Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-11-25

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parposed travelling abroad and was
not bound to it by any such intense
attachment such as she had con
ceived- Philip had almost yielded to
her yequestSSI, however, am not Of a
temperament easily placated. l sus-
pected that my brother was par ly in
stEumentsl In the changing of Gun. ia
Tiers will. l refused to have any
kind of dealings with him. l scolded
hers for Wishing Thim. explained the
misconstruction that might be put
upon such On act by village, gossip,
~ sasia ans ,fessF'Hl ii'gs" Sssssfise see him
"A few weeks ago l learned from
syfMt4 81 atSef FIAT Be Sykes man
sisa SaaE@ass Rte fqsnted by the
a village crony that the figure of "A
woman walked through the rooms and
passages at hight. He had seen it,
q ess IA 1RfK IkU 4 R isp " nsa r aus
sa as sis's.s ssly iSssssft.d his hands
w@sis Up :qo4A Nf Night with my
books ahd'papere Fam at present en-
gagged IN writing a monograph. upon
ourArst ianpafs ssnm stihAes my OBJ.
sefvatfohs take me away for day or
two, 50 thar ny WIFE and Issee not
700 nlfsh f9f Hqe, AhStheh Indeed, Of
late. sincs stfe episode = referred to,
We seem to- have hsgun- to drift apart.
I am not a believer in the supernat-
yrafg ana yfr6 foolish gossip of the
'hutle8 ,arAusea the most terrible sus.
picions in me. I resolved to discover
for myself what truth lay in the ru-
motgs 3 9as 1s
Pretending to be about to set off
u1p a. txoSIasss 9ohfAes FOR sthe purs
pose of securing specimens. i caple
baEk sat rfss41t ssaAf 'cuafee a4ed myself
in an old building, now. unoccupied..
but formerly used as barn by my
grandfather, adjoining the mansion.
From here ! Tas e1rabed i, to Obtain I
dlear gieN pfi Il large tnart,of the i1
terror, Which is built In a rambling
Yay anay@as n thts tanner be over
lboked.e I saw my brother lower the
light in his study and a minute or two
liter saw tie CLAMP fash out in hts
Hedreoma i1hsN lower poftion of the
House was, plunged, into darkness. 1t
vas past ithidnishtIi'fs was abodt to
dismiss my project as chimera, feel
ing pruchg ashameds pfsmys sifs 6icionss;
when an Irresistible impulse impelled
me to go to thef6pens&hdc~ of the
darkened stqdyi Aetyated by the same
Instinct which seemed to force me on
ward against my wiil!I-crepf in Noise,
lessly, traversed the room, and
emerged into the corridor. From the
far end a~veiled4 figure CAME gliding
+; T.: !: : E e.:
i issSsS ssS i5safaiI iIlraal 16af
lass 9, Of !. my my, Eifss;, 2R9safE P2@sRt
the SAND ri ~. T. 52sy -
hpw .long. a3f n, tfl3 t5SesS
came to iA33 ~ 1ian1jyylaA'
uP to msS(lo b& 11Esfiai7k Bred
riolently- Ya1p the door. SuddsplyAshe
came otf81RN confronted me S6sewas
robed In 2i8f1ina gown and LOOKED
up with S68 Enlightened eyes, 80
though Just Awakened out of sleep. |
made no - 10 her ter5ns& au
peals. but'fss6edSut Of the li6ase and
came straight to you, knowing that if
there could be any supernatural solu.
ton of the diaaculty yopye 6ld put me
ouf ofmy sEispses Wbilsf The period
between our Encounter IN the mansion
ana that in my own cottage seems al
mttt toe short to have enabled her to
return and assuhe. the. role she played.
confess that + look upon you as the
last possible, refuge left me before I
~r>AS SVA1OsoNIloi -ucoDtT<1tlO4.I I
II was impossible not to be deeply
impressed tbyetfld evident sincefity of
the young man and by his deep dis
tress. For my part, / was inclined
to believe the worst Bat a glance in.
to Brodsky's 'ihpassive face convinced
me that he did not share my sus-
picions. Brodsky's opinions of women
were curiously fine; as 4 learned after
ward, and hope Subsequently. to be
able to tell. his life had been nodded
by one Of the MODEST character who
had died before the day set for their
marriage. leaving him to! cherish her
memory as a continual inspiration.
We determined to start at once for
the village. which was some, Is miles
distant. situated in the heart of a
sparsely settled farming country. It
was decided. that. both in view of the
young mans excited condition and in
order "a" enable us to pursue our in.
vestigations freely, which conscience
WOuld NOT have rarr,t..I =.