Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-15

! was from Mabels father, and, although
brief, its purport could not be mistaken.
Miss CARDINAL dangerously ILL.," it
said. Continually crying out for you.
Come by first train, or you may be too
| late"
Had l received such message on the
preceding day cannot say what its effect
might have been; but now, strange as it
may appear after my recent experiences,
am quite calm. Ny brain has only room
for one thought, that Mabel is dying and
that l have Killed her. Dying Even at
this moment she may be dead, and l
hundreds of miles away. Good God :
Could l find no means of going to her?
The huid-for the third time, despite the
reason l have to curse it, l must use ii.
how else is it possible for me to exist for
the four hours and half until the train
starts? Yes, | shall go at once, and lest
there be anything in Vasali's warning to
beware of the third time, leave this man
uscript here to tell of my fate.
have made nay third journey to Cardi-
nal Grange, and it is the last shall make
by supernatural means. This time, when
| awoke in the dewey freshness Of the au-
tumn morning, made at once for the
house, but when / came near | dared not
las had intended) boldly enter it; |
could only hover round, wondering if the
deep silence presaged death, or if death
had already done its work. Thus | was as
far from my purpose as ever, and | might
have had to return without any result
whatever had | not, while prowling under
an open window, overheard two servants
gossiping. From what they said l gath
cred that there was no hope-that she was
dying. And with this in my heart | was
conveyed back to my chambers, conscious
of no bad effect from my Journey beyond
an pndefinable feeling of oppressiveness at
my heart Ny first act on awakening was
to break Visali's phial-I was determined
that neither | nor any one else should
have anything more to do with discoy-
cry which had been such curse to me.
Having still four hours to wait until
the train started at 10:40, | occupied part
OF the time in arranging my affairs so far
as they needed arrangement, and in burn
ing such papers as wished no other eyes
than mine to read. Why did this l
hardly know; perhaps l have a vague
presentiment that if Mabel dies 1 shall not
ue loDS IN IOllOWlng ner.
have no more to tell; the sequel still
lies beyond me, and whether it be life or
death l may not find out for many long
hours to come. But if it be death, then
one thing | am sure of, that to follow her
will be as far more pleasant alternative
than to live with such thoughts as \
CONCLUDING NOTE.
These were the last words Herbert
Mylne wrote; he had died while the pen
was in his hand, but whether his three
mystic journeys and the warning of Vasali
had anything to do with his decease
l cannot say. Being aware of his engage
ment to Mr.. CARDINAL ] telegraphed to
her father the news of his death, and after
the funeral ran down to the Grange with
full particulars The people there, | found,
had the impression that Mylne had re-
ceived such shock by the receipt of their
telegram that it had accelerated his death;
and in this belief allowed them to re-
main. Miss CARDINAL was still very i'll,
and, though the danger was over, relapse
was feared as soon as she her of her lovers
death but l was glad to hear the other
day that she is now in fair way to recoy-
cry. While at the Grange, may mention,
/ met Sir George Gurdon, and l asked
him what had caused Miss CARDINALS i'll
ness.
al don't like to speak of it, he replied,
but there is no doubt that on the night
preceding poor Mylne's death she saw his
apparition. And not only she, but also
her cousin, Miss CARDINAL, of Thorpe Ito
whom, you may know, am engaged), and
| myself, saw it plainly, and-but it's no
use saying any more; these things are be-
yond US altogether. ID Ldwson Johnstone,
in Belgragia.