The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-02-07

-Four whiieWashed walls. and a Clank
Of chains. and a fair devil going and
coming about the. and night and d.. y and
night speeding by In WhiTling flame.
And still the phantom face, fixed on
the wall. ON the trrnChcT, ON the floor: II
climb tO INV grated window seal and
blOtch on all the Wi'le blue hravcn. And
then u grows into reality. AMI hides IT,
self In flesh; IL laws a COsl hand On INV
burning brow; Il puts water To- INV IlrCh-
ing lips. u sings the snngs which, some
where, ! fancy, that once long ago
have heard; and IL smiles till IL almuSt
seems that have seen and felt the same
smile with thrills 81 deep. delightful JOY
In q life ere this And then 10 signs. q
tear gathers; grow cnragrd nj all the
lovely counterfeit: ] spring upon il, and
would beat il down lOdilv, " hen the
fixed gray eyes arrest INV aTm-"ycs like
two tears-and after that ! hear when
ever I move the Clanking az the chain.
One day n thund"TglI-t has swept
acrOss the SKY. ! have wat.'hcd IL
purple masses fold and lap and lct their
fire down to earth, and. n IL ! were
myself metallic, have felt the electric
current COurSing down the countless rod
that protect my prisOnhouSe. 4 curious
sensation has come over me, rs IL the
blood had turned al,uut and were run
ming the right way in my veins, am
conscious Of its fresh fTp,' tingling, rs IL
] were Just made.
look at the lovely firnd sitting there
beside me, 80 unmOVed by the wild com
motion Of the elements; | mind the
spray % tea roses in her hair, falling
over one ear. and lending their tint Co
10 all the delicate skin below. Let me
zee you, fair devil. il YOU are shadow
or substance" | eXClaim. You pursu-
ing phantom. II you are not all an evil
spirit, let me see II there Is any blood in
your veins!'
The tint upon her skin grows paler,
bat she smiles TN the, and lifts the sleeve
from the bare ivory 81 her rounded arm.
She takes from some hiddcn place tiny
toy knife, and gives il me.
fhen she looks at me again with her
beautiful, fearless ewes. ! do not hest
tate for oil they saw. ] san the fair
faint veincTy-l ChOUsr- and the red, red
blood Is tTickling down. and all the tint
upon her checks Is gone, and she falls
forward upon NV breast. Margaret ]
cry;
- one enters. Oll. All Is NGNl!
And all is well, indeed. From that
hour ] am myself. The old trouble aTis-
ing from the conclusion that so long
ago experienced Is entirely done away
with; the ghost that ~ long stalked
through the chambers Of INV brain is laid
70 rest, and never have seen n trace Of
it; but Margaret, long since recovered
from her injury Margaret herself, in
u o..
is seldom out 81 INV sight.
When ! came from INV Whitewashed
prison room Dr. Blanchard himself took
me In hand, had mo at his own house till
strong enough again 20 tight INV way,
and then established me In a different
occupation from that In which he urigi-
nAlly found me. Venturcd out from
that In time into deeper water. have
prospered. Hs YOU knOW-inprOvcd NV
self, as YOU NAV Imagine; INV house, INV
retinue. INV equipage are worthy uf Inv
wife. for the mother Of many children i
more beautiful in her maturity than in
her maidenhnnd. and il any material
comfort. pride and pleasure can atone 20
her for all the trouble Of her youth the
earth shalt lie ransaCked but it shall he
hers!
Professor Henry Savs on the much
vexed question Of cooked, wet or dry
feed for hogs: In conducting eXperi-
ments with cooked and unCUrked feed.
10 was found that hog would eat more
uncoOked feed than cooked. and in these
experiments we note that he ate more
wet feed than dry feed. since we dczire
him 10 eat the maximum quantity Ter
day, it would seem that in some cases nj
least wet feed Is superior 90 cooked feed
on the one hand and dry feed on the