Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

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ing about the room. muttering to him
self. When knew him to be ut some
distance l half opened my ewes. anC
saw to my horror that he appeared tC
be trying to open the window. Sud,
denly he desisted. and | heard him
murmur. mo" this side won do.
want her to fall into the moat and
then he won find her. The bedroom
windows the one"
Again he approached me, hastily
| closed my ewes.
| Dead, as dead as nails" he said, in
triumphant whisper Again he
moved away and this time he turned
his steps toward the bedroom which
| adjoined.
Time was everything. | sprang to
my feet. gained the door which opened
into the hall, as ! supposed, and found
myself in long, dark corridor. Down
this | ran until l reached narrow
staircase leading upward. Agoniz ng
fear lent wings to my feet l gained
the upper floor, and spying an open
door | entered and crouched behind the
| door. My terror was somewhat abated
when / knew the room to be occupied.
Some one moved heavily on the bed
and mans gruff voice asked, who's
! thereph
| made no answer, for in that mo :
ment my determination was made |
would manage to leave the house un-
seen, and escape forever from the vile
and degrading influence of such a
marriage as had been forced upon me.
The law, | knew. would free me. but
to the law could not resort without
exposing my mothers quilt
was evidently in the bedroom of
one of the men-servants. 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 broader stairway than
that which had assembled the previous
night. l went swiftly down a long
corridor which ran the length of the
opposite wing of the house. hoping to
find some maid-servants door aiar, for
it was impossible to leave the house
in my present dress, or. rather, un-
dress.
IOLlunb ldfOlbu lnc- AT the ldT 6Uu
was large closet or. more properly.
small room, around the walls of which
We're hung the servants Sunday
dresses. | appropriated one of these,
3 black shawl. and plain bonnet. the
We 4 of which would serve to mask me
well.
felt no fear as l glided' down the
three long flights of oakep 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
gained the high road, which skirted
the park walls. and sat out relieved
and bravely for my three miles walk to
M, where could take the earliest
train for London. Here / knew | could
dispose of one of my plainest rings to
enable to pay my fare TO the great city;
perhaps the best hiding place in all the
world.
In M posted one line to my moth
er. when l can forgive you" l wrote,
you shall see me again"
My disappearance was hushed up;
but | afterwards learned that Lord
Siurian. nv mother. and one other
moved heaven and earth to find me.
Two handsome rings, by which |
might have been traced, | sold immedi-
ately / arrived in London and long
before the money l thus gained was
exhausted had been introduced BY a
young women who lodged in the same
house with me to manufacturer of
artificial flowers. He gave me work
aud thus | lived. If such an exist
ence may be called living. for three
years.
Strange to say my landlady came
from--shife, and through her
learned the gossip concerning the Sill
urlan family. | learned that the heir
was not generally supposed to be
queer at times, and always dull,
brutal, and heavy, that his unfortunate
mother had been mad for years; and
that some poor young lady had finally
married Lord Kenton. but had left him
the next day never to return
One evening" more weary and down
hearted than usual, was dragging my
tired limbs slowly homeward, after
the days work, when a passing han
som stopped suddenly, from which
sprang young man, who seized my
arm, crying THANK God, Olive, You
are found at last"
1t was Jack Beaumont Jack, good,
dear. handsome as ever.
20 Jack. | cried, breaking down.
and sobbing pitifully "toll me all
about them, mamma and the girls,
only don't tell them where l am else
they will want me to go back to Lord
Silurian, aad | can never forgive him,
never"
"Old scoupdreli ] should think not.
But he can't modest you dear, Olive;
now that his miserable son is dead, he
has no more authority over you than / !
have"
dead Jack. | cried.
Eyes. three months ago. An, Olive, |
naughty girl to hide from me. II YOU |
knew how | have suffered"
On my twenty-lirst birthday became |
Mrs. John Beaumont My mother to |
this day thinks herself the aggrieved |
party; and has to remember that ny |
purchase money enabled her to find
suitable usbands for all her girls be-
fore she can forgive me for refusing TO