Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-11-01
CHAPTER xxi.

The blinds of the carriage IN which MY
*riam Hermann was driven Off were
down, and it was some time before she
noticed this. She tried to roll them up,
/. but they were so fastened that she could
: not raise them. The horses were being
!, driven furiously and the vehicle swayed
from side to side. Holding up the blind,
she looked out, and to her surprise and
horror, she saw that they We're entering
the grounds Of her. old home. The pant
ing horses were refined in before the vine
/. covered porch.
Cheatham opened the carriage door,
: and putting in his head, he said, with
more familiarity than he had ever be-
fore assumed, and with peremptoriness
Of manner that increased her alarm:
f, Miriam, / have had to take you home
by strategem."
''You said you would take me to DR..
Mathison's. You have deliberately and
maliciously lied to me- she said, an
grily.
II have deliberately planned to get you
here. / have the law on my side. Come!
/, be good enough to dismount."
While Cheatham was speaking Miriam
had an opportunity to regain her self
control and give thought to the situation.
She realized that she was in this mon
ster's power, and that opposition to his
orders at this time would destroy all
chance Of regaining her liberty or COM
1municating with her friends
NsAfter ALL" she said, II have right
to be here"
ssOf course you have. This is your
home. All, how graceful and active you
+hop iris
out noticing his extended hand, sprang
out of the carriage.
She entered the house and went direct
ly to her own room; everything was as
she had left it. This was the room with
which all her earliest recollections were
associated, in which many of her happi-
est hours were spent. On the walls were
the benevolent faces of the man and
woman she had believed her parents
through all the years of that untroubled
past.
She did not take off her hat and shawl,
though the impulse to do so was nearly
Irresistible when first she entered the
room. She drew an armchair to the bay
window facing the river, and sat down
and looked out, but she saw nothing. She
was so absorbed with her troubled
7thoughst that she did not hear the black
man in the hall, nor did she hear the door
close, nor the key turn in the lock.
Cheatham went to the library, where
he found Carpenter lying on a sofa, with
his feet elevated, his hands clasped
above his head, and long, black cigar
between his lips.
'sHello, Dave" shouted Carpenter,
Ssdid you capture the birds?"
81 got one of them," replied Cheatham,
in great glee.
1.-THE young one-my pretty cousin,
.eh?''
@sVery good, Charley; very good indeed.
Yes, your pretty cousin
Cheatham went out quietly to the
kitchen, where he found his nephew, Sim,
In conversation with the black man. Tell
ing Sim to follow him, Cheatham led
him to a seat in an arbor near by, and
asked:
"Have you made up with your wife,
as I told you?'
''She has threatened to kill me If I
came near her. l saw her on the street
to-day. believe T told you that found
out where they live?"
'.You have, SIM"
L
to her mother. | climbed up stairs, and
learned from the janitor that Mrs. Mum
roe was out, but he said there was a
ma. in there watching the house. I
went into the ROOM and who do you
think SAW"
1--WE are not proposing conundrums.
Tell me!' said Cheatham. excitedly.
81 saw Paul Neville, looking like a
ghost
And what did he say to your
Nothing"
.''And he said nothing?"
Eyes" replied Sim; ..for ghostly look
ing man he showed more strength than ]
ever saw in one person since I was born
] didn't think he could get mad, but he
was mad, otherwise he would not have
kicked me down six flights of stairs"
4.And he did this without speaking a
word"
.'He was as dumb and determined all
ahe while as steam ram. But, say,
3as Carpenter agreed to let up on me: