Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-29

10 Sieep. vain endeavor. :. Iaa IT.
haunted me, and oftar .ue agasE
oyerpowered me, and s, y iatgs4A
on the point Of relievirHsp sssas
memory of that laurhtas ne IN
through my brain, and w sOslC sag
wildly up Go find myself a I,oula start
without. - sun Fagig
Finally, quite exhausted ~.
a deep slumber, which ~. ! NJ ialp
not how long, but which u. Aaes
denly and violently broken ~ =. !, n
same demoniac noise " 80
This time | tried ~ IL.
fearful weight was on m y sas
Streaming open my eyes i h.h., saa
light Of the moon, which r Deaela "
through the window, thas ~, ~
mans face bending over nm. ~
rtfled beyond expression / W. "
To free myself oil the creatrs.
me; but my arms and legs wa. 4
bound; the same cunning ny rsss
torted the face, and tie ls,,isa. y
rolled asl struggled yninly ~
70 shr'eS, but the sound ean,e ~,
ialht gurgle was the only rssuS II
Al the same instant tba III.
above me rose, and attn So
and leers drew forth a eol ~
Modelling his head and e;bIaa
he arranged a moose: ana NM
other blood-eurdling laugh N ~. \
u about my neck.
My God, theagony olthat moss.
when ] realized that | was al~oI-.. 4
81 tbs mercy Of that naa,ss. Il
Tighter and tighter he drss ~ I'M ~. 4
until my face grew black from M Il
cation and my eyes and -
started from my head.
Consciousness was almoss -.
when the pressure was 49, I
steadily relaxed, and tho mar n
features glared down nl,on ~ \, III
more. | breathed again n \,
spared me; the rush 81 loyhal CO. h
oysrcnme me. He marked ~ J, n
presslon OF my face, and, ehnrkEs y
drew the moose again, exul,ine
watch my face purple and az ~
protrude. Twenty tlnies, VII
maniacs cunning, be restored 4 Il
breath and prolonged nv tor.a,s5
How he ehuckled aud mntte-sd
himself, wagging bis fendAh hss H
and oh! my God, hon, When | ssru,
gled tn get FIRE, wrestling n agcs
with death and torture, hs utssnl
his insane, exnlting Taught
How | longcd and PRAYED 4
death; how | hoped tie madaa
would once draw the noow \
tight, that. when relaxed.
breath would still refuse 10 soa
suddenly his brain wsse
Possessed with some new plan. aoxi
hs drvw OF the ROPE, and wisA "a
backward glance he I'm The Dca
At first dared not hops i1g liz. ID
when this time went by and ssM
came not, ] began 10 think Tia
he was gone entirely, and that n
life might be saved. | struggled
FRYE myself once mov; strigged az
writhed until my heart nearly bais
through my body, but III vain. IL
then u new sound caught my a
filling mc with unutterab!e drvnd,
A fork oE light shot mp Yes itsa
true. the maniac had set fFs 70 I
howell And now ! saw bis fsge ETin ID
ming at me through the wirsos
one last suprrhumRn esoT.
] uttered a fearful shrek. The sad ID
man lsAped in at the window and
the shme instant another form {
lowed him. Some one seiled me- 8
knew no more. IN
When consciousness returned, III
was lying upon u bed In my saa "
hearts own pretty room. and
with gentle tears IN her eyes, waisi'
ing mo slowly rwturn 20 life
learned afterwards, when =
strength rpturned. that the NADINE
had escaped from mn asylum %
leighborhood and being missed
Keeper. attracted by the sight otta
iumes. arrived just In time 70 ~
ne from the horriblriate whNhsenf III
70 await me. had fallen into = 81
Iwoou. and from TINT into . rag'i
ever, and during my rnyings enoss
was learned 10 send the TO the iloa
which had been ms destination w
started out the previous night
Don ns / WINS well agnin, Alice ana
we're married, and were surely %
,icr thnn IL falls to the lot q ~ VI
nortals 90 be, hut never while y
hall forget the ngonies Of that y
light OF my life--Columbus suldal
4 urninp Npws