Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
rhree Cliffs bay. with die silver SHIN.

mer of the water shining through the
arch of the first tall cliff, while on the
other hand was Oxwich point, slopins
down in a grand, richly wooded curve
10 the waters edge, with the quaint
little square-towered church nesting
at its foot. and looking as though it rose
directly out of the sea. The waves
sparkled and rippled in the bright sun
shine, as they gently kissed the long
stretch of golden sand lying between
OxWich and Penard. For a few min
utes | gave myself up to the luxury Of
enjoying the beauty of this fair scene
and to the dreamy influences of the
Surroundings, nor thought of danger
and peril so close at hand. Then
opened my book, and was soon absorb
I'd in its contents.
For a little while | read on undis-
turbed Then a sudden shadow across
my book made me look up, and there,
with a wild glare in his eyes and look
uf savage frenzy on his face, stood Mr..
Jasper
| started to my feet with n cry Of
horror. There was no installing the
deadly light of insanity in his eyes.
was on the edge of Il dangerous cliff
with mailman.
my gem, my princess, my star" he
cred, Il have found you at last. They
have been trying to keep us apart all
day, but now we have found each other
and will never part any more"
His gem, princess and star"-though
imagined l must have resembled Il
frightened thunder cloud more than
any of the above similes-turned on
him Indignantly and did the most fool
ish thing under the circumstances that
could do. | forgot that | was dealing
with a lunatic, and spoke to him as he
were sane.
please go away at once, Mr. Jasper;
came here to be alone, and do not
wish for company"
ooh, now you are going to lie cross,
just like my wife; she is always scold
iLg and nagglng, never gives me min
ute's peace. But love my wife, do"
he added, refectively, as If by way of
afterthought, 81 love my wife. do yol
believe meT
This, under the circumstances, was
a satisfactory assertion on Mr. Jasper's
part, and l FASTENED to assure him of
my perfect confidence in his conjugal
fidelity, adding, But she would not like
10 see you behaving in this way; loose
r1y hands, please, Mr.. Jasper, and go
away"
For answer he drew me closer to him;
l could feel his hot breath on my face
and my terror was increasing every mo-
ment. 81 love my wife," reiterated Mr.
Jasper, but l love the morning star
and you, you are the morning star
Come and let us jump over this preci-
Dice into the glorious space, and we
will circle around the moon together,
and be happy evermore."
Then to my horror, Mr.. Jasper plac
ed his arms around me and forcibly
lifted me to my feet. In another in.
slant we should have started on that
aerial journey Mr.. Jasper wished to
take. To struggle in that viselike grasp
was unavailing; there was not a human
being within reach to come to my as
sistance; one more step and we should
b. over the cliff and must inevitably be
dashed to pieces on the rocks below.
could no longer control my terror. |
uttered one long, piercing scream. Then
n loud, clear voice rang in my ear:
To Toe moi uot oil nntJ
For heavens sake loose this young
lady; do you want to kill both yourself
and herr"
Then felt myself wrenched from the
grasp of the mailman and almost flung
to a safe distance on the grass.
Frank, Frank" l cried "oh, how
thankful l am you have come"
For Frank Dudley indeed 1t wasi
though how he whom l supposed to be
far away in Ireland should suddenly
appear in Cover in time to rescue me-
from terrible fate | did not troubleI
myself to inquire. 1t was enough forI
me that he was there and that | was
safe.
Good heavens" calculated Frank, 81
was only just in time; another second
and you both would have been over
The cliff Has he hurt you?"
mo, l am not hurt, only terribly
frightened" And indeed | was trem-
bling in every limb and struggling hard
to repress an inclination to go off into
violent fit of hysterical crying. Frank
nad barely time to place me on low
piece of rock and then turn his atten-
ton to Jasper, who now came forward
with very threatening gestures, evil
IDENTITY bent on battling 1t out with the
man who had come between himself
and his morning star" Fortunately
Simpson also appeared at this june
ture, otherwise, strong as Frank was,
he would have been no match for the
mailman. Simpson had but left his
charge for short time, and on missing
him, after n fruitless search elsewhere.
had traced him to the warren Between
them they oyerpowered Jasper and
took him back to the house. follow