The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-17

Stlll ne sat! Inc minutes passed
away. Still he sat motoness. his face
buried.
1t was dark The yellow CLEAN
streaming out Of the window only
served to make the surrounding dark.
ness dcnser The lamp on the table
cast a pale circle Immediately in front
OF the office. There was no other
flicker OF light on the street. Into
this circle there moved a shadow. It
retreatcd - advanced again - glided
back in to ObSCurity. Was it something
alive, or did the moving Of the lamp
cause the shadows to thus skip about?
But the lamp had not been moved. 1t
| burned steadily in the same position.
! The relaxed form of the unconscious
man was still bent over the table.
Nothing had changed within. Prob
! ably some dog locked ont for the night
! had trOttcd within the radius of light.
! Maybe a COttOn,tail had hoped into
! the light for a second. Louise did not
! know whether rabbits ever came into
the town, but it was likely they did.
! 1t might have been one of the strayed
| cattle wandering about in search Of
| food. That was the most probable sup
! position of all. Of cOure it might
have been only her Imagination. The
| little pinch Of fright engendered of the
| moving shadow and the eerie hour
| passed away. Her eyes grew pensive
| again. How still it wast Had Cor
don fallen asleep? He lay so quietly.
Had he grieyed himself into slumber
as a girl would do? No-men were
not like that.
All, There was the moving shad-
ow again! She caught her breath
quickly. Then her eyes grew wide and
| fixed with terror. This time the
shadow did not stink away again It
came near the window. crouching. Sud
denly, it stood up straight. Merciful
Father. Why Is 1t that human be-
ing, a creature of reason and judg-
,''0A'' p'0" ms "oo"' a. uiin'' u a.
hours, inspires ten-fold more terror to
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r'N 'A'0
ii'A ~. 0'. was
parched. A sudden paralysis held her
| speeChless. 1t was like a nightmare.
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