The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
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way, that the,life and warmth were dying
out OF the arms which were round him.
The electric current Of devotion which
had been flowing from this lady seemed
to flicker aud die away.
The awful story was ended at last.
Then With face In which the horror
cane out In waves, inexpressibly terrible
to see, With each beat Of the pulses
wave of unutterablo horror, she Slowly
rose. i,
Her arms fell heavily to her sides. all
her motions hecalle automatic jerky.
Slowly, slowly, she turned.
Tier feet 1nado no noise rs she moved
over the, room. Her garments did not
rustic. But she walked not as an eldcr-
" woman, but very old woman.
The doof clicked softly. ulc was lett
alone iii the comfortable room.
Alone.
Hc stood lp, tottercd few steps III the
direction she had gone, ana theii, VII W..
q resounding crash which shook the iur-
niture in n succession or qlllck tM,t..s' ''' 20
great form fell prone upon the moor. ,.,.
TIc lay there, head downwards,, VIII
tho sunshine pouring on him. still ana
without any rcactionary movement.
The afternoon was begun. London
was as It had been for days. The unctls'-
ness and unrest which were now become
the common incubus Of its inhabitants
The afternoon papers were merely repe,
tjtlons Of forInr days. Great 1inanclAl
houses were totteripg, rumors OIL wills
grew every hour, no country was ~ ,eo.
no colony secure. Over the Worid INV ,
9lessness and rapine were holding n looit''u#
revel. ~, r,,+ ans
noticed and commented on by the hlsto-t
rians: on this especial winters afternoon
there was no ultrn-nlnrming slioch,
Spending comparative to the genera
state OF things. ,a,,,d
In the pale winter sunshine men nloyeu
heavily about their business, the collillio..
burden was shared by az. Dut .ne1 ,,o, NC
no loud trumpet note during those hours,
About four O. clock some carriages drove
To Downing street. In one sat pr w.
chnel Manichoe Father Rlpon, I1 uio 'r
spence and Basil Gortre.
K In another was the English consul q
Jerusalem. who had arrived with Spence
from the Holy City; Dr. schmo s.m rom
I'M carriages stopped at the house OF
tho Prime Minister and tho party en-
tered ,orr
thn,,ph urgent messages were passing over
the telephone wires. ,,,,,r
In an hours time n cab came or''tts
furIously down tho embantment, rouha
by the new Scotland Yard and 81. oee,
nhen's Club, into Parliament street.
The cab contained the editor OF nv
Times. Following his arrival, IN q re-"
second. n number Of other cabs drove up,
all at a fast pace Each one contained
q nrominent Journalist. Ommaney Was
among the first to arrive, and Folliott
Farmer was with him.
IT vas nearly an hour when these peo-
pie left Downing street, all with very
grave faces. e.
A few minutes after their departure sir
Michael and his party came out, accom-
panied by several minister's including tho
home secretary and tine cHlel co'l''iii ''
soner Of police.
Though the distance to Scotland Yard
is only a few hundred yards, the latter
gentleman jumped into passing hansorh
and was driven rapidly. to his office
This brings the time up to about SIX
O'Clock.
1T was quite dark In Sir Roberts roon
A faint yellow flicker came through the
window, which was not curtained, IRON
n gas lamp In the street. a dull ana
distan: mnfTT1ur from the Edgeware Road
could be dlnlly heard, otherwise the room
was quite silent.
I,lewellyn did not lie where he had
fallen. His sWoon had lasted long, ana
no one had como to succsr him. But the
end was not just yet. The merciful OBJ
livion OF passing from swoon into
death was denied him.
He had come to his senses late In the
afternoon about the time that the large
party of people had emerged OH foot
and In carriages from the narrow cul-
de-suc Of Downing Street
He had felt very cold, an icy-cold.
There had come terrible moment. The
physical sensa ton was sWnmped and for
gotten in ono frightful flash Of reallza-
ton. He was alone; the end was at
hand.
Alone
Instinctively he had tried to rise. He
was lying fuce-downwnrds Mt the return
Of sensation. His legs would not answer
the message Of his brain when he tried
to move them so TINT he might rise.
They lay like long dead cylinders behind
him. EIe was able to drug himself very
slowly, for yard or two, until he reach-
ed an ottoman. He could not lift the
vast weight OF his body into the seat.
II was utterly beyond his strength. lie
propped his trunk against the seat. It
was all he was able to accomplish. Icy
cold sweat ran down his checks at the
excrtion. After he had finished moving
he found that all strength had left him.
He was paralyzed from the waist down
wards Tho rest OF his body was too
weak TO move him,
Only his brain was working with
terrible activity. there alone IN the chm
dark. nE
There came into his molten brain the
impulse to pray, Deep down In every hu-
man heart that impulse lies.
II ~ seed planted tore by Cod. that
1t may grow into the tree of salvation.
The effort was subconscous Almost
simultaneously with II came the awful
remembrance OF what he had done.
4 name danced in letters of flame In
his brain-JUDAS.
lie looked round for some means to end
this unbenrablc torture. lie could SEQ
nothing; the room was very cold and
dark but he knew there WAS n case OF
razors on q table by the window
When he tried to move he found that
ne could not The paralysis was growing
upwards.
Then This was TO DO the end?
momentary food Of relief came over
him. His blood seemed warm again.
But the sensation died rapidly away,
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