Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05

hor TIE first time in his life Geosrrev falt tsr
riniy afraid, both for Beatrice and himself
the hair rose on bis head, his heart stood sti
ana cold psrspiration started on his face
" very odd. be heard the old man NUT.
Ter 70 himself; i could almost swear that
saw something white go into that room.
Where's the handler II believed in ghosts
-hliiio. my candle has blown QUIT | must
go and hnnt for a match Don't quite like
going N there without light
For moment they were saved. The fierce
draught rushing through the open crack of
the door from the III fitting window had ex.
linguistic the candle
Geoiifey waited few seconds TO allow Mr.
Granger to reach his room. and then once
more started ON his awful journey. He passed
out OF the room in safety; happily Beatrice
shovel no signs of recovery. A few quick
STEPS and he was az her own door Aud now
q new terror seized him What if Elizabeth
was also walking the house or even awakel
! He Thought Of putting his burden down at the
door and leaving her there, but abandoned
the idea To begin WITH her father might
see her, and then how could her presence be
accounted forg or if be did not she would
/ certainly suffer i'll effects from the cold. No,
| he must risk il, and az once, though he would
rather have faced battery Of guns The
door, fortunately, was ajar Godfrey pushed
It with his foot, entered, and with his foot
pushed il too again. Suddenly he remem-
hered that he had never been in the room, and
did not know which bed belonged to Beatrice
He walked to the nearest: deep drawn
breath told him that 1t was the wrong one
Drawing some faint consolation from the
fact that Elizabeth was evidently asleep. he
! "A lie -
the deep twilight Of the room The clothes
were thrown back. He laid Beatrice down
and drew them over her. Then he fed
As he reached the door he saw Mr.. Gran
gers light vanish into his own room and
heard bis door close. After that il seemed to
him that he took but two steps and was in
his own place
He burst out laughing; there was as much
hystera in the laugh as a man INDUCES in
His nerves were shattered by struggle, love
and fear, and sought relief in gnastly nlerr
ment. Somehow the whole scene reminded
him Of one in comic opera There was lu
dicrous side to it. Supposing that the polit
al opponents. who hated him 50 bitterly
could have seen him sinking from door TO
door at midnight with an unconscious lady
Ia his arns--what would they have saidf
Az 'NAoVh tAA-AitiE Nilt NJ l9l---ii~-iuueeu /
IL was no laughing matter Then he thought |
OF the first night Of their strange communion. |
that night before he had returned to London. |
The seed sown in that strange hour had bios
soined aud borne fruit indeed. Who would
have dreamed it possible that he should thus
have drawn Beatrice to himi Wen, he ought
TO have known If it was possible that the
words which foatsd through her mind could
arise in his as they had done upon that night,
what was not possiblel And were there not
other words written by the same master
hand, which told Of such things as these:
"Now-now, the door is heard;
Hark, the starsl aud near
Nearer-and here
Now and at call the third
She enters without word
Like the doors of a casket shrine
See on either side
Her two arms divide
Til the heart betwixt makes sign
Take me- for am thine .
First will pray. Do thou
That ownest the SOUL
Yet wilt grant control
To another. nor disalow
For time, restrain me now
Did not they run thusl Oh, be should have
znownl This he could plead, and this only
that control had been granted to him
But how would Beatrice farei Would she
come to herself safelyl He thought soft ,
was only fainting fit But when she did re-
,over, what would she dos Nothing rash. he ,
prayed And what could be the end Of it ala !
Who might sayl How fortunate that the sis /,
er had been sound asleep. Somehow he /
lid not trust Elizabeth feared her !
Well might he fear herI Elizabeths sleep :
vas that of a weasel She, too, was laughing l
It this very mountaineering. not loud, but J
ong-the laugh Of one who wins 4
She had seen him enter his burden in his i
rms; had seen him come with it to her own
'edside, and breathed heavily to warn him of q
is mistake. She had watched him put Bea- IA
rice on her bed, aud heard him sigh and i
urn away nothing had escaped her As soon \
S he was, gone she had risen and crept up to 81
'eatrice, and finding that she was only in a
Amt had left her to recover, knowing her to a
e in no danger. Elizabeth was not nerv- !
US person. Then she had listened till at =
myth deep sigh told her of the return of n
or sisters consciousness After this there Il
'as pause, till presently Beatrice's long
,ft breath showed that she had glided from =,
woon to sleep, 4
Inc SLOW nlgnt wore away and at length IN
lie cold dawn crept through the window. n
lizabeth, still watching, for she was not al
illing to lose single scene of drama so =,
itrancing in itself and so important TO her =,
terests, saw her sister suddenly sit up in n,
I'd and press her hands to her forehead as 4,
lough she was striving to recall a dream. Il,
hen Beatrice covered her eyes with her
lnds and groaned heavily. Next she looked III
her watch. rose, drank a glass of water RI
I'd dressed herself. even to the putting on of or
old gray waterproof with hood to It, for 81
was wet outside
''She is going to meet her lover thought th
izabeth. 81 wish | could be there to see la
at, too, but l have seen enough" IL,
She yawned and appeared towake "What, 10,
satrice, going out already in this pouring p,
in p she said, with feigned establishment. m
''Yes, have slept badly, and I want to he
t some air. answered Beatrice starting 81
d coloring; Il suppose that it was the wi
,rmm ro
Has there been a stormW said Elizabeth, no
wning again Il heard nothing of it-but wi
an so many things happen when one is