Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-17

ing, as the landau suddenly came to
Then there came three or four more
flashes in swift succession
There, there, now lookl" she cried
again. But mott is gone-it has van
ished as quickly as it camel" she added,
sinking back into her seat, with q
sigh Of relief. .oh, it was too, too dread
Boncourt had remarked nothing in
the flashes except that she was very pale,
and was pressing her hand to her heart
Hurry on Francoisl Brules te cheBi.,
or we're in for duckingl" he cried; and,
as the coachman again gave the horses
their heads, he turned, with laugh, to
his sister, saying, Il gave you credit for
better nerve, Adele. OF course, 1t was
but an hallucination.
mo, mol Speak not Of it SO, Alphonse.
Mon Dieu! that face in the fash--it glared
out from the luridness upon me, like
demons from a nightmarel There was
another face beside it, too-a face that
recognizedl'
Describe them"
-No, no; not now; we will be soon
home; wait till We get there. Cell what
windi"
Fortunately, Jasmine Lodge was now
close at hand, though but little rain was
to accompany the tempest. But by the
\ time the shelter of the piazza was
reached o tremendous gale was rushing
in from the sea, and the lashing Of the
surf on the beach below the garden could
be distinguished above the screaming OF
the wind amid the trees.
ASee that everything's under cover,
Francois, called out Boncourt in French,
as Doth Adeie ana ne were III tne haDis u
addressing the servants; and then, as
they were passing tnrougn tne nahway'
ne asked MS valet, maurice, VINO haa ~
mItted them, II every one was WiSnln
doors.
All but le petit-grand Dip, was the
Wallets reply, grinningly applying desig-
nation which the small prodigy from
over the seas had already earned for him
self in below-stairs circles.
What out in this storm2" said the
master. giving Francois his hat and cane.
Where the deuce can the boy bep
Francois had not the least idea, but
was hazarding facetious suggestion
that le petit grand Dip might have been
blown away, or drowned in o raln-drop,
when Madame Ronceville, who had gone
on upstairs, called to her brother that he
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simost at me same instans, sney poe
uItea tneli iaces' anu tneir eyes ehoo un
tereo nine.
Fleeting as was the tiasn. the Inca
ments OF both were distinctly, steadii
revealed to me. One 1 recognized; IA
otheroh, Alphonse. IL was terrible
Though sheeted by tne hgntnings glars
1t seemed illuminated Y also Dy an interio
luridness OF ITS own-by sort OF leaI
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