The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08

the perfume of rare flowers fiIlad ~ >
ar, and bending over the couch ' np
| winch | lay, his hot breath famine ma ~,
| cneek, was the man | had marrind
| Win an expression on his face ana IN
| ms eNii, shltty eyes, which God orant
L may never see on any human faca
again. f0r a moment | was paralvZed
| Hon ieehlig OF slckemng terror. then
the table. 'o""rus
| Where are you going?" he cr;ad
Not so fast Don't you know Won oun
| mine now?'' "io
n an instant he had me in, his arms
ana was holding me SO tightly clasned
| ia ms embrace that | painted for breath !.
| while he went on; Eyes. YOU'RE min
| safe enough, now. I've got away from
| That old devil who's been STANDING no
tween us. He thinks I'm safe with
| BLACK. He's deep one. O, | know
| all about 1t; he wants an heir. Yes
you're mine, and | can kiss YOU until
you dle, and tear Your great, sad, black
| eyes out, or pinch your white flesh. or
nlte you until the red blood comes and
| streaks your beautiful limbs"
one struggle | made, only to find N.Y.
sell held all the tirmer, and borne
| swiftly 10 the couch from which I baJ
risen, while he held me down with b;S
| strong arms, and fioated over me. with
| the same fearful expression which had
| met my gaze on Weakening.
snail L tell you now | made the old
| devil get you for me? | told him that
| dIdn.t want you, that Ia do what I
was toId, and never speak TO Won eX-
| cept when | was all right. / am all
| right sometimes, dye know. That's the
way got you: and now | can tear Won
| limb from limb if | like" and he
laughed with his bead pressed close to
| my breast, the amending, joyless laugh
| of madness.
What did | know not: think that
| prayed, despairiug, voiceless prayer
| that | might not lose consciousness
| then and there, or die in his loathed en-
brace. tried to scream aloud, but at
| the first sound his hand covered my
| mouth.
"No, no." he cried, with all the
cunning of madness in his sometime
vacant face, I'VE want no one here.
lou Know that you are my wife, my
own. I've never had anything of my
own before, and III show them how |
treat my belongings"
Oh | gasped, IF you are mortal,
| and not a friend, take me to Lady
Sllurian; take me to your MOTHER
My words called forth the widest
| laughter.
Lady Silurian," he cried, you'll
never see her. she's mad, rs mad as a
halter; curse her, that's where | get it
from. We're all mad but that old devil
OF father OF mine, and he'd be mad
too i he was not the devil Your
mother wanted the money, YOU see. and
she's got ii; she's got $4,000 and I've
got you. The old man didn't care if |
had wife or not, not he, the old
villain, the old scCundrel. the old TOOL:
but he wants an heir. I'm going to
have my wife, beautiful Olive, but he's
not going to have his heir, O, not
much
The look which he east on me froze
my very blood, but by this time began
to see all too clearly the nature of the
snare into which | had fallen. | had
still enough strength left to look him in
the eye, steady my trembling voice, and
say, eff you want to annoy him Just
take me to him and say that you'll have
nothing to do with his plan; that YOU
want To choose your own wife"
/ tried to rise as | spoke, but he
clasped my garments firmly in both
hands.
ooh, but I won't do that, he'd take
you from me. l know the old fellow
| too we'll for that"
"Only let me 90 to him and tell him
that we refuse to be made his Victims"
| urged
l moved forward as l spoke. but he
seized my dress, tearing it from off me,
and dragging me to my knees he placed
one hand over my mouth, and made his
teeth mark in my white, round
shoulder.
The pain was so intense that 1 almost
tainted, my knees gave way and | fell to
the floor
''By God y he cried, dead already"
Inc exclamation gave me an idea; what
if | were to feign death? | acted on it,
and presently heard him moving about
the room, muttering to himself. When
| knew him to be at some distance | half
opened my eyes, and saw to my horror
that he appeared to be trying TO open
the window. Suddenly he desisted, and
l heard him muTmur, mo, this side
won't do. | want her to fall into the
mOat and then he won't fnd her. The
bedroom windows the one.'
Again he approached me. / hastily
closed my eyes.
Dead, as dead as nails" he said, in a
triumphant whisper. Again he moved
away and this time he turned his steps
toward the bedroom which adioined.
4lA4lC W do tNtA ' iil4IlS HAlIdllg ~ lily
feet, gained the door which opened into
the hall, as | supposed, and found my
self III a long, dark corridor. Down this
| ran until | reached a narrow staircase
leading upward. Agonizing fear lent
wings to my Get. | gained the upper
floor, and spying an open door | entered
and crouched behind the door. Nv
terror was somewhat abated when |
knew the room to be occupied. Some
one moved heavily on the bed and
man gruff voice asked, 'Who's there ?''
| made no answer, for in that moment
my determination was made. l would
manage to leave the house unseen, and
escape forever from the vile and de-
grading influence of such marriage as
had been forced upon me. The law,
knew, would free me, but to the law
could not resort without exposing my
mothers guilt.
was evidently in the bedroom of
one OF the mcn-seryants, and he was
fast asleep again, as heavy snoring tes-
titled. Evidently, too, / had not been
followed. Either my escape alarmed
the wretched lunatIc or / had passed
from his mind.
With the first glimpse Of dawn /
crawled from the room and made my
way towards a broader stairway than
that which | had assembled the previous
night. | went swi tly down a long cor
ridor which ran the length of the oppo-
site wing OF the house, hoping to find
some maid-servant's door aiar, for it
was impossible to leave the house in
my present dress, or, rather, undress.
Fortune favored me- At the far end
was a large closet, or. more properly,
small room, around the walls of which
were hung the servants Sunday
dresses. / appropriated one Of these,
a black shawl and plain bonnet, the veil
OF which would serve to mask me well.
! felt no fear as | glided down the
three long flights of oaken steps which
led to the back entrance hall, for / was
convinced that Lord Trenton had es-
capped from his keeper, Black, and that
finding me flown he would return to
his own apartments. In ten minutes
ga.ned tie hLgh rcaL. which skirtcd