The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-03-15

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CHAPTER XIX.
LADY FLORENCE MosrYN'g DIARY.
When the door closed behind her
captors and shutout of sight Lady Flor
ence Mostyn,s stepbrother, Mabel
tainted. When she recovered conscious
nesa il was only to lie.< <numbly WON
derinIef where she was. too weak and
s;ctr. At haartl Ia realize the horror Of the
e;tnat;oon,,--too dazed TO suffer much.
Che nasaed ) rastless night. and it was
IN fha earIv honrs of tha morning be-
fore nature assarted herself and she fell
into deem sleep.
sha awohe clearly and acutely living
in the present, with a sharp conscious
Fn,e,saa that was agony. There was no
gradual piecinp together of events, but
there came the sudden. vivid reoollec-
tioann of ali that had happened ON the
ryay;nnas day.
,,s% ,into;,,,oht. ,var, intarrnntaa nv the
a,,t-snee r - s.,Iv w;th Z meal The old
bao youchsafed no remark as ahe placed
;t IN Che tahla bnt at once 6aparted,
snd 4ba door was instantly locked be.
h;nd 49,, nc hsr M.,,eI fo-cad herself Il, eat
Than Tho Che irvast;oated the resouroee Of
49, aae., ,,r;so,, a..a
va Tho w;ndo1v uas boarded nm over the
,o,,e~ hall and tha MINER nortion show.
~ sd"tt chat t,' = ~ was harred behind. There
1a. - ' smal, franlaoa with = narrow
n,anta,n;ace adorned with eaudy orna-.
manta Thara were two chairs with
Emblad, antimaucassara the yery sight
- uhi,,,, ,,r,.ada, her ai1nf3der. recalling
:. thew did tba struggle Of the previous
dev The onlv other furniture in the
.oo,, -. .,era tha bnraehair ana ON which
ehe had snent the nipht and atable COW
a-sa 49, 80; .,i.h q d;-tv red cIoth nile OF
hoyo. and an emntv hammer were nuah.
"a 1 into ono corner NJ this chaerlem
s.,.-tnert Mahai o,,served all this NIL
sr..,., W;naII. she rn,,ed mn q chair
- .1 ths ,;ndov and naerea over tina top
- ~ -. .,,,,t.s-- ;nho the narrow hack
$3.50 s,,.,ord
ar;.siinv rain uas falling. and
So go fs.v ,.aaa,shv sbe won.
- s.sa5 .h.t ha, fsta wnnld be if aha
ssss..s s *. es.;- ..tsrt;on Won1d thev
.sss. ..oass = 49, .. .a.ssss sha had .imoat AZ.
49,, e ~ ~ -, - ~ 49, as.-,e,.te 60 .ter yvhan
ssoea ~ es sa.o VA. "a ~ T;t-aer.,d srtarad
'os Wv opeue1 '..1 - . - 60. - ss;d
ao ..s uA sa.,,t ..s.-- -. [ t,,s4 t,;c,r. IN
aalsn4y' au ~. RI, .a.-S - | tha It. IN -
ssa.n' l,.oa ssos :, h;s nsna, msnna,.
anea 40 a1aoN - Us S.a. ,..- -. .,..- ,a-a;te
Lazy very ..a oeaus :. sJ us:a. ~ ~, In tn
envy anu aon''iastou " "e'eDNo' ON-
He stood gloating over her discom-
6ture for few seconds and then left
The room.
For moment Mabel lost heart.
Could che ever escape II she were SO
closely watched? With weary agn
she left the window, and her eye 1ell
On the boxes and hamper. Ihe Latter
was empty. So che lifted 1t down ana
tried to open the box underneath, but it
proved unyielding. The lower one
seemed to be fastened by paddock, but
she soon found that, though the key had
been turned, the loop had not been
forced far enough down to catch the
bolt. She opened it easily and turned
| over the contents-old newspapers,
curious. roughly drawn plans. ouncn
Of skeleton keys buried under odds ano
ends OF all descriptions, ana lew
books. She glanced over the latter, mop