The National tribune., 1890-12-11

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"GyE Me THAT PAPER, YOU BEUTE'
old tent canvas slipped aside from the
victims face and O'Connor seemed to stare
with open eyes into the electrified counter
ancc of his conductor.
Making a frightened cry, BIaddocls
snatched at the cloth and covered the accus-
ing phantom from his sight
In a few minutes be had passed through
The crest and saw before him a tracl,less
slope Of bushes and powders, through the
chinks Of which the White Rock, like a
mutiiated column, WAS denoted supporting
a woodland precipce.
us top was bare, and the living man
reconnoitered ID 10 see If smoke or human
motion there obsiructed his purpose.
Nothing could be seen to Justify his eau
ton, but as lac looked down into the hallow
mphitheaterbetween the range eand thespur,
six or seven hundred feet descent, the blue
interval was seen speclsled with log butts and
stone stables and springhousas, all white
washed and standing ont in that magnetism
hakiness which lasts as long as light dare
linger on the panorama.
1T seemed comforting 20 old Braddock 70
be in sight Of these homes, if unseen OF
them, and they took away some OF the
dread lonesomeness Of being near the hand
Of heaven, with a fellow-man to answer for.
lie also wept TO be reminded Of his son,
homeless and wandering, where SO many
who had no mechanical craft were safe in
tleir humble and thrifty habiatons.
His tears were chased away by pair of
4 great turkey yultnrs on balanced wings
LIKE BEO0DIyG shTAHs,
soaring up from the chasm as il escaped from
iieir pit, and they nearly touched the old
wagon with their wings and exposed 10
view their unsated hut sickly features, as il
+ they smelled unfamiliar food
As he cried out again in startled fear
/ there seemed TO come from somewhere a
i groan and an articalatc sound.
Braddocl had nearly run away down tie
mountain, bnt halted a few rods from bis
vehicle 10 hearkcn il the sound was re-
pcated
Nothing spoke now but the tree-tops in
theademoon passage winds aud some silent
doves hoped upon the ground beneath The
1 bush.
There was a white trail visible for parts
Of the way ascending this chasm from a saw
Mil "a the edge oi the open and extensive
I Il e. A
coming uP along the Gssure OF the brock
which trcll.cd iIOm near The White Rock
base.
Git up!" shouted old Rraddock. furi.
| 0usly, and beat his horse like a demon. fgI
he desred TO reach has destination and turn
back before the iBtrudes could scale the
long eat -dc-s0c.
Again bee thought, rs the wheels oucoun-
tered some large stones, shat he heard 4
voice, moan, OF a word but now his fears
added yig0r 90 his speed, and he hardly
knew how be came TO The shelving ground
about the base of the sandstone croft, which
WAS piled 30 or 40 lCCJ above The woods aud
boughs beneath.
There, with a dclicacy which was 20 bis
praise under the excitement Of his feelings
he sided the body down, rcp0sed it near the
rock, with ts feet half b.. length lower than
the head, and drew against the crown of lh,
head as heavy "a stone ~ be could roll.
Old BraddoCk lighted his pipe and began
10 smoke
In another minute De was forcing hi
house back over the mountain aud into
dccply-WOm wag0H-track, which made th,
/ western descent almost tumble in1O th,
Cumberland Valley, and tlcre, avoiding ~,
huts and farms in The openings. he cluug q,
the chestnut, oak and q coyers and came
TO THE ROUSE IN THE WOODS
as the sun sank behind the Marylan,
flights.
Somewhere he had dropped his pipc.
All thc way back be bad been peflactiu.
bis masterpiece Of astutcucss and cousult.n.
lns bottle Of new whisky
Perry. In the closet, which was well onougl
ventilated boy age and mice, had rather cm
bIaeed The opportunity d. afforded i0r qiei
2 uudisturbcd by Archy gaze
She Thought oi The Tate Tuady, laughin,
, and hearty O.Connor lying helpless amon,
the crag- 90 decay, unrec1pnzed, aud b.
picked by tHe caui0a-bIrds.
Tears from The infinite heart o. woman
/ pity flowed at llis sugg, tiOn, aud ID seemei
r 10 her sin that one "a ho had loved her 81
should have no funeral rites.
10 barely occurred 80 her that he was. per
haus, a Catholic, like those on the Caiholi
tract at pelo~ylIo, who made OF thci
p funerals aud al cguseclatCd earth so revere,
, a matter. II such he was, 10 inter hin
, rebuu.ly became the FIRST duty Of tha
woman De might have made his wife.
lli- wife! She th0uehl, and 10 hcrseI
she became almost hall0wed, like that San
I Cecilia be had compared her TO, who wa
z e-poused ts Eer Savior, aud could be n
I others vile.
never could have been worthy O
Brian she thought, with all my ignoranc
and 'umbleness Maybe he was killed 1.
save him from my l0Ye'
The next minute she rejected this sell