The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-08
. The Secret OF DunraVen
Castle.
BY ANNIE ASHMORE,
Author of Faithful Margaret" Etc. Etc
CHAPTER KIN. X.-Contiuucd.

coach with light. He saw that She was
half unconscious. and he ventured TO re-
laN his jailer grasp, and to lay her in a
more easy pos tion along the seat
lie bent over her with fierce and
dreaming ecstasy. Oh, if those blue
heavenly eyes would only unclose and
look into his with timid glance, in
which he might lead da"ning tender
ness! how patiently he would fan the
fame. how delicately he would defer TO
her girlish capriccs, how light his chain
Shou be until he had won her whole
sweet hea t.
For without her heart he could not be
content, so mighty was his love for her
Alas! if he had only been good man
he could have taught her to adore him.
Not many minutes passed thus, the
carriage tearing along the silent cOun-
try road, and Loveday lying exhausted:
then she recovered the USE of her facul-
ties.
She evolved the situation. still lying
with closed eyes, the loathing recipient
Of her fierce lover rhapsodies: she re-
membered that they had entered the
carriage so hastily that the coachman
had not closed the door for them; it
must be still possible to open it from the
inside then.
They seemed to br flying over the
ground; yet if she must attempt To cS-
cape-with her life if poSSiolc-but Il
moi
Loveday's heart cried oat 10 God; she
knew it might be her last prayer. she
thought then of her own adored Au-
berOn: an, never would he know how
>wcctly she loved him! and OF her beau
tifl mother, whose one bright JOY she
was: and two bitter tears gushcd from
under her eyelidS and glittered like dia'
mondS in the brilliant mOonbeamS.
"Iou are conscious. my own love, my
'lire!" murmurcd Accrington in her ear
And life brings only tears to you. wait.
J shall soon teach you happiness"
She bounded. with all her gathered
,ircugth, against the carriage door; as
she had foreseen, it yielded to her pres
sure and she fell hcadlong almost a'roSS
the. flashing wheels, but Accrlngton
caught her in time, and would have PIN
ioncd her against his breast, utterlng
passionate eEtreaticS that she would
Weld to what was now inevitable.
Bat Loveday was driven to deSpera-
ton; she muSt-She wond escape this
demon-man, if she lost her life in the
attempt She struggled iiercely: she
seemed possessed Of supernatural
strength; if he had her by the arms, she
had wr nched free the next moment; II
he graSped her by the waist. she writhed
down between his arms and his breast;
and all the while the carriage door
swung 10 and fro against the wheels,
and lie cOud find no moment in which
10 secure II.
Long ago the crum pled paper had
fallen from his hand. and lay on the
toor close BY the open door.
In all her frenzy OF terror, Lovcday
ncvrr forgot that paper: and when she
Mrithed downward she caught it up and
hid il in ath.grip.
Accrington lad forgotten il.
"l.oveday." he said at last; "thcrc is
- use in this. will not give YOU up to
.hUberon Crecy-nO, not if have 10 take
YOUR sw e. life to prevent IT,"
You may murder me- painted the
Hoor Quaking child; | Suppo c you will;
bat vii! not 20 another step with you
OF my own viii.
And with that She almost succeeded in
SprinCing out OF the carriage.
Having Securcd her once more. Ac-
trinCton chanCcd TO glance through tho
rear window. Then il was that Love
dav saw look on his face that chilled
her hearts blood.
They had talked Of murder, but his
eve. in It's strange gaze. now meant It,
He drew a pistol. he graSped her firmly
lie paced the cold tube againSU her
temple. holding her head rs in a wise.
L.oveday raised her wide frightened
eyes fun 70 his: he pored over their
a-o,,i7cd entr atty. their sweet wild won.
,.cr and anguish that. after all his love,
hr could take her happy life away.
Iii, Japd shook his teeth Chattercd;
then he rem cmberci that AnberOn Crccy
was close behind in pursuit; and jeal-
ou>y. cruel as the grave. possessed him.
"Noa shall be mine, or no man
cried he wiki burst OF insane laughter:
come to ycur bridal. the grave: you
lr>t nv dear: | shall follow close"
Her agonizcd eyes, rivcted upon his.
and cat hing every new thought, dis
covered his last fatal intent just in time.
As his finger pressed the trigger, Love
,av daSheI up her arm. the piS oil was
struck from his hand and exploded as it
fell: she ha one glimpse of Accring-
IONS fierce white face and maniac eyes;
linen came dreadful warning yell from
,hc coachman outside-thc carriage
rockc from side to S'dc-Swayed and
,opped Overland she flung herself To-
ward the open door.
When the appalling tumult had died
away, the grinding crash of glass and
metal on tic ilnty verge, the heart sick
cniuc scream of u terrified horse. the
dull moan of human agony. and al was
still under the bright moonlit Sky, Love
dav lifte her Gazed eyes to meet two
ewes full of gentle love keeping watch
over her. and her frozen heart hegan TO