Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-12-30


irrrs~el my forrJcai cioe Aganl.,
the diamonI pane 90 the oil fa.hiOue,i
chamber allotted % Tom and myself.
AMI tricl harl % think. but cold q,
the glas was my brow grrw ho,trr and
hotter: my brain rciusel 20 grasp bot
one idea. that had l.en betrayed. that
wA mis.T.bl.i
A. I hal turp-i nj the laniin; of tho
lrnal stairway. Tel candle In hand, i
l..l looked back. In. White Nous had
BASEL through thu dim III hall with
que, gooi nis,., 10 Tom; he hal fingered.
ilrt,ie hal rciurnel. Whispered two
wor,i. ~ gently conli no, distinguish
their purpori; hs TOOK her hand. anl.
distraction! her heal Groppci on his
shoallrr!
ihcari hi. whis,rr - though s,cntor.
the hcrall. hal s',ou,el the worls;
"Ani will yoa never doub, me. dear
ct Dety-
The ,ycs she raisei to hi, were full of
t~ars-no m-rrinent In them now-but
the vuice was trn and hal loyal rins
that sAlii
"yOu may trust me. dear Tom"
81. was gone' Dui no, acforc bis liI~
were pr-~si to her brow; no, before the
sharp cigcl certainty hal severed from
me my last .hr,i % hOI-.
When Tom Jonc- entered our chamb~r
b. vas whistlinsi
Grcat heavens, was an. 10 link her fate
with such a wretch hard uns-ntinental
ANIMAL thing who could receive .
boon the gods might envy. and then
whistle, Was sh- % coafidc her future
to = felon. who had forged faise key Of
friendship. hal entered his uneles sscrrd
places. siolrn his greatest treasure. and
thrn-w wkistledi
turned wra,hfully. Reprvof and
the fro-t frum the window pane were on
my brow. Murder was In my soul.
"Tom Jones' aid. with that dignity
for which am motel under tr,al. TON
Jone.. th~rv are times when silence be
come--in fact. when silence cannot
Come In cried Tom cheerily. not In
WY W uiss hoW'''ts ses w ~" s~t
At the door.
There was q mysterious pause. then .
narrow chink op-nei. q shock heal was
inherited. - iank hoiy followed % and
Boslcy. the groom. entered the rom.
The man u eurycpmbs wore looss
frock and somewhat frightened aspect.
but thcrv was also an air Of business
and a s,rop; o.lor of the stables about
him ~ he closed the door after wary
backward glance through the hall.
"Ycr wanted 10 80 me. leftenanty'
wAs his salu,ation A. he fumbled In the
pockets II his truck.
looked from Tom Jones 10 the
hostler Ina sp-echlr~s rage. Would he
never cesse To deterioratr In my eyes,
Was IL MT enough he had whistlei
after winning the love that would have
glori6ei my LIEF Dut now be must leave
that ravisnins creature and consort with
. Inusty stable boy. % talk hore-pcr'
haps of terriers and rata ! could trust
myself no longer. The spirit OF Cain
srined descending upon me. and !
rushed from the room and down the
st~pA
found myself In the pArlor.
The lights were out. but the Ore still
blAled mp brightly In the ample crate.
Dy It's light I saw the misty outline OF =
white fiyurc thrown full length upou the
sofa. From the wavy outlines and the
soft fevcy eject of the subduel light IL
might have tsen an Undine. or some un.
substantial s,rite.
Hooked clo~ely; Il was only th- White
Mousc. Her face was buried In the
cushion she clasped In her arms. and the
fragile figure was swayins and racket
with heavy sob~ The wavy masses Of
fair hair had fallen I0,se upon her shoul.
ders. aud the sleeve. rarrlcsly drawn
back. displayed an arm that matched
Bette uythe's Tor roundness and sym.
metry.
An the ntful arrlight roe and fell.
seeming TO dilats and coutrart the con-
tours Of the delicate figure. I woaderrd
Why ] never had noticed before bow
graceful and wiliowy II waa
She did not hear my abeupt entrance.
Her sorrow had full poasesaion Of hef.
and che sobbed - II heT hrsst would
break. What the matter wss ! hnsw
not. Il might have besu iii With The
Ancient Grimm. the death Of . PIT poodle
o. the trvubls about her suriferoaa
sAiancsd.
AZ al eveuts. che had my perfect sym.
pathy. She was misrrabls. and We moi
likewise. Pour chilli Every sob went
ssrsight 70 my heart; really never b.
fore believed I could fssl % kindly die
possd toward her. Bat Ifelt my prssencs
was IN intrussoa. ] thoashs che did ~
- M. and started out Just then .
hssvisr sob than evcS sesmed 70 rsnd u
poor chill. and . sAivsr IN thrsagh hss
frpa hsad 70 fooG
q ~ TOO uuch, ~ softnso q ~
hnsS ounQuwUl IoUu0 - - With