The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-10-15

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sezbisd ear.Is srd ssissmi'es, honey
comb.snd cell. Nor dii sbe tire 90
rhe ooltfsry, 50 .rsst srts her i'sotusaon
thastlsst she Vas held by It a. # by :
spell, =. bird sbt be bypuoi I'd by .
.1ske She would uslk and walk around
/ u, sing to 1t. indite poems IN ITS hopof aud
call II by eBdosrlus nsmes.
/ Oae dav Mics Mignouetterea1 wonder
iul account Ia a versctous newspaper COO
c,raiug a frag which bad been found alive
|insusrble block she was startled What
/ il her cone coutuaed some auimsl ia bear
- snake goodness what THIS eifl
had some sense, She sctoaly reasoned
She fell tba, Il 1t contained suythiag the
mysterious object must be something
higher, pobler than she, to so isseiuaie
her.
Should she smash it snd end the mys
teryi Nol WY spoil forever her idoli
Again snd sgsin she oifessed it, bat al
ways one end oi it Suppose the end to
ward uhioh she was no irresistible drawn
we're the hesd2
Miss Mlgnonelte, after reading The frog
story grew so crs2sd with the possible rom
anoe OF tue situation that she at last be
came possessed With the belief that there
was aman inside Whist if it were trueY
He ooul not be dead no only 10 trance
He must be young and handsome. Yes
he must be the idol Of her dreams, for
whom she bad searched the world, Her 70
ture lord had been found st last Dame
Nature had granted her prayer and 10 the
most romsl { way ever conceived, yea,
iuconceiysble even 10 the widest lighted
novelist had enabled her to tiad her lover
III stone,
She would bresk the seal -ths long sea-
that had hidden him from the world, She
would dress TO receive him, There Should
be no one else present, He should awake
from his long dream from the inyisil L.
world, should open his eyes on her lowell
ness, should awake to life and the world
in her arms.
She srrsyed herself gloriously, Her
dark hair was arranged Vi'h white bauds
aboutit A simple flowing gown of white
euveloped her form, and over it was the
iantest white fabric OF illusion, go deli ate
as TO deceive the eye. Her brown eyes,
large and long lashed, shone with Joy.
Her feet were ncased 10 tiny sandals, The
nails OF her delicate fingers ehone PINK
hued, like the shell OF pearl. She was
srrsyed at last, ready with endesnDg terms
to receive her lover from bis case OF stone
Incandescent lamps shed a so,t, mellow
glow over the rem on to the cone en
BANGING the glorious beauty OF the girl,
With a sharp chisel she began to indent
crease the entire length of the cone,
Gradually the crease deepened Often she
IlhCbu uCi cur W 'uo OpoAihh 'lihb W
catch some sound, some movement. The
opening arrived at depth where the cone
could be spiit open without injury TO the
inmate. She inserted several chisels, and
with hammer gently began the splitting
process.
As the tomb began TO open she paused.
She was scared. The man would really be
as in death. How could she revive him
unless he Immediately came to liie2 Sup
pose he was completely dead. What could
she tell the authorities that which they
would believe and lot convict her rs
murderess?
Gradually her courage came back, She
would save him somehow, Had not Do
ture granted her prayer and sent her
husband 10 the most mysterious, romantic
fashion? Surely the power which sent him
10 her to be rescued would enable her to
restore him to life, She gave several taps,
and the cone divided in twain,
In the morning they found her in the
museum in dead faint Sle did not re
vive fer many days Beside her were two
halves Of the cone OF siioeous sinter. The
occupant v hich lay beside her was the
lmbless trunk OF dead trPe.