Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-03-23
The Dark House
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/ A sheer as he slowly walked to the
little table, poured out some more
! brandy, and gulped it down
Yes, replied Capel, grayoly
THANK Heaven | did come home So
! soon | came 10 spend an hour alone
/ with the woman | loved
! And YOU were forestalled.' cried
/ Arts. Here, what are you going to
! do%'
4 Thrash contemplate scoundrel
! within an inch of his life" cried
/ Capei; and he made grasp at Artists
arm
hUt the latter eluded him. bounded
. 10 the fireplace, ana picked mp the
/ bright poker.
Keep off, he cried, "or I'll murder
you,
Cling! JINGLE
He had struck the glass msters Of
the great chandelier, and the trag-
/ ments fell tinkling down.
Crack yell of pain, 4 duh thudt
With n deNtcrous blow Capcl caught
/ Artists right hand with the stout cane,
numhlng his nerves so that the
. poker fell With a second blow he
seemed to hamstring his adversary
who staggered and would have fallen
/ but for Carels hand grasping him by
the collar: and then, for two or three
minutes, there was hail of blows fall
! ing, and 4 terrible struggle going on.
! The light chairs were kicked aside,
table overturned, a vase and several
ornaments swept off from a chiffonier,
and suppressed cries, painting noises,
! and blows filled the gloomy room. TIL
after one final stroke with the cane.
Capel dashed the helpless, quiyering
man to the floor. and placed his foot
upon his breast.
An hour later, when Freeman went
NJ from a confidential talk with his
| felloW-seryants to admit Mr. Girtle
and Lydia, back from the theater he
found the front door open. Had he
been half an hour sooner he would
have seen Katrino fully dressed, sup
n, D Ing ;n5o +' tI " 5 Inc 0alN S'lFs ana
SQUARE whore tbev >ysre coon ~, tbo
LIGHT or ono or tbn street 1anns 70 On
tor cab. and then thov naesad ont ~
SIGHT
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Girtle and Lydia assembled to the draw
ingroom, the latter feeling light
hearted and happy, in spite of the
evenings disappointment
The old lawyer uttered cry of dis
may as he saw the wreck, and that
Capel was seated in a low chair, bent
down, with his face buried in his
hands.
My dear boy, what is it?" he cried
as Lydia ran to his side. and her soft
hand was laid on his.
Don't touch me, woman he al
most yelled, as ne sprung from his
chaif. ON, he said, softly, 1T is YOU
he took ana kissed her hand, and then
ielt the room
Freeman, what does this mcan?"
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20 hlnseH, as nc entered a carriage
LOT Liverpool:
Wei they dldn set me the job,
~ was my own doing, and the news
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SO it came about that one morning
when he presented himself AZ the nark