The morning call., 1893-10-21
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Then she slowly droppedsher white hand
from her throat, and l saw cash across
1t from which the blood still flowed in
heavy sullen drops. | understood then
what made Lady - faint, though when
she recovered her consciousness, aud tried
to combat her husbands and friends at
tempt TO persuade her that the woman had
existed only in her Imagination. l kept
silence, and so did Lovelace, from whom
fortunately attention had been attracted In
the stir over our fair hostess.
''She had felt. she said. an ice-like hand
on her arm, anu looking about had seen
the ghostly figure have described. When
we got back TO the ship that night put
aside the reserve / had hitherto main
tanned toward Loveiace on tnis subject
and asked him for an explanation. he
was very much embarrassed and l have
never known whether be told me the
whole truth or not At any rate, this was
his story:
His sister, whom he had visited in
London before starting on this cruise. had
had decayed Church of England clergy
mans daughter employed as nursery
goVerness for her children, and in his idle
moments Lovelace had amused himself
by making love TO this poor girl.
He swore it went no tnrther than
this, but there was a question as to the
amount of confidence one could put in
for him 10 sail. he had tried 10 withdraw
from this Irritation, when the girl exhib-
tied a despair and grief for which he was
not prepared, and declared that IL he
proved faithless to her she would kill her.
self. Not believing this threat he saw
her no more and left for this cruise
without a farewell wurd to her. He
knew as yet nothing of her fate and
had had his apprehensions only aroused
by seeing her that memorable night In the
Bay of Biscay looking at him from near
the mast. From what had happened since
be could not help but believe that she had
fulfilled her desperate threat.
Resolved on reaching Naples to know
the truth, he relpgraphed TO his sister 10
know what had become nf Miss Raymond.
She replied eoldly. with plain IN timation
that she dislked his manifest interest in
her poor dependant, that on the day be
had sailed Miss Raymond had been found
in her room with that across her throat
which he had hardly cared to see.'
"On learning this, for some time Lovelace
acted like a thoroughly broken man, but
soon began 10 some W hat recover. We were
still at Naples when the end came TO the
retribution that followed his heartless-
ness. Though l bad taken a dis
like to the man after hearing his
story, we were still much thrown to-
gether, and one evening we had gone
10 call OH Sulll6 AZ buO OOu-
suls. We had taken our leave, bat on one
of the ladies to whom Lovelace had been
paying some rather jealous attention ap-
pearing on a balcony above, he stood up
in the open carriage we occupied to catch
the flowers she half mockiDgly threw
down to him.
'All at once he turned hs'laughiDg eyes
on me, and as he did l saw his face freeze
suddenly with the horror l knew so we'll
He started backwards, and at the same
moment the horses reared slightly, and
before l could catch him be had fallen
from the carriage into the street.
LAS he did so a long sigh caught my
ear, and | turned my head to see for
brief second the woman in black at my
side, still holding her gashed throat. She
was gone then, and l hastily tumbled from
the carriage and joined the driver. He
was bending over Lovelace's dead body.
He had broken his neck on the stones!
''Some days after l called on the lady
referred to, who had also witnessed the
accident, and one of her first questions
was:
"'Who was the girl in black in the car
riage with you two that dreadful day.?
Take the story for what it is worth,
gentlemen: explain it if you ran. These
are the bare facts. s."-Philadephia Times.