Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18

By WILL LIs1NBEE.EE.
By John Radcliffe,
Deputy Co. Clerk

BY WILL LIa1El3EE.
lCopyright. 1854, by American prass Associa-
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/ cula9 aware Oh a 5Iv, 3uc5 rear E3e. InGn
The stralgest thing hapnened-was /
! dreaming, or what was it that came to
my vision? It seemed rs if a door in
the Old ruined wall swung open, reveal
iIfJ the interior CT room beyond.
There were two persons il the room
one a stoutIy built man OF about so; the
other a young girl-she whom had
seen at the church Of Irinita del Monte!
She was half reclining upon a luxurious
couch, while enc white arm, from which
the loose flowing sleeve had fallen back,
| rested affectionately upon the shoulder
OF tho man whose easy chair was drawn
close to her side. Presently the man
turned and laid his arm about the girl
waist, and although | heard no sounds
the expression OF his face and the move
lnents OF his lips told me that he was
speaking to her upon some subject CT
grave importance.
Her face was turned to his, and I
| could plainly see traces OF sorrow and
pain depicted upon her countenance.
| Then apparently the man ceased speak
! ing and fixed a look Of entreaty upon
the beautiful girl, Suddenly she lifted
her hand above her head, her lips moved,
while a strange lock Of pain and deter
mination crossed her face. Then the
man caught her in his arms and pressed
kiss upon ller brow.
a moment later the scene changed.
Tho MAN was alone in his easy chair.
Suddenly the door opened, and an evil
visagod RAN Of perhaps 20 years en-
tered. As ho entered the other rose
from his chair with q yioleat start, rage
and astonish1nent upon his face. With
quick gesture the Older man pointed
/ to tho door, but was met with a smile
CT scorn from the ether. The next in
slant he STROBE forward and grasped the
/ intruder by tho arm as if to eject him
from tho house. a ferocious light
CLEANED in the eye Of the young man.
Then, disen&aGing himself from the
grasp upen his arm, he dealt his adver
sary blow III thetemple. The Old man
heap upon the floor The other stood over
him for several moments as t etupefied;
then bending down be laid his hand
over the victim s heart. For 10 seconds
he remained motionless, bending over
the PROSTATE man; then he arose, a look
Of horror upon his countenance, which
gradually gave place to one Of abject
terror. CHANGING quickly about the
room as il to assure himself that he had
not been discovered, he turned and fed
With violent start leaped from my
chair and glanced quickly about me.
The scene had vanished, and the room
was III total darkness, save where dim
ray of moonlight stole through the high
window in the ruin wall. What had
happened? Had l really been dream
ing. or had iii some mysterious way
been permitted to witness an actual
scene that had TRANSFERRED at that very
moment in some distant part of the city?
Had suddenly been endowed with the
subtle power OF second sight, or by what
inexplicable freak Of the occult had |
been able to discern what had appeared
before my vision? Surely it could have
been no dream! Yet, as my sober Sec
the only explanation.
At this point | was aroused from my
bewildering reflections by the CHEEKY
voice of Ralph Redburn, who had just
returned from stroll in the Villa Borg
here gardens and had almost stumbled
over me in the darkness.
When light had been made, Irelated
to him the strange circumstance of the
vision | bad beheld, but he only smiled
and said:
Its only dream, my boy. This old
ruin is having a bad effect on your con-
Etitu1ion You need something to brace
you up.
Nearly d week later, while returning
from drive across the canipagna,
cable upon the ruins Of an old temple
which>looked so picturesque in its DESC
late, decayed grandeur, that resolved
to make sketch of it. It stood near
the outskirts of the city and was fanked
on one side by a-daep ,Iayine. On the
-otner ard eastern side, just at tie sum-
NIT OF gentle swell, ghesrn1ed the white
walls OF picturesque villa, its vine
wreathed columns and wide sweeping
sporches looking cool and inviting in the
warm glow of the Italian sun.
The next day | returned to the ruin.
where spent the Cay sketching the
picturesque pile. had given the driver
of the conveyance in which had come
instructions to return for me at sunset,
hnt owing to nv limited knowledge of