Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER 1.-The Rev Granville Mason. who
is travelling In Wales, writes his brother. DR..
excursion In the hills with Wild, uncouth, rcd.
headed guide After this nothing Is heard of
the Clergyman. Dr; Mason goes to Wales, finds
learns that he was going to the house Of Mr..
Tregaron. owner Of Monachlog farm. some six
miles distant, under the guidance Of q nan
afternoon, and, In his haste without guide. to
make his way In face OF snow storm TO Mon
schlog farm. H..Perceiyi9s hgure ahend Of
large, redheaded man. who. on seeing the doc
tor. shows signs Of great terror and darts ahead.
9s h ea. hS by
name. but the man again eludes him. III.-He
pursues the fugitive down rayine till he arrives
comes 's Srosn IVAAbove We him i' he / hears
on : farmer. who conducts him to his house.
Z s 6n hs ses Resnsa
secs ring that had belonged 70 his brother.
v.-The house and the people In IL arc myster-
young son, Tom, and . farmland called Myrick.
Reginald goes to the room of tho sick girl,
Gwyn, and upon seeing him, she is struck with
Kitchen in chair before the fire. During the
night he awakens to md that some one has en-
tered the room and has evidently tried 70 rob
who turns out to 30 Coch Tai. and tho farmer
turns ont to b Nj Trsgarc ,a and y the Place
Il Ina on sas
Reginald watches Of GWyn's bedside, and she
warns him 70 leave the place before morning.
Is Sss ssa o nsssr
noeas. willis Ssyn !, In G eonsssns terror; Req
nald seeing c och Ia. climbing . ladder to . loft
follows him. corners him In Ills bedroom and
questions him about his missing brother. Coch
Tai admits that he was Granville Mssson's
guide and says that Mason insisted on climbing
where IL not SAFE Ho diSaDnAAf60. and
Uoch Tai never saw him afterward. xII.-Gwyn
recoyers aud urges Reginald to depart. heavy
out 81 the place aSe XII
While he Is with Gwyn. Coch Tai comes to the
door Reginald goes out to him, and Coch Tai
Jelous Of Reginald and threatens him In case he
does not depart a once. Reginald pacifies him
and 70 G sosS that she
maid feels that she possesses the secret of his
brothers disappearance.
ne was awakened arter snor,, wrru
nightmare Of dream that he was
drowning, suffocating, crying for help.
to find himself bound. gagged. blinded
and gasping for air. He was being
lifted by the shoulders and by the
heels when he awoke Helpless as he
was. he kicked, he struggled, he turn
ed over, only to fall oslt of the hands
which had got him In their grip and 70
fall with dull thud upon the floor.
At the same time. Just as the hands
were Selling him again. he managed
10 utter q gurgling sound and to kick
out at some one or at something, which
fell with another dull noise
Then he heard sharp cry. II was
Gwyn's voice.
There was moments awful still
ness, and for that moment he found
that the hands had released him. The
next they closed upon him again, and
the cry was repeated. Again he strug-
gled. He tried to speak, but again no
was helpless, for his hands were bound
to his sides. Again he succeeded only
In giving voice to gurgitug. sti6ed
sound.
Then hands touched him again, tear
Ing at the gag which was suffocating
him. With strange thrill of Wild Toy
and relief he felt that the hands were
Gwyn's. He heard long. sobbin,
breath. He felt her body trembling as
1t leaned over him.
Leave him alOnei Leave him aloneS'
cried she.
Again there was silence. a mysteri-
ous, awful silence. And sudlienly Mas
son felt that the girl was being drag
ged away and that she was fighting.
struggling, In her turn.
Writing, painting. striving to free
himself, Mason turned himself 70 that
the cloth which had been thrown over
hs head got looser and looser. In an-
other minute he would be able at Least
to see.
But at the very moment that he had
all but succeeded rough hand pinned
him down again. And still he heard
no betraying voice. His assailants
were as silent as the dead.
Then he heard strange whisper
close to his ear and to the ear OF the
man whose hands were at his throat.
1t was Gwyn who was speaking;
Gwyn, In voice which sounded new
and strange In Masson's ears.
"Listen, listenr said she. "He loves
me, aud love him. He loves me. and
he Is going to marry me. marry me.
Hou wouldn't kill the man lovey'
There was moment of horrible sus-
pense and then the gripping. SNOWY