Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-08-19

blow? Anything that would break tho
she turned the light down and threw
herself wcarily upon her bed as she was.
With The hfsi stroke OF the CLOCK at iI,l mn
In moment she became distinctly cQn-
scious OF smoky odor' ne unmistakiaa2,.e
noise on tho floor caused her 70 sit mp
duickly a mans head and shoulders were
s.ckenlng moment she wavered, then
sprauR out upon him, holding MN aoWh
rlsrsi up AT her those same cyes-the
ficnd-ikc eyes Of hcr vison and the man
She g.fnarrlcd with him in Supcrhuman
strength. how many despefate, strugglns
moments she never knew 1T seemed On
saw that hls superior strength must gain
in The end He constantly tried to reach
for a knifc which evidently was caught
In some way. for he failed to get it in his
At last Aion heard the noise and APP
FrissIRItt.' ~ ING uOO'' "''''0'' '''" ''"S
Ills mother spelled out to him: Diet
the 9-X q-u-i-c-k,' then added; GO to
The boy had presence Of mind 70 go
around as there were many locked doors
In the way through the housc.
The Chinawan. afraid Of some outside
assIstance, began 20 beg , -.
Me oatchee monoy.-mc no kill You
glib key-ne no XII. You no glib me alice
same killee you. killce Allie, too. You
Mrs Livingstone said nothing and in
an Incredibly short time fot him. Allon
came In, painting and dragging the gleam-
The hend saw It and became like a mad
man. Hc, shricked and bit at the strong
white wrists that held him like vice.
He foamed at the mouth In his ut Of rage
,,o Allen lien, she sad get the trunk rope in
;, After m almost hopeless struggle and a
TO tie one hand. then both together. and
pad Allen make the other end fast to the
rhe rope was old. and If it gave way
they were lost, for 1t was the only thing
OF the kind available. Her knees were still
Allen" she said, $50 from tho room and
SHUT the door tight after you.
bnd1v vas In ''Ios StuPe4eg m put 9neysd
awful blow and a short shuiiling sound,
then a long moment of silence. but he
dared not 20 in again.
Presently his mother appeared. holding
her wounded hand. She looked to him, in
face was ashen and drawn, ana her dark
hair had turned almost snowy white. He
looked at her mutcly.
"Ny dear" she said slowly, God knows
it was the only way. He gave me the
power to save us, or you and |, Allen.
would have this moment been in the trait
She gave an involuntary shudder but
turned and locked the door on the CHASTITY
Taking some antiseptic solution. she
bathed her hand thoroughly and bound it
She then slipped small glass of whisky
and water and lay down beside her son.
So the long night wore away.
There have been few changes In Seco val
ley. The lima beans grow on the broad.
sunny lowlands, are harvested and grow
again The canon brook still sings it's
love song to the blossominE hilsides The
owls and the mockng birds, the squirrels
and the lizards, live as before. but the
vines run rampant over the broad pazzas
Of the ranch house in Seco canon. Only
few complaining doves have their home in
the low gSrret
When Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Livingstone
returned to live in New York. their friends
welcomed them back with open arms. 1t
was limited that, not being to the manor
born, Mr.. Livingstone had not covered him
self with glory or lined his purse with gold
In his ranching scheme: hut 1t was the
change In Mrs. Livingstone that excited
the most comment. The snowy hair. the
restless hunted expression and absent
manner spoke of some stupendous change
from her old self
To only one trusted friend did she con-
fde the mystery of her life: Every night
at IL o'clock there appeared to her two
fierce, hard eyes, which would not turn
till she was nearly beside herself with hor-
ror.-The Argonaut