The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-20
BIZ JOHN r. CARING


synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
A young English woman. with her young son.
took lodgings in little village in Brittany in
order TO be her husband who was IN
prison a few miles away. sent there for murder
Pr which his wife bee..es nm not guilty Az
ancient runic ring whca tradition said had been
made By Odin hgsEee N the quarrel with The
murdered man. and this-Ting the mother one day
Fhowed 70 her son. Then she told him the story
became a man TO md the real murderer and
clear BIS fathers name. The same night the
.SorfIy after the eoavie Erie Marve having
ESCAPED from prison. was: reca n rred in his wifes
room. and in the fight accidentally shot and
kied Der on being tak-n back 70 prison ne Was s
prologue 20 the main story, which begins with
he return OF Marville 70. the house Of his father
s sn hS az Bsen At hs sih ePi death he
eumed the title. married and had a son. To his
lsined reason. but later heard that he was dead
compIetins his educati9n and brought with him
mysterious casket. whicf wakeful guest In the
s, "assned niha con. secre.s % IN ai's
oan and we s es, Bea fPh and he re-
sssss osSP.g sso n. s.ss sq hdd. aa
he vaut. At this junsiture Idris Marville the
Godfrey, who was Cd friend. bearing. how
sver The name Of Brlakspear. the name by
Neither he Godfrvss knew OF the formers
eiA ionsnig 20 the earl. ldris had come, low ~,
lsthsr. He had tfansIa1 the inscription on the
mothers papers. It po.lted to treasure IN a
tom5. and certain Indications led him to believe
company with Godfrey made a night visit e
mound in the neightsrhood. dug into II ana
FOUND tomb containing crumbling skeleton
He brought away the skull and piece of tapes
s ia' REVERE nS %a b. rescued ro o%nnE
ne discovered 10 be in possession OF secret con-
s ssnaas q him BIZ ;s S sys h
and disturbed on indins.t that she was on friendly
ormsby Who '' was " really his R brother though
CHAPTER x-contlusa from Yesterday
Il must go up and shut IT.
Sensible resolve. Il IT IL was not carried
count Tss RG iS int IF Though 9S boIt had
great that she burst: not ascend the stair
case TO close the win2iow. Despising herself
for her cowardice shf remained in her arm
ending the annoyance.
She glanced again .t the dogSand derived
wide awake he did bot display any signs
of alarm.
GO, one sSdvantage ruse creatures .tT, have
frlghten themselves with ghostly fears.
She again fixed heb eyes upon the book
endeavoring To ignore the real terror by a
forced attention 20 an imaginary one, a
literary homeopathy that was scarcely
likely TO be successful.
one or the powers. possessed by the fair
OrientaliSt was thatSof enduing inanimate
i ns heS ss9d f Ss E the
time being with sentence and motion.
The fancy now SEIZED Beatrice so deeply
had she fallen unieI1 the spell of the weird
romance. that the r.stless easement above
was moved Dy similar means, and that It's
Tapping was designe:l to call her attention
to-she knew not What a strange idea :
But II grew upon htr, and increased till it
filed her mind to the exclusion of every
thing else The book, neglected. slid from
her knees, and she. sat listening TO the
swinging OF the easement. And as ii is pos
10Th 80. r.IIs -
notes he plays, so. Beatrice fancied she
could detect a meaHing ~ each variation
of sound.
primarily to arrest attention. like the ting
ting Of the telegraph. operator; next. low
The stairs and come ~ the rescue. foiowed
by remODstratory FLAP censuring her for
delaying Then ensued a slow solemn sound
finally. there came a loud rattle that echoed
thrf8gh the house q; il threatening penal
kr her negligence.
seologist Will read history i'm a cliff:
Bedfrlce read whole tragedy i'm the vary
ing tones Of that easement.
And now, a mysterious influence. eman-
ating from the latti.ed window, seemed to
steal silently DOWN. the staircase like a
ghost. and entering. the apartment where
seen pail Of horrors whispered a thought
that swept all the warmth from her body
and left her icy-cold.
The Vikings skull
At the head OF theistsircase. ON the ledge
or the embresured window, was the grim
memorial. taken at midnight from the Sc
Impressed with the relief that the easement
was Tapping in sympathy with the skull.
that the dread relic: Itself was moaning to
be taken back 10 il: ancient resting place.
Her quiekening fartcy drew a picture. of
the skull. whispering. nodding, grinning,
tts hollow orbs illutnined with blue phos-
phorescent light
Gazing fearfully a. the door she saw that
n. no hor
rid object should come gliding down the
staircase into the room.
Summoning up her small amount of re-
naming courage Beatrice rose, and with
timid. staccato stePS approached the door,
AMENDED by Leo, Mute "a, as statue she
gers on the door haAdle.
it the skull Whispering and chuckIine with
gnostly Sleey She had but TO step forward
two PAGES to be within the corridor. and
py looking up the ftaircase would see the
But this was more than she burst do To
her dismay Leo bad walked out of the
shut the door upon,the dog: in her present
state Of mind his presence was an absolute
passage to bring him back, and by so doing
come within sight Of the skull. was feat
beyond her courage
The corridor lamf had not been lighted
The glory of the fun moon shone on the
staircase window at such an angle that the
projected
the floor OF the Passage directly within
view OF the door az which she was stand.
ing She could not avoid seeing the obIons
patch OF spectral white. But that shadow
IN the center like a human head, black a no
still as IL nailed to the flooring, 1t was the
silhouette OF the skull
Trembling. she Nerted her eyes from the
shadow. aud fortunately at that moment
Leo. having decided that the room was
more comfortable than the corridor re-en-
tered the apartment. and Beatrice instant.
ly closed the door and turned the KEY fe,sl.
ing more at ease now that an inch OF Gal
tnterposed between herself and the obiec,
at the stair head.
But now came another terror,
Leo had taken his place on the hearth
rug where he remained quiet for a few
minutes. Then, suddenly. he began TO grow
resftve. Giving a low growl he started n
his feet, and after looking about on al
sides began 10 walk around the room snuf
Ing suspiciously at the floor, as II he ex.
pected danger from the cellar below rathe,
than from the staircase above
His Investigations concluded the moo,
brute sat down on his launches and liftins
up his head gave utterance To one long ane
plaintive howl. And IL ever dog utteree
prophecy Leo uttered IL at that moment
and the tenor OF his prediction was tina
some dire peril WIS at hand.
Beatrice. who had followed the ANNA
from one part OF the room to another re-
peating Leo. Leo what's the matter?'' a,
II he were capable of speech. kneft nv hi,
side and found him quivering in every limb