The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-17

tonn Of decision In hCr voice. "liut you
WIZ llnd her sitting In hor usual place
"% table this morning"
And IdIh.
had determined on rising to cut NV
wat short and loavo tho house bnioro
lIin day was out. hut as tho hours
Wnhtby found this becoming moro aud
more difficult. Tho girls showed mo so
much Kindness, aud tho brother such
now ihtoroat. that common gratitude
| Kent INC from showing tho extent OF my
feelings by a sudden departure. 10.
sldcs those feeling, had become much
modified by tho sunny aspect Of tho day
mud BY II long drive which I.ucotta had
I'vcn mo in tho carly forenoon. Tho
man whom thov called Big lob had
Drought round tho horse, aud thus hay.
ing Senn all tho mcmbcra Of tho family
alivc ana vol, fclt surc that tho hof-
| ror oil tho night had indeed boon but n
dream and that II would DO both uuwiRo
aud ridiculous to dwell any longer on
what perfectly aanu mind would dis
miss at onCc.
| lol whom tho shadows began 10
longthon and found that no change
had boon made in my apartment, and
that was likOly to slcop again in tina,
| remote room, | folt n decided return OF
Yesterdays apprehension.
Miss knollys, whoss iaCO had grown
Giavor "a tho evening advanced, showed
TINT shc appreciated my secret droad,
Hnd, with glance ut hur sister, put her
arm round mo Ns shu lNl mo down tho
hall, saving that on tho morrow sho
would DO Nhlo to make GiIeront nr.
Engagements, ii would ouly excuse her
Tor THIS ono moro night,
retnrnod hOr embrace aud answered
as suitably rs my fears would allow;
anu making great effort over mvsOl,
did succeed In falling aalerp much moro
quickly alter her departure than had
anticipated.
But | was not TO rest. Tho horrors OF
my short stay in this house wore not
yet over, and somo time in tho night, l.
never know ut what hour, was again
nwakonod by tho uound OF n gliding
atop, u hand on tho lock, aud tho turn.
ing OF tho kcy, which for tho second
timc madO mo prisoner.
SO all that | had suffered tho night
before had not boon drcnml Some
thing. strange, something which ,hOy
feared to have mo witness, wRa going on
in thia house OF seemingly innocent
young people. What could it DO, aud
what connection would tho events OF
this night hive with those OF tho ono
before?
Listening intontly, | heard first tho
trampiinc Of several feet down tho cor.
ridor. then prolonged silence, and
thea second tramplIug. measured in
It's tone, ~ when several men carry
heavy burden. Instantly seemed 10
SEQ again that outstretched form and
cIay'co!d face had touched the prev.,
Gus night, and with my hair raising on
my forehead, ! heatkoncd to the d!min.
ishinG sounds till they finally ceased in
what seemed 10 mo to be the direction
OF the staircase.
liorrtiod bcyond all precedent, and
feeling myself involved III the porpctra-
ton OF some unkuown crime, | sank
back on the edge OF tho bed, asking N.Y.
sell whether | should light my little
stump OF candle or no. But Just then
sur somewhere below mo drew my al
tentlon TO the window, and abandoning
all thought OF light, | sprang to the
curtains and drew them, only TO find
my view shut out by two blank shut.
tors. Desperate now. aud convinced
moro and more that there was some.
thing to DO seen from this window, |
pulled at the ia'tenings with my whole
strength aud finally succeeded in uu-
ri NJ
slowly back. Immediately wide space
opened before me OF stark black tree4
and white wastes OF new fallen
snow. Nothing else. strain my oyes as
! would, till suddenly warned BY
slight sound from the corner OF the
house, leaned gu! rs far rs | dared,
when l saw tho moving shadows OF four
people (only the shadows, the people
themselves were not visib!e) staggering
under 4 load. the size aud shape OF
which were sharply deineated in the
snow. The burden was coffin, and the
bearers-you can understand my terror
whea | say this-wero not all men. Two
had skirts on. and II was not greatly
mistaken in the slight and delicate
form OF tho hindernost. it was Miss
knollys herself who thus helped 10
carry an uuknown body TO its probable
burial.
Overwhelmed by this confirmation OF
my strange experiences oil the night be-
lore, aud yet enough mistress OF myself
to wish TO gain all the information |
could on this mysterious subject, |
watched the shadows as they wound
their dreary way into the lcailc4s forest,
and never moved from my station till
they had all disappeared in the obscur-
lty. Then sank back into tho room
winding tho heavy curtains about me to
keep out the deadly chill both OF my
thoughts and outside air, waiting and
watching for their return. It came in
about an hour. First the delicate form
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