New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-01

sos fsrocsus cot began 70 stare q him through the glass
door, with frantic pawtnss snd EFFORTS % entsr He
pulled down ths blinds end shut cut the unwsloeme
sisht with vindcattvs 30 scat" This after al WEI
the sny room In the house whore everything seemed 70
wsrk properly, things did not shortly improve he
would remain Just hero during tho night Again the
mysterious trotus. nearer. much nearer, At the
este surely he hes stopped and after long delay
yes the bride drawn through the ring and the trav-
eller has entered tho gate Carroll has arrived no
said with sigh of relief and looked expectany toward
| the door, At this moment q tempestuous wind shook
the glass door, which, bursting wide open so great
volume of gust thrown into the that extn-
Guished the lamp: nothing but his ashen cigar served
now to enightsn the utter blackness Within ard he
knew not where find match He felt very helpless;
the moon seemed again to have undergone total obscur
ation He was attracted by the sound Of footsteps
approaching up the pathway to the houses but their
approach only gave him vague, indefinite feeling OF
dread; there was an odd hating clanking sound In
those coming footsteps which filed him with no assured
OF safety but rather nervous timdity Ia true
he had always scofed at the supernatural his belief
was that phenomena subject to realistic explain
atom and yet, yet what strange inexplicabo sound
was this which grew upon his strained unquet ears
Beverin crouched far down in his armchair. as IL 10
ward of possible assault, and then drawing himself up
suddenly thought with shame OF this craven attitude
He listened keeny. There was yet light In the nall,
Pickering and low but he not entirely destitute Oh
Illumination The terrible wind now continued to sweep
through the doorway, tossed about the music on the
rack In vast dtter Of flying papers and shook all the
easements dstractedy. His nerves quivered with APP
prehenslon; he had power to move Suddenly above
the wild roaring above the sound OF those uneartny
footsteps ever drawing and yet never arriving
and which he still hoped might prove an aurcular de-
fusion. faint, low. unmistakabe moan, voice
Of distress at handl Whence came 1t Was IL an
animal in panthe ubiquitous cat. perhaps All, no.
1t was womans voice, plainly that as the repetions
impressed the novelty upon his notice. ION, Wille'
Willie! was the sound now growing louder
"Poor thing" he said in a sympathetic burst while
great beads OF nrspraton started to his brow POOR
poor thing" He must go to her. she was wounded she
was in excrucatng agony she required assistance Oh
what n "Walpurgis nacht this! What sounds
sights. imagnations forced themselves upon his Ken
He shivcred from head to foot but, with certain fore
thought drew himself together, whipped out revolver
he had almost forgotten he possessed cooked 1t ana
determined to afford relief to the unhappy one whoever
she might be- While he struggling toward the hall
wav where he presumed he would find an inner en-
trance to the cella he second time overwhelmed
with the creeping sensation which seemed to CLIMB
along his Joints and muscles and benumb him into
powerlessness.
"Pshaw" thought he, mastering himself with an
effort. Perhaps this may be only maniac patent
of Walters whom he INDUCES in strait Jackets and the
punitory bath tub in the private sanitarium OF MS
celar had better not NEEDLE; perhaps it may DO
the signs Of the doroous Amelia This Thought was III
sprston.
Miss Carroll!' he called In loud, pontc voice.
Miss CARROLL"
No answer And now, quito distinctly to be heard was
the cankng OF many chains the rafting as OF bones
rudey josled the awful uncertain foostep tho nearing
presence even upon the vcrlnda Nearer, nearer
vet trne slower bat still onward Must he face 1t,
meet it, realize its strange fascinating power fall before
It as before a Juggernaut of Fate and be ground TO
atoms where he stood He grasped his pistol somewhat
tighter determined that IL flesh and blood confronted
him II meet the fate OF tepredatory awess hesh
and blood If otherwise, then bcit goodbye to him
self! He would at least summon all his courage and
face the invader Almost restored 70 calinuess he
entered hail. the air seemed charged with electricity
and nnumerabe sparks Ike the ridescent eyes OF pea
cock feathers danced before his sorry vision He could
not bring himself to face the dwcsome object. now so
near his courage had ooZed away with the prospect OF
so terrible relative position and he fed back Into the
darkened library, the remOtest cOrner-any where
any where away from the reach OF tina, appalling doom!
He called himself coward. poltroon, puslianmous
puppy (e was gone to smile at tho alliterave
thought but Oh. that this night were ended these
sghs groans, rapidly increasingly these grating loot
steps become but memory! He closed his eyes If to
avoid realization, and listened IN frantic patience for
that SLOW advancing spectre, whose aspect be could
now almost prehgure. Pshaw. perhaps after all these
multiorm sensations were but the reflex action or MS
last hypoiermc Injection administered prior to his de-
parture from home morphine often played llusive
prans why might not his state of mind the solitude,
the wild night CAROLS letter coupled with his feeble.
ness account for everything He had read that such
decisions were not uncommon In certain forms OF dis
No. What do his reopenel eyes behold. now standing
N the doorway Now with slow positive steps
nearing the library! and entering the very room!
No Geiusion this but actually. With fixed gaze and
rapidly pusatng heart Bevern stared at the CHASTITY
appartion he could not withdraw his eyes from that
unnatural Usage responding to his own.