Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-05-08
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.rpr OF nine W III ADN-NN a..
bsen dead. The diamonds that gilt
I 4 IN her bosom were not more IN
Jb.e than she.
INST confess that l was somewhat
I'D bv the Situation. kate was
5,,.Iv i'm some sort OF trance; but
4 I, had put her into that state, ana
! was she to be got ont OF it? For
~ knew 10 might be the prelude to
u, other seizure Of that nature, In
.,r consequences dangerous II not
In the bewilderment Of the mo-
y, aha only remedy that could think
[,s cold water; 10 dash her with
..sr might be OF use, and scarcely
4. matters worse. About thirty
~ f-om where we were standing
I'M rill meandered among The roots OF
4 trees and trickled at last IN a tiny
.,8s down the rocky side Of the
80 Toward this I ran, and, stoop-
DOWN attempted TO scoop up some
r. refreshing element in the crown
my straw hat.
Pi.i1r with tho dripping hat IN my
lr4sI turned 10 60 back, out the
,rrtbat then met my eyes caused me
5rop everything and spring forward
tba gasp Of horror.
MOVING as II in obedience to some
l.cs-eternal or al least foreign 70 her
las a mechanical figure might move,
[s9rr. deliberately and yet blindly,
~ lad advanced directly toward the
--ow chasm. and when hrSt beheld
.1s already seemed balancing on
brink. Before / could cover half
distance that separated US, she had
i. f.1t 01 the long beam which span
the abyss, and had begun 20 walk
-rrft. By the time I had reached
rfther end she was half way over,
apfuga as composedly and securely as
,te we're on an ordinary sidewalk,
,rb the slightest detection from a
b,.rbt course would have sent her
wr hundred feet TO the Jagged bowl
r, below.
Standing on the hither verge, every
r,s So tenSely strung that l seemed 70
,r the blood hummiug through my
IAN. ] watched the passage OF those
H.. feet which / had admired that
bring as they peeped coquettishiy
'5m beneath her dress in the railway
I--age-I watched them pass, step
,e- step, along that awful beam. l
,0pose the transit must have been &C
shed in less than a minute, but 10
.emed 90 me that l was watching 10 for
tg-s. uttered no sound lest it might
.,e her from her trance and insure the
,estrophe that else she might escape.
/ % not attempt 20 overtake her, fear
( e,t the beam should fail 70 support
ruoiJed weight. / saw her pass on.
unloading, but sure OF foot as
r. dancer, and at last / saw her reach
J. opposite side and stand once more
solid earth, preserved from death as
seemed by miracle. have no dis
r.t recollection of how I followed: /
..y know that a few seconds afterwsrd
gas standing beside her with my arm
0-ld her waist.
I led her forward q few PAGES ont OF
ylt OF the ray.ue, the mere thought
which now turned me sick, aud
ought her % a plot of soft turf, be-
l-1 q tree with low, spreading
auches. The trance was evidently
.,s.ny away; her limbs no longer had
%. unnatural rightly, her eyes
looad heavily and her jaws relaxed.
violent trembling seized upon her; she
lS down on the turf as il all power
So support had gone out Of her. At
q, m0ment fancied / heard a slight
3csie among the shrubbery not far
:. looked quickly up, and saw, or
ought 5aw-a short, ungainly figure
,.ureIy stealing away under the I'M
rdrush Almost immediately he van
.oi amid the trees, leaving me in
.1t whether my eyesight had not AZ
r3. played me false.
4, turned again 20 Kate she was
.u1- up against the trunk of the tree,
a diamonds flashing az her throat
% ears, and a puzzled, questioning ex-
es,.01 ON her face.
"Wba, makes YOU look so stranger"
o murmured. Where is your hat?
lw did we come here, Tom? 1
ogght-'
she stopped abruptly, and rose slowly
ley feet. Her eyes were cast down
amefacedly, and she biz her lip. SBe
bed her hand % her throat and felt
"a diamonds there. Then with an ap-
eheusiye, almost a covering glance,
"a peered Stealthiiy around through
s trees as though expecting 20 see
netting that she dreaded. Finally
e turned again appealingly to me,
70 said nothing.
i thought partly understood the
,D.1cauCe of this dumb show. She
as subject % these SOmnambulistic
anceS, aud was ashamed OF them. She
Jew not, on this occasion, what eX-
'yaeance she might have committed
the presence OF me, her lover. She
ared the construction I might put
BON 10, set was toe timid-Or. 10 might
=, too prOud-to speak. But her mis-
wing did me Injustice. Shocked and
..eyed though I was, loved her more
l1eyer.
You were faint, my dear, that's all, J."
SAID, cheeriully and afectionately.
brought you under this tree and now
'l're an right"
She shook her head with a piteous
nile. 81 know what has been the mat
2 with me. Mr.. GainSbOrOugh," she
.d, with an attempt at reserve and
.1ness In her tone, II had hoped /
lsht have parted from you before you
rev. butt was not 20 be so. It is
ny good OF YOU TO pretend to ignore it,
l1 thank yOu-l thank you. Here, ."
.e added, nervously unclaSping the
aci,ace and removing the earrings, Il
ave worn these TOO long. Take them,
ease"
Kate. you shall wear them forever!"
'ed pasSionately.
VI must not begin yet, at SIT events.
'e returned more firmly. Take them,
ease, or you will make me feel more
INITIATED than I DO now" She put
lem In my unwilling hands. And
"a"