The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-02-08

l ooald 20, sssy sssy Ifem yoa. Prs
forgive ue tbsns yea for ttias .
90 kind.
What 10 the sorla mskts Your voice .
tlr.psef sttsd Glover, - ibey novc
from the room. II sounds very nuismi
lar
/ lie laughed. DO not know whst 20
mean, be said. | nev,r bsd but on
voice
Ttrosips iish, shawl shout her shon
den F.lks p.s.ed ipto the garden vi,l
Mephisophele.. The sa.oic ssntlenaI
srss poetic upder The stsr snd quote'
tender p..srses xbils ciOvsr vas charmed
Nov tell; sb.t ~. Miss Hi on's II
swerf she saii, alter time.
You shall have II sttet ] bsve told yot
something clse, ssi her compsuion
Cos.e 10 that rustic bower yonder, II Il
no, lar
The spet desisosiea w~ almost oul o
besrins distance from the bo'el aud in The
ui die ei . thiokt Of shade trees. A
rosd pstsed 90 oos side With wood bs
yood It. Ciover's compsnion bad en-
trsuced her With bis teodtr manner spd
his brilliant hupor. 90 that she made bu'
little hlsetinn TO bic last request They
aere soon 10 the bower and Mephisiophs
les peered down the road as though look
ing for someone, wtIle g owe asked:
Nov, will you not tell me whst word
my friend sent?
be turned quickly toward her and bis
eyes cleaning behind his mask ran over
her daurs, from her jsweled bead TO her
tiny slippersd ie then be said 10 delib
ersto yet ctfeless way:
must reslly ask yon to pardon me for
what sm going TO do II Is very dis
tasteful TO me aud dislike to frighten
You, 80 pray do not be alarmed -
What DO you mespf cried Glover. thor
oushly frishtered Take me back, +
She rose and STATED TO go when with
3 stride be was by her side. He threw
one hand around her neck aud over her
mouth, pressing her TO his side with ire
sistible strength With his other he deit
ly ubclssped her diamond Iewelry 10 9
twinkliog The action was so quick and
unexpected that Cover was dsz,d, bat
psrsly recovering as be finished she gave
one piercing shrek and swoonei.
A lev moments later she slowly return
ed to cons ciouSDess and found . number
oil gentlemen from the hotel crowded
about her with lanterns. Frank Carlton
bis mask thrown from his face. was 90
bis Knees beside her. imploring with en-
desring words that she speak to him.
II was not yonS shs asked OF him; no,
it was not you.
Whist do you mesnf they asked excited
ly.
The other Msphistopheles my dis
monds-tb rubiss he went that way,
she answered, weskly pointing down the
read.
Then they ro'ced for the first time what
q woman bad she been there would have
seen at once her costly wells were gone
They then understood snd sprang into the
,o,d. only to hear the pounding OF borses'
roofs far away and q reckless lsugb tbst
aosted fsiolly back on the bro,z'.
The party returned slowly back to the
hotel, aud there Glover recovering from |
Der agitation was able to tell OF the sf
lair. 1t did not take them long to arrive
It the truth. The daring robber who
utrod need himself the night before st the
nearby express offics bad been at work
Igsin. Attracted by the value OF The
diamonds Glover wore which he had
een from a retired point OF observation -
nd noticing the intimacy between her
heles. be had sttirsd himself
n similar co.tune, and, awaiting sn oP
presented himself the first time
frank Csilton left her tide His sccom
,lice, With horses, awaited him in the
DAD ntsr the summer house, and thus be
nickly made { a when be bad finished
be work
The scheme wss bold snd reckless to
degree, and the hotel guests
ould talk OF nothing else for msny days.
ne girls oil said they envied Glover for
er adventure, bnt none was heard to re
asrk that che would like l. have suffered
be loss Of her i.wels.