Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-10

with no sign OF recognition IN the
stare. Neither did she attempt to
speak or would she answer II spoken
to. In brilliant bathrooms surrounded I
BY festive crowds. at teterartete IN /
roof-garden or abandon saloon on the
street, at home or abroad. this woman |
would suddenly appear to rivet her
eyes upon me with frfgid. stony stare.
Not once did she attempt to interfere /
with my plans. Neither did she con-
duct herself reprehensibly or in q way
open to general criticism or complaint
Dressed in the deepest Of black, her
features halfhidden in a veil q the
same somber hue. her apparition-
like form would rise up. and after
Iook--a dagger's CLEAN from the cold
blue eyes-would gradually drift out
Of sight
SAT first this method Of following
me about seemed unique and more
amused than caused me pain To be
haunted by pretty blonde. especially
one with forget-me-not blue eyes and
pink skin. was more Of an exquisite
pleasure than the torture It afterward
became. / rather enjoyed the nov
city Of the situation. ! would point
her out to my companions as The
Haunting Shadow, The Beautiful
Woman in Black. Ny Girl with the
Staring Blue Eyes. and dub her with
other terms appropriate to the case.
Many joke was cracked at her ex-
pense. In these joined in the laugh
with the rest A heartless laugh.
viii admit, and which must have
wounded her full sore. II 30 she did
not manifest Il by outward sign or the
slightest discernible change Of the
eye. They only continued to gaze
at me. and-nothing more.
but all that is novelty has . limit,
and then the irksomeness Of Il be
gins. Those haunting eyes began to
tantalize and mock me In my delirium
OF fancied bliss. The charm Of the nov
city then became abhorrent and was
no longer jubilant or filed with en-
thusiasm when they appeared. This
feeling grew upon me slowly. Of
course, but It grew. and was doomed
to suffer the results. became IT.
ritable and nervous and III at ease.
There was a falling on Of my compan-
Ions, especially those butterfly com
panions IN the social whirl, who made
Il plain they did not fancy sutton
followed by q shape From irritable
ity / turned 70 rage and cursed this
author Of my despair; but the curses
were as useless as my taunts or the
hollow mockery Of my former laugh.
She needed them not Neither did
they change one lineament Of her
face. or add a new fash or CLEAN %
the cold steelhlue Of her eyes. An
the love once seen In those tender,
lovable orbs had disappeared. They
now shone like a winters sky. icy az
have said. and might add. as i'm
penetrably clear. They became un
ddening -devilish.
Finally fed. I would escape this
Nemesis who was slowly but surely
dragging me down. Flight would re
lIeve the strain which those haunt
: ing blue eyes were bringing upon me
Il was no use. Wherever-I fed. shs
followed No disguise was intricatl
1 enough TO obscure my path. She wal
t ever present, though never to chid'
3 or upbraid: only to face me undei
J, the most trying conditions. and-look
; It was the same everywhere. II
n reveled with danseuse or grisette, shi
n was present. II I attended the thea
4 ter, she was there. II visited som
4 bar to drown my troubles in the cur
= she would manage to seek some pos
+: ton to give me one whitening glance
+ AS a final resort l applied to tn
It police. They could do nothing Sh
IS had not violated a single clause in tn
g law. pronounced her insane and en-
If tered a complaint to that eject /
E, this ! also failed. Before an examiI
b ing board Of physicians she was pr
q nounced as sane-more sane than
d What was to do? So indelibly PHI
d. tographed upon my brain did her eye
n become, that they began haunting m
1t In the dark, and In the obscurity {
Is my room when / was alone. The
K glared at me from the foot Of the be-
I from the papered walls, from the Gel
le ing overhead. It was horrible--ho
at rible. Murder entered into my hear
Was / to blame? Who would not ki
s. that which is sapping the life out {
er him? was insane; or that is.
RS soon would be under the continue
OF strain and knew that some crime
e the killing Of this girl, would be Il
th result.
us Therefore to escape the inevitab
Ell 1 entered here. 1t was easy to PAY
ke the way, to prove that was insan
at to show that murder was in n
IN heart You know how 1t is-all me
nd are insane; only in some the insani
ed Is more pronounced. That is all Il
ed difference Certain subjects and CO
Ily ditions excite US though we are !
at tional upon all other points. ! ra'
lie over an eye; an eye that has be-
OF working the horrid canker Of insani
ny into my soul But here ! win {
nd cape
Ell Yes he almost cried in sava
IN gIee, here l viii escape those ey
ng which are for me a hell upon cart