The Virginia enterprise., 1899-02-03

The appea rance 81 some Mnreyl fnntustic
axure; some bixAffe cOilcept ptiOil nf IN over.
sheatesa imag aglnation. a sense Of impendr
lnN DANGER caused me to shfyef slightly. u
sssss szkt lust he broke the silence, which Wl1
fast gtOWltig Ui1ptessi ye. 5ss
~ IS Vel, AZ ssleAr Denchats. not
it,,ake Y charming y0tin Indy Does hot
yutit mouth water when I cast MY eyes
mat satippqse ypti tlottghta
coming lind forgotten. Bsrfaud never
tpfsets hAYe Alaitei lDn tor M qli-
sfDrthhitSs biik ti1 4ofi teN fliat d he
5sdlt1 heaa kihk satidd deiilt as as re-.
syolyet aud 4 looked atpre extensively at the
si,5llsked baife sShaH L tell yon what Il
propose do with II hut let me con-
graduate you before d0. g. YOii sahg we'll
/, this y afternoon, exceed well for the 4
The emphasis he threw into the last
and Sii heard nh1 NJ s heari best faster Bitter
3ly Is cursed the hea dstrong foolishnesa
which had placed me IN his grasp.
looked round the room. was caught
like ID rat III a trap. There was apparent
ly only one exit, and he sat guarding TINT,
and toying carelessly with the revolver.
e fS1 h13 E e oesa@s soo
after, you ought to be at the theater, is
not that 50? But you will not be there.
ma ke sun your mind to- that. propose to-
to-What You call kill two birds with
one stone. s.g
In the next hour you and will have
20 nice, quiet conversat Hon we will recall
old memories and by that time, my dear
friend thf staEs M ee sayins
sDeuchars9''s He will begin to fret about
md get excited, as he did on former oc-
casiOn for the understudy ID away and:
there is no one can take Deuchars part
ah! yon are surprised to find that q know
anything about that, are yOu not 2 . va
With callous refinement of torture he
prolonged his words until q cold perspira-
ton came out all over me as sat there
helpless and inert. Fss zss - -
~. 80 So much for the stage manager:.sI ! ]
shall consider that we are then quits, For
you, my dear friend, e have another.
method. AT q o'clock / shall invite you
to play little game Of chance with me.
/ shall place two pieces of paper in that
hat of yours. On one your name will be
written: on the other, mine. You may
iiege a ef sfe drawing If II M bears W your M name, @
sou will be free--you will have won the
game. IL mine is the name, have won,5
and at 7:3O o'clock ] shall shoot you
through the head with this revolver. Is
give yon half nm hour, YOU see, to pre-
pare. have only one more thing to say.
Do not make any attempt to escape; it
ual means of preventing it. Another
thing: The servant who let you in ut the
door is my wife: she is the only person in:
the house besides ourselves. You need
not waste your breath in calling out
therefore; you understand r s
He ceased. and was left to my own
thoughts. What they were you may
Imagine. That Ishad to deal with a mad
man, of course, there was little doubt
I had something ever an hour in which
to ponder on the very slender chance of
life Ispossessed after that time, for how
did know that he would keep faith
even if our bout with chance resulted I'M
my favor. 3 S. s.
was eMphatically in q tight corner,
Various .ideas4.o escape flashed across
my bewildered brain-oniy to turn out to;
be impracticable On closer examination.
Once, indeed, thought Of making a dash
for the door, at any consequence, but.
the coldly- cleaning muzzle of the revolver.
Snegatived that. Six o'clock. The little.
gold timepieee of the mantel gave out the
hour. .Three-Q quarters Of an hour before
the ordeal: a quarter, then half past. I
thought Of Dickinson and the theater..
>. y, ~ %g.,.a, .eel.S goAAS sAAOeAcA. He% Im-
inoVaDie, spnlnx-nke;; anXlousiy listen
ing 1or any SOUND that might open door
oI escape: s5'$S }ys:, @3
!, II t1e worst came 70 the worst, was
.resol'eq ls4 10 make g ngnt} Tor life, at any
rate I ! M0uld NOT SIT there and be done
To- % dea1n NE a dog: Another fifteen min
5n.esTt: As tue Mst cnlme fell on the 81
ieiee he ~! up: My nat lay on table
hear' EcareIuiy is. ne easured two pieces
eI ~ paper OF eXaci size, wrote on them in a.
Hrdn - ~ ,1andSand paced them IN At. .s88s
NOW, ieI us take our little gamble
WIN lame f,Ortune.t monsieur Deuchars,
invite you 70 20 Draw. ~ she .fayors you,s
Very sood' IF come on the victor -- '
U z 40 iouu 1hnocklng ag tne door interrupt:
~ ne - nnttered angr1ly, and held
oul lhe g me- iSnt llad caught the
ss9und g a Yolee Is rushed to the
strength
~ IIa ra;ssd s. < ~. s.
him hafnre ha no,,iJ g,a nv was on
,,;rr,aJ nI; ~ anu
s+rnra - .,annh ,,;ns.o1f as. u.s. !erGely ne
On 1;Io rr;,,, daatI t;I1 Tne'e sDns hung
onothor @ ,,a, hnrst ;uta III 1leA tha AlDery ana
ra,,a,s ,;ttia sahn,,,a 1.os LII,
= ana bnd r the sra,d WIS ls. aoneut ae l!W saw
n,;atix ~ du n"u .ne soo'i " seils* ~ give " IN
T. lneir 9poftnne ARRIVAL was brought
fho n,,,h ,s aana and w aown 70
d,,i, JaI;e,o.al 81 any y Lxa issixe Was
mo Of + and nroonodad - tho 4iaat a,oan