Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-30

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 CRATER x. | 'f|.j~ ri5 l .'i1',S muttvr.' said Ma>tt 7 1 .}trtiu J..,"i. A,f,.,y ue NH sat in, conylaNr | an huur lsjrr l,,;.nd tho tabi0 in the par l lur. MIslr,,S AhMG WAS attending to 1 Nymphna Up atnir~ and Van Tree had | u.t r''lurnyL again, SO that we had been 1 un:l1iv tu tHll him uf the morning $ ;Id l vrnturr, iut the rest of Us wcro thCro | II considerably adds to the danger of our | pueitinn, BrrIir continued. "Of course it doos," his wife said | promptly. But Master Lindstrom here
 can best judge of that and of what course | ic W i'll hv safest to take" II dvpcndS our host answered slowly,
 ''uVon whether the dead man hc discover
 cd before night. Hou sec, If tho body ho | not fouud''-
 "Well?'' said my lady impaticntly as he
 paused.
 "Then WIG must, some of us, go after
 dark and bury him" he decided. And | perhaps. though Inc will be missed at the next roll call in tho city, his death may not lV proved or traced tn this nri.,lhor | h"Nl. ln l!Ht CI>r the storm will l'luw | over and things ho no wor>, than hrforr. |" | T fear thrrr i> nu like lil.uud of that, :" l saId fuy l am told hr had a compan- 1 iv'l. O!.r uf the maids noticed them turk | Ill.,, uHnut tLr end ut the bridge more than | "lrv this IurrujuE."
 Oar h..~t f-s,,' Gyu.
 IhAl i, l>rI," he said. luuhingat me in l vN t,i"ut cun>tyrnatiun ''Whn told yuu;' | " Mistress Anne. Nnd one of tho maids | tu,d hvr IL va9 that which led me tu fol , low H"t4r luu-htvr.''
 Th' "ld man Ert up for about the for l ii, =! @ time and Shyuk my hand. while the 1 ur> ~tuud in his ,y,S aHI his lip trcm. | h'rt. Heaven hr>, Huu. Master Carry," | lac e.!i.!. ' l5ut for yru ny girl might not | h:ty, V>raucd
 He (, u!d uut finish. His emotion chokcd | Ii'.' Gud hr sat down aEain. The event
 of the morning-l!~ dAuShtcr's dangor 1 and luy share III .N,;tN'E it-had touched | him aS nothing; l:,' could have touched him, Iu,i l!.v ,!ut hes eyes. and they, | trn, W, r. sit ;.Nd shining. wearing an OK | prr~~..,u v,ry different from that which l had greeted neon my return with Lymph na.
 Nh, wi, sLr k saf,!'' Master Lind
 strn resumed when hr had rrgaincd his | c, '-'..'-j!rr. ! L,ii...~ tu hvavtn and yuur | fr., :.I, lHM!l,:' Ill matter now if
 L,l.-,' and la,s,!~ .-,.,''
 >;u l.; u7 l,.,r. t!,,.y will not" Mas
 l. |" ;;ic >u!d Do !uu think these ns
 cryA:.i~ N, rr w,.t,llu4 the island on our 1 aCrUunt; that s'ur information had been | given n, to uur pIrsrucr, and they were
 sent I' l'Atn what they C"uldt'' N", n"I' th" nNlrhman answered con | fdrutly. " IL WIS the sight uf the girl and | ltr ErW -;JN> yesterday brought them | f .,F, | tam and rr;L.m-, ~acrrd tu them. They
 SAW l9r aS they IA~~,dup in the boat, you | r,lgrIl',r"
 n"t, tl,H. >urr'~iHg the worst to come
 to Ihr Wvr,i,''
 .Wo must escape across the frontier to | Wc~,l, in thH tl, ny If CIrvrs,' replied | I-:nu~tr, III in a matter of fact tone, as if | l." E.d long C"r>idcr,d and >'ttIcd the | r. int. "T.lr di~'Anvr ia nut great. and in | Wc,s We nnay t.ud >l,Itrr, ;.t any rate for
 a tl"r'. FNrn thrr,', if Prv>~urr hc brought
 Iu lear ,,i,.n il.r s-,N, ruu!rut to g!vo Us l up, Wet. d nut ttu>t il, yet for a timc it
 may d..
