Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-30

| stared yet more 1NtCutlV. Tho fHuu he camo more clear. Nay, with sudden leap l into Vividn"SS, ns it were it grew white against the dark ackgruund-wh and 1 whitCr. It seemed tu lv thrust out nearer and nearer until it almost touched mine. | lt-his face No; it was nut his fuccl For | one awful mumcnt atCrrur. which seemed to still my heart, glued m tu tho ground | where l stood a~ il llaeEri uiun my brain | that it was another facC tEat cginnrd at | mo SD close tu lninr; that it was another | face I was looking on-thC livid, blood l stained faCo and stony eyes uf the man l had killClI
 With n wild scream I turned and fed. | By instinct. fnr terror had deprived mo uf reason, hird to the i'rdsr. and keeping. 1 l knew not how, my f tjn~ upon the lu,>r clattrrinS blanks made ur.r dc,prratr rush | across it. Tn" shimul, riu4, water hrluw, | in which l SAW that i..,. athuuSand times | reflected; the hp'rir, which seemed the dead mans hand clutching me, lent wings to my flight. l spranE nt a bound from l the bridge to tho bank, from tho bank to I the boat, and overt uruinE yet never sec | ing, my startled companion, showed of | from the shore with all my might-and l fell a-crying
 A very learned man, physician to tho 1 queen '5 majesty, haS since told me, when l TtIdttN lhlS strange story lb nm, that probably that hurs; uf tears saved my req son It sn far restored inc, at any rate, that 1 pre-, ,ntly knew where l was-COwCring in the bottom of tie boat, with my eyes | covCrCd-and understood that Master | Lind>trum was leaning ever Inc i'll q terri l hlo slate of mind, i3npluriME me ill min 1 glcd Dutch md English to tell him what had happrnr; II have svrn him." was all could say at first and scarcely dared romuvr my hands from my eyes Il have sorn him!" hvgErd my host to row away from the shore, and iltrra time was able to tell him what the matter was, he | sitting the whilC With his arm round my 1 shoulder.
 "I"u arc suro that it was tho Span iard;' he said kindly after hc had thought a minute.
 1 'Quitc sure, answered, shuddvring, | yet with les violence How could 1 br mistaken: If you had seen him''- I And you are sure? Did you feel his heart this morning, whether il was beat ing:'
 His hrart?" something in his voice 1 gave mo courage tu l'.uk up, though still shunnrd the water. lest that dreadful yisag" should rier from Inc depths. No | 1 did not touch him.
 And you tell III" that hr fell on his ] fac". Did you turn him uvcr>" 1 "Nu" saw his drift now. was sit ting erect. My brain began to work again. Mo-" admitted II did not"
 Then how" asked tho Dutchman roughly, "how do you know that he was dead, young sirY Toll mo that"
 When I explained, "Bah!' he cried There is nothing in that You jumped to conclusion. thought Spaniard's head was harder to break. As for the blood coming from his mouth, perhaps he | bit his tOngur or did any ono of n hundred things-cxCcpt die, Master Francis. That you may be sure is just what he did not 1 do
 You think eof" said gratefully. I began to look about Iue. yet still with tremor in my limbs and m inclination to | start at shadows.
 'Thinkt' he rrJoinCd, with hcartinesS l which brought conviction homo to me. II am sure of it. You may depend upon | 1t that Master Clarence, or the man you 1 take for Master Clarence, who no doubt was the other soldier seen with tho scoun- drel this morning, found him hurt latc in the evening. Then, seeing him in that statC ho put him in the porch for shelter, either because Inc could not get him to Arnhcim at onco or because hr did not l wish to give the alarm bl fore he had mado
 
 That is pus>ihlc!' 1 allowed, with n sigh of relief. But what of Master Clar- | encc?"
 "Wcll, ," the old man said, "lct us get homo first We will talk Uf him after ward. .
 felt ho had more in his mind than ap- pearrd, and 1 ubryCd. growing ashamed now of my panic and looking forward with no very pleasant feelings to hearing l the story narrated. But when we reached tho house and found Master Bcrtie and tho duchess in the parlor waiting for us they rose, startled at sight of my faco-ho bade mo leave that out, but tell tho rest of tho story.
 l complied, describing how I had seen Dymphna meet Clarence and what 1 had observed to pass between them. The as tOnishment of my hearers may be i'm aginud. Tho point is very simple, !" said our host cOnlly when I had, in tho faco of many eNclamutiuns and some incredulity, com plutcu the tale. It is just thisl Tho woman certainly was not Dymphna. In the first place, sho would not be out at night. In the second place. what could she know uf your Clarence, an English man and stranger? In the third place, I will wnrruuC she has h'rn in her room all the evening Then if Master Francis was mistaken in thc woman, may ho not have been mistaken in tho man? That is the point"
 No" said boldly. II only saw her back. saw his face"
 Certainly that Is something" Master