The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-07
WOMAN AgAIN8Y WOMAN.
BY MRS. M. E. HOLMES.

them, they nlaCl her on some sac ing
at the bottom OF Inc carr.
Count Jura placed his precious dia-
monds beside her, jumped in himself
and very soon they were numbering
along heavily.
He watched Alice like a lynx; the
jolting motion soon began TO rouse her,
and he answered the drivers ques-
tions brihy while he kept his eye on
her.
At the first look of returned con-
seriousness, under pretense of making
her comfortable, he bent over her.
Scream or utter one wOrd,n he
muttered tiercely, and | shoot you
like dog"
Alice shrank away from his flashing
ewes: all that she had undergone had
undermined her strength: the fatigue
and walking of the night before made
every limb ache, she could not make
any resistance 10 nis cowardly threats;
she had grown as weak as child, but
her brain worked wildly
What was happening? Where was
she going? Would no one come to her
aid:
She sent up prayer for help and re-
lease if need be. for death. rather
than be longer in this mans power.
Seeing her lie 50 quiet. Count Jura
put it down TO fright, and was well sat
isfisd
This girl was no spitfirc, like Myra:
he should be able to manage her well.
He talked to the driver leisure y and
managed to extract the knowledge he
required.
The town they were approaching
was some forty miles from More town,
and branched off the line that led to
UXtOn. There he could get train
that would take him to one of the big
manufacturing towns lie hidden there
for a day or two, then creep cautiously
to London, and from there abroad.
He rcckOned at the rate they were
going it would be quite mid day before
they reached the town, but he was we'll
content.
If the statiOnmastera at MOrCtOwn had
tclegraphcd at once to UXtOn to stop
him there il would be an hour and
hat or nearly two hours before the
news that he had escaped would reach
MOretown. and as, he thought con
/ temptuOuSiy, there would be only one
! or two policemen handy, the chances
We're the whole thing would get into
good muddlc. and he would get com
tortably away.
Not one shred Of pity was in his
! heart for the girl he was carrying
/ away He was lost to everything but
I love and desire. No woman had ever
| intlamCd his heart as this fair, lovely.
slender creature did. and he swore she
should be his As for Myra, the woman
be had ruined. a sense Of qualification
, that she was, perchancc, dead was all
! her memory brought. He had long
wcaricd of her. and sought to be rid OF
her.
/ He sat smoking comfortably As the
: cart logged along, making his plans
with calm mlnuteneSS, while Alice lay
in an agony of fear, shame, and weak
ness. Her mind was peOpled with
many visions. She seemed to 90 back
| to her childhood. and saw once again
| the face Of that lovely woman she had
| spoken Of when Roy's mother had
! questioned her.
Then all the cruelty, the harshness
of Aunt Martha, then that dark night,
the CHASTITY murder in the woods. the
memory of Roy's pale, handsome face,
and then her hurried marriage.
Then her mind went over all the I'M
9 happiness that followed. and yet
- l'i>e'
o. her husband tender face as he
! looked at her the last night they were
| together.
! y faint thrill of happiness went
through her heart as she recalled his
! gent words; even Nalcric's revenge
full form melted away, naughtI manned
/ but HIM; and he was lost now lost to
her forever, she should never see him
again. Though he might not have
cared Tor her' though ne had been cold
anu unjust, she ioVed nm. ana would
10Y Sh nun Oh Dnfoug .i an 5 Il4le,
D., ' na was AVA awakfiitG rom hGr creams
, ~ Cotl, : W, y, SIldhl,s llt5 'olS
''J Nv, ne lh l.-I we are
mere Now remember What nave
S"'". 'i\c me your manu-; Cmc WORD
= Inur'nur' ana you are uead.
-NlI'G staggered 10 hGf leet' ana ne
/ urrW ner 'io''N an" hooi cafciuIiE
touiu iltr'
9ho was IN me mae nae OF 1car ana
! "t"Nl''7S afdih' me "f!Ver' caJchihG
S'lHll9G .. ilGF "nIIe race exclaimed
SHihPalhcI
laws tie she 50 Dad as that, poor
lass;
! shell be better directly. Many
thanks, my good man; this way to the
station, You say:
The driver nodded, and the cart
moved slowly away.
The passers-by stared at the strange
couple standing at the entrance 10 the
/ town, and seeing this and feeling
arm. he turned round and addressed
policeman.
/ "lsthcre hotel handy" he asked,
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