Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-03-03
The CRAVE
The Secret Of DunPaYen
Castle.
BY ANNIE ASHMORE,
Author OF Faithful Margaret" Etc. Etc


lax his 1aller grasp, and TO lay her In
more easy pcs tiOn along the seat
He bent over her with a fierce and
dreaming ecstasy. Oh, II those blue
heavenly eyes would only unclOse and
look into his with a timid glance, in
which he might read daWning tender
nessi how patiently he would fan the
flame, how delicately he would defer to
her girlish caprlees, how light his chain
shou be until he had won her whole
sweet hea {!
For without her heart he could not be
content. 50 mighty was his love for her.
Alasl II he had only been q good man
no could have taught her 70 adore him.
Not many minutes passed thus, the
carriage tearing along the silent coun-
try road, and Loveday lying exhausted;
then she recovered the use OF her facul-
ties
She evolved the situation. still lying
with closed eyes. the lOathing recipient
OF her fierce lover rhapsOdies; she re-
membered that they had entered the
carriage so hastily that the cOachman
had not closed the door for them; Il
must be still possible 70 open it from the
inside then.
ground; yut II she must attempt to es-
cape-with her life if possible-but II
hot
LOveday's heart cried out 90 God; she
knew il might be her last prsyerl she
thought then CT her own adOred Au
boron; an! never would he know how
sweetly she loved him! and of her beau
ttful mother, whose one bright JOY she
was; and two bitter tears gushed from
under her eyelids and glttered like dia-
mOnds In the brilliant mOOnbeams.
you are conscious, my own love, my
wifei" murmured AccringtOn In her ear.
~And life brings only tears TO you! wait!
shall soon teach you happiness"
She bounded, with all her gathered
strength, against the carriage door; as
she had fOreseen, il yielded to her pres
sure and she fell headlong almost across
the flashing wheels, but AccringtOn
caught her In time. and would have pin
Toned her against his breast, uttering
passionate entreaties that she would
yield TO what was now inevitable.
But LOveday was driven TO despera-
ton; she must-She wouid escape this
demon-man, II she lost her life In the
attempt She struggled fiercely; she
seemed possessed Of supernatural
strength; If he had her by the arms, she
had VT nched free the next moment; If
he grasped her by the waist, she writhed
down between his arms and his breast;
and all the while the carriage door
swung TO and fro against the wheels,
and he cou'd find no moment in which
to secure it
Long ago the crumpled paper had
fallen from his hand. and lay on the
floor close by the open door.
In all her frenzy Of terror, Loveday
never forgot that paper; and when she
writhed downward she caught il up and
held it in a death grip
AccringtOn had forgotten IL.
~LOveday.H he said at last; @there is
no use in this. will not give you up to
AmhaFau1 GranV---un nnt IL haN tel
your Sw O. life TO prevent iti7
You may murder me" painted the
poor quaktng child; 1 suppose you wiil;
but will not 90 another step with you
of my own will
Ane~with that she almost succeeded in
springing out Of the carriage.
Having secured her once more, Ac-
cringtOn CHANGED TO glance through the
rear window. Then it was that Love-
day saw look on his face that chilled
her hearts blood
They had talked of murder, but his
eye, In its strange gaze, now meant it.
He drew a pistol, he grasped her firmly
he placed the cold tube against her
temple, holding her head as in wise.
Loveday raised her wide frightened
eyes full to his; he pored over their
agOnized entr. atty, their sweet wild won
der and anguish that, after all his love,
he could take her happy life away.
His hand shOOk-his teeth chartered;
then he remembered that AuberOn Crecy
was close behind in pursuit; and jeal-
Ousy, cruel as the grave, possessed him
You shall be mine, or no mans "
cried he with burst OF insane laughter;
-come to your bridal. the grave; you
first, my dear; 1 shall follow close.n
Her agOnized eyes, riveted upon his,
and hing every new thought, dis
covered his last fatal intent just In time.
As his finger pressed the trigger, Love-
day dashed up her arm, the pistol was
struck from his hand and exploded as ii
fell; she Ia one glimpse OF Aecring-
tons fierce white face and maniac eyes;
then came a dreadful warning yell from
the eoachman Outside-the carriage
rocked from side TO side-sWayed and
toppled Overland she flung herself to-
ward the open door.
When tho appalling tumult had died
away. the grinding crash OF glass and
metal on the fiinty verge, the heart sick
cning scream OF q terrified horse, the
dull moan OF human agony, and all was
still under the bright mOonlit sky, Love-
day llfte1 her CaZed eyes TO meet two
eyes full Of gentle love keeping watch
over her, and her frozen heart began TO
beat against the warm clasping arms OF
Auberon Crecy.
For they Two stood alone upon the
brink Of the fatal abyss where her guilty
lover had gone down to his death.
but what is this you have so con-
vulsively grasped in your hand, love?@
asked Auberon, when he could return TO
the shuddering and weeping girl, from
the mournfUl duty OF dispatching some
men who were attracted to the spot, TO
descend the ravine and examine the
wreck.
So dazed was she that she had to
smooth out the erumpled envelope and
read the address-to herself-before she
knew.
-oh, Auberonl" she faltered with awe,
@it is his confession-some time you shall
know more-but il will right q great
wrong he did good man, and he would
net give it me unless ! came that way
for It =
Il see, 1 seeI that was why you granted
the secret meeting, not Oh, my
own true Loveday, never for moment
doubted you!7
For Accrlngton had done his best to
give Loveday's abduction the color Of a
voluntary e.opement; he had sent an
Iago-like note to Auberon by q sure
hand, warning him that he had not al
together succeeded in superseding
Colonel AccringtOn in the heart OF his
betrothed, as he might see for himself
If he witnessed n secret meeting between
them-giving time and place, and inso-
lently signing with AccringtOn's own
name
Auberon did not receive this astound-
ing warning until it was close on the ap-
pointed hour; and instead OF suffering
the pangs of doubt and jealousy which
AccringtOn had prepared for him. he
Instantly fathomed his rivals desperate
design. and few TO rescue his Loveday.