The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-10

CHAPTER I--Contlnued.
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dust, yet miss the mountain DOCS " 2
time seem 90 short? It would not D.. u u
you 3renlizsd that events not clocks were re
the real 8r1leasurc& thereof. IN \. E 5}
The Episode 81 Rama Ragobah.
1,ifo V Sbut 5 paar 1arsSeI;ountant when II
leaves the future 70 balance lt i, 81 en- N
| tries long Years aftor the pn llf' Ie ],R
i handful AK OF 0lvcnt "a aus il {.
BIZ NVhen,t5 in such wise, tue }H
IL a 1iefest, tenn OF o it n;
| rs S side Of the sheet NJ
III self Ito 8the other n
.lg " i{isj 3sg the tragic is at "
ss8as talned. +, &, . 4, 4, u, !.
Ma, rro,y as e bur-
led The Osborne theory seemed 70 ~, os
universally accepted and many m T sr,, y
who had MI. parroW; n"sln =
flspllfe attended#lls funeral, curious ~ Y
might 11be.g1 q ven bore Tie ordeal With
q fortitude which spoke volumes Tor ne neI !
care. when all oyer, that q I, she
should not be left alone In oompi "a l, 60
with Maltland's request, whose WILL, sln {
premise to him WAS liz he and
h taSe is , al aS boae WITH v U.s.
It was on the5night Of the fnefhi, 'u Il,
after the lamps were lgh'ea 9 lam Inv
preston Gwen though nGl ,, II si y
nor + fully appreciated It's ignlt ca. nee
till weeks snfter'wurd. 5,,. $3.50, ~,
room roo collecting such little things q
she Wished take with h sro l she W yu,a
iro1t "a n t1al ~
%gathered the Things she had collected 4 IN
little heap the sitting ro on, tapTsd
deintE 1em more whic she
must take-a cabinet photograph d q M
father. This was upon the Top 81 t t,e
piano ~ the room where ne , naa ti ilu nd
could have put sher hand righ,t1, upon I. ia
rot She AROSE, therefore, ana W Win ~
parlor. A faint 3fafterglow illumined the
Windows and suffused the room with an
uncertain dim, ghostly light which LEM =,
to all Its object vasue fiattss g., nes
which the ina ination carvesA what sTapes
it8lists Gwen reached for a.. picttih !, =
a, sudden conviction possessed her t iIl
her father TODD Just behind h h;s n. the
that f53she turneda she would ee.n ~,
again, with hls,hand c!utching his tnr s.1,
and his eyes starting from tne,r SuSke.St
with that nevcr-t ol' -
Il Would 'bc difficult to find "a; woman
upon whom superstition has SO st,e ~ s,o Z
hold as hasupo,n Gwen a Harr 'fnr her
to turn and gazcStoWard the %cenIer o. o.
tho room All dim,s III defined stain I, o.
lightafel lmonnentarily upon the cn en- I,ai
flckered ,nsteadily. across the, room anu y
as 1t seemed to her out through n /, -. =
western side the while rus.it,hg
sound caught. her ear. She was ptatlii!!y
conscious, too 5of q something s|issn,ing ~
by her, as II Il strong draught had Just 4
fallen upon her. ~ She was not naturally
snperstsions shinave e. gioom Inc
@ @fsSrSa ah1 1SSfd steyy ss i
added te her weird perSfp,ffons ad
presence, caused even Gwen 70 press h q
hand convulsvely upon her thr ,s bpt thgg
heart For the lirst IL hera,ifef the
awful Possbltiebs dn5kn ae knew H
II moment, hoWsyer she t,s h ,Ia T haS,,n
cred from her first Shock ana nag nesu n =
heard and the movement she had fclt
8 both be explained byssall open window? "!
She knew she had closed and .loeked "a, az
If hi airing III after the funeral, and
she was not aware that any one had been
there since, yet she said .to herse ell, taa a.
perhaps one Of the y laa a cGlne g..
edge She turned and looked Y The lower
sash OF the EASTERN windoW,-the one
through which she felt sure death Z had
approached her father--'Walss raised to lts
How fortunate" she murmured q, a"t ma 7 7
1 discovered this before leaying -. I, |,
She was all but fully.rsaa ssure q a noW,
it. Remembering how the sash STUCK x
in tho casing. she raised both hands TO
forciby lower It. she did So "a strong
arose aiae' dS IN front Of her His great
height brought his head almost TO !, !. q
he se was mi': Standing upon the ground out,
side. He was so near that she could feel ttl
his breath upon her face. His eyes like
two great Goals Of fire. blazed into h 41ts
countenance seemed ri to utterly surpn i!,s
any personal malignancy ana a to sn o: ~,
itself as type Of allatho, hatreds mat
Only d moment before Gwen had felt
Il creepy, sckcning sensation stealing
over her as the resultofan ill =
aet u aipih mminent aa ana Fearful peril con-
fronted her. Under such circumstances 6;
most women would hove tainted, nnd,
indeed II Gwen hadsllerself been g.. n sicd
a supreme test, she would nave propnes!eat
the same maidenly course as , y g. own. YET
in the real cxlgency--1hoW.llt tle 40 we
kIlOW " OulSclNcS,
pcriencp has taught8us this Is precisely
When nj Inc u'u hor 9i pparltion first rose
in her very face asitWere,,as 1T, mo I'Mn :
to to- The sl snsI, for SUPPORT. Then the Won
derful fire Of the maIIgnant ey hs green.
like flux of Il glow. sworm's light; seen zen
urdcr y glassriveted her attention, sn nc
death varies with our. desire y. for IRE 70
DuIled by, a great grief, sho dld 10 ,,a 30
The futures burdenwas he cay " a anwn Is
there would still be la sense Of relief.
As this thought passed llke "a "a ss ~ rsoI
irresistbly attracted to the aWful in u 9
before her, Her assailant,s gazo. seemefni
TO have wound itself about her OWN untll
she could not tlisontangle IL, She was
dor ,'i q spell. and N summoned al her re-
naming strength break ~ 9ulek ~ ~
without the slightest 'nloyement, Fl warn in9n
ing she threw hersSentire weight q - upPpt ~
the sash in last egdeayoy. e Close ,, tt = 9
window but the mans upratsse;d, arm neag