Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-05-19

falling, falling"
closed the door, and returned to
my room with shudder.
When I had fastened myself in, ]
tapped at the window, ana SxsS oeck
replied by tapping on theI. = - ~.
The fresh air had revived ~ 1ba
no longer to struggle with "A Al
sleep was gone.
had my book to finish, but my
mind was not sufficiently composed to
read. AS walked about the room,
thought OF Edith and of Van Hoeck,
wondering ii there could be any con-
nection between her strange hallucin.
alton and the terrible presentiment
which night and day possessed him.
1t seemed as if there must be some
thing abnormal in the conditions un.
der which we lived: to produce an ef-
feet which, though characterized by
different peculiarities, was in both
cases attributable only to n disorder
ed imagination; and l wondered if I,
in my turn, should come under this
occult influence.
l might have been occupied with the
speculation for haitian. hour or more,
when heard a scream of terror that
l could not doubt came from the wing
IN which Edith lay. In IL"
opened the door and ran tlr"
corridor. The doors IN
gallery were open. AS drew aside
the curtains which closed in the
staircase corridor of the left wing, I
saw Sir Edmund come from his room
with lamp. The door of Edith's
room exactly faced his; it was wide
open; all was dark within.
"What is it, my dear, what is it?"
he called as he entered the room.
There was no answer.
followed to the door. Sir Ed
mund was standing by the empty bed
looking around him in blank dismay.
"she is gone" he gasped THE door
was wide open"
The bed stood away from the wall.
I bade Sir Edmund look on the further
side.
There was scarcely room for him to
pass between the foot OF the bed and
the wall; but, as he lowered the light,
he said, in quick ALARM
"She is here-unconscious,- ring the
bell for the women"
l ran to the bell and rang it violent
ly; then from the stairs CT oss the gal
lery l called to the servants to come
down. In the meanwhile Sir Edmund
had raised Edith, and placed her on
the bed, where she Law like one dead.
From his room l got q spirit case;
but we knew not how to apply the
remedies at our hand, and it was an
intense relief to us when the house.
keeper hustled in, followed by Edith's
maid, tor we were as helpless as child
rem in this emergency.
The no.S2Seeper told me to leave
the room. went to the door, and
stood there trembling from head to
foot.
I had taken Edith's hand, and the
icy GOODNESS OF the lifeless fingers that
l had only known quick with warm
blood, chilled my very heart with
fear.
There was a long period OF ter
rible suspense, and then I heard
the dear voice murmur. and
my heart bounded with joy, l ventur-
ed forward that might see the life
once more in her beautiful face. Sir
Edmund stopped me on the TIRES
hold.
"Thank God" he said fervently,
"she has come back to us; but the
women said she must be kept quiet.
Go back TO your room, my dear fell
low, and we will talk it over at break
fast time. Goodnight, good night"
returned reluctantly to my room.
AS passed his chamber, heard the
Judge snoring loud and long.
1t needed something more than such
trifes to wake him when he had bed
to sleep in.
What already puzzled me was how
Edith's door came to be wide open,
when she had tainted in a quite remote
part OF the room.
CHAPTER IN.
What happened in Edith's room