Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-04-14

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rough l-Nl.
Sharp pains wsre shooting through hcr
heal and an iniolerabl. Thirst consumed
her
"waicr. shc murmufcd.
"Shr. cuning to. aid voice, sccm'
ingly from a grat distance. which ncv.
crthslcss fell upon her ear With a
strangely familiar suund-
\ cup wa- pTv--ssi ~ her lif's, and shs
drank .ag,rly
shell 10 now AMI I'll 81. said ths
same ,uicv. \ moment later she beard
fcw steps. anil door open AMI clo-s
She of-n-l hcf eyrs A man ~ rough
exterior stool over her She clo~~I
them again In fright. and nearly
swoonsi
wh,n next .lr oIsncj the,n .hs ~A'
alone.
Unahlc o. collect her thoughts, sh'
lay still few moments. liy AMI by The
experience. ~ the morning rushed oVc'
her
"Fuf heaven. sakc. whcr, am u sh'
cricd. Then shc spnus FROM her couch
fofgytful - her .uiisrings.
She Was daIcl Thc fDpm she found
hcrsslf IN ~. evidently an attic NOM
IT,. ,,.,f .l.,-.l down iow and c!o-. q
the tlopr on one eide Uhcr. va. neither
ceiling u"f walls. the raficr aud stud
d.. -. -. - ,J,.,,r In. A.,
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.,,ir A.wcll mirht LIE ha,. trie,I q
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-. a. q, m. do,r a, the fo,, n a..
Iii. nN..to.L.I AMI l.,lt.i frum th.
outside.
Th.t, a.. a strong tuari paftltlot
,,,,i,- uf and An il was
a.. ~. H., ,,tbat II ot..u.d. An,
"A. ,,,,r.l .imil,r rotn Ano,h.I
I,,,,., ..tn.i,. All another ir,n sat
in- and snuihrr dor Irahing to th.
.,a,r,. ,h.t .l.o "a. lacked anJ Lolie,
am the outside.
~. "a. Ikea frightened bird. viii
,hpblan- breast. l.aling the lar. - ,
c,r.
n, H., ,b. first time IA, realize,
a., H., IL. ,,r..,r,d .,r,p-.
sb.,,,p,ip,in Itwas a c,ar.e cal
icn gatmeut ~ vulgar figure.
she va. iew,lI.rrI Then ,hc found
n had l.r.n .l,pf.,l over the other drv-A
uoUi sh. cuu.I not compr,hsnd.
Her head l-ean to whirl. and bsfor,
abe cuuld rrach the other room darkness
oy.rram. her.
When .h. awokc to consciousness
A.ain .he was ~ ing upon ih. hOof Sh'
.ia,..r,d 20 her f.st.
IBS Ioug .hc had lain there ,he could
not tell. IL ~As slill bright day. buI
whether B, had bccn fiv. MINUTES or Eve
h,ur.. .hc was unable to determine.
Iiereyc. fell again upon the calico dress
which covered hor. She stripped IL Oh
with hurried action.
She stood moment. her scnses numt.d
utterly confused.
liy AMI by the events ~ the day bcgan
% las. before her ,iyidly. She traced
them one by one. To the hnal scene In the
coach.
"li was chloroform. she said aloud.
Then .he thought OF her mother oi net
alarm because Annie had not returned.
and of the mothers distress over the new
calamity. falling - closely on the mur'
der Of her brother.
Thl. though, touched a tender chord.
and shc wept violently.
The storm IL tears acted like storm
ON n sultry day; IL cleared the aimos-
nh.re
when she recovered herself .he began
to think.
She made n Close examination of ths
rcom, /, va. similar in siEe and APPEAR.
ance 20 the one sbe had ilsst found her
.lf in.
A mattress lay In the corner with a
pillow and a hor~e blanket tumbled on
II, as IL some one had slept there. Two
chair. stood near the dormer window.
ON one was n newspapcr. She picked II
nm. II MA. Of the date % the iith oi
s.s,,.mb.r That was the day she va,
la, a, home I, must s,ili be that day
The newspaper was new and fresh: Il
had no, bssn opened.
A small. round table stool I'm the cen
ter Of the rom. a plain. wooden toT
table. not tarticularly clean. A plate. q
Gun. 10th dirtv, and some crumbs
showed tia, NO, long before some on.
haJ .,,sn ,hcr.
.,nnn ~ n lead pcncil Law on IN.
,ahl.
She went into the other room.
I, VA. lare Of everything save q chair
and the I'D ON which she had lain.
Apparently there was no hops Of es
eane. sh. listened. She could hear No
sound. in the hou-c Only the noise,
from the street.-the cries of hawkers
the shouts Of Children a, play. the roll 9l
v.hirle.-all ,h... came 10 her deadeped
by the distance.
What wa, the meaning of her scizur,
and conflnemsn, she asked herself