Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-09

AoAcssOr by fba . !
In IL. The skirt she usuallv was
the house was thrown over
and an empty shoe at the ho,,olp IN
made the garment look eyact,u
covered her limbs stretched =
slumber. No pretense wha,are Y
been made to supplying the nm.
Of a dummy, for from the doo.wI
one could have seen beyond ~
of a person lying on the bed
Amelia's resolution to leava
cle's house was not in the leas, y
by either his violence IN tossa
her TO go or by his villaipous +.
ton of tenderness in persmdins N
wait until he could go with n. \
bcwildermont, due in part to bs
ity and the shock OF bls 49,
measurably diminished whom
reached the head of the stairs
had then gone TO her room. takr,
necessary articles from her tr,ra
bag and wrapped them In 4 spsp
eel. Having arranged the drmyr
the professor found II, she wevt |,
the top fioor and out by the aaf
opened on the ledge.
She did not dare to proceed II
10 the read, for that would
brought her in view OF the hopS
she knew that her uncle would So
pursue her. So she plunged d,l
into the woods that terminated n
Fairview property, intending 10 n
Il detour and come out upon the \
or some road, by which she 4
reach the Belmont railway aatin
observed.
once within the forest aud tr
time, at least. safe from pursuit.
inevitable reaction set in. Her
became seriously dazed, and Wlat
her exhaustion from the nervous Il
she had undergone and her eatr
familiarity with making her 1
through a forest, she lost her beam
and after three hours of wsHad
she sank down helpless WlaI
stones throw of the place She
started from. Amelia had desS
almost a complete circle, as is Z
ally the case with persons Es
lost in u snow storm. or, as she "a
Il place where she could not t4
points OF compass or Landmark
consciousness speedily FOLLOWED
collapse, and when the profess
covered her absence she was
hiyt a short distance away athsA
could he but know where 70 81
For a moment the prOfess9
I dumbfounded. He did not need
I told bow she had made her escap
he cursed himself roundiy e
i thinking OF it earlier. 1t frouOel
that n second case OF dlsaplea1
from his house should have @ x
ported. There was no escape ~
however. and every moment ae
reflections ar regrets was dans'1
his already unenviable stard'ut
community. So he hurrlea uDsa
and said with well feigned enVs
amelia, poor girl, mas W'''
away"
DIR. Williams felt a heavy VIZ
his heaert. Was ii because
pected the professor OF anosln
crime. The ladies exclaliheu
ically. the professor looRea -
and helpless. and the OCCUR "
took the initiative. n
Her nerves have been uaas
en-" he said when. wnsis o.
did she 20. professor:
.'Out by the, ledge door, vs.s
II don't know how lone.
you going TO dot
Find bert Come. ~
He seized the professor q "
and dragged him up the IVY
stairs 10 the ledge door. nj
She may not have. soas "a
cried. i'm q fever of anxie,, N
Vitality was exhausted.
her ut once u,od M
II am afraid not" replleGa Y
lessor. holding back, pu. "a
dragged him on. he wousa
his life. have let rvof. pruu"
of his sight or clutches, 80 4
lit WAS more than dush 49, u' Sra
stopping to get lanterns
t,,a n~rofessor into the ioie'. .,s
ed not instinct to tahe n uha Was
where Amelia lay, for sn1 4
course that would natufan s NJ
by anybody who left ltd W.
take a walk in the W. doctas
Il told you cried ,n the
ping on his knees oesis sshers
scious girl; she iives, taken
far her but she must w .,sesS