 ...Nnd you would leave all this:'' the ducl.y>> said in wonder her eyes travelling | round tLH r',ln. >o clean and warm and 1 CumtUrtahIr, and settling nt length upon | the great arulcirr of plate, which happened to h" vIp"sitr to her You would lcavo
 all this at a m,iurut's nuticr:" i "At~, madam. all we could not carry | with Is, h. answered simply. "Hunor | and life tlesc come first. And I thank heaven that I live h,r rr within reach of a l [ur,I ign sull and not ill the interior, where
 u>,ai'v would he huprlcss." ." bUt if tn, true facts were known, ' | the durhc>~ urged. "wuuld you still be in dang, r= Wou!d not the magistrates pro l | call n, Iu, They are Dutchmcn." "-ASIin>t n spanish governor and a I ;. .u:>h garrI~ni.,' hr replied, with em- l Y:."~i> ".\yr, they would protect me as
 'l,r sAvvp Ir1t"rtS another against the l Wulyr~. N. l dagp not risk il. Were l l ill prison, what wrUlL become of Dymph- | uH
 ',Ma>;,r Van Trrr:'
 1 ''iIrhI>tl .vi'I to shelter her, no doubt, | and hi~ t.t' 2 la.> il..luencv, but such as | mlr,-n ... .yn lyyl in trust to. Then | DyuTAhu i> Nrt all Oncr in prison, | whatr>,r tuo cl,ArI.. there would he qucS- | l.. ujnz; al. ut religion perhaps" " with a | f;Hnt sutIlI. "quvstiuning about my 1 gu>>.~
 II >upjo,-, You Lnu,v hce;. said the | du i,,,. with d ei4h But 1 hope the worst Ill uut cu1lr tu the worst -Nu!u tu th:.i,' ho answered quite ch,,gta!ly
 1 lli,!,,d it was strange that We seemed | Ia f,,l lu rr \, rrow at the prospect of leav- l ing thi, h:Nru If few. weeks than our | h,~t ui Yuii;iug the home If lifetime.
 liUt IL" necessity had come uVnn Us sud | I,lly. Wiiu' e hHd contemplated it for | ycac~. ~u N.llyl fear and humiliation had
 mingled with his enjoyment of his choicest | pos, >>i"!,S that thIS long expected mo-
 mcMt drought with it a feeling akin to rc- l H,f.
 For myself, 1 had present trouble that | outWvi 4!.rl any calamity of tomorrow. | pyr!ucyr, since l alone knew tho spot
 where the man lay. l must be one of the
 bur! ing Iarty. My nerves had not re- 1 covor red from the blow which the sight of
 the ~laniard lying dead at my feet had
 dealt them So short a tim" before, and | shrHuk with a natural rrpulsion from the | ta7k l., fore Inc. Yet thCr, Was no cscap.
 ing il, Il" chance of escaping 1t, l saw. None Jh" lr>-, thrhug hout the silent l meal tu which We four sat down together, | neither the girls nor Van Tree appearing, | Were my thoughts taken up with the busi-
 nt>s which Was tu follow. 1 heard oul | host, who was tu go with me, explaining
 that thcrr WAS a waterway right up to the
 dikc. and that We would go by boat, and l HtiEu nm NllH apathy Nhat matter
 how w. went. if such were the object oi 1 our journey; l wondered how the mans
 face would look when we camo to turn
 him over and pictured it in all ghastliost
 shapes. 1 wundt rcd whether 1 should ever
 forget the strange spaSm Odic twitching of
 lis |, =, the gurRlc-hAlf oath, half cry
 which had come with the blood from hi.
 threat When Lindstrum said the moor
 Was up and hado me come with him tC
 the hont, l went mechanically. No ont
 seemed tu suspect mo of fear I suppose
 th,y thought that, as had not feared to
 kill him. l should not fear him dead. and
 in the general silence and moodiness I es | Cata,l DUtiC,t