Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01
ed himself near the bed and waited for
IKE coming OF Hammond
CHAPTER XVIII.
rnr - wARNING.

o'clock az night.
TIA, I have s.ent six hours" said
Hammond. afte- ii-htins tho sas and
rlanciuc at the clocs. Z, was nearly !
3 when closed my eyes. I feel amaz-
inslv refreshed Now stephen. did
YOU see Ar. Thomas Allday this moro-
iugc"
yes. sir" said stephen. "He SAID
all right"
Very WE'LL said Hammond. Vow
90 lead him here. Come by the pri-
vate entrance. You VIII BE- gone an
hour. Go"
stephen departed. ana uammenc .
summoned N2ncy Uarksr.
Nancy" said De-. when SHE appeared. /
ct have had Gne sleep.
IL ann glad 90 hear 3d." said She I
"Did YOU dream OF our fathers faccs /
I did. for 7 have slept. also"
$50: not n dream % that Kind said
Hammond. "But / had dream which
.--7 merely the result Of what was
/ thinking OF when I fen asleep"
And what was that
81 was thinking how strange 10 was
that Catharine Elg.n could have found
SO secret a hiding place for that VIII in
the little time she had to scck for 90
Sow I have come tO the conclusion
that she hit upon some place by acci-
dent Tho fact is. I arm unwilling 90
remove henry Elgin while That VIII
exists 90 ruin me-"
eve know the win IS ,n the house"
said Nancy BURN tho house. and SD
destroy the will The value OF this
house is not much. 10 Us old and can
o. spared"
Fright Eut while it burns hundreds
. frcmcn viii Doc running an over it
They might discover the win in dash-
ing down The walls and tearing Oh the
framework So. I must hunt once
4 more before proceeding go oXtremlties.
I'm thinking Of an the probable, possi-
bio and impossible places in which
p Catharinc ElgIn may have hidden The
- win feu asleep thinking 81 that place
/ and dreamed the viii was There"
b and whore was thatt' asked Nancy
: Ell viii show YOU. Give mc that
hatchct and bring a lamp" said Ham
s. mond.
3. They left tho library. anl Harmon,
t halted at thc newel-post at The foot of
The stairs which Ted to thc room whcr.
IS his mothers body was lying
PC Nancy Harkcr." said he edo yo'
y rccoucct how I fcu hero thc night w
% sought for wine This cap of th
s. hauister-p0st slipped o0 Zoo my han'
O. ana made me- falL I was angry. fo
81 Che FAN hurt my face. I fastened th
b.. carved top-niccc on thc post. saying
r. would hold until doomsday. lot %
10 suppose dooms dav has come auI t'k
Pc it on"
be- Nancy Harker looked ON while
struck OF the cap Of Che post AS
d FEN Dee plunged his hand into che dee
S. hollow. ami shouted with joy as D
a- drew forth the missing viii and D
IS own forged copy.
rc NOW. then. bv nay ite I have Oh
in matter in nay own hands" cried lc. a
80 they returned 20 his library. "Jam,
ly Greene is dead-I can easily erase D.
e. name wherever ir appears Boa the wi
ld and insert Catharine ElE.n's-keep M
Doe marriage secret untu an the esta'
De- shall nave been converted into gold
~ sec Henry Elg.n has appointed nae h'
as guardian in this viii. aul with it ga
ld defy those country relatives OF his wi
iis are eternallv checking me when 1 q
Pre- Co sell amy ot the property"
nc "If you are appointed guardian OF q
in estate said Nancy. "whv marry Dr.
at aue The world wli boot at such
re marr agc-thc law VIII break it-r
you dare NOT ten The world that s..
he are NOT Catharine Elgiu's uncle"
con Ell haj had this few months 500
c-" said Hammond. "and been cloth
nc with the powers Dc gives me- 7 wOu
'nV have finished Henry Eieiu gained D.,
40 session OF the entire estate. and The
in case haG failed to make Cathari
my daughter-n-law. I would have o.
'or with the estate turned to gold. b
De now L love CaJhar.ne ElS.n-she sh
Dee my WIFE Even IL must die ln &
'ur attempt. I Will 20 ON. When Cath
tF inc Elgin is my wife She VIII 10 il
what I tell her 10 DO. But until IA
ion she viii defy me"
lie Have YOU no fear os = w0man's
ally vengeE' asked Nancy
There never lived bus one woma
aid feared" said Hammond. And yS
ak confouuded nonsense and dreamin
me FOR you know I never dreamed or
We warning fr0m the grave until y
ore veXed me with your absurd stOrie
KY your nonsense made me fear her
VII mean Harriet F0ss III John Ma
has lied she is dead and as for
b; fearing Catharine Elgin's revenge
be ter she is my wife-bah The poy