The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-30

remember the day upon which / was
given back to this house.
He carried a revolver.
with blind fury and pallid face, he
went from the little room into the ad-
joining one. There he found nothing liv-
ing on which he could give vent to his
wrath.
He went on. In such rural towns the
doors are generally not locked. There are
no thieves there.
He opened the next door and entered
the ancestral hall. There an unexpected
sight presented itself.
In the middle of the hall stood bier:
In the coffin Law an angel. whose strug-
giles were .ended-a marble-white face,
The hands OF the dead were folded on
her breast and between them lay a pic
ture, wreathed with immorteiles. She
had expressed the wish that this picture
vajdar remained standing before Anna's
coffin. He now saw what infinite love ne
had cast away from HIM Even In death
she forgave him. and as his guardian an
gel carried his picture into the presence
of God.
A whole world, great as the universe IT.
self whiried around him-beautiful as
Paradise. with all the zones of happiness
and Joy surrounded by angelic hosts,
When this ponderous ball approached
him, It dashed him to the ground and
rolled over his breast; he filled the house
with bowls of despair. and. striking his
forehead against the bier, he sank sense
less near Anna's coffin.
When he regained consciousness, he lay
in a. little pavilion in bed. Before him
stood Manasseh who was putting Ice
.'Iet that alone, Manasseh," said Val
dar, rising from the bed. do not nurse
me beg Of you Dc not trouble trout te your your
me with all the balm of India, IT would
not make me good. No Savior is able to
drive out the devil which dwelis within
ed. and lean not Think Of anything ex-
cept the evil can accomplish The ter
rible sight which struck me down has not
bettered this evil heart. but only given
me Oh, II you only knew how the dogs
of Cerberus howl In my head. l must
tear some one. You have nothing more
to fear from me. This incomprehensible,
inscrutable sanctity which has protected
you from my wrath protects you also
from my hatred. | will not remain In
your house l only walt for the funeral.
/ have some right to do this. Then they
will bury me, too. Then / shall know
what to do. This is my business. Then
/ shall go from here. They will not again
send me here to you. / will go upon the
galley-not alone. however. but with you,
dear prince. and with you. adored, beau
tifui woman! We will go upon the gal
ley together. When you go away. lock
the door. lest some one come in. IL you
want to do me another favor. order
which will wait for me behind the gar
den. / want to 30 to Hermannstadt.
When every one is at the funeral. can
leave your house unobserved. II / can
not have a vehicle / win go on foot.
beg of you. do not trouble yourself with
trying to dissuade me. / am a living In
fernal machine. The clock Is wound up,
and when 1t runs down. the ship which
has received the machine sinks. Do not
try 10 keep me here j am full of
schemes which will cause mourning and
awaken terror. Go away from me-"
Manasseh put him into the bed and
said to him:
You are feverish: rest yourself,
With this he left him and locked the
door. He did not tell his family that
Vajdar had arrived. He went into the
'birej" with Aaron, in order to excavate
the grave for the beloved sister.
I'VE must make the niche large enough
for two" said Manasseh, when they be-
gan TO work.
$50 larger s&
"She wished It."
Let us fulfil her wishes"
The guest who had remained in tho
room began to look into Manasseh's writ
ing desk for paper. He was Obliged to
pull out drawer, in which he found two
yellowish papers which ne recognized.
These were the notes which he had forg-
ed, Upon both the signatures had been
struck out, and the rusty lines proved
that they had been made long time ago.
Manasseh had himself disarmed his re-
venge. so that he could not prosecute his
enemy, even If he desired It,