Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-24

with reticent awe the saddened aspect OF
their best-beioved professor.
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Alice Cranston opened hereyes and knew
not where she was She was cold, she
knew, and damp to the skin, but vail
seemed to hang over her mind. Making an
effort TO move, she felt an excruciatlng
pain in every muscle. She continued her
exertions, however, until she had extri-
Gated herself from the sack, and stood up
in her grave-clothes In the sitting room OF
Prof. Arthur Denver. Her eyes had in
them wild stare. and showed that, al
though she had been restored to life, rea-
son had not yet resumed its full dominion.
She seemed to be laboring under some
imaginary fear and, with low cry of pain,
she darted to the door, turned the key,
opened the door and fed through the hall.
Instead of turning to the left when she left
the professors door, which would have
taken her III few steps to the front exit OF
the building, she ran to the right, which led
her into the penetralia of the house. On
she flew in her delirium TIL suddenly, upon
turning corner, she rushed into the arms
of Martin Graeme
Martin Graeme was the jauitor of Vest
moreland Medical College laboratory. He
was what was left OF great physician
Through pecuniary trouble his mind had
been shaken and when soon after this blow
his beloved wife and his only daughter
went to the grave within two weeks of
each other old DIR. Graeme turnel from
horrid grief to silly senility. He proved
himself harmless He loved to wander
about the buildings, muttering incoherent-
ly to himself The true, courteous gentle
man survived the wreck of the scientist and
scholar, and, treating all the students with
studious gentility and respect he In turn
was always the recipient of their pity and
equally exempt from their joking rude
ness His venerable aspect helped him in
this as well. His hair was of peculiar
whiten PISS and his face bore thu marks of a
learned sage rather than grooming dot:rd,
He had asked for and received the position
of janitor of the laboratory and amused
himself with childish Encouragement OF its
paraphernalia He lived by himself in a
small cottage a little distance back of the
college grounds-the same little cottage
where he had spent many years before
the happy days with his wife and daughter.
Miss Cranston started back from the
rough encounter with new terror In Q
moment however, the serene aspect of the
bowed old man whom she had almost up
set changed her terror into confidence
Her distraught mind studied a moment his
patriarchal appearance, as well as that
benevolence and chivalry which even hel
confused faculties could discernin his face
and the next instant she threw herself OF
him for protection.
20, save me, sir" she cried clasping hel
arms about him; protect mel Some on'
is after me! Did you not see it? Oh! there
therel See its horrid eyes!--"
So she ran on in an ecstacy of frenzy. 4
sane man in the old doctors place would
have been nonplussed; the imbeclle
seemed to comprehend the whole situation
He caught down a great that hung
upon the wall OF the hallway by them
threw it over her shoulders gave her hii
arm, and together they went out OF tn,
rear door through the woods-path to DR.
Graeme's cottage.