Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-30

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again he struck him to the floor. The
blood streamed from his face, yet once
more he gained his feet and stood con-
fronting him. The blood ragged in his
own veins, and he struck out with all
the Iorce Of q great strength. This
time the man did not rise, and he
stopped to look into his face.
/ struggled TO break away from the
sickening nightmare of blood. but was
pOWeriess. 1 looked again. now only
unOn the face of the vanquished. and it
Was not the same. 7 knew that it was
the face OF the man beside me which
now DeAeid. Pale and distorted it
looked, the eyes bursting from their
sockets and the lips fOaming i'm the final
throes. About his neck was rope.
frightened SO that he could not breathe.
L knew ali this, and more. The sensa-
ton grew upon me. He choked, he
graspcd; the lights went out.
NO; it was l that choked. The blood
sufEol through my brain like an At
ianEc current; 10000 WhirlpOOls burst
wildly around me, bearing me down 10
Unutterable depths, while the weight
OF tathomless oceans lay upon me.
Cries and lamentations rose upon ev-
every hand-utter, heartrending cries
from the uttermost abysses. Weird
faces Knocked at me, and called me a
name az which strong men grow pale
and the legends of hell remble.
Darlaing / lay, oppressed and utter
ly cOntOunded, il seemed for long ages
OF unreasonable time At length
light broke in, the tumuit subsidized.
the voices became gradually less; sud
denly the phantasma faded from the
darkened pane, giving place to a fierce
lurid light, and with a start I broke
away as the train snor,ed into the
great terminus.
The Grain came to stop. l rose and
looked at the opposite seat. The man
had already alighted, for the carriage
door stood open. Not a word had pass
ed;I made only dim conjecture of
things / sat with my eyes upon the
place ne had occupied. L knew that
what / had seen he had seen also; [
knew that a hideOus secret had sud
denly passed into my keeping. L
started up. Did he know this?
The gray dawn doomed i'm The eastern
sky, faint and far away 1t was 4
o'clock and / shifted the fresh morning
air hungarIly as it greeted me outside
the station, as yet uutainted from the
fumes from the myriad Chinneys Of
the metropolis.
The morrow was @ blank.
News OF q great trial permeated the
London newspapers and struck actiy-
ity into the movements of the news
boys as they filtered hither and thith-
er, pgOclaimmg loudly the startling
revelations of The late edition. The
name of Sir Walter Ferris was bla-
zOned at every corner in the glazing
capitals of O0trusiye p!aCarGs. Ia the
vicinity of the Old Bailey an expect
ant crowd bruiyed the names of the
two Indicators TO be tried that day
for his murder.
Inside the mOnOtOnOUs ordeal of
cross-eXamiratn IN was going forward
The events of the Two previous days
trials pointed Enthusiastically to the
judges summing up before the court
adjourned that afternoon. 1T trans
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