Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08

i nope you HGD u16 me most hOTT3DtG OF
al dcdthS."
but wither? We went to distant town,
and there he deserted me-
''Is he still living?"
He was hanged.
EDO you love his memory?"
"No. / have learned to think, and
thought is dagger to foolish love-"
obs! .osH know that I was here?''
"No. Some one told me that you
Eere lost at sea. y
''Did You sorrow over the news?'
''No. I did not love you.
"Did you not hear something else?''
''Not until a year ago, and then l
heard that you were alive and hope
| less drunkard =
Weren't you moved at that?"
II was moved with PITY
''And would your pity sink deeper
into your heart if were to tell you that
am the most hopeless of all drunkards?
Look at me. Look. - He opened his coat.
81 have given my old shirt to negro
for a drink. Does your pity sink deep
er?''
"Oh, please go away, George-go
away You distress me nearly to death.
My God, l have suffered enough"
''Ah, but not for me! You have suf-
wrung. You have not suffered because
Of my degradation and despair. Mary,
you still have it in your power to save
me. With your help can kill my APP
petite. I can do something for us both.
Be my wife and atone for the awful
wreck you made years ago"
George, have always been true to
myself 1 don't love you.
Couldn't you learn-couldn' there
be progress?'
''There could be progress, hut that
progress would be toward hatred. "
He looked at her in silence. He took
up his old hat, which had been dropped
on the floor, and turned it round and
round in his hand. He looked down at
his shoes, from which his toes protruded.
He got up with a stagger, gazed at her
moment, and then an expression, not
a smile, but an expression like that
which follows the swallowing of bit
ter draft, broke through the red stubble
about his mouth "Mrs.-I don't know
your name" he began, 'but Mrs.
Somebody, you are the most merciless
creature that ever lived"
"The children say I'm kind. :"
"You have the spirit of vampire
''The children think l have the spirit
of gentleness. %
81 hope you may die the most horri.
BILE of all deaths! 1 pray to God that you
may die of hydrophobia! 1 implore Goo
that mad dog may bury his teeth III
your thrOat!'
$50 awayp' she screamed. Come,
children, she cried. go away from
here, you monster 1 hate you! I wish
but 1 can't think of anything horrible
enough. Now go!'
spired ferment. A report that a power
full mad dog had been seen in the neigh
borhood was circulated by an excited
farmer The bravest of men shudder at
the sight of mad dog. Men who would
| fight grizzly bear tremble if they see a
mad dog. Double fastenings were put on
every door, The Widow Burnley was
terror stricken She could not be in
duced to leave her room. Gradually the
excitement died away. School was re-
sumed, but the widow was tremulous.
She left the schoolhouse very late one
evening. Two rebellious boys had been
kept in. When liberated, the boys ran
away. The widow tried to keep up with
them. She could not. She was hurrying
along the path when IA man came dash
ing past on horse. MAD dog! Mad
dog!" he yelled. The widow screamed
and looked back. The dog was bounding
toward her. She tainted. No one had
the courage to look for the widow. Late
at night, almost a maniac, she knocked
at the door of the house where she board
ed
Morning came. A startling discovery
was made. Dan and the mad dog were
found lying across the path near the
place where the woman had tainted.
The dogs teeth were buried i'll Dams
throat Dams fingers We're stiffened
: about the dogs neck. Both We're dead.
THE END.