Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
shoulders and down her back until it Lay in
heaps upon the ground.
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we had found her She gave me the i'm
preston of being intoxicated with some
drug; vet her teeth were beautifully white,
not blackened by chewing bhang nor red
with the juice Of betel, and when she did
open her eyes they were full OF life and fire:
I ventured to reach out my hand toward
hers with some idea Of waking her up and
making friendly approach; but In an In
slant her eyes were glsring at me like hot
Goals, and though I had not touched her
felt thrill and stiffness in my hand and
arm exactly like sharp shock from an cleo
trio battery. A storm came up andI asked
my friend to seek shelter at her hands
Gazing at the lieutenant with wonderful
sweetness in her face and manner-with all
the subtle fascination of the island women,
in fact-sha bowed her head three times
and slowly waved her shapely arms
Retired to Strains of Music.
AgEin we heard the chorus of voices sing
ing some clear words that had no meaning
to us and again the place seemed filed
with the strains of harps. At the same
moment the light faded entirely away, but
to our right there appeared, as 1t were,
narrow path of light along the floor and in
that direction we saw the mats on the wall
drawn aside from a sort of doorway or open
ing into another chamber. The lieutenant
led the way along tbe path and through the
doorway.
1 turned to see what had become of our
hostess She was standing there in an
atmosphere of opalescent light, coming
only from her diadem and necklace, and
she shot glance of fury at me that assuredly
meant death if eyes had power to kill
On leaving the temple we found ourselves
in a long, low room, skilfully built of canes
nd Loo
mysterious way with soft, white light.
On the rush-covered floor were sleeping
places ready laid with sweet-scented grass
mats and cushions of beaten bark. A
screen, reaching nearly to the roof, divided
each bed from the other and gave each of us
a separate apartment. The lieutenant went
to one end of the room, while took the
middle place, the sailor sleeping at the
doorway as a sort of sentinel or guard
against anv surprise. The lieutenant fell
into a deep sleep as soon as he lay down,
and soon knew from his heavy breathing
that the sailor had done the same. As for
me, never felt less inclined to sleep.
Left Watching in the Dark.
A few minutes after we had composed
ourselves the light faded slowly away, but
I lit my two ships candles, which knew
would bur1 all night, and, with Tim close
that might happen. Soon my candles went
out, leaving me in total darkness. Tim
gave a howl and trembled violently. I
struck match and lit the candles again,
but they went out again Immediately, and
when I tried to strike another match it
would not light. / tried another and an
other. 1 tried the whole boxful, but all in
vain They would not light any more than
if they had been soaked in water. lay
down and resigned myself to watching in
the dars.
The next thing I became aware of was
sensatiol of sudden cold, as if an icy
draught were passing over me. Tim evil
IDENTIFY felt it, too, for he kept swapping
with his teeth, as if he were confronted
with some enemy. Shortly afterward the
sailor gave q loud cr- and theI called out
"Who goes there?"
'Beg pardon, sir; I suppose it was
dream. 1 though: soIne'un came in and put
a foot on me. We've got into rum sort O.
quarters, I'm thinkin'."
''Oh, go to sleep, man, and don't be
fool"
cave, aye, SIR" and the worthy fellow
turned over and soon was snoring again.
An hour must have passed without any
further event, except that at intervals the
cold became so intense it seemed TO freez.
q
rustling sound and saw faint light toward
the doorway. At the same instant the
sailor uttered shrek of terror, and spring
ing to his feet threw down the screen divid-
ing bis sleeping place from mine and threw
himself by my side.
Ghost Leaning Over the Bod
'tMy God, sir, did you see thatf''
''See what?" said. 'It was only another
dream. Go to sleep"
"No sir, it warn't no dream" he replied.
'It was ghost, that's whatit was. aOr else
a corpse. 1t came and stood over me, with
out touching the floor. O!O!I wish was
safe aboard again"
The man was evidently beside himself
with fear, and all my persuasions were not
enough to induce him to go back to sleep by
the door. at last prevailed on him to lie
down by my side, and he presently fell into
blast sweep over me, as if paralyzing me
with cold, and then 1, in nv turn, saw what
the sailor had called ghost or a corpse,
standing over me, like, without touching
the floor"
Attacked by the Witch
With a desperate effort choked down
nv fea- and summoned all the courage I
to make out what it really was.
It was undoubtedly human form, and as
the strange light that seemed to come from
it grew stronger saw it was female form
the form of the witch-and gazing at me
with that look of deadly hate she had fixed
on me when I tried to touch her. But how
was she changed The substance of her
body and her msssy hair and dark brown
skin were gone, and instead she was .
ghastly shade of blush white, e,Swith the light
that surrounded her seeming to pass through
bar fnn Gpau II ha oil imouipa-
tion, or else some - oerly arranged optical
illus;oa, and 1 up and reached out
toward the apparition.
Hal What was that2 NV hands came in
contact with something cold and wet, and
again had shock from powerful battery,
and found myself flung on my back with
force that nearly knocked me senseless.
Before L could recover my presence of
mind the thing, whatever it was, had low
cred itself upon me, and L felt it pressing
me as if to crush me to death. Tim gave a
gurgling bark when 1 called on him for
help, and then long, low moan, but never
moved. The sailor sprang up with an
agonized yell and rushed from the room.
shouted to the lieutenant, but got no re-
sponse.
Wonderful Powers of Darkness.
felt it was a struggle for life. Muster
ing all my bodily strength, and all my power
of will as well, I grasped the object that was
weighing on me, and lifting it from me by
sheer force, 1 staggered to my feet and flung
it from me.
There seemed to be a ringing in my ears
as of harsh, discordant voices and JAM
Cling of bells and instruments all out of
tune, and horrible sensation of sickness
and of failing at the heart came over ire
But felt above it all that had triumphed
and was safe.
I tried to strike light and my matches