Telegram-herald., 1891-02-21
4 MIDNIGHT STRUGGLE.
Two Girls Encounter with Il
Treachsrons Intruder.

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truly be said OF her that she was not
beought W in The woods to be scared
~ an oset She would traverse the
s4ost unfrequente3 PATHS. wondering ..
M timidltv.
There vas uoth!cg masrul.le, how
ever, la Julias agpe@gaase. she was
simply q sweet. ioyons child. with a.
sls uee os fear iu her character AID A
eoa seluent eicaFaess ~ perception in
al el.rs ~ suppossi Or real danger
When | was sixteen ana Julia eight
cen, uy father h.rsd a iaboecr named
lIaus sehinl-t, 2 ilessian. w - bad beea
g. the British .rviee. and who. at the
close OF the var, bad deserted iron lis
regiment He was powerful nan.
with q heavy imhruted c0uatcnance;
end bosh JuiiA aud aysef were struck
az tbs very FIRST with an ntaitive dread
- him. The feeling in Julia hardly
took tas character OF fca-, bat was
one rather of ioathiags yet. If she could
have feared any thing, l think Il would
have been that man, TO- she had an in
tuitiye perception that he was demon
like. even beyond what his looks dem
oustr4ted One evening she read of
horrible murder that thrilled our blood,
and upon turniog her eyes from the
paper they encountered those of Hans
Schmidt. There Has something terri
Bile an his glance, aud from that mo-
ment she resolved that the villain
should DC turned away. As her wishes
and opinions were always OF mech
weight with my father, the latter gave
the iIcssian his discharge. Soon after
this, Julia and were left alone in the
house, both our fashcr and mother be-
ing absent on visit until the following
day. aud we happened 10 be without
female servant al the moment (for we
only kept onel. So Julia and l had
been remarkably busy since early morn
ing making various household arrange
ments with which we Intended to sur
prise and please the old people upon
their return, and being unusually weary
proceeded To our chamber at an early
hour in the evening. We had partially
disrobed ourselves when Juiia turned
hastily 10 the window.
J IL declares" she said, ''the evening is
so pleasant that IL Is pity IN remain
indoors. don't feel bit sleepy; let's
60 down upon thA lawn"
/ We descended the stairs How little
imagined what was in Julis's heart.
Harry Irving came up just as we
reached the lawn. He was only casual
ly passing the house. Julia engaged
him in conversation and he came and
Joined US. My sister wps more than
usually lively and engaging.
Where are Tom and Edgar, aud
WHIP she asked, alluding to his
brothers
"oh." replied Harry, "they are over
at uncle's. They viii be coming back
soon"
His uncle's farm was mile of. and
his own house was about half that dis
tanec. The three young men soon ap-
pca-ed upon the road; and, 70 my sur
prise. Julia arose and proc-e led to meet
them. Then she returned ~ Harry and
me. and called Us aside from the door.
Now, Mary. you need not be nerv-
GUS" she said. Keep quiet and do not
speak above your breath. There is a
man under our ed--there-there.r and
she ciapped her bands over my mouth
"a man under our bed. and the young
Irvings are going up to secure hirnr'
They au prayided themselves with
heavy sticks; and then. guided by Ju-
1ia. sscended the stairs.
As 10 myself. could not follow them.
but remained trembling and moaning
upon the doorstep. Never did I expe-
rience a greater sense of relief than
when the asSsulting party descended.
looking partly ashamed and partly
amused. having found nothing TO Justify
their suddsn armament Julia wss ia
an agony OF modification and wept
piteorsly. Tor, although bus half con-
,inced thst her apprehension had been
f-~oundIess, the idea that she. who had
never till now feared any thing. had
ylacesl herself in light - ludicrous IN
the eyes of those young men, was IN
suppcrtsble. The man, she sid. must
have taken the alarm and dsd o'1t of
fhe back dcor. f1r she could not have
tceo So deceived Oar scunv friends.
more ia pity for her modification than
from cry teNsf il tie reality If the
r;rhs ints7sder. offered % remain in The
vicinitv I'll morning. bit she voul3 not
t~en - to proposal. snd thev thus
too's t,seir departure.
was very sos-y to see them 60. sai
watched s'seir lars-s tsll they we-e cut
ef sigh. ssr She atFaic cf tie swcuina,
lad slnnost friga.speS me into nv stsries.
JuBa. however, ~ er.e r7sheA . The
ebantTT. srsa &inctor hersslf nR the
led coutinuel bitterly weepiu~. she
I'D exhilised herself n a chsracssr
which she 7espssei sud her nsn under
the h@d wcrla b the tsllx - n neigh
forheod I feheyeei her. but neither
cf IS couia couarcss os-rseives ssfss-
eie7sl~ - sieer
TIE clock sr The nsa7tci piers struck
eleven. anf then 'seicly- tict. tick il
went cr far che next a~zary hour. Julia
II leaveh ceased v-cepks- s,d lay IN
siaosEf 4 -rfr N -ceaSi0sal sisra betrsv-
fnE asr salzs fitness Again tho click
struelS sting, ting. sing but Is bad not
sssscf he'd TIE fnai stroke when Julia
sisr.szinz lixhsIv from the Del. Eun1
hs-eeis rrrn an ira-erse chest ~ the
frarth-r el5 e t6e rccua.
sob. Mary she c~fssd auick as.ick
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