The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-30
oApxrixht, 1885. by Irving Bachelor.
s,ousJn4sezi from last Suaday.)

8ou<JnIs<1 fEUrn safsf Su7day.)
srha woman herself at this moment m
..-srpusIy emphasized my decision. III r
.s~hs he 50 curious said she, L yos,ld
- = ask why you look 50 pale this morn
- Does a waSeful night always affe~.
- b this wayT
sNo.' said !. not when an no.
..And you were fnghtsnedr
syefy much So
sftsf Is too bad: what could have
xuas Il, Miss Lucetta's slcknessr
Il thought said /. rising on my elbow.
= = to look her squareiy in the face.
sket some ore came 10 my door at mid.
.sest ana locked it softly on the outside,
Dreams. dreamsY calculated the
sTbat later, two hours after. perhsn~
A. zane person came back and as softly
r.jscxsd IT again
Mere fancy, child: mere fancy
ssAnd do you mean to say I cried
e1rirs up, 'tha, no one did do THAR.
- DO certainly mean to say that vou
<sran1ed ell this or that your Imagination
1eoeivsc you. We had no time to come ia
yeuf doc- last night
II will ask Miss KnolIys,' / cried. I
ensnet believe dreamed that
.But here tho woman assumed a very
eH1oue air.
would not disturb Miss Knoliys IL
uors you. She has her troubles and IA
~ anxious about her sister ana not well
f6peif besides. II would be cruel To
kf5er her with silly fancies Just now
n vas not a silly fancy, for / knew 7
~ experienced that part OF my nights
adventure. IL no more. but I was not un-
0edhed BY the woman's appeal. so let a
nffle laugh escape me, and charmed at
a. beam OF sunshine which at that mo-
rat poured Into the room, 1 answered in
esits different tone OF voice:
well II Is morning now and matters
box very different by daylight. Perhaps
y one did come to my door. At all events
ieH try to think So
Before ! was quite dressed Miss
1nolys came for me. She looked tired
bw not so careworn as / expected; in
I'D there seemed TO be a slight lifting of
~ shadow that had been on the brow
Us Day before. Seeing it I became puz-
I'D again. and resolving to ignore the
sAht entirely, I greeted her pleasantly
nd sarcely changed color when she said,
Matilda tells me you did not sleep
wi In spite of my assurances. Is that so.
uks Grant??'
at ID so, and II isn't So 1 laughed. Il
sept some and I was awake some. but
&st was TO be expected in a strange
toue But l feel very well this morning.
tukef than Lncctta. / fear. hear that
Ae was quite I'll in the night
Lucetta has heart complaint an
svsred Miss Knollys. with curious tone
Of Decision In her voice. But you will
fnd her sitting In her usual place at table
ttis morning.
And did
7 had determined on rising 10 cut my
Wit short and leave the house before the
lay was out. But as the hours went by
Hound this becoming more and more dill
cut The girls showed me so much kind
rsss. and the brother such a new Interest,
Rat common gratitude kept me from
Gowing the extent of my feelings by a
sudden departure. Beside, those feelings
had become much modified by the sunny
afpeU Of the day and by a long drive
va!ch Lucetta had given me In the early
yofsnoon. The man whom they called Big
Bob had brought round the horse, and
nus having seen all the members OF the
hmily alive and well, I felt sure that
ias horror OF tho night had indeed been
su dream and that 1t would be both
anw1se and ridiculous to dwell any longer
on What perfectly sane mind would dis
MSS at once
Yet when the shadows began 10
lengthen and found that no change had
been made In my apartment. and that
sas likely TO sleep again I'm that remote
room. felt a decided return of yester-
Days apprehension.
Miss Knoliys, whose face had grown
sraver as the evening advanced, showed
That che appreciated my secret dread, and,
WIN glance at her sister. put her arm
round me as she Jed me down the hall.
ssyfng that on the morrow she would be-
able 20 make different arrangements. II
would only excuse her for this one moro
night.
I returned her embrace and answered
- suitably as my fears would allow: and
making q great effort over myself did
saooeed IL falling asleeep much more
quickly after her departure than / had
anticipated.
but was not to rest. The horrors OF
ny short stay IN this house were not yet
ever, and some time In tho night. I never
Knew at what hour, / was again awaken
"a oy the sound of a gliding step. "a hand
en- the lock. and the turning of the key
which for the second time made me a
prisoner.
80 all that I had suffered the night
pe'ose had not been n dream Some
snne strange. something which they
feared to have mo witness. was going
On In this house OF seemingly innocent
soung people. What could IL be. and what
connection would the events of this night
nave with those of the one before7
LISTENING intentiy. ] heard first the