Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-10-26
PORT TOBACCO, MARYI4AND OCTOBER 2s 1884,

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III There | made hasty dinner alone /,
zone oil the magnificent rooms which bat
0con set apart for me, and slipping OF
gorgeous wrapper, l tried to forqet
ny woes in the pages of some of nv
tavorito books. Ere long nv tired
Ihead fell back on the sofa and slent
! awoko with a cry and sense Of
terror A number Of wax lights shed q
soft radiance over the handsome room
the perfume of rare flowers filled the
ar and bending over the couch on
winch lay his hot breath tanning NV
fheek, was the man l hal married
with an expression on his face and in
nls evil, shiity eyes, which God grant 7
may never see on any human face acain
f9r moment l was paralyz,d with
iceilng OF sickening terror then l rose
rom the sofa and moved toward the
table. '"0
where are you going1" he cried
mot SO fast. Don't you know Won arc
mine nowl" =
! an instant he had me in his arms
lu1 was holding mo so tigl tly cla,ped
MS embrace that painted for breath:
e1''e he went on: eyes, you're mine
,a'V enough now. I've got away from
'i'at old imp who's been stapdino no.
,"0en u.s. He thinks Pm safe with
Dia'A' Hes deep one. Yes, you're
l9me, and l can tear your great sad
. pack eyes out, or pinch YOUR white |
n''h' or bite you until the blood !
Comes. "'0'0
''oh| gaspod! Tf you are morto,
NV not tend, take mo to La iy slur.
isa take me to your MOTHER
Oly words called forth the widest
laughter.
Lady silurian7 he cried. .eYou,n
never see her, she's mad. as mad os
mater; curse her, that's where get it
il'm. We'ro all mad but that old INN
ora iather of mino, and he'd be mad too
4 nc were not the evil one. Yonr
mother wanted the money, and she's
g@lt; she's got $50, 600, and I've cot
you" '' so'
'ne look which he cast on me froza
myVc y blood, but by this time BEGAN
70 see all too clearly the nature of the
e INTO which had fallen.
moved forward but he seized NV
ares, and placed ono hand over nv
mouth and made his teeth meet in nv
shoulder. S {
ln' pain was so intense that almost
Asd' my knees gavo way and l fell
"a floor.
! QEN4aodp he cried, "dead al
J, AAs-~~-v as9-i,-s sass.~ mo =
81 D on it, and presently hoard him
) fng about the room, muttering to
hfmsolf When l knew him to be at
som' distance | half opened my eyes,
and saw to my horror that he appeared
10 be trying to open the window. Sud
lenIy he dcsi3tcd. and l heard him
mo, this side won't do. I
want her to fall into the moat and then
ne won find her. The bedroom win
lows the one"
lie turned his steps toward the bod
Dom, which AL ljoincd.
lsprang to my feet, gained tho door
Shlch opened into the hail, as l sun
'osed, and foull myself in a long. {
lark corridor. Down this | ran until / S
eached narrow staircase leading up
'aFd. AgonizinS fear lent wings to
ny ieet l gained the upper floor, and !
'ent swiftly down a long corril or
mich ran the length of the opposite
'lng of the house, hoping to fiud some
door ajar, for it was i'm
Ossiolc to leave the house in my present s
fesS, or, rather, undress.
Fortune favored me. At the far end t
'as a large closet, or, more properly, i
mall room, around the walls of which q
ere hung tho servants Sunday drcs,e, |
spropriated ono of those, black t
aud plaia bonnet, the veil of '
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