The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-10
He never felt her ,peiaht.

That crash of the closing door did not
awake Beatrice only: it woke both Elizabeth
and Mr.. Granger. Elizabeth sat up in bed
straining her eyes through the gloom to SEE
what had happened. They fell on Beatrice's
-surelv-surely-
Elizabeth slipped out, cat like she crept
across the room and felt with her hand al
the bed. Beatrice was not there She sprane
/ to the blind and drew it, letting in such light
as there was, and by it searched the room,
She spoke: Beatrice. where are youa"
| No answer.
"Ah-h," said Elizabeth aloud; 81 under
stand. At last-at last!'
What should she dol Should she 20 and
call her father and put them to an open
shamel No. Beatrice must come back some
time. The knowledge was enough; she want
ed the knowledge to use if necessary She
did not wish to ruin her sister unless in self
defense. or rather for the cause of self adj
vancement. Still less did she wish to iniure
Godfrey, against whom she had no grudge.
so she peeped along the passage, then re-
turning, crept back to her bed like snake
into hole and watched.
Mr.. Granger. hearing the crash, though,
that the front door had blown open. Rising,
| Ge HI callClc ana went TO see.
But of all this Godfrey knew nothing, and
Beatrice naturally less than nothing
, She lay senseless in his arms, her head rested
on his shoulder, her heavy hair streamed down
his side almost to his knee He lifted her,
touched her on the forehead with his lips and
laid her on the bed. What was to be done.
Bring her back to lifel No, he,dared moi
not here. While she was thus her helpless
ness protected her; but if once more she was
q living, loving woman here aud so-oh. how
should they escape? He dared not touch her
or look towards her-till he had made I'D his
mind. 1t was soon done Here she must not
bide, and since of herself she could not 90.
why, he must take her now, this moment.
However far Godfrey fell short Of virtues
stricter standard, let this always he remem-
bered in his favor
he opened the door, and, as he did so.
thought that he heard some one stirring in
The house, And so he did; it was Mr. Gran
ger in the sitting room. Hearing no more,
Godfrey concluded that it was the wind. and
turning, CROPPED his way TO the bed where
Beatrice lay as still as death. For one mo-
ment horrible fear struck him that she
might be dead. He had heard of cases of
somnambulists who, on being startled from
their unnatural sleep, only woke to die. lit
might be so with her. Hur;1edly he placed
his hand upon her breast Yes, her heart
stlrred-faintly, indeed, but still it stirred.
She had only swooned. rheu be set his teeth.
and placing his arms about her, lifted her as
though she were babe. Beatrice was no
slipof girl. but a well grown woman of full
size He never felt her weight; it seemed
uDth,nn f0 hin, ,s 80 49,. -.
midnight murder, he stepped with her to the
door and through 1t into the passage. Then,
supporting her with one ara,, lie closed the
| door with his left hand. Steaithily in the
gloom he passed along the corridor, his bare
/ feet making no noise upon the boarded floor
until ne reached the bisecting passage leading
from the sitting room.
He glanced up 1t apprehensipely, and what
he saw froze tie blood in his veins, for there
! coming down it, not eight PAGES from him.
was DIR. Granger, holding a candle in his
hand. What was TO be donel To get bnck
10 his room was impOSsible-to reach that of
Beatrice was also impossible. With an effort
he collected his thoughts, and like flash of
light it passed into his mind that the empty
room was not two PAGES from him. 4 stride
and he had reached it. Oh, where was the
handles and oh, if the room should be locked!
by merciful chance it was not. He stepped
through the door, knocking Beatrice's feet
against the framework as he did So closed it
to shut it he had no time-and stood gasp.
ing behind it.
! The CLEAN of light drew nearer Merciful
powers! he had seen-the old man was COM
ing ill., What could he saya Tell the truth,
that was all: but who would believe such a