The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-23

bowling of dingoes among the bills MADE
him shuader and long for companion
ship. He had no appetite Tor the evening
meal OF mutton. dainper ana toa' anu,
having spread out the eatapies' no shs ior
hours without touching them, thinking
sadly, longingly. OF the iriehu ho hau
Loot. A..
'.In the early days OF the camping In
the Warroo Hills when dinRoes ana
suakes had looked upon the huinpy az
happy hunting ground, Farley ana carter
had put a latch on the inside OF their
door from which cord passed through
n rnfter above and was attached TO an
iron weight outside. The iron weight
rested ON a ledg under the caves of the
humpy, and when lifted down and pulled
from the outside would, OF course, open
the door.
SAT staring at the greenhido latch-cord,
and thinking how often. when he had
allowed the door 20 close after him, ne
had seen that cord rise noiselessly, as ms
dog had sprung forward barking TO well
como Bob Carter after "A days prospect
ing; how they had hooked the door back
then. and over their little meal chatted
about their prospects and tho life or the
old country. The cord fascinated him
and as no sat there, the eerle, lonely
feeling which hau grown upon him dur-
ing tho past few weeks seemed TO reaon
"His eyes were fixed staringly on the
greenhide cord. and suddenly ne gasped
out, God in heaven aDovep Ihe KAN
garoo dog jumped up, with whine,
from where it had been lying at Farley
feet 1t seemed To Farley that the green
hide had twitched in an upward dlrec-
ton, aud that he had heard It's iron
weight scrape the door outside.
For a moment the mans lonely, sau
dened mind was simply parslyzed by the
weird horror of tho thing, happening
there among the hills, eighty miles away
from any habitation. Only his deaa ena
friend knew that cord. Bah! Ihe
| man tried TO laugh, and the sound OF his
laugh made him sick with very terror
| Still his eyes were fixed on tho cora.
| God, God, God aboye!' Farley screamed
aloud for the cord was slowly, iriniy
rising and the latch with 1t. Then the
! kangaroo dog took two steps iorwaru huo
! howled dismally.
"Ihe door moved an inch. Farley fell
| back in his chair half fainting In the
| nausea OF sheer physical and mental iear'
| Then instinct made him cry out weakly,
| 'Hullo, there! Wno's tbereY An answer
| came and such was tho horror OF IL that
| Farley woke with a trembling shiver
| from the stupor of his fear, and advaDced
shakily toward the door This answer
| was u thin cackling laugh--a laugh tnat
| suggested madhouses and dying men, ana
| which yet was the voice OF bob carter
"As Farley rose from the box upon
| which he had sat, the door was lung
| wide open, and "a great stream of clear,
white moonlight flooded the entrance to
the humpy There. in all the siivery
| simmer of that ghostly white light
which draped the mysterious bush in
added mystery-there stood Bob Carter
one blackened finger raised To MS 9rin-
| ming lips. and gibpering madness glisten-
ing out of his two sunken eyes. His
clothes were torn in strips and rags, Gov
ering no more than half his body; his
face was sunkcn and SO thin as TO be al.
| most feshess; his skin was shriveled
| aud colorless as that OF dead man ano
ON his leQs-Farley noticed 1t with curl
| Gus. horror stricken wonder-Bob Carter
still wore his old docskin CATERS.
'"Bobn said Farley, in u low gaspine
whisper Bob are you aliveT
CONCLUDED TOMORROW