Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-06-03

tam peaks-peaks which, though built
Of unsubstantial cloud. were more beau
tiful than any show place Of the tourists
EeekinR, peaks upon whOse shining
summit the soul might stand and look
out upon the infinite. peaks which
might 0e climbed by the fancy of those
whose fortune it might never be TO see
an Alpine height. And when the purple
and crimson had faded into citron, and
the citron into gray; when the gold had
paled to silver and darkened- to lead,
and the bird had fluttered back like a
frightened thing to his breast. then the
little boy would creep down stairs
again, dry eyed, but sad at heart, with
q strange sense of loneliness and loss.
As / sat there watching the last Of
the sunset that little boy seemed to look
out at me with desolate, reproachful
eyes, asking what the man had to givo
the ooy in exchange for his dreams.
Then bat few by, SO closely that I
felt the cold flaming Of its wings upon
my face, SO suddenly that / drew back
with a start and awoke to real life
again.
Evening was already closing in. An
hour ago the setting sun had looked out
over the horizons edge and flooded the
stretch of meadowland, now SC. gloomy
and gray, with a burst Of luminous
gold, which tipped every grass blade and
daisy head with liquid fire. Now on the
same horizons edgo the gusty night rack
was gathering. The glory aud the Gla-
mour were gone, and darkness was al
ready abroad. a wind which struck a
chill to the heart moaned eerily over tho
meadows, and white mists blotted out
bush and tree.
If 1 was to reach Baxenham before
nightfall, l had no time to lose; so,
with sigh for tho vanished sunset and
my vanished dreams, rose to continue
my walk.
Another field and a thickly wooded
plantation, and then, as turned a bend
where the path wound round among the
trees, found myself upon the seabeach
along which my path lay. In front,
about couple of miles away, l could
see the church tower of Baxenham, over
which red Mars burned large and lurid
among score of tiny stars that culver
ed near him, like arrowheads SHOT wide
Of the mark, and low in the south the
slender moon was like finger laid to
command silence on the lip of night.
Tho hnor txyo Of fhn co, v,nCcnccol
that stood still al instant with face
turned seaward and barred head, aud
then, almost at my feet, saw lying
in the water dark body that stirred
and rocked and stretched forth swaying
arms like creature at play. For one
moment | thought it was alive, that it
was some strange sea beast come ashore,
which was now seeking to regain its
native element, but in the next knew
it for the body of man, lying face
downward and evidently dead.
There is horror enough in the silent
and stone cold stiffness of death, but to
see death put on the semblanco of life,
to see dead arms reach and the dead
body stir and sway, as they did that
night when the incoming tide seemed
to mock at death and to sport, cruel
and catlike, with its victim, is surely
more horrible STILL
With hands scarcely warmer than his
1 drew the dead man up upon the sands
and turned him upon his back that I
might see his face 1t was the face Of
Green, the inquiry agent, and in his
hand be held small green bottle,
which was lashed to his wrist by q
handkerchief, worked with his own ini-
tials, 81. B. g." "Suicide'' / whis-
pered to myself as l stopped to unite the
handkerchief and bend back the unre-
sisting fingers The bottle was short and
stumpy, with wide mouth and glass
stopper secured by a string and was Ia
beled Lavender Salts" cut the
string and drawing out the stopper
held the thing to my nose. at is laven-
der Salts" said, cor has been, for it's
light enough to be empty. No, there's
something inside itstill. Let's see what
it is" and with that / turned the bot
tie mouth downward over my open
palm. A slip of neatly folded paper fell
out, which hastily opened. Four
words were printed upon it in rude cap
itals: "Ey order. Captain Shannon. y
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