The morning times., 1895-08-31
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rooms, and there was no key to it, the
landlord considered it advisab bic % put .
heavy chest against it ON WIS side. VIII,
being the more reasonable Of the two, as
he considered as well as the more sober,
would respect this barrier and no further
trouble would be averted
As a natural Consequence off8tguc andin-
duIgence, VIA slept heavily Before 10 was
light, however, he was awakened by a loud
crash He sat Up in bed and rubbed his
eyes, but in the darkness these were not OF
much use to him. Hearing nothing more
he presently laid his head down on his
pillow and went 10 sIeep again.
It was broad daylight when he was again
awakened, this tine. by a confused sound as
Of shouts and voices talking in great ex-
/ citenlent. He sprang out OF bed with the
intention OF looking out Of the window
But what was his astonshRent to see the
! chest Of drawers which had been placed
/ against the door leading from his room 70
Joe's lying face downward on the floor
He stared att for few moments, wonder
ing what had happened and shivering more
with a nameIess fear than With the cold,
For he remembered now the strong feeling
| Of antagonism toward Joe with which hs
I had retired to rest.
Crossing the room quickly and noting
with surprise that the door, which opened
on his side, was fast shut, he called out:
Joel aud waited for an answer.
There was none
He called again with the same result.
/ TheU, nerving himself with an effort 10
an act, the consequences OF which hefeared,
/ he burst open the door, which at first re-
| sisted his efforts, aud rushed into the
/ adjoining bedroom.
| Joe. Joc- be called again, loudly as he
| did so. A yellow streak OF sunshine was
| streaming fuu into tie room aud on the
| figure in the bed Wits heart stood stiu
\ as he looked He tried TO call again, but
/ his tongue cIave to the roof or his mouth.
| For Joe lay mOtiOUIess, with uvid face
/ and staring eyes aud across his face lay
the eud or a heavy iron bar
Wiustaggered against the waII, staring at
the dead mau- The horror which possessed
him was TOO great to be described Al
| though he remembered uOthing OF it, iJ
seemed clear TO him that possessed by
anger and jealousy against this man, and
rendered for the time by his potau0Es not
quite master Of his actions, he must have
thrown down the chest himself 0u the
pTecediuEnlg ght aud. seizlng the first weapon
whicLCame TO hand, inflicted ouhls sleeping
ueigEu0r q blow which had ElIled Joe on
tie instant
Filled with terror, an agony too deep TO
De called remOrse, the unhappy WIN rushed,
not to the door or Communication but to
the outer Coor of the room, with the fn-
teution Of at ouce calling the household
and giving himself up
But be could not open the door; as it
was not locked be knew that be must BE-
bIockaded from outside; and then, sud
denly perceivug, as lie thought, the mean
ing Of the cries and the shouts he had
heard, he sank down on q chair, beLev-
ing that h.s-lrime had already been dis
covered ana that he had been imprisoned
i'm this room tG prevent his escape while
the police were fetched
He sat supehcd, with his head in his
hands, thinking OF Mamie MeTrlman and
comparing dlaIy this horrible end TO his
dream OF happiness with her with the
homecoming he had pictured He had
no thought OF trying TO escape IL he had
done this awful thing, why, then he must
take the consequences ike a man But
he kept his ewes away from the mJ-iCuIess
figure on the bed
Suddenly. as be sat, he felt a rocking
movement OF the floor under his feet.
and the next moment part Of the ceiling
came crashin gdowD. He started up with
a loud cry, thinking, 10 the first moment
of utter bewilderment, that the vengeance
Of heaven had not delayed in maEing it
self felt upon his guilty head.
4 few seconds later, however, q voice
from outside the window, every pane OF
which had been shattered into fragments,
+ called out:
Hi, tbereI Are YOU all right? are you
both al right2"
With a white. scared face and shaking
limbs, VIII dragged himself through and
over The debris 20 the window. 1t was a
coastguardsman, who had placed ladder
? against the window aud " as looking
anxiousIy iR.
= More bewildered than ever, VIII STAN
mered out I'm all right, butt founC
him like that"
The coastguardsman was in the room
in a moment.
: Poor beggaTi"' exclaimed he, compass
sionateIy. as he picked up the iron bar anC
glanced at the window, which was clos,
to the bed. The curtain bar must have
been shaken out OF its place and struck hin
on the temple when the first slip camel
.'sHp,' stammered VIII
Yes Don't you know. There's beeI
= a IandsIip and this house may come dovI
altogether any minute. First slide va
, at 8 O'Clock this morning, but it's beer
going on ever since and we don't know tha
! we've touched bottom yet We couIdn'
get to this room by the staircase; part o.
the roofs fell in and blocked the land
ing. Put on some clothes my lad, and come
along-quick as you can't
VIII did not wait to be told twice. Tel
minutes afterward he had assisted to ex
r tricate the body OF Joe Belts from tins
ruin OF the room in which the poor fellow
had spent his last night and vas uttsring
, iuarticulate thanEsgiviugs for7his owl
escape, not from death, but from a hideOu
I crime.
IL was in a very subdUed and humbl
mood that WIN Stevens reached Crast0i
that afternoon And even Mamie Merri
mans unfeigued delight at seeing him anC
ready acceptance OF him as her sweet
heart could not efface from his mint
tire terrible death OF his unsuccess fu.
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