The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-01
cHAPTER XIV.
rha Omen Window.

~ windows were dark, save
S and there the soft glow Of
INN sifted through shutter.
me- had closed gloomily, breed,
The air was sultry ana
and now and then sheet
threw into blunt rellef tho
les of the trees. Inside the
ell slumbered, soundly OF fit
d,cnlth or illness decreed, carry
MINORS of the stirring day into
realm of sleep
lihad closed her eyes. thinking
when secrecy would all be
sruise done, when she would
IA the ring she had taken off
,ess, when indeed and IN name
be a wife before the world,
picked a great bowl of wild
AZ and set it by her bedside
'oom was sweet with the deli
e. The odor carried her ire
.ack to the far-away mansion
since seemed a haunted dwell.
e days of her blindness and Of
,ourtship. Before she extin-
The light she searched in a
lad found her wedding ring
he had worn for less than an
= was folded away in q box
b had not opened since the
&day when she had broken in
.r model Of the Prodigal Son.
~ crept into bed, the ring was
niger. She had fallen asleep
l cheek resting on it:
cnke with a start, with vague,
5le uneasiness, an instinct that
had voiced an unusual sound.
Fp in bed. staring into the dark
81. the room, Her instant
,saad been of David Stires, but
bell on the wall whose wire
5 bedroom was not vibrating.
ned moment, but there was
r,ep silence.
"a out of bed, she crossed the
parted the curtain from be-
<aIl French window. The room
ne ground floor and the window
.sctly on the lawn. The wind
cad, aud the world outside
I. cleared expaflse of trees and
md the descending forest that
!, round-was wrapped In
ckness. While she gazed there
HIDDEN yellow flare of lightning
instant mutter Of thunder spoke
he hills.
ith the unreasoning uneasiness
her, she CROPPED to the door,
bolt and looked out into the
.ly carpeted hall, lighted dimly
D set just at the turn OF the
All at once q shiver ran
Ter. There, a dozen steps away,
full upon him, stood the man
/ her thoughts.
.ood perfectly still, without
( or gesture, gazing at her. She
Ibis face distinctly, silhouetted
aaTl.gray wall. 1t wore an ex'
IF strained concern and of deep
,ss- The instant agitation and
olotted the puzzle of his pres
Re. She forgot that it was the
sight, that she was In her night
/ flashed across her mind that
II and desperate trouble had
him. All the protective and
IN her love welled MP, She
skly toward him.
not move or stir. and then she
That though his eyes seemed TO
her, it was with a passive,
slxity. They saw nothing. He
tthe mind which was conscious,
81 of the brain was at rest. The
hrough the operation Of some
Ie law Of the subjective self,
-.ng in an automatic somnam bu-
NE Intermittent memory that
IN TO emerge in sleep, that had
q on waking the eerie impress
"a dual identity, had led him,
srily and unerringly, to her.
1ted, a deep compassion and a
,onderment holding her, feeling
brill the power she possessed
a.. Then, like a cold wave,
fer her 8 numbing sense of his
How had he entered? Had
n locks like a burglar' The
h was anomalous. What should
u Walked abruptly, the result
disastrous. Discovered, his
there when all slumbered. sus-
; he had been, would be ruin.
must get him away, oTS of
3, and quickly.
.th OF cool air swept past her.
fbut the lamp-an outer door
10 AT the same instant she
Ieps beyond the curve Of the
'.tor Brent's voice peremptory
iripe. Her nerves chilled; he
the sole avenue of retreat.
was one other, and only one
way to shield him. Quiet and
ul now, though her cheeks were
took tine hand of the uncou
an, drew him silent and unre.
ITO the friendly shadow of her
,sed the door noiselessly and
., moment she stood motiopless
)It beating violently. Had be
al Or had the open door Gre
u alarm? Releasing his hand
he found her way softly to q
JRhted a tiny night-taper, and
shawl about her. Through its
lass the light cast a wan glim.
(h showed the shadowy outlines
bonn. its white rumpled bed. its
belongings eloquent of q
ownership, and the pallid
tpce Of the sleeping man. He
ped still; troubled frowu was
bee, and his head was bent as
nR.
fJden confusion tinelcd through
iSs, O sense Of maidenlv shame
~ could bo there beside him er
e, opposing the sweet remindc
real relationship-was he moi
Per husband that lay ever be
Y thought 10 justify and ex
FEde must wake before he left
{n. What would he think7 Sh,
<rarlet in the semi-darkpess: sh.
y tell hjm-that. Not ther,
81 The blood forsook her hear
>seps sounded outside the door
used, passed on, returned anC
Why, in the tense silence of th,
p mantel clock struck three,
me. like the vibration Of far
~ bell. The tone was not lout
the low roll OF the thunde
well-nigh as loud-but ther
me intrusive metallic cadence
suggestion to the dorman
fs the sound of the church bel