Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-06-27

.rbaa are you uetsoAi
lnsO ,--rest and take this" And sink
~ = sack / vaguely understood that !
ns NV own room at the hotel, and
va = stranger, doctor no doubt, was
nav He enioined absolute quiet till
Nv Wv me again and asked that he
% "a he informed at once if there was
ilou. .ao1rrence Of fainting. Later when
W A q condition to explain the ORR
"" .bis attack he would be able to
= or;be for me. The light of dawn
uss struggling through the curtains,
va new that | must have been un-
.a;ons for many hours. With the
o gar, - banish all recollections of the
.;bla scene had witnessed came
.,bargv and later deep and dreamless
leep- 49,; "a -. -.
.aI,v restored my health and spirits,
- began TO feel that what had pass
abad been a sort OF evil dream, ter
- thai were best forgotten. My father
rban he heard my story was at first in
ra5nlous Then, impressed in spite of
himself BY my earnestness, he gave an
rnwilling belief to it, but he entreated
IL Il mention it to no one save him
az He could find no account Of muir
3, in the local papers, nor could he
certain whether the tragedy ! saw
ras known to have taken place, and
Ne did not wish my name to be
ntroduced in any inquiry he allowed
q matter to drop To him | spoke
II no more, but the remembrance
il would not be wholly banished
was haunted by the sight Of that
ovely face and the sound Of that
an,h with its dreadful sequel. And a
TRANCE fancy had come to mo also that
no face was in some way familiar to
u would lie with closed eyes for
ours seeking in vain to recall the re-
smblaneo that just eluded ME. Nne day
neditating thus | reused myself from
nv reyerie and met my own reflection
A mirror that hung opposite. Breath
ess gazed, while new terror took
,ossesson of me There was the resem-
ance | had sought There were the
nburn hair; the deep, dark eyes; the
olorless face with scarlet lips just
arted. Not so beautiful perhaps as the
ne had seen in the window. Indeed
d gradually oomprehended it was my
III gazed upon could see no beauty
the familiar features, but SO like, SO
WONDERFULLY, terrible likei And then
b. the first time began to doubt the
eaity OF my vision and to long eagerly
Or the power to put it from me. de-
rmined to rest and to dream no longer,
Ind that afternoon / descended to the
harden
.At lastla said Colonel Haughton,
hiking both my hands. II thought we
yere never going &c see you again. |
ave been reproaching myself with hav-
BIZ overtired yon that day-with hay
be- left you. had no intention of re-
banning away from you for more than
boment and want to explain what de-
Ained me. When came ont and found
bu gone, concluded you had returned
re and hurrying on was fortunate
hough to reach you just before you
hnted Yonr father tells me you have
ad touch Of malaria, and hope
BIT distress you, Miss Durant. an
ring YOU Let me find you comfort
bic chair ard leave you to rest. Z
NO no. " | cried eagerly. STAY
Iill sit here. Tell me, where did you
b that ring?"
On bis finger shone curious green
one that seemed the counterpart Of the
s had noticed on the hand that held
10 dagger
That is exactly what / want to tell
bu, be said After getting your
Poons for you | noticed, resting on
rye9 bracket, this ring. 1t is very
{ r.ous stone. You see it looks quite
III now, yet it sparkles with all the
iliancy of a diamond. And ON the
es Of it is cut part of the head Of
axe have only seen ring like this
So before and that was long ago III
j temple in India They called it the
yli Stone and worshiped it, and they
g me the tradition of it. Centuries
fore this stone had been discovered by
loly man Embedded in sacred relic,
he made shrine for it, whence it
stolen by robbers The next stage
Us history was its division into two
aal parts by maharajah, who had
~ set into rings, one of which he
PFC always himself, and the other he
slowed on his maharanee, whom he
sa greatly. One day he found it miss
nom her finger, and in fit of
'iolsy he killed her, afterward de-
Tying himself His ring passed into
possession Of the Brahmans, but hers
uia never be traced. They say that
mutually the two will be united, and
p until this happens the lost ring
q ia!iIil lts mission. 1t is supposed to
iei lls Wcarer to deeds of Violence
TO ms own destruction, and when
WI spirit within it is gratifed it
~ and sparkles. They say, too, that
:" cast II from You you throw away
= tae greatest happiness of your
any lose the chance Of it forever.
t3u wear it it dominates your
Inc instant | saw it recognized
4est ring and asked the man his
i Wy Y He refused to tell me, said
y, i9t for sale, and | left the shop,
@ | dld not wish to keep You
s'ls longer, bat | returned next day