Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-06

-ttN rtoi'if'n NrBulftNI
-, te4.3 of porsous whose hair
nft suffered Though excessive fear,
hrt nY. a,e 81 zone SO anected.
81, ese 10 N. MaYnard. ~ y" sat
fnf tie ~ q, n his PRETTY villa, dis
,4 4- tor G.fcrcnt effects OF terror
90 disaifnli f compartments. Without
rriiyiAs e. no. tho docior turucd to
l.s Ntf .ind said
.iieieD. }YiI. sou please relate TO nay
old fticud thc iueiden, within your own
experienced" II is the most conNiuc-
irg aIi;gufut 1 can advance
looked pi Mrs. Maynard in sur
Lf.sr. | liu observed that i"r hair.
which was very luNuriant. was white,
Ina Il only heightened the briiiiancy
nf hcr m" dark eyes.
Inr docioe and had been FELLOW =
students. bat after leaving college we
hai dirt d apart. 1 was NOW IA Il
.is!t Ia hiui 5cr The a'st time since his
MA rlaRc.
Mrs. Mayu.rd smiled as she slu my
eyes fixed Ga her snowy hair over her
shoulders. and. seating herself by her
husbands side related the following
story
l. * ne.,riy Two years since my hus-
hand Was called on one evening 10 visit
a pationt several miles away. our ser
wants had III gone to /, wake in the vi
nifty the dead man being u relative
Of one of on serving maids. Thus l
WIS left aiouc. Eui | felt no fear. ftr
We had ncvcr heard OF burglars or any
SORT of aeSper;sdocs in II quiet little
village. thcn consisting of II few scat
tered houses. The windows leading
out on the piazza were open as now.
but / secured thc blinds before my
husba9ds departure. and ocked the
outside doors. att except the front one:
- ta 4 trH 49,. H. ~ a., l..t sal ,A
;yoirs cut. sn that. if I should Tall
asleep fore tbs return. he could en-
toy without alnnsiu: me. I heard the
incior':; riiid footsteps on h gravel,
puickencd by Che urgent tones OF II
messenger wn" awaited him. aud, af-
Ter the sharp rattle of the carriage
wheels had become but an echo I
seated myself and soon became alb
sorbed in the book had been reading
before ncirs disturbed by the SUM
mons.
i;ut after q time my interest sue
ruinhcd to cruW siness, and l thought
OF retiring. Thcu the clock in the doc
tors study struck -. so 4 determined
10 wait :. Ic~ moments more feeling
That he would be home very soon. |
closed my book, nut al :: dressing
gown. let down my hair. and then re-
turned To my scat to patiently wait
md listen. Not the faintest SOUND
disturbed IN" stiffness of the night.
Not a breath OF air stirred the leaves.
The silcncr WAS so profound that it
became oppressive. [ longcd for the
sharp click or the eate-latch and the
we'll k ioWn STRIP on the gravel walk.
J did not dare to break the silence my
self by moving ar singing. | WAS st
oppressed will, the deep stiffness. The
human mind is Il strange torturer OF
itself. | began to c%onjurc up vivid
%fiioies of Ehostly v%isitnnts. in the
midst OF which there occurred to rue
the stories | had heard from s,lpersti-
,ious people ABOUT the troubled spirits
OF those who had died suddenly. like
The man whom my servants had gone
TO wake who had been killed by an
accident at Il saMmil.
III the midst of these terrifying re
Elections. I WAS startled by :; stculthy
football on the piazza. | listened be-
tween fear INT hope. 1t might Ike the
doctor. But no. he would not tread like
that: the step was too soft and cautious
for anything less willy thar a cat. AS
l listened again. my eyes fixed on the
window blind. 4 SAN the Stats move
slowly. m then the rays Of the moon
disclosed "a thin, cadaverous face. and
bright. EtitterinS eyes. peerinE at me.
- horror! Who WAS il? or what was
it? 1 felt the cold p%erspiration start
ut every pore. I seemed to be frozen in
t.lA ttiilt. ! tUiiu nOl tiOte. tOult
Not cry out my tongue seemed glued
10 the roof OF my mouth. while the
.ieathiy white face pressed closer. and
the great Suiii,en eyes wandered in their
en1c about The room. In :, few mo-
lrnnts the cautious footsteps ca,Nc
toward the door "Merciful h~eavens."
! cried. in :: horror-atrickeH whisper.
u.s. ! heard tho sout,i Of the latch. the
Doctor in his haste must have forgotten
Ia turn the key"
| heard the front door open. the step
In tie hall. and. helpless MS II statue. |
sat iivetcd to my chair. The parlor
door Was open and III it stood !, tall.
tilili man. whom I never before behold.
re VAS dressed in n long. lose robe. Il
sort of gabardinc. and II black velvet
slsullcap partially concealed II broad
Forehead. under which CLEANED black
eEes, bright as living Goals. AND placed
80 scar together that their gaze Was
p~rctornaturai ia their distinctivcness:
aeaVy. grt1zled eyebrows hung over
taen like the tangled name of "a lion.
tie rose was sharp and prominent: the
ciin was ovcrgrown with white hair.
which hung down in locks as weird as
the Ancient Mariners. He politely
,ioifed his cap. bowed. replaced it. and
then said. in Il slightly foreign .,c-
coat:
MADAM, ii is not necessary for me to
stand on M further ceremony. as your
husband. Doctor Maynard" here he
.,s..in bowed profoundly. .has already
acquainted you viii the nature OF my
business here tonight. I perceive he
added. giancing at my negligee robe.
that you are expecting me-"
No" l found voice TO stammer: the
coctor has said nothing to me about
81 visitor at this hour OF the night
".Ah. he wished to spare YOU. no
doubt q diSagreeable apprehension +.