The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-07

snd from hts OWE eyes. Ever arr snor
bagens could observe his raEe face as b.
moved swiftly about the room, or Iisrsr.e.
VITA strained ear 90 catch any sound ia
the house Bat IRE silence os ngsfr~ass
hsSnt reigned Ia thu chateau. No human
ming moved there. Not clock ttcks~f:
not door cr@aks1- The wtnd nnoausa fts
song Of solitude IN the poplars OF the gar
sen-oat tie count was alone with his
victim.
twice re walked up 70 the bexy OF he
nan he believed 20 be dead. twice he drew
back sith trefnor q. nerve ard gesture
OF repagrsnce. When AZ last his iron wili
conquered. he stopped quickly and. bring
Ing al his great strength 20 the work hs
hesan 70 drag the body toward the vim
COW IL was a hard effort even for him.
ard re had but begun IL when loud sound
hAs the SOUND OF a door shutting 10 a
chamber above caused him to spring I'd
with great cry and TO stagxer from the
room a. though unnumhersa phzntorns
nad come about him 10 proclaim the deed.
Eugene heard the sound well enough and
Dexaa to hope for the second time. They
watch re. they watch me" he cried. s.0h
now need my courage--if they shoaIy Re
too lataF The thought was unbearsbla.
almost maddening. the agony Of the bond
age or helplessnesS greater than any nan
could conceive. he prayed for unconscious
ness. even for ceatn-but these were de-
nien TO him. The drug had quickened his
ife-and yet had robbed him Of gil that
which bfe is. IN this. the mood Of fear
unspeakahle. he lay and listened while hls
brother passed quickly from room to room,
opening and shutting the doors loudly.
ana crying Who goes fhereT' as though
he were sure that some one else lad en-
tered the chateau.
Nor was the count content unta ne rad
searched even the garrets; and had told
himself n hundred times that the wind
cheated him ia this alarm. When AZ last
ne returned 20 the dining room. ais step
was stronger and his viii more sara. Hs
picked uP the body now as though Il had
been common burdsu-ana staggering
from step TO step down the stairs upon
watch the window opened. he dragged IL
Into the garden. and 50 our into the
moonlight which fen pienteously upon the
oe.y grass. There FOR a moment ne stood
painting for his breath. and shading MS
eyes that he might see more clearly into
the garden. As for Eugene. be had felt
the strength OF the arms whlch clasped
him 80 surely. and now, when ne lay stir
and volceisss upon the grass he said
that death had become ais neighbor. "He
means to throw my body into the Seine"
he thought: they will come too late--they
night OF suffering" Had a voice then been
given TO him. he would have screamed In
his terror. But the drug had tied his
tongue; the trance held him too surely
he was dead. yet suffered as the living
rarely have suffered.
But the count had got his breath again
now. and once more re stopped 10 his
dreadful work. The spot wherein hs stood
was scarce q hundred yards from the
black waters OF the Seine. There was 20
be no delay this time. Turning bis eyes
away. that he might not look upon his
brothers face again. he gripped him by
the left arm and began 20 drag him toward
the river. Two PAGES he took: his foot was
raised for q third-when the second omen
OF the night sent him staggering back
from his burden like one stricken with 8
mortal sickness The omen was nothing
less than the sound OF his name uttered
from n window high W in the looming
wall OF the chateau. Clear above the
rivers moaning ana the song OF the pop
lars. the csil came:
'aonsieur l. comte. Monsieur lie conte.
whore Is your brother Eugenes'
The count turned round on his heel-a
cry frothed upon his iips-he reeied back
ward. backward. saying that the .udg-
fnent OF God was upon him. The chateau.
which hadtbeeu dark when he left II ave
minutes b4Iore. was now blazing with
light Every room on the upper story shed
bright golden rays from It's windows. Seen
in the strong moonlight. the great house
hna become Ike palace OF the fairies.
The panos Of glass were SO many stars
shining ia 8 setting Of black stone; the
very Rttics were heaeors 20 guide those
Far away in the valley. More than all. a
man clothed from head 20 foot IN black
stood plain 10 be seen ~ easement above
the salon: and he IL was who called Count
Charles:
''Monsieur ie Cornte. Monsieur ie Cornte.
whs-s Il your brother Eugene
The count heard the call. and for a
moment terror convu.sea him. Bot fury
Vas quick 10 prevail above fear, and with
q great oath uaoa ais ltT's he drew dag
ger ana ran back 70 the chateau. In tas
came instant, the man n back disappear
ed from the window. aud Eugene. watch
ing Il al with hope not 20 - described.
observed that the bushes near 10 him IN