Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-13
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PHANTOM SHIP:
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THE FLYING DUTCHf%AN.
BY Captain Narryat


rising up from the sofa. "You may tell
your captain that shall not fail. Come,
Anime, we must lose no time"
"No, indeed, replied Amino, land our
nrst duty is hospitality. Mynheer, may
We offer you refreshment after your walks'
"This day week." said schriften, ad.
dressing Philip, and without making
reply to Anime. Philip nodded his head,
the little man turned on his heel and left
the room, and In short time was out of
sight.
Anime sunk down ON the sofa. The
breaking up Of her short hour of happi-
ness had been too sudden, too abrupt, and
too cruelty brought about for fondly
doting, although heroic, woman There
was an evident malignity In the words
and manner Of the one eyed messenger,
On appearance as II he knew more than
Others, which awed and confused both
Philip and herself. Anime wept not, but
she covered her face with her hands as
Philip, with no steady pace, walked up
and down the small room. Again, with
sll the vividpess of coloring, did the scenes
half forgotten rscur to his memory.
Again did he penetrate the fatal chamber
again was ID obscure The embroidery
lay at his feet, and once more he started
a. whom the letter appeared upon the floor.
They had both awakened from dream
Of present bliss, and shuddered at the
awful future which presented itself A
few minutes was sufficient for Philip to
resume his natural self possession. He sat
down BY the side Of his Anime, and olasped
her in his arms. They remained silent
They knew too well each Others thoughts;
and, excruciating a. was the effort, they
were both summoning up their courage
20 bear, and steeling their hearts against
the conviction that, in this world, they
must now expect to be for time, perhaps
forever, separated.
Anime vas the drst 10 speak; removing
her arms, which had been wound round
her husband, she first put his hand to her
heart, a. II to compress its painful throb-
bings, and then observed:
"Surely that was no earthly messenger,
Philip Did you not feel chilled to death
when he sat by your did as he came in. /"
Philip, who had tho same thought as
Anime, but did not wish to alarm her, an.
fwered confusedly:
Nay, Anime, you fancy-that is, the
suddenness Of his appearance and his
strange conduct have made you imagine
this; but saw in him but man who,
from his peculiar deformity, has become
an enyious outoast of society-debarred
from domestic happiness, from the smiles
of the other sex; for what woman could
emile upon such creaturep Els bile
Easseeaa Ct AASe RH6s yhea',hA ignslfe paszgure
in giving message which he felt would
break upon those pleasures from which he
10 out of. Be assured, my love, that it
was nothing more"
We must pass over this week, which was
occupied in preparations for Philips de-
porture.
"Philip," said Anime one day, as they
set together with their hands entwined, II
shall not feel so much when you are gone.
do not forget that all this was told mo
before we were wed, and that for my love
took the hazard. My fond heart often
tells me that you will return; but 1t may
deceive me-return you may. but not in
| life. In this room shall await you; on
this sofa, removed to Its former station, I
shall sit; and If you cannot appear to me
, alive, oh, refuse me not, II 1t be possible,
TO appear to me when dead. I shall fear
no storm, no bursting open OF the window.
, Oh, mol shall hail the presence even Of
your spirit. Once more; let me but see
! you-let me be assured that you are dead
I land then shall know that have no
/ more to live for In this world, and shall
i hasten to join you in world of bliss.
Promise me, Philip"
| "Ipromise all you ask, provided heaven
will SO permit; but, Anime, and Philips
| lips trembled, II cannot-merciful Godl
! am indeed tried Anime, can stay no
/ longer"
Amine's dark eyes were fixed upon her
! husband-she could not speak-her fea-
! lures were convulsed-nature could no
/ longer hold up against her excess Of feel
i ing-she fell into his arms and lay mo-
tionless. Philip, about to impress last
kiss upon her pale lips, perceived that she
! had tainted.
"She feels not now" said he, as he laid
her upon the sofa; lit is better that 1t
/ should be so-too soon will she awake to
misery"
i Summoning to the assistance of his
daughter Mynheer Poots, who was in the
adjoining room, Philip caught up his hat,
imprinted one more fervent kiss upon he,
forehead, burst from the house, and was
out Of sight long before Anime had recov'
cred from her swoon.
1 ITO be continued
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