Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-11-20

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she As 1resss1 eaEFeiy - black, :
lcng slzek wrap ~lt1 he'd eFef haF
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ss@last tas raLa ohs sSs2ed - glide
along nolselsssly. ssepPing sYegy now
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a e9ssrd BAL he lntsRss scllsu1s. con-
hinea vita ths hoR-tng 81 Ehs sind.
tie creaking - ne lamp &ud the mys-
sssioas movements Of the daFE creature
made ms feel very uncomfortable.
SuL / decided - face the danger. IL
danger thsre ~as. and moved 70 fhs
dooE q TIE box u ~ail 0nul the danger
hi passed.
Slowly she moved forward untl she
vas xishin taree or four steps OF me,
then stopped again, Der face MAS IL tie
shadoN an I could not distinguish Ter
features. While was trying 10 dis
eern them sue moved suddenly foraard
ana gave me- searching look; In an
other second, before / bad recovered
from my surprise. che had passed on
and moved rapidly along the street
without stopping any more.
TIE watch passed without further In
eidents. bat Femem Der that / had no
trouble in keeping awake and Was very
thankful % be relieved. / told you that
j was q new recruit a. the time, AMI
dreaded 20 make myself ridiculous tn
tho avae - tba -of,po n 90. laef1aa that
l had lurking idea that the whole
scene might have been plotted for my
benefit | resolved, therefore. 70 say
nothing about IL and see whether any
OF my comrades had an encounter with
tho mysterious woman dogoutly
hoped that they would. and was not
disappointed.
Night after night the midnight
sentry saw the figure. always coming
from the same spot, always silent al
ways passing on after the Same incom-
prehensible movements Not one OF Us
had had tho presence Of mind TO stop
the woman and question her.
We had in our company a man such
as one finds everywhere, FUN of life, al
bottom OF all mischief. always punished
when there were any punishments TO 20
administered. skeptical, as all such men
are, believing in nothing save his own
wit and bravery. The stories that were
told about the midnight visitor had al
ways drawn a sarcastic smile TO his lips,
and he was eternally laughing at the
victims of the woman in black. Catch
him shaking In his boots with fear OF
some fscetious grisette Who was having
great sport frightening the soldiers out
of their witsl
Finally we grew exasperated, and one
Of Us broke out:
Talk is cheap Richard; you have
not been thero yet; you may not stand
1t any better than the others"
"Bet | wouldI'
bet you five francs you would not"
''Takenr'
when will you try?"
Tonight Who is on duty2'
Leroy"
Leroy was found, and was more than
willing to exchange guard with Richard
Both repaired to the sergeant who, after
listening to their story, told them to do
as they pleased about it
So the matter was settled, and just
before twelve Richard drew himself to-
gether, shouldered his gun, and marched
out TO his post What occurred we
learned later. and his tone was very diff
ferent from his usual one. / will tell
you the story just as he told US;
IL started on my beat, he said, "think-
ing OF what was going to happen. adj
nit now that / did not feel as easy
about the matter as l had felt before.
Tho loneliness Of the spot was telling
on my mind, and made me rather anx-
ious. Still l resolved TO stop the wom-
an, if sho appeared, and question her;
l could not do otherwise. But the cor
ner she always came from looked very
dark and ominous, and altogether, my
feelings were far from pleasant.
Twelve o'clock struck in the steeple
Of a neighboring church, and | watched
attentively for the apparition. After
watching ten or fifteen minutes ! saw
something move In the dark, and a
heart The woman appeared, gliding
along as you all saw her; but knew
that my Boosting had been vain, that
the sight affected me more, perhaps,
than any Of you. l was absolutely
psnic-stricken, fascinated by the APP
preaching figure, as some poor bird by
the snake that bewilders it with It's
glance before devouring it felt that
l ought TO run, but / could not move.
On she came, nearer and nearer, stop
ping at intervals, till she looked me in
the face; then, utsering a Wild cry, she
sprung forward, and fell. with a dag
ger planted up 20 the hilt in my side "
Such was the story Richard told us a
few weeks later as he was recovering
from bis wound. "A 20 the woman. she
was discovered b. the police and pro-
nounced mad. ] have heard rumors 70
the effect that she had been abandoned;
that her crime was but desperate
vengesnoe. Whether the story was
true or not RHshard would never say. -
Waverly.
No wonder She Envied Bridget
A rich society lady tod her servant.
81 wish could be as strong, healthy
and full Of life as you are" The les
son Is plain. The girl had plenty OF
exercise and constitutional health and
COntentmeut. Riches viii not buv
health always. but brokel-down women
can fBd sure relief IN DR.. Pierce's Fav.
orte Prescription. Il e powerful
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