Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-24

chapter.
Miss Winford saw the landau suddenly
brought to standstill, and at the same
instant was astonished at Adele's startled
attitude, her terrified exclamation, her
pointing hand; all this, for the fragment
of an instant, without accounting for it;
but then, Just before the Hash was swal-
lowed by the darkness, she turned, and q
glance at her companions face was suth-
cient explanation of the horrifed fascin-
alton that it was exercising upon the
woman in the carriage.
@Come!D hoarsely whispered Mrs.
Beane, clutching Miss Windford's arm,
as the lightning fash left them in the
darkness, and hurrying her up the road,
side, while still keeping close against
the rocks. "Come-quick! 1t will not
do for M ~ devour that false fair face
!. again with my syes. should yell out my
curses upon her; I should fly at her
throat-and that would ruin all-would
put her out of my power2'
Then followed the other flashes, reveal
ing to the occupants Of the carriage moth
ing more than the bare face of the rock,
where the woman had been standing.
Miss Winford remained trembling in
her companions grasp, listening me-
chanically to the words that were being
exchanged by Adele and her brother,
until the carriage was again started for
ward and driven out of hearing.
Good heavens, Mrs. Beane!" she then
exclaimed: what frightful look was
that with which you regarded that lady.
I almost thought you suddenly trans
formed into a tend,
The old woman gave harsh. grating
laugh, which would have added not a
little to this impression, but that Miss
Winford had by this time recovered in a
great measure her customary self-posses-
sion.
aHa, ha, hal And did you mark her
quail and whiten before my look?" said
Mrs. Beane. She did not altogether
recognize me, though. and that was weh.
Hal the enemy, the traitress, the wicked
one!r
4But your hatred Of that woman is
something awful know, to my bitter
cost, what it is to be reyengeful. to cher
ish resentment through the years, but
such scathing, fendish resentment Rf
your countenance indicated d moment
ago is hey yond my comprehension.
II is because you do not know it's fiery
source. But enough. Suffice it for me
to say that am thus roaming abroad in
this wild night to keep an appointment
which had for its object the rendering o1
service to that very woman-to that
petted beauty of the carriage-the sigh
of whom has suddenly banished my
original intention from my mind. Hush
harkl Did you hear nothing? Did yor
s see nothing in that fash, then?"
no."
aIt was the repetition of that same
shout.-a mans voice, and as of one il
distress--that I was listening to when yoJ
first discovered me. Harkl there it ii
again.
ford, bending her ear.
But at this moment, with the thunde.
!. and lightning constantly growing NOR,
frequent and distinct, the great storm
wind came shrieking in from the sea, ant
there was mingling roar of the elements
to the exclusion of every other sound.
Gomez cried Mrs. Beane, in mo
1nentary lull, again dragging her com
panion out in the road. There is n,
rain, as yet, and we shall not be blow
away. Harkl that shout againl II ma,
be he--the man I seek-who is beset will
foes. He is constantly dogged an,
tracked. Comel We may be in time t,
save him. Come, say!"
Though already sumciently alarmed
and far from desiring o scene Of addi
tional violence, Miss Winford allowe,
herself to be dragged along INCREASINGLY
with no other light than that afforded b
the ftful flashes, which were, neverthe
less, frequent enough to answer for tn
emergency.
The shouts and cries grew louder an,
more distinct, whenever there was o lul
III the tempest, and the two women, wit
8 those sounds as their guide, quilted th
road, and advanced stumblingly out upo
On unfenced, broken tract at the top 9
the cliff, and directly back Of the inclose
grounds belonging to Jasmine Lodse.
Here, at last, the rereated' flashes re
yealed 10 them fierce human struggl
that was going on id d narrow rcck-gil
depression Of the ground, but a fe
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One man. cudgel in hand, appeared To b
sustaining, with difficulty, y fierce assau