Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-26

naEETs only j seemed 10 be also that lost
image before which she had used 20 SIT as
q child
she had no feeling of aEakening. but
all az once the visions were gune and
she my open-eyed. swinging 70 tire move
ment o. the sea. feeling the night 20 be
very long. There came over her q creep
Ina oppression-a sense Of terror Of the
night Of tn hidden mysteries and occult
forces. The darkness seemed 20 be hold
tnE some dreadful. stoIid. lethaTEin thing
that spraWled from horizon 10 horizon
small. noissless clock was hung be-
SIDE the bed she could see its pale face
IN the IiEht Of the thick ground glass bulb
that served as night lamp. u was nearly
O'Clock
she twisted back the taWny brown surge
Of her hair. rose. and dressed as hastily as
she could In the lurchiug space Then she
opened the door and passed into the sa-
loon. roll o. the yacht slammed 20 the
cabin door and left her IA darkness. she
felt for the electric switch but before she
could find IL another movement sent her
reeiing against stand. she threw out her
arm % stay her fan and struck something
There was q clicking sound. q soft Whir,
and thea the music Of ssmisen filled the
dark room she realized that she had
staggered against the photograph n the
corner and that the shock had started
its mechanism. Wincing. she groped her
way 10 a chair and sat down trembling
TIE music died away. There Vas a
pause. a Sharp click. a curious confusion
Of sounds. and then husky and filmy. a
human voice.
''Barbarafs
she caught her bands TO her throat her
Il q asr.Inn ~
Austen Ware, speaking. II seemed TO her.
from the world beyond she eronched
hack. breathing fast and hard. while the
voice went On. n strange broken periods,
threaded BY q Whir and clamor that seemed
the noise Of the wind outside.
what o. that knocked Overt It's buzz
ing and wheels are turning in it-or Is i
the paing Can't you stop Il, Barbarag No.
! know you amt here. really I'm al
alons - / must be nght-headed- How
stupid!r
The strange truth came TO her In a stab
Of realization. what she heard was no
supernatural voice In It's fan that night
the phonogrsph's spring had been released
ana the sarnissn record had Registered also
the dellrious mutterings Of the dying man
she felt herself shu6dering violentiy.
4 can't go any farther You
you've done u for me, Phil II
was the second blow. II seemed to crash
right through
Barbaras heart Was beating 70 bursting
Austen. Austen" she Whispered TO her
self. In an agony. 4 Ell me- Was It Pant
Yoa can't know what you're saying
No one must Know a. The law would
no. nos Wal GOOD would II do
now He's a bad egg. but EAs
always proud q the family name Bar
lara. Remember. Il wasn't Phil, IL WASH
Pair
she feu on her knees. her hands elaSping
the arms Of the chair. thrilling 20 tbs
truth beneath that pltiful denial Phil no
Daunt, The man she had loved had ~
stain o. blood on his soul. She soobed
aloud. with the whir Of the maehiner1
there mixed a grasing. seratehing diseOrd
&c though an autoznat0n had attempted &c
laugh
How ridiculous q seems - die IKE this
only this morning 4 Was 80 near
50 near to what I wanted most II va
your losing the l0cket thai ehsekmated me
why ooulcn't ! have found IL instead Of
Phlf Did ! tell you ] Vas their
that DAY, Barbara-behind she shikira
uhen You followed the japanese giri int
the house, / could see just what you Wer'
thinking ] would never have tolt
YOU the truth never"
win a faint cry Barbara dragged her
self backward In the illusion everything
sbou- her for the instant vanished. IN
Yachts walls had rolled away she VA
on q gloomy hillside. and a stricken MAJ
was speatinE-confssSinE
Again the ghastly attempt 20 laugh
knew that I've I've felt H.
i never seemed eontemDtibls to mysel
before. But ] should have had you. ans
that would have repaid II vas Al
corning my way. Then. sust M
dropping OF a iockeL and phi
ana nov. its al over"
Barbara felt herself engnlfed in a wave
Of compiler emotions. she vas torn with 6
great rspnEnance. a great SOY. and 9
sense q acute pity that ogeruastered then
both. Then there relied over all the reooi-
leetion that what she noE listened 70 VA
, but q mechanical echo. Ths hillside faded
the walls q the yaeht came back
4 never believed 81 much. and II goinl
uithout whining. Are you near. Baroara
: Sometimes there are maay people arouns
, ne and then only you /
think I'm beginninE % WANDER
{ she Was weeping nov. unresfraineA-
. There was a iuaE pause en- which m
. uhir OF the wheels raEped On Ihen-
Is Il your arms feel. Barbara
p or Is Il -
That vas an The wheels EhiFred on I
! little ionEsr elsek szz=ssiz=ss- ezls ~
rush q the wind outside ana the passionate
sobbing u the girl Who knelt In the dari
81 room. her face buried Ia her hands. he
heart tossed on the cross-tides Of anguisl
! and % SOY.
A iouE time che knslt there shs Vas ~
! called by e coafusion On the deck allow
her-shcuis ana q hastsuing q feet 81
ngted her faea- me dawn had eome-iu
/ paie. faint radianee ufscd throuEh m
J heavy glass ports and dimly IN the room
p ne shouts and ruuning multiplied
3 shs sprans % her feet, oIened The coo
p and huFrie8 W the eompauionWay-