The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-06-04

fume and color Of her pink skin cnmc
back to him witha sudden shock as he
stood there; he caught ut the flower,
drew 1t toward him and inhaled It's
odor in long breath that left him faint
and leaning against the wall.
Then again he smiled, but this time
more wickedly-in what he believed
his cynicism had sprung up the first
instinct of revengu
1t was now dark enough for him to
venture across the carringe road und
make his way to the rear OF the house.
Ills first characteristic instinct had
been to enter openly ut his own front
gate--but the terrible temptation TO
overhear and watch the conspiracy un-
observed-that fascination common to
deceived humanity to witness it's own
shame-had grown upon him. lie
knew that word or gesture of expla-
nation, apology, appeal, or even terror
from his wife would check his rage
and weaken his purpose.
His perfect knowledge of the house
and the security Of its inmates would
enable him from some obscure landing
or gallery to participate in any secret
conclave they might hold in the patio
the only place suitable for so numerous
rendezvous. The absence of light in
The few external windows pointed to
his central gathering. And he had al-
rrudy conceived his plan Of entrance.
Gaining the rear wall Of the casa he
aegan cautiously to skirt its brambly
oase, until he had reached long,
oven-like window, half obliterated by
monatrous passion vine.
1t was the window Of what had once
been Mrs. Peytons boudoir; the win
dow by which he had once forced an
entrance TO the house when 1t was In
the hands of the squatters; the window
from which Susy had signaled her
Spanish lover; the window whose graf
,or,s nra.rr,ad oss,a.,n
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be haunted by the assassin's ghost.
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lin that HE coniao,rr. wao ,.;oht and
tba meet;no wo. ,athored ~ ,ha hrooa
h,lcon;es around ,ho no,;o
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tbe blinds wera attn down pat,,a,n
their alats b;mself ;nvisihla be conld
hear and asa evervtb;no thot ooo,,rrod
Vel aven At that smnrsme momen, ~.
6rst thing tbat strucl him ,vas Tho Al
most luaicrous contras. ho,voon tha M
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IA olo.,n,. nons,,;raan ~ 1i,i -,
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ond tos,ivitv - ~ oonn,a.o nooa,,
ters ond rlassos stood IN ,,nou ILL,
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md snol;nr
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where as southern noIit;eiors. a fe,v
be yos shocked q see ware weIl .lno,,n
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Oecunvinc n cbnracteristisa,lv cen.
tral position was the famous Col Star.
bottle. of Virginia. Jauntv and voulb.
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