Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-07

"a II !Iul III lilt iAllN iiilf. ilfi'l
within its narrow limits Wonders be-
Nond the reach al kirgS. Blu, u itrauge
irrN"rsltN dominate the currents of
our thoughts. They would not How
through the sun III channels int" which
w" strove To di,eii them. lnsensibly
we Welded to the occult force that
s"ayed us. and IN lulg-d in gloomy
speculation. w. had talked some time
upon the pron"ness If the human mind
70 mysticism. and the almost universal
love of the terrible. when Hammond
suddenly said t" me. What do you
consider L" be tn greatest element of
terror"
Thu question puzzled me That many
things were terrible knew. Stumbling
over Il corpse in tn. lark bchol ling.
as ! once did. Il Woman boating down =:
deep and rapi river. with wildly lifted
arms and awful urturned face. uttering
as Sh" driftcd. shrirkS that rent ones
heart. while we. iir Spectators. stood
frozen at II window which u%Verhung
the river at a height al sixty feet. UNI
;t!An to make the slightest effort 10
save her. but dumb. watching her last
supreme agony and her disappearance.
A shattered wreck. With no life visible.
encountered floating iiStlessly on the
ocean. is Il terribl" object. for it sug-
g"stS a huge terror. t,ic proportions of
which ara yeile1. isul it nnW struck
mo for the FIRST time that there mus,
he one great AMI ruling embodiment of
80 hilS al letf"'s I" which all 9th
circumstances would ii uNc ii. exist
tncrn
II confess. llammnnd.' / replied 10
my friend. II ilcvri cons. tered The sub
icCt hriorr. Eat tncfe must be one.
,;,o'h'hS moe teiflnle itAu amy other
.n i,''i y 'au''"t ittteiispt. how
~ tNeH nv" nlpSl vague dctinition.'
-4+-4. :. A
answered.. II feel my capacity 10 OK
Nefi'ner :, terror gr"atnr than ANYTHING
Set conceived by Tile human mind
something combining IN The to;irtul ana
.liiftu'"i ainaisntnation hitherto sup
l'osr'i In~t"mpauble clements. The call
ins OF tho voices in Erockieu pruNue.s
novel OF 'Wioland' IT, awful: 80 - mo
picture of Tho bWcller q. the Threshold.
IN 'fu!""l'S lamont but he added.
s~n"h}lg his head elnemiiy. there *
Sol1eth!As moro terrible than these
Look hcrc. tIalnmund.' reioiued
'iet us drop this KIND uf talk. fo, hnay-
ems sake. We shall surfer f,. IN d.
pend upon H."
wv eli, good night. ilariN. pieasan,
"re&iis to YOU"
!" YOU gloomy Wretet. afreets.
Sigltia AMI -~nenaNters'
We Parted. ana eaca sought his re-
- cc.ige chamber. undressed otii,h-
iN and got into bed. ;akin. vim ma
according to my usial r,t.,n4n -
oser winch generally read myself 10
SHEEP. ] opened the Volume AZ soon ~ +
J hlu aid my head upon The nill,N
and instantly lung it to the otha, si6n
of the room. 1t was .;nutnn.. nj.
tory OF Monsters" n curious lr,..ncb
"ork. which | had lately received FROM
iarls, but which. in the state of mind
i nau reached. was anything hut AN
agreeable companion. | resoiyed To- 90
to sleep at once. 50 turning down my
gas until nothing but q little blue Inin,
OF light sliininered on the top of tn.
| composed myself to res,
The room was in total darkness. The
a.o'i 81 gas mat still remained alight
did not illuminate II distance of three
inches around the burner. 1esner-
ately drew my arm across my eyes. AS
II To shut out even the darkness aD6
tried TO think of nothing. 1t was in
vain. The themes touched ON by Ham
.ioHu Nep' on'rudlng themselves on my
Drain. ! batilcd against them. | erected
of would-be Darkness of in
lellect to keep out. They still crowded
upon me. While | was lying still as
a corpse. hoping that by u perfect ,lby-
sicai 'nact'on should hasten mental
repose. an awful incident occurred.
something dropped, as it seemed. from
the ceiling. upon my chest. and The
next instant | felt two bony hands en-
my throat c~ndeavorinu ia
choke me
l am n" coward. and am possessed
"i considorapie physical strength. The
suddenness of the attack. instead of
stunning me. strung every nerve to it's
hishest tension. My body acted u,on
instinct before my brain had time to
realize the terrors of my position. In
an instant l wound two muscular arms
around the creature. and squeezed if
with all the strength of despair. against
my chest. In a few seconds the bony
handS that had fastened on NV throat
loosencd their hold. and | was free tn
breathe once more. Then commenced
Il struggl of awful intensity. mn
mersed in the most profound darkness
totally ignorant of tho nat,,ra ,f ~.