Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-29
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sight. the temperance Of spir-

~ you Deneve IN ghosts. secono
Ssight. the temperance Of spir
- its In the flesh. Glyn" asked
Jimmy Bellew, as we sat smoking ons
evening in his quarters.
laughed What! John James Chris
topher Benjamin Binns" l quoted
THAT sort of thing. eh? Certainly not
I do believe, though, in disordered
nerves and liver, the cure for which Ii
q blue pill and a blue ribbon. Why dc
you ask?"
Because" said he, as solemn as q
Judge. ION two separate occasions I've
seen with my own eyes person l knew
to have been dead and buried for
years."
Jimmy was going to be married the
following week, which accounted for
eertain amount Of guinness on bis part.
But to take such fit OF the jumps-the
night before our races. toO-was a little
too much.
who was It, man or womanT l
asked.
Woman" he answered naturally. 'It
was queer business. I've never men,
toned 1t to any human being. but I'd
rather like to tell you. Glyn, II you
don't mind listening"
Fire away"
Il met her at Simla," he began slow
iy. Il was doing A. d. c. to Featherly
then. One of the best looking women
you ever saw; magnificent eyes-but see
for YOURSELF" taking from a dispatch
box beside him a leather case. which
he opened and handed to me. Hand.
some face, eh? And exactly like her"
nodded. "A beautiful devil. as bad
as they make EN-" was my mental YER
dict.
1T was the usual kipling business" :"
ne was thinking aloud, in short, dis
jointed sentences. She began 1t, l
fancy, out OF sheer deviltry-there was
some one elsa nice young girl-she
couldn't bear to see another woman"
A pause. Don't you think. though.
that l blame her: was just as ready
TO be made a fool of as she was TO make
a fool of me. 1t was an infatuation-
regular case of possesson-while 1t
lasted. We We're inseparable At Simla.
Later they were at our station-gOod
place for snipe-not far from headquar
ters-she came in TO the balls-I took
to snipe shooting. And so, for the best
part of eighteen months 1t went on, un-
til-well, that sort of madness was
bound to wear itself out. i began 10
recover my senses-she grew keener
us | cooled off-made scenes-whateve
IT had been at the beginning. it was the
real thing with her then. Finally came
the climax. She wasn't violent. She
only said that, as l no longer cared for
her. we had better part. What was IL
be done? OF course l perjured myself
freely-to no purpose. She wished Inc
goOd-by.
Although we may never meet
again she said-I can hear her speak
ing now-.you are mine, only mine.
shall never give you up. Remember
that. Never attempt to put another
woman in my place, for If you do.
warn you, | shall come back, no mat
ter where l may be, even from til.
grave, to claim my rights
THE next morning she was found
dead in her bed. An overdose of chloral
she took 1t for neuralgia-accide
IL, so they said. I'd give five years OF
nv life even now to be able to think so
He shivered. It's an awful thing tC
feel wOman's death at ones door. j.
try to think she wasn't responsible"
Couldn't have BEEN" interrupted
decidedly.
He sighed. Perhaps not. Anyhow
# gave me shock. l was on the high
road to D. T. or a lunatic asylum. when
Featherly got sent to Burmah and took
me with him. The spell of active ser
vice made another mar of me. l start
ed for home at the end of it pretty well
myself again. 1t was then she came tc
me-" His voice sank almost to a whis-
per Il WAS on deck one evening, talk
ing to q girl-we'd been dancing-when
/ looked around. There she stood BY
my side, the moon shining full on her
face. / jumped back: the steamer
gave a lurch, and overheard / went.
They picked me up, but had
a narrow shave of brain fever, and, as
you'll remember, reached home .
wreck"
nodded. We had all noticed the
extraordinary change In poor Jimmy
when he rejoined. He went away full
of life and spirit, the best Of company.
He came back morbid, morose, withou,
a word to say to his old pals, and II
was ages before he became his CHEEKY
self gain. But Jimmy hadn't finished
The next time was three years later
at Rathcoolan," he was saying. when
l had dismissed the whole business
as a hallucination. We were out shoot.
ing. l had just scrambled over a fence
and was holding out my hand to help
Miss Bourke, when felt touch on my
arm. distinctly. There she was again
1 believe she pushed me away. Amy.
how, slipped up, my gun went flying
into the ditch, caught in a bra mble,
went off, and lodged charge Of shot In |
my thigh-but you remember ?-you |
were there at the time. And now what |
do you think of itI If 1t were fancy II |
was deUced strange that ones nerves |
should play one the same trick twice, |
without the slightest warning. ehT''
Not at ALL" 1 declared. The Rath. |
roolan accident. at all events, was the |
most natural thing In the world. You
We're making strong running with Miss !
jRourke lt sshe was was pre- pretty Girl snd idr hsi
match, looked on it, 1 know, as a set !
led thing; you'd got the other woman's |
hreat in your mind; with your usual |
,lOoi-curdling carelessness-it's a mar !
rel to me you've not shot yourself
hundred times over-there you stood on |
slippery bank, with your gun at full |
,ock. \ twig touched you, you started |
md tripped up. Then with your weak |
iead. in the go Of fever that followed, |
rou concocted out of your fancy a cock
lnd-bull story, and ended by believing |
I. And I've not the slightest doubt
rnr.r much tho Sn NO tLirrr ha ,r,