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place II havo to carry her away by force. She
shall never be tho mistress Of thia house,

shall never be the mistress OF this house."
"orrin! orrlnl" protested.
have said it." was h.s force rejoinder, and
he left mo for tho second time and passed hur-
riedly down the street.
was. therefore. somewhat taken abaok
when q little while later he reappeared with
Juliet and the Colonel. In such mood OF
forced gayety that moro than ono turned 60
look after them as they passed. merriy laugh
| ing. down the road viii Juliet never be tho
| mistress OF that housep I think she will. my
Orrin. That dmplcd smile Of hers has moro
force In 1t than that dominating will Of yours.
III she chooses to hold her own she will hold IL,
and neither you nor tho Colonel can ever soy
her nay.
What did Orrin tell mol That she would
never be mistress OF that housof Orrin was
right, che never will: but who could have
thought OF n tragedy like this2 Not I. not I:
and II Orrin did and planned It But let
me tell tho whole Just as 1t happened. keeping
down my horror till the last word is written,
and have plainly before mo tho awful OCCUR.
rcnces Of this fearful day.
They went. the throc. to that fatal house
together. and no man. saving myself perhaps.
thought much more about tho matter till We
began to 500 Juict's father poerinG nnxiously
from over his gate in the direction Of tho wood.
Then we realized that tho afternoon had long
passed and that 1t was getting dark. and going
up to tho old man. asked whom he was look.
ing for Tho answer was as wc expected
Il am looking for Juliet. Tho Colonel took
her and Orrin up to their new house, but they
do not como back. had dreadful dream
last night and 1t frlghtons me. Why don't
they como2 It must DO dark enough In the
wood"
They will come soon." assured him, and
moved of. for do not like Juliet's father.
But when passed by there again half hour
later and found the old man still standing
bareheaded and with craning mock ut his post,
became worry uneasy myself. and proposed to
two or throe neighbors whom found stand
ing about. that We should go toward the woods
and see II all were we'll. They agreed. bolns
affected. doubtless. like myself. By the old
mans fcars. and as we proceeded down the
street others Joined us till we amounted
in number to half dozen or more.
Yot, though tho occasion seemed q
strange ono. We wero not really alarmed
till wo found ourselves at the woods
and realized how dark they were and how still.
Then began to feel an oppression at my heart.
and trod with careful and hesitating steps till
we came into the open space In which the
house stands. Here It was lighter. but oh how
still. shall never forget how still: when sud
denly q shrill cry broke from one among
us. and saw Ralph Urphistone pointing with
finger frozen in horror at something which
lay in ghastly outline upon the broad stone
which leads up to tho gap Of the great front
door.
What was It ! We dared not approach to see.
yet we dared not linger Quiescent One by
one We started forward till finally we all stood
in Mortified circle about the thing that looked
like shadow. and yet was not q shadow. but
some horrible nightmare that made us gasp
and shudder till the moon came suddenly out,
and We saw that what We feared and shrank
from were the bodies OF Juliet and Orrin, he
lying with face upturned and arms thrown out,
and she with her head pllowed on his breast
as II cast there In her last faint moment Of
consciousness. They were both dead. having
fallen through the planks OF the scaffolding. as
was shown by the fatal gap open to the moon
light above our heads Dead dead and though
no man there knew how. the terror OF their
doom and tho retrbution it seemed to bespeak
went home to our hearts. and we bowed our
heads with simultaneous cry OF terror. which
In that first moment was too overwhelming
The Colonel was nowhere to be seen. and af-
the first few minutes Of benumbinG horror we
tried ti to call aloud HIS name \, But the cries
another and another till, was .ieft. alone in
gan to realize my own anguish. and with some
last fragment OF secret lealousy-or was it
aS ecns spt
h sS iet dsalsa i When aasS Sani f' drs% me-
sos Gd but III KS ana
eI oow Sm he ths
hollow entrance and up the stairway till we
ns f1Spsta
There , wore several Of our number already
had hitherto. moved dIsappeared before the
0s ns ana ssw tG the
against q shining background. the crouching
aS m Of the e %sn at With the hM Sys
devoted coupis had stopped to dsstrusti9n. WV
hays shouted 70 him ana even shook h,is arm"
should Sh1 30 eenS .o kS n IL
took up my station by his side in she awe.
so n Hsy wsa fss T. hm and
The scaf,oldlng broke beneath them. did it
up his arms with wild but suppressed cry;
Bnt he said nothing, and next moment bad y
settled again Into ms old attitude OF silent
"he might. better DO lying with them !
ater ~ anH c2Smag fr%m MS
and as no failed to move or oven show any
from tho spot TIL we we're ail huddled again
below In the hollow blackness OF that doorway
guarded over by tho dead
Who should tell her fnther.2 They oil looked
at me. but / shook my head. and It fell to an
other to perform this pitcous GRAND. FOR fear-
AZ Thoughts were filing my brain. and 0rr b
iny there dead beside tho maiden he had do:
cared 30 fercely should never be mistress OF
this house.
Was ever such night Of horror known In
They have brought tho two bruised bodies
down Into the village and they now LIZ side bby
bloom and glow 81 life. The Colonel IL still
crouching whore left him. No one can make
and tito feeling which his terror has produced
affects tho whole community. not even the
wild eXctemont which drives men ana wHmsp
| aud makes VI every house an open thorough
| faro through which anybody who wishes can
| pass.
], who have followed evory change and turn
| In this whole rGamitous affair. am ike one
hcnumbrd Mt this nwful crisis. too go and