Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

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YOU"
Allen hobbled in, a slight frown on
MS dellcate lace at being babyed. and
surveyed the little room. IT'S as cold
Nas barn in here" he said. "What
makes 1t SO cold? I don't want TO go
to bed yet"
on yes you do. It's getting late.
You'll soon be nice and comfor+ab HE in
your old nest. You Will find it warm
ed"
"0h, well, suppose there's nothing
else to do he complained Where's
the story?"
TN begin it right now. while you're
getting ready, and Mrs livingstone
settled herself by her lamp to read
In less than half an hour she quietly
peeped In TO find her boy fast asleeD.
She wanted to stop and kiss the white
forehead. but denied herself less she
waken him.
Nearly closing the door. she walked
restlessly about her room 4 few mo-
ments, aimlessly touching this and
looking at that.
She took her account book out of the
draggled dress she had worn down tho
canon and looked il over a lib.le. soon
putting it aside. She tried TO read but
the words followed each other under
her eyes in an unknown tongue. She
took up her Bible, and even that seem
ed to hold no word OF peace.
Sometime as people in great peril 90
over their past life, she fell 10 thinking
of hers, but she was soon brought back
| face TO face with the present. The
thought that she was struggling so TO
| keep in allegiance, al last seemed TO
break its bounds, and fill her soul with
an irresistible fascination; she dwelt
upon 1t and did not try to put It aside.
Three nights ago, at midnight. she
had awakened suddenly, being consci-
Gus of nOXious presence near. and
slowly there had grown from it two
dark, glittering eyes, close 70 her own.
which held her gaze with terrible in
tentness. This evening in the canon
they had been there before all the way,
and she had almost succumbed to their
terror. For the first time she had no.
ticed that the brows and corners Of the
eyes had been slightly upturned like
the Mongolian. What Gid It all mean?
The end was not yet What would IL
be? These thoughts seemed to en-
thrall her.
1t was nearly eleven o'clock. Would
il come tonight? Outside the night
was SO deathly still and lonely. Why
didn't the wind blow, Anything that
would break the spell upon her.
She turned the light down and threw
herself YEARLY on the bed as she was.
With the first stroke OF the clock at
midnight she woke from troubled
sleep. In a moment she became dis
tinctly conscious Of a smoky OdOr. the
unmistakable scent of a Chinaman's
clothing. A noise On The floor caused
her to sit up quickly. A mans head and
shoulders were slowly emerging from
under the bed. One sickening moment
she wavered, and then sprang OFT upon
him, holding him down for an instant,
but he turned, and there glared up at
her those same eyeS-the fiend-like eyes
of her vision, and the man was Sing.
She grappled with him in superhuman
strength, how many desperate, strug-
Cling moments she never knew. Not a
word was uttered She saw that his
superior strength must gain in the end.
He constantly tried to reach for a knife,
which evidntly was caught in some
way, for he failed to get it in his
Az last Allen heard the noise and
appeared at the door almost fainting
with fright.
His mother spelled plt to hin: .~.G-e-t
the AK q-u-i-c-k," then added: Go
to bed, child"
The boy had presence OF mind 70 go
around as there were many locked doors
in the way through the house.
The Chinaman, afraid OF some out
side assistance, began TO beg.
ME catchee money-me no kill. You
glib key-me no kill. You no gib mo
ellee samee klllee you, kllee Allie, too.
You glib key"
Mrs. Livingstone said nothing. and
in an incredibly short time Allen came
in, painting and dragging the cleaning
axe.
The fend saw it and became Ike
a mailman. He shrieked and bit ut the
strong white wrists that held him like
a wise. He foamed at the mouth in his
fit of rage and fear.
Allen" she said, get the trunk rope
in the closet-be quick
After an almost hopeless struggle and
a little weak help from her son she
managed to tie one hand, then both to-
gether, and had Allen made the other
end fast to the bedstead.
The rope was old, and If it glvo way
they were lost, as It was tho only thing
of the kind available Er knees wera
still on his chest.
ALLEN" she commanded, go from
the room and shut your door tight after
you"
He was almost stupe1ed, but obeyed
blndly. But in another instant no
heard an awful blow and a short scut-
fling sound, then a long moment or ST.
| lence, but he dared not 20 IN again.
Presently his mother appeared, h0ld-
ing her wounded hand. She looked 10
him, in the dim light, like an old woman.
IHer face was ashen and drawn. and her
dark hair had turned almost snowy
white. He looked at her muteIy.
My dear" she said slowly, God
knows it was the only way. lie gave
me the power to save Ms. or You ana l,
Allen. would this moment have Deen IN
the traitors place
She gave an involuntary shudder, but
turned and locked the door ON the
CHASTITY scene.
Taking some antisopic solution she
bathed her hand thoroughly and bound
1t I'D with some of Allen haldkercnle Is.
She then slipped a small glass OF WHISKY
| and water and Law down beside her son.
So the long night Wore away.
There have been changes in Seco VAL
lev. The lima beans grow on the low,