Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-29

ness had discomposed him, and that ha
4 was unusually irritable and nervous.
i 81 am sorry I could not come to you
as usual" she began. but he interrupt
| ed her by saying Grossly:
"Oh, yes; l dare say. Stop all apollo
| gies and while we are alone tell me If
| you obeyed my orders last night"
Il did," faltered the poor girl.
did the thing work well?' asked he,
eagerly.
1T did. 1 had no trouble in the Tow
er, at all; but, o, Sir Reginald, some
thing terrible has happenedI'
| "What?' exclaimed the sick man,
/ starting up in so sudden manner that
it caused him to fall back with a groan.
/ although he kept firm grip ON the arm
he had seized in his excitement regard
less of the fact that his tight grasp caus-
ed her to turn pale with pain.
Il dread telling you, but just as left
| the Tower to push back the panels a
| frghtful noise of a heavy fall came,
then large monster darted out, dashed
| the candle from my hand, and with a
| howl disappeared, leaving me half dead
| with fright
Girl! girl!'' yelled the infuriated man,
his face turning purple with rage, 'wh at
is this you tell me? Gone! Escaped!
Speak" added he, roughly shaking her
| by the arm. "Tell me it is a lie-a lie
that you said just now!'
No, Sir Reginald" returned the pallid
Ethel; sit is the truth. Whatever you
had there got out last night and ran off
through the ruinsr'
what did you do wrong that made
this happen? Answer, or 1 will tear you
to pieces!'
Release my arm, sir! You are cruel
| in your rage! You hurt me!''
Speak then. How did he get out of
| his prison?''
With a faltering voice the frightened
| girl, while writhing in his grasp, MUIR
| mured:
81 dropped the knife on the shelves
few nights before and forgot it. 1t
| whirled around, and knew by the cry he
gave that he had it,
"Idiotp returned the enraged being
before her, as he gave her arm such
fearful wrench that it dislocated the ell
bow. "Out of my sight; out of my house
this instant! You have ruined me with
your carelessness! Not another night
shall you sleep under this roof!'
Once again he raised his arm-this
time to strike. But fortunately, with
d
| ready sustained, she had darted back,
and so the blow descended on empty air.
Without another look at the man be-
fore her the poor young girl crept from
his presence, and dragging herself back
to her room, fastened herself in, while
she sought to prepare for her departure
With her arm hanging motonless by
her side, and nearly wild with pain, she
opened her trunks and thrusting her val
| uables inside as well as she could with
one hand, she locked them and dropped
the key into her pocket.
Fearing, she scarcely knew what, she
put the package of papers her aunt had
given her, with her purse, also in her
pocket, that she might be certain of their
safety. Then hastily putting comb,
brushes and night apparel in a hand
satchel, she paused to rest.
Advancing to her window, she found
that a heavy rain was still falling, and
that darkness was even then over the
earth. Throwing her waterproof over
her shoulders, with it's hood drawn over
her hat, she opened her door and glided
through the hall, down the stairs and out
of the front entrance, fortunately with
out being seen by any of the family.
AS she had passed the sick mans room
she kueW ny the SOuuu Ol uldHy eXClIeU
voices within that they had gone to his
assistance, and she judged he must have
injured his hip by his passionate frenzy.
While she pitied the man, she feared
him, and never breathed freely until out
side the door, Then with hurried step
she passed down the rambIe
Once away from the house and beyond
the reach of Sir Reginald's wrath, she
paused to consider whittier she should
go, and what she should do.
AS she paused one thing seemed plain.
She could do nothing until physician
attended to her wounded arm. In order
to have this accomplished, it was evil
dent that she must seek DR.. Elfenstein
at his home.
She shrank from doing this Still it
could not be helped. Her arm could
not be raised, and on that arm she de-
pended now for her daily bread.
Once in the road beyond she could see
lights in windows of dwelling houses
far down the road. The first of them
she knew was where DR.. Elfenstein lived,
and hope revived once more, and she
pressed ON. thinking soon to be there.
(To be continued.l