The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-08-23

OuNAtd, steadily onward, They pushed
katy couirivag to keep uestly psrsle
With them, though she hsd to hsbt bel
way through matted viass sni ttoruJ
bushes.
Fortunately the aiud had rise, SO II,
tree tops bid The olse she nuSvoiishly
made. ,lse Der dtt.ouon would have been
little short OF Inevitable
Bat With every precauuan the peril WAS
great As she stepped uhcouselogsy upr
90 lho iall btauoh ota decayed tree It
snapped beneath her tread ulsh sharp.
spliuteuus ,oundl Tue tso men paused
10 listen, seemed to consult tagetuer 40
iustsut snd then termed qoietl toward
the very corpse 10 WlIc5 she vas hiding
Poor Kluyl She sank boiselss.ly down
Ike wounded bIri, croucLiog sway 10
mortal terror
But. sltnough tier footsteps slmost
touched the hattefing ends Of her brown
shaw tie gathering dusk stood her friend
and the ssed by, unconscious Of her
Presence.
1t ess several minutes before Kitty dar
ed 10 iite ouce more 10 her feet, aud then
they we're half way ups bill side, dotted
with tlbckeued s,aups where a chsrcosi
burners shanty, long unused, and in
ruuous condition, stood, with it's ore mi
glaz ID window seeming to survey the vsh
ley like an eye.
Sac saw them disappear into the hut
the saw them emerge once more, descend,
log the uneven slope with long, running
stri Ies, and sinking once more into the
road
Aud when they pass ID the concealed
Vstc ,r the muiiisd, linglug sound that
bad heretofore accompanied their foot
stsps was goue.
You're q tool, Bill sullenly exclaimed .
one, as they stopped to rest on the edge
Of the road, and the taller stopped to
lIink from a clear little stream using the
hollow OF bis hand as an impro nptu COB,
let.
No, ain, fool said Bill dsshng the
bright drops away from his mustsche ;but
don't no use in running unnecessary
fnEs Suppose we should meet some
,ne7
We shsntl
I'm none 50 sure OF that Anyway, It's
,est to be Oh the safe side. and to morrow
light-
Their voices lowered little Low, died
way into the distance, and KITTY standing
Ilone III The W, DDS, tried TO collect her
cattered thoughts into some definite
,Cint OF action.
Shall | still follow them? or shall | 20
p and see II they have not hidden their
'ooty in that hut2
For one moment she heststed, then she
egan TO creep up the hill side with wesry
eet and tagging limbs. for fatigue and
error were beginning 10 tell upon her
lender frame |
1t was nearly dark when she crossed
be modeiing Il reshoid aud stood IN the
olitary cabin. Through the stsrtel tim I
ers Of the roof the steel gray sky gleam
a with unnatural light, while the half
ecayed boards OF the floor creaked and l
ave beneath her weight. huttering
olse IN one corner made her heart turn
lll, and the next instant she perceived
was but a dusky winged bat, beating f.
self against the beams and rsfters. 8
She stole tremulo sly forward to look II
to the black, yswning chasm Of the mud
lImney, the only place, as 1t seemed 10 il
ar, where nything as large as the doc'
RS canvas bag could be concealed. And
,he picked her way board ,prung bei q
,sth her feet "a board which had beep Il
osely laid across twJ beams without any a
curing nsll, lnstinctiveIy she stopped "
and there before her wedged in between b
e heavy timbers, over which had lain n
e board, was the canvas bag
She caught 1t 10 both hands, bugglng o,
close to her breast, and hurried toward Il
e door. But as be advanced out OF the in
ose, nody air Of the cabin into the tt
ay November twilight, the strength
emed TO die ont Of her limbs, th3 vital
to 'ebb from her heart,
Surely, surely am not going to perish =,
~. she thought, wildly, when the dan =,
r is all sutmountcd, the peril all past -,
Oh will D,yer let me die in this lonely -,
ncel =,
The half murmured aspiration was etlll /,
ner lips when oil sense aud feeling left
r, and she sauk utterly unconscious on :,
G doorstep, with the canvas bag still
Isped to her hesr.l
II was quite dark when the old lnmber
gon rolled up to the door. and Mrs. $50
p ey came into the house carrying the -.
,rs shall upon her arm.
Kitty KITTY Why, vhers is the child? ct
10 vain she celIed. The FIRE bad died ca
/ upon the hearth the pan OF vegetsI tel
S stood upon the table. inst as the eirl ca
d left 1t the doors were open, aud, al
gelh-r, there vas an sir OF confused
ISOLATION about the dark and dresry IL
use. ps
Deacon Osprey, said the frightened ~
troo, erisping her husbands arm, what
es tins mean?
The Deacon set bis teeth tightly tote hi sh
but made no snsw,r. He walked si- II.
tly up stairs into the back room aud
.seltly returned. 81
i means. pite, be sad, 10 q Lucky
CO on
iushl said Mrs. Osprey sith star. to
4ats tbsti co
sometl Jog the door, said siss, rising ea