Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-08
CHAPTER XXXIII.

reception OF the bodies or unknown men
who met with a sudden or violent
death.
CHAPTER XXXlII.
~ AN MAD"
If by any chance Beatrice, who certain
ly had trouble enough to make her wake
full, had risen wi Il the dawn Of the morn
ing which followed the tragedy and look
out of her easement she wO Id have seen
a sight which would have caused her
much surprise.
She would have seen Sarah Miller, whom
she believed to be in England, standing on
the opposite side of the street; utter des-
pair and anguish written in every Inca
ment; galinL at her mistress window
like one bidding the OBJ ect, the dearest on
earth an eternal farewell-eternal because
even the cOnsoling hope Of meeting in
some future state is absent. Bu, Beatrice,
n no, in the earlier watches of the night,
had been 81 axe for hours v It'll her sorrow,
slept on until the sun was high. Perhaps
it was we'll for her she did so.
The poor self-apl ointed instrument for
working the Divine Will had, after she
left the scene of her dark work, " andered
about the outskirts of Munich, aimlessly
and hopeles,ly. Had it been broad day
light, and had there been persons q SEQ
HcI, an OtCdSlOHdl SllHeu moan anu
wringing of tie hands would have been
all that showed the agony of mind she en-
dured. III IL was not, as might be sup
posed, the agony If remorse. Il Was
agony at the thought of the further sacra-
flee which such sense a; still was hers told
heoShe must make in order that the de
sired and predestined end might follow
the act of the night.
SO when at last the morning broke gray,
and trees and other OBJ ects loomed phan-
tom like through the mist. Sarah
Miller planned and schemed, seeking the
way TO insure what she had so dearly
bought. All her thoughts reached one
end. She must iiy far. far from the spot.
Beatrice must never hear of her again;
never know that she left London. If her
proximity to the dead man became known
the ruth might be guessed and all be lost.
Yet before she went she must see the
house in which her darling Ii ed. She
must stoop and kiss the door step on which
those loved feet had trOdden. She must
wall her one passionate and unheeded
| farewell, then leave the place and be as
one dead.
She struggled against the desire but it
Overcame her. WITH the frs streaks of
daylight she entered the sleeping city, and
utterly worn out 90 before her mistress's
window, and for q while watche it as one
watches the last falling ray of sun. " hich
has set never ain to rise and Tighten the
darkness which shall be eternal
At that early hour of the morning the
sire { was silent and deser ed. There was
no one to notice the strengthening crea
ture who stool and, with Wild despair in
her eyes, forever Ga ed on one spot Her
look for the time was such that no one,
not even the one most preoccupied with
his own affairs could have passed her
without feeling his curiosity raised as 10
why she was lingering there, and what
gave her that appearance OF dire distress.
After some minutes spent in this man
ner. the woman crossed the rOai. Her
| limbs dragged after her and made her eX-
/ hausted state apparent She leaned her
head against the dor of the house which
held her mistress, and sObbed convusively.
A dizzy feeling came over her and she felt
tina she was upon the point of fainting
and falling senseless on the doorstep. BY
supreme effort she reused herself and
shook OF the incipient stupor. IL once she
sunk down her weary limbs might rebel
and refuse to do her bidding. She might
lie there until her presence was discovered
and that discovery ruin all. No If she
were to sink and peihaps die, let it be as
far away from Beatrice as her waning
strength could carry her. Sweet as 1t
would be to breathe her last within reach
Of her mistress, even such poor comfort
could not be vouchsafed to her.
She tore herself away and without once
| looking back forced her tired limbs to
bear her away to n considerable distance.
Here she found quiet doorstep on which
she sat unmolested, sat and fought against
her exhaustion, until such time as she
would be able to procure food.
IL was not long before, slowly, little by
little, unit BY unit, the city began to
awaken. ere and there the shutters
went down from a shop, and at last the
weary woman saw all but facing her
bakers window. She entered the
shop, bought come bread, and
begged glass of water. Motor her own
sake but for the sake of another, she was
called upon to eat and drink.
She ate her bread, and then somewhat
strengthened again began her pilgrimage.
| She crept through the streets until she
reached the railway station. Here she as
certained at what time the next train for
the west would start.
She had long time TO wait. She hid
| herself In one corner OF the waiting-room,
and sat like statue. But her brain was
| burning, and her pulse throbbing. A
strange sound, a fierce rushing sound,
was ever In her ears; great wheels seemed
turning and turning in her head; and IL
! for a moment she dared to close her hot
and weary eyes, she saw through the dark
ness light, fierce light, red like blood
| and drawing nearer and nearer.
But in spite of all this she was able to
tabe her seat In the train able to sxult