The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-07-11

lllllng this way ana ilftl heiles, lle BAG
hampsWd ma Hut I reached thafoOtp ~ last,
aud after short rest elnnlharnl ONT along
tho ridge ~ fHst Rs could Wa sah and
tired NJ tla husiuas
"Well tAe Jest was easy, Arrived AZ tho
furthest spIt NJ rock, ! tossed tho bag from
mo far into lhouortharn sand Then turned
10 Lydia, whom | had set down Tor tho mo-
msnL w lln moonlight her llla were parted
as though slia Wera still phatierlngi N kissed
her once, lsOauba had lOyel her and dropped
her body over into tho Quick boy hand, Ia
three minutes or W | bad seen tho laat of her
~ truudloi home tho barrow, mlEed my
self glaa " whisky, sat baslde u Tor half
an hour, and then aroused tho servants ]
was cunning, slri and no ono could trace my
footprints un tha turf and rock n WDeful
Mesa The missing hand bag, and tho dlsRlr
ray had been careful 20 make Ia tho bod
room, provided them az onGo with a Glow
but II did not lead them 10 tho Quick Boy,
Fnr two days thsy searohedl NJ tho end of
that time II grew clear n them that grief was
turning my brain Your father Dir, was In
slant with hIs Fympathy-at least ton tlmea
day had much ado % keep from laughing
| IN his fAGe Finally two doctors visited inei
aud | waa taken 10 q uAdh0uHa
"l have remained within 10 walls twenty
nine Years, bat U1-l have never loon thor
oughly AZ home there. Two days ago | dis
covered that th1 place wa boring ma 10 !
determined 10 osplpsi and thls 70 q man Of
my resources presented few difficulties |
borrowed this pony from stable not many
yards from tho mlihDuaa wall, he belongs
Think 10 ohlmney sweep and trust that
after serving my purpose, ho may llnd way
back ~ hla mNaInr"
suppose a. llhs point he must have do
tected the question IA my eyes, lnf ho cried
sharply
you wish 70 know my purposoi II 10 slim
| pleH Ito passed thin hand over hla fore
head ~ have been shut up, w. ! say for
| twanty-nIne yaarai and | now discover that
| tho madh0usa blrea ne, II thoy rptaEo mo
| aud tho hue and cry must ba Out lOug before
| this-I shall be dragged back What, then
| is nay propOall ride % lileHhIrk and out
| along iho summit Of Woeful NeA There
dlhmount turn my pony looba, and, descend
| Ing along tho ridge, step into the sand that
swallowed Lydia Simple, ID II notl EX'
eeaai, eyasi, oyanul, shall ba there before
mnset-whloh reminds nae, ho added, pull
Ing out his watch "that my time Il nearly
up, regret % leave you IN this plight, but
YOU roo how am placed, | ielt when aaw
you, q sudden desire 20 unboaom myself Of a
secret which, until tho past half hour have
shared with no man, | boo by your eyes
again that II ~ NJ liberty you would Inter
fero with my purpose II 10 unfortunate that
scarcely q soul over rides this way-l know
tho road Of Old liut tomorrow u Sunday,
| win borhble "a llne and tx II on the church
door At nlealtrlJ, N that the parish may ~
least know your predicament before twenty
four hours aro out must now b. going,
Tho bandanna about your mouth enlreat
you 10 accept % m0mento with renewed
apologies. Dir, | wish you good day and
count II extremely fortunate that you did
not bloed,n
llo nodded IN the friendlleat manner. turn
oil on hla heel, aud walked quietly towards
tho bridge "A ho unl0thorod his pony, mount
cd aud amblcd quietly on IN tho direction Of
tho coast, | lay stupidity watching him llt
black coat for some time lay diminishing
blot on tho brown of the moora stood Tor d
brief uomont on the sky line, aud vanished
lmust have lain above an hour In this gh
6urd and painful position, wrcstlng with my
bonds, and specializing on my chancol ol
passing tho night by tho book sl0 MyHnklc
wcyo tod with my own handkerchief my
wIala with tho thong OF my own whIr aud
| this especially cUg mo II wa lnottul in
moyahly, but by rolling over and rubbing
my lac5 Into thp turf clulrlyrd 90 lu.il
70 alp tho gHz down below my cam TIL
done, | nt up and shouted lWIly
For o long time there was no roply hut th
whuuyIug OF my marc, wbo sooHol 10 que.
something wm wrong, and pulled NJ ho
tothor until thought HA1 would break away
thnl, called n booroof tImor b1toro heHy
Un answering "Who3oop' tar back ON th
road, aud scarlet coat thon another, nut
finally dolou or moro, appeared on thoerv
Of tho hill II was tho hunt returning
Thoy Aw me AZ once, and gallOp0d up
pcochlca from sheer amqyomont | b0liov0
my hands wcro looeonod botoro n word wa
spoken. Tho situation wUs painfully rldIcu
l1ua, but my story was partly out boioro thol
had time 20 laugh aud the rest ~ 10 wa
gnsped 10 tho accompaniment " pounding
hoots and cracking whlpS
Mover did tho Nothorl,rk hunt rldo Hrto
fox a. 10 redo aftor tho R0y, William Toagu
that afternoon, We gtroamod over Tho moor
q thin rcd wave, llEo rank Of charging cav
airy, tho whip oven forgetting his tire,
hound that struggled uimlcaly IN our wake
On tho hill above Blcogirl, wo saw that thl
lido was out aud our company divided With
out drawing rou, somo tour hor1non do
6ccndlng TO the beach, 70 rIdo along tho snnd
out under Wooful NoSs. and across the Dolt
Boy, hoping 10 gain tho ridge before the mad
unn and cut him OH, The rest, whom | lo,
by few yards, breasted the height abovl
and thuudorcd past tho Frny churchyurt
wall, luddo II I caught lying glimpse o
the yellow pony quietly cropping among tb
tomba Wo had our prey tncn mcorrd II
TIM ,a Uirnp, but there was ON
ou's
/. ag."g down towards the vi
ig.r Hu g, and Gcolng tho llsl,o
TO-. toif l56ra aud stand starin
at tay. u.sof uorfomon titus rushn
70 thuu. 10 rldurs on tho beach had
slight lvel " Us az llrst but this thoy quick
~ lost na their horses began 70 bo distresc
In tho heavy saud looked hacl, for an IL
slant Tho othop woro closo ~ my hcol.
aud, bohInd again, tho bcwildorcd hound
followed, yolpIng moumfully But noltho
man nee hound could g1o him whom the
hunted, for the ellis odgg hid tho quicGson
In front
Presently tho turf ceased Dhnountng.
ran 10 tho edge and plunged down tho rock
, inco had descended about twouty feo
whom eumo 10 tho spot Whyru, by crnum
forward, could catoh sight Of the spit q
: rock aud tho Quick boy Sand 10 tho rlg