The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-19

mus commanded, Troke, with haSty
growl of its being no affair of his. and
he hoped Mrs. Frere would tell the cap
tain how it happened" flung open the
door of a cell on the right hand Of the
doorway. 1t was so dark that az first
Sylvia could distinguish nothing bit the
outline of framework, with something
stretched upon it that resembled hui
man body. Her first thought was that
the man was dead, but this was not so
he groaned. Her eyes. accustomed
themselves to the gloom, began to see
what the punishment was. Upon the
floor was placed an iron frame about
six feet long, and two and half feet
wide, with round iron bars, placed trans
versely, about twelve inches apart The
man she came to seek was bound in a
horizontal position upon this frame. with
bis neck projecting over the cad of It.
If he allowed his head to hang. the
Hood rushed to bis brain. and suffocated
him, while the effort to keep it raised
strained every muscle to agony pitch.
His face was purple, and he foamed at
the mouth Sylvia uttered a cry. This
is no punishment: it's murder! Who
ordered this?"
The commandment" said Troke. sui
lenly.
II don't believe it. Loose him, I say.
Hailey.-you. sir, therew The noise
had brought several warders TO the spot.
do you hear me? Do you know who
/ am? Loose him, say,' In her eager
ness and compassion. she was on her
knees by the side Of the Internal ma
chine. plucking at the ropes with her
delicate fingers. sWretches, you have
cut his flesh, He is dying, Help, You
have killed him.
The prisoner. in fact, seeing this angel
of mercy STOPPING over him, and hearing
close to him the tones of a voice that
for seven years he had heard but in his
dreams, had tainted. Troke and HALEY,
alarmed by her vehemence, dragged the
stretcher out into the light, and hastily
cut the 'ashings. Dawes rolled of like
a log. and his head fell against Mrs.
Frere. Troke roughly pulled him aside
and called for water. Sylvia, trembling
with sympathy, and pale with passion,
turned upon the crew. "How long has
he been like thisY
"An hour said Troke.
"A liew said a stern voice at the door.
HE has been there nine hoursr'
..Wretchesr cried Sylvia, you shall
hear more of this. Oh, oh. l am Sick
-she felt for the wall-"I-I-"
North watched her with agony on his
face. but did not move. II faint T."
She uttered a despairing cry that was
not without a touch Of anger. mr..
North! do you not see? Oh! Take me
home-take ME homew And she would
have fallen across the body of the tor
tired prisoner had not North caught her
rsis arms
.E1fus Dawes. awaking from his stu
Lor, saw, in the midst of a sunbeam
waica penetrated a window In the corri-
dor. the woman who came to save his
body supported by the priest who came
TO save his soul; and, staggering to his
knees. he stretched out his hands with
a hoarse cry. Perhaps something in the
seton brought back to the dimmed re.
nismbrance of the commandments wife
ne image Of similar figure stretching
lssrsh its hands to a frightened child In
lie mysterious far-off time. She start.
led, ed. pushing back her hair. bent q
sFEsfaul, terrified gaze upon the face OF
the kneeling m,6s rs though she would
fain read there an explanation Of the
shadowy memory Which haunted her. II
is possible that she would have spoken
but North-thinking the excitement had
produced one of those hysterical crises
which were common to her-gently drep
her. still gazing. back toward the gate
The convict's arms fell. and an indefna-
bic presentiment of evil chilled him as he
teheld the priest slowly draw the fan
young creature from out the sunlight into
the grim shadow of the heavy archway
For an instant the gloom swallowed
them, and then they passed cut of the
prison archway into the free air Of heav
en-and the sunlight glowed golden OF
their faces.
You are i'll" said North. you viii
faint. Why do you look SO wildly"
What is it?" she whispered, more II
answer to her own thoughts than to hi!
question: -''what is it that links me K
that man7 What deed-what terror
what memory7 tremble with crowdins
thoughts thai die ere they can whispel
to me. Oh. that prison."
In0T T60CHGU TIE mousse ana ne DI0C
al ber tenderlv In a chair axow 70,
80 safe madam will leave Won >;
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treat me thus, Mr.. North? What hav'
/ done to make you hate mel?
Hate your said North, with trem
bling lips. ..Oh. no. / do not--do no
hate siou. / am rude in nv speech. ab
rupt In nv manner. You must forge
it anG.-and me-"
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