Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

reproachful eyes, in which I read
| warning, yet could not ask its mean
Ing.
I struggled so hard that at last tho
spell was In a degree broken. Follow
ing the direction OF her eyes, looked
down at myself and saw fastened to
the breast of my doublet the knot or
blue velvet which she had made for
my sword hilt, and which / had ever
since carried in my BOSOM More, l
saw, with a singular feeling of anger
and sorrow, that a hand which came
over my shoulder was tugging hard at
the ribbon In the attempt to remove II.
This gave me horrible concern, yet at
the moment / could not move nor do
anything to prevent It, At last, making
stupendous effort, l awoke, my last
experience. dreaming, being of the
strange hand working at my breast.
My first waking idea was the same, so
that / threw out my arms and
cried aloud and sat up. "Ugh!"
exclaimed, trembling in the in
tensity Of my relief as / looked about
and welcomed the now familiar sur
roundings. 1T was only a dream. 1t
was
/ stopped abruptly, my eyes falling
on a form lurking in the doorway. Z
could see II only dimly by the light OF
hanging lamp, which smoked and
burned redly overhead. Yet could see
ing figure. Nevertheless faint touch
of superstitious terror still chung to me.
Speak, please!" / asked. who is it?"
1T is only l." answered a soft voice.
well known to me-Mistress Anne's-
II came in TO see how you were" she
continued, advancing little, and
whether you were sleeping. am
afraid l awoke you. But you seemed,
she added, Ito be having such painful
dreams that perhaps II was as well l
did"
/ was fumbling in my breast while
she spoke, and certainly, whether in
my sleep / had undone the fasteniDgS
or had loosened them Intentionally be-
fore | lay down-though could not
remember doing sony doublet and
shirt were open at the breast. The vel
vet knot was safe, however, in that tiny
breathed again. Il am very glad you
did awake me-" l replied looking
gratefully at her. II was having a hor-
rihie dream. But how good IL was
of you to think of me, when you are
not well yourself, too"
"Oh. l am better" she murmured,
her eyes. which glistened in the light,
fixed steadily on me. Much better.
Now go to sleep again, and happier
dreams to you. After tonight" she-
added pleasantly, II shall no longer
consider you an invalid nor intrdue
upon you.
And she was gone before I could re-
iterate my thanks. The door fell to,
and l was alone, full OF kindly feelings
toward her and of thankfulness that
my horrible vision had no foundation.
Thank heaven"' l murmured more
than once as lay down. 1T was only
"a dream
Next day we reached Nimueyeu.
where we staid sort time. Leaving
that place in the afternoon, "a hours'
journeying, partly by river, partly. II
] remember rightly, by canal, brought
us to the neighborhood of Arnheim on
the Rhine. 1t was the first of March.
but the opening month beled it's repu-
tation. There was a brightness, a soft
ness in the air and a consequent feel
ing as of spring which would better
have befitted the middle of April AIR
day we remained on deck enjoying the
kindness Of nature, which was es-
pecially grateful to me. in whom the
sap of health was beginning to spring
again. and we were still there when
one of those gorgeous sunsets which
are peculiar to that country began to
fling its hues across our path, We
turned jutting promontory, the boat
began to fall off, and the captain came
up, his errand to tell US that our Jour
ney was done.