The evening world., 1894-05-30

but his eyes opened only to be filled with
unutterable horror. There, within a few
inches of his own eyes. was the black
ened. distorted face Of Col. Stroke; his
sockets, and Donald Haines saw that
his hands were clasped about a dead
mans throat. Col. Stroke had been
throttled to death and Lieut. cation
Paralyzed with the awful situation.
Donald lay like one bereft OF reason.
Nor did those who gazed with horror
stricken eyes upon the terrible scene be-
fore them lift their vision until there
was heard a wild uncanny cry that
sounded as II a death-knell were being
uttered and echoing far out into the
night.
Then Donald Haines was seen to
spring to his feet, and from his lips
arose a wall whose cadence. was like
unto that of q lost souls. And then, the
awful cry terminated in a demonacal
yell. Donald Haines was a raving. Glib
boring maniac!
II was apparent to all that he had
knowledge OF the deed had driven him
mad. They gazed upon. him In amaze
ment and awe, for a mighty. transforma.
tion had occurred. The black hair Of
into the Wilderness Of the driven snow:
The remainder Of this portion OF the
story, is quickly told. Capt. Haines was
Col. Stroke by the tribunal before which
It was decreed that he should spend
the rest Of his natural life In the State
Insane Asylum, situated In the city
where he met and married his wife, and
scarcely a stone throw from where
she at the time of his terrible afiiction
lived.
Lieut.. Cation returned home after
the war with an honorable discharge
from service in his pocket, to join his
wife and Young son Ha ar S con,
II was vastly different with the un-
fortunate wife of Donald Haines., She,
o~vershadowed by the dreadful blight
which had come into her life, dwelt In
her humble cottage compelled to earn
the bread and clothing which she and
The last mad and u~naccountable act
OF her brilliant husband, whom she 80
dearly loved, had deprived her OF any
support which she might have received
else. was the bitter trial that came TO
Mrs. Hsines when, a few years later,
she laid Donald In his brave,
w rns the "9F only ones w OF aii ,s Rea great %aa" R"mr
Der that once smiled on Donald Haines.
who followed his body to the grave.
No, that is not true; there was n
rowful duty TO the dead. IT was Harry
Cation. crown now to be n noble youth.
filled with the same sweet spirit which
hGd characterized MS Benlle motheT
when alive.
previously, but she had often mentioned
10 him the. circumstances Of, Donald
Haincs's sad life. At his mothers fu-
neral. Harry Cation had observed the
pretty, sympathetic face OF Edith
Haines. But, then, too, he remembered
that Col. Cation, who had acquired the
rank OF a colonel since leaving the
war, had pointed out the young girl and
had warned his son to avoid the daugh-
ter OF a man who was but little better
than a murderer.
81 warn you. Harry" Col. Cation had
said, severely, mot to ming,e your life
in any way with that family. Yours
and that of Donald Haines's family lie
In altogether different channels. ! need
not mention this again, my SON.
But the warning had operated ex-
actly the reverse. Harry's sympathetic
nature went out In great measure to
the sorrowing Mrs, Haines and her
pretty daughter, with the ever care
worn expression resting upon her young
face.
The young man had sought out Edith.
He. without the knowledge 4 his father,
had spent many of his leisure our
AT the home OF Mrs. HairFs. in Edith's
company. And there he learned from
the girl more of the story relating Ia
the life OF poor Donald Haincs. This
new insight into the sad story only
served TO warm his heart stili more for
the lonely couple, and the friendship
between Harry and Edith DOR ripened
into love as the months Ned by.
Edith had declared that she never
could be his bride; hat 1t would never