The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-10-20
SAVED BY A VISION.
THE FIGURE THAT A GIRL SAW
a IN HER MIRROR.
An Assassin Stood with Upiifted Dag
ger Ready tn strike tho Fatal How
On tho Third Night the Murderer
Came In the Flesh.


The hostess. an elegantly dressed
lady of so with abundant white hair
pulled above eyes still black and
bright with fire that must once have
kindled flame in many heart,
caught tho ball Of conversation as it
came her way.
"In my youth we never heard Of
this thing we call mental telegraphy,
theosophy and the like, but every now
and then there took place, as now. oc-
currences which puzzled the thought
full, though they had no name to give
the phenomena.
"My own home was country place
some fifteen miles from u large city
where / had several families OF rela-
tives whom visited once or twice a
year, or whenever there was to be
given any ball or opera or fcstivity of
sufficient Importance for mo to desire
to attend it. l was just IL when u
royal parsonage from Europe came
across the pond to get a peep at the
Yankees.
There was to be series of enter
tainments given in honor of his high
ness, and |. like the rest of the world,
must attend in all the fnery my faith
er's ample means allowed me. From
my mothers side Of the family i had
inherited some very fine diamonds,
amounting in value to over $4,000,
and even a great deal more in those
days when these gems were not SO
common, and on this occasion teased
my father to let me wear them. had
no mother to tell me that such
rich jewelry was not in the best of
taste on one so young and an unmar-
ried woman, so when | started for the
city / carried the diamonds with me.
But my maid was an elderly woman,
who had also been my nurse since my
motherless babyhood, and the jewels
were in her care. Unfortunately how
ever, Marian fell i'll the day after l left
home.
at thus happened that one night,
after returning from reception,
disrobed myself of my trained evening
dress, and, slipping on a loose sack,
sat down to brush my hair before re-
firing. My seat was just in front of q
large glass above my dresser, or what
was then called bureau on which |
had placed the jewelry had worn
the diamonds have spoken of.
GAS piled the brush my eyes nat
urally fell on this mirror, which re-
fectcd the room behind me, and as
continued to look saw evolving itself
o,,,arantl,, f,,o,,, o,npt,y oi,. tho Hcura
of man. He was well dressed, even
stylishly, and was, after u fashion,
handsome, but deathly pale, and his
eyes glittercd feverishly.
''He crept nearer and nearer to me,
seeming to look only at the diamonds
loosely strewn upon the marble before
me, but his right hand was thrust into
his breast, and, as no stood over me,
he suddenly jerlted it out and raised
high above me u small Spanish dag
ger. the hilt of which was of dead
gold, or Etruscan gold, as it is called.
This was set with rubics, which | no.
ticed with that peculiar attention TO
triilcs so often displayed in moments of
danger. AS he brought down his
hand with II swift, murderous motion
to strike me from my chair with u
single blow, the spell that had held me
snapped, and ] sprang to my feet with
o shrek OF terror and rushed to the
door.
"Even as / ran | wondered at not
encountering the man, but though i
could not remember afterward of see
ing him at all did not stay, but un-
locking the door flung it open, still
screaming as fast as the sounds could
issue from my lips. II happened that
two of my young men cousins had lin
gered later than the rest of the family
at the entertainment referred TO, and,
having just como in, wcip coming up
the main staircase, close to my room.
Rushing to these | threw myself into
the arms Of the nearest, Christopher,
shrieking, The man! oh, the mani
1.-The two young men hurried to my
room, and looked about, but could sec
no one. So it was thought that had
fallen asleep in my chair and my Wis
ion had been the result of my late sup
per of minced chicken and champagne.
ny VIC HcAJ Higilb hau So tiioF-
oughly been laughed into believing
this that took my seat before the
mirror and began brushing my hair
as nonchalantly as at first, when to
my utter horror | saw that figure
form itself from nothing, absolutely
nothing. and again advance upon me
with that menacing attitude. Again
it raised its hands to strike, the terri
BILE eyes seemed to glare into mine
fixed on them in the mirror, and, as
before, released from the horror that
held me stricken into marble, leaped
to my feet and ran screaming into the
corridor without. was not to be
stirred from my belief that my life had
been threatened in that dreadful
room by all the searching and argu-
ments that were made, and announced
my intention Of returning home in the
morning.
"But the next night was to be that
OF the grand ball given in honor OF
the prince, and that, with tho fact
that had the prettiest gown in the
city to wear, finally prevailed on me
to alter my mind, though made it
condition that Marian, my maid was