The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05

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She Sprdng 70 her feet and she sang
DaCA OIL Tears LnaJ wOulu awaken, ana ne
fore the porter came 70 make the beds for
the night had ceased 70 worry. I had not
forgotten nor ignored jacks tragedy, but
l reserved my strength. and being u man
healthy and tired I slept all night and
walked in the morning in good spirits and
well rested. But Margaret was pale. and
the lines around her mouth were drawn
and detected. Yet she reused herself. and
the rest Of the day bore herself Chcerfully
and with patience. But neither OF Us now
remembers that days journey. We glzed
out the window and talked Of what We
saw, but nothing was real TO us. I felt As
though we had shut some horrid thing into
a closet, and were holding the door 20 keep
1t in.
The day passed, the sun set, the twilight
fell, and Margaret aud | sat silent a. We
drew near our Journeys end.
Tiger Hill was shrouded in mist and
darkness when we entered it. Bya lamp
in the station a surly agent was making
up report from which he was 10th 10 sep
arate himself to do more than mutter that
there was n hotel up the street where we
might find lodgings for the night. Having
thus answered he buried himself again i'm
his papers; but looking back a. we left the
room / caught his eyes fixed upon Us with
a serious, suspicious expression that was
not pleasant 10 me But Of this did not
speak 10 Margaret. She took my arm as
we went out into the darkness. DO you
know she said, (which is up and which
down."
We stood Oh The little platform and
looked around US The clouds had light
ened enough for ia TO see the great hills
vaguely outlined against the sky. The
wind was rising and rustlcd IN thc tree
tops, and il seemed 10 rs that we had been
put out into the middle OF a woods.
Suddenly a light fared up and burned
steadily away of in the distance.
THAT, / said, must b. q lamp, and a
lamp generally betokens a house. DOu't
you believe that direction IL 'uDS'"
''It came out Of the darkness ike a sig
nal" answered the gTri. and there Is
nothing for US 20 DO but TO 60 70 It. We
cannot plunge into darkness without some
guide"
80 we stepped off the boards and went
warily along path, which WIS not diff
cult 20 keep, 80 well trodden was r. We
soon discovered as our eyes grew acrra-
toned TO the darkness, chat WD were going
through Il small woods, and when after q
time We came out Of It We found a pathway
Of boards, 50 narrow that we could not
walk abreast, but 1t gnvs Va conf =, max
ing Us sure that We were on q ghS rosd
And so after a time we came % the bcbt
and behold. II was tho hotel TO which W.
had been 50 vaguely directed The houaa
was small wooden affair, not overclean
and smelling of tobacco. bat tla Only
smoker was a woman. who sat by a stove
with pipe in heT mouth When va on
tered toe open door she looked up. stared
g moment and then called, ''LibersYs"
Whether this was the goddess or no: we
did not know, Dot there vas DO a-uryVur
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har pipe into the sanded box IA which the
stove stood, and giving her vOSce a higher
pitch. screamed again 'JdDertyP' This
invocation Wa more successful end thin
pale haired youth ssrUlled into the rom
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looked 81 MarRBrgz ADD his whole face
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this atri IN her dark drtsss. tired and STINT
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have bodgIng here, and We should aisoshle
some supper"
sit down, " sad Iiberty. AMI be atone
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