St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-14

then just the water Tapped US, an
the boat rocked, and the stars
swung low i the sky to look on, an
it was all warm an dark an still,
an like part O heaven.
He kissed me that night as | was
a-leavin' him, TO slip upstairs before
'er ladyship would be wantin' me.
! He took me in his two arms, sir, an
he kissed me. sleep well, my soul.
| Heart, of my heart, l am going to
dream of YOU he said. But l never
saw him again. 1t JUS ended like
| that.
Next day was in the big dror-
ing-room downstairs awaiting for
| 'er ladvship TO settle about the new
lib'ry book, an Baron Won Arnold
was there, the Austrian OFFICER, as
was him that began everything. He
KEEP loOkin' at me and lookin', but l
thought it was genleman's ways,
an l never let on l saw. When he
found l couldn't be made 70 take
notice, The latest news is bignews,
Lady Lamb, < SEE, very careful,
feelin' is way about among is
words O. English. Mostly it was
the French they talked together, an
| l couldn't get 1t out of my mind but
this new fashion meant something
bad.
Yes? What is it p asks milady,
lookin' up at i'm with 'er face all
little smiles. She always liked
young men about 'er because Of 'er
Own son, who was at 'on1e in Eng
land.
Mother Italian wiId-beastman's
trapped at last goes on the lieu
tenant, an e never took is eyes off
my face.
''Yes?' SEE m'lady, getrin' inter
ested.
'Vesdammte Italian snake-man,
cree-eeping, how you did it? Craw-
awling in the dust, nit seinem plots
and plans und sein petrayings. But
l puts my heel on him, at last. The
Colonel he will not that his officer
fight the Italian snake-mans. But
puts my heel down. l catches his
papers. He is arrest. Fort!
Marsch! Zum Spielberg-and a
ninety-three goot pounds chain at
each legs to cool him, at the Kaiser's
goot pleasure SEE the lieutenant,
sWellin' out the breast of his butcher
in white coat.
Indeed? The Spielbrug. Dear
mel SEE Lady Lamb, a smoothin'
down her laces.
Matamel Hevill never get there.
There will be on the way wat you
call-ructions. He will not carry the
ninety-three pounds of iron only one
small piece of lead. lis the goot
medicine for petrayers. An cheaps,'
SEE the lieutenant, looking across at
me, an pullin' at is long mus
tauches.
There was a bowl OF roses stand
in on the table between them an as
l waited be'ind her ladyship's chair
an listened to their talkin', that
bowl began TO spin round an round
like fre-wheel, an their got small,
so could hardly hear the words.
What is the creatures name p
Don't lean over my chair, and don't
breathe like thar, Ellen. You forget
yourseltl' sez m'lady, in English to
me, very sharp. What do YOU call
him ? she asks, with 'er smile.
'Ferranti. Carlo Ferranti We
have KEEP our eye upon him. The
COVER ment eye. 1t is long time
since l suspect him. Since one day,
long times back, on the piazza seq
the other one, and laughs.
"Ferranti-Carlo Ferranti. l 'ad
known all along-all along. Sleep
well, my soul. Heart of my heart. l
will dream O. YOU e said. An that
they was waitin' for i'm in the dark
ness.
The bowl OF flowers got bigger
an bigger. Il split off the table. 1t
fell over the murderin white uniform
like blood, an blood, an blood.
Some one very far off gave a dread
full, dreadful cry. I heard it And
then everythink went black in
heaven an earth-and the earth
rocked and fell.
when l came to, nv dress was
wet all over me, and I was lvin' on
a bench in the all Of the 'otel, with |
the walters goin' in to table d'hote. !
carryin' the dishes an stoppin' to
stare an grin as they passed
'Er ladyship wouldn't see me again,
never. She let me ave my box with i
all my clothes in il, an she told the
secretary TO pay me sovereign over
an above my wages. But she
wouldn't see me again nor hear Of
me any more. She was very thick |
just then with some Ugh Austrian |
ladies-some countesses they was,
sir, who 'ad taken 'er up. P'raps |
that made it seem worse TO me. But i
l don't know. She was most partic-
ular, was Lady Lamb-always most
particular"
My cigar had gone out. And you
What did you do?" I asked.
Me, sir? l waited. The 'otel-
keeper was very kind-along O. my
'elping is wife with the children.
They let me sit in a hempty room by
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