a -li,
h'.,h. became mote d,.iite'ly PstcsP,iol'
I" the w.yi.fsf approached
1, -r .insul.r All noteworthy f.e'
10 observe hl- much the hoa.c Of ik'
bsruns.earer l5oksi liks the do,ior''
"SNQ I.ire. :. L1ktfoP There va
certainly the same s'r.ngsmsni IN ih'
iroa, ~,ndo-, shd the lii,le '.al'sd door
=, the 'iie
Dr. infals" strobe on A' IA, az the
diving gu.u o. -ini aud r.in -oald al.
los. He reached the door. which ~a'
.ju. pushed /, open and entered the
force o' the blast closed /, bshini him
with bang
His vsy .,Isnse. I, nigh, .lno''
be affirmed ,h., Di. Thfuls. bad come
back To hi. o-n place. This. ho-s'sr,
could not be. he took 20 wrong turn.
ios oa the ro.d. nor did he lo.e hi' Say,
". be ". certainly a. Va Kuuiou. snd
no, a. IlkirOp is,. boz came IL that
hi, eye d-sl, on ths same lo~. vaul,sd
corridor. the same ~indlng staircase, and
tie same massive wo0dsn railing. hand
worn lis. hi, own, lie moaaisi the
stairs and stopped on the landing A
f.in, lsh, came from under the door
Wa. /, snare or dsla,ion' by th'
uncertain slimmsf Of the lamp he vague
ly recognized ti, o~n room. There ~i'
the yellow .of.: and there. oa the night,
~as the oli OAK chest; aud there. on ,h'
left, va, the ifon.boand .A's. Ia which
be pgrpo,ed placing hi, one hundred aud
t-sniy hs'rsr. Y0ndsf again, w.fe
hi. arm chair With is leather ,.,,sl'. bis
table With Il, ,e1nvolu,sd legs. and upon
IL. by the aeksrins lamp, hi, own COdss,
.,,ll open =, page l9I.
"wh., all, ms , murmarsd the doc
tor.
wh., ell. yoa' Why You are pal
.isd nth fright. Your syshsll' star
from their sockets. Your body contracts
and d~iadles ia 'iIs. A icy s~ea
chill. your .sin. on ~hieh n.msls's hor'
ror ,il,n,ly creep Qiiet. OF the lamp
-ill 10 Oh, ft lack Of oil. and the sick
m.n die. Ys,. The bed i' thsre-hi'
o-n. one would think. with its pillar
aud b.ld.quin--a bed .s broad n !, u
long. and the closed curtain, With ihsi'
large. in-rough, aIwsr.
Can thi, iadsed be the bed Of . PooI
herring carer
Trembling ell over. the doctor drew
near. pulled the curtain, aside and peer
ed wiihin.
There. oat,us,ehsd on his dying bed
the sick man lay. -iih hi. head d'oopin.
osst the c1antsrp.ns sni his body mo
tioals,,. like one about 10 breathe hl
last.
The doctor leaned forward.
All. what houii scream ". tn,
which rent the air, al va, taken up bl
the dog outside with bis sinister howl
ing.
1. /, no, vOt, K,riif. the herrins
er. bu, he. DR.. Tnfalss himself. Who 4
the dyins man. lie /, smi,isn dow.
With brain fever. Full we'll be knos
the .ymp,1m,-i, i. cerebral spoplsxy
With sudden accumulation Of sero,l,y u
the cavities Of the brain. aud partial pa
raly,i, Of the body on the side opPo'i'
,hs, where the lesion exists.
IL w., f0r him. and no other. 'H., az
.i,t.nes WAS bs.oushi. that one hundrs'
and twenty frsiIsr. were paid. lie sho
In the hardness ot his heart, refused 4
attend the poor heuing.earsr! IL
himself. then. who j. nov dying
DR.. Tnfals.s r.ved like = m,hi.:
The dangerous symptoms Increased ever.
minute. No, only we're all the function
Of relation dead within hin. bat the be.,
inss Of hi. hear, were nearly gOne. lik
the breath Of his lans..
What should be do. Diminish ID
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