Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-06

Oh nedNeu ana edTlu, ludI Is Ill.
"A man Of heaven and earth =.
that is all! A nice way to speak OF
him, And are you still re-
solved to run away from him."
= Yes, tomorrow"
Tomorrow, you will have no re-
solve left"
Then. Raoul, you must run away
with me in spite of myself; is that
UNDERSTOOD"
Il shall be here at twelve tomorrow
night; | shall keep my promise, what
ever happens. You say that, after
listening to the performance, ne is to
wait for you in the dining-room on
the lake?"
Yes"
And how are you TO reach him, If
you don't know how to go out by the
glass;"
Why. by going straight to the edge
Of the lake"
Christine opened a box, took out an
enormous key and showed it to Raoul.
What's that" he asked.
The key of the gate to the under
ground passage in the Rue Scribe"
81 understand, Christine. 1t leads
straight TO the lake. Give it to me,
Christine, viii you?"
Never" she said. That would be
treacherous!"
Suddenly Christine changed color.
A mortal pallor overspread her fea-
lures.
"Oh, heavens" she cried. Erik!
Erik! Have pity on mel"
Hold your tongue!" said RaouI
you told me he could hear you!"
But the singers attitude became
more and more inexplicable. She
wrung her fingers, repeating, with q
distraught air:
"Oh, heaven, oh, he4ven."
But what is it? What is it," Raoul
implored.
The ring the gold ring he
gave me"
"Oh, so Erik gave you that ring"
You know he did, Raoul. But
what you don't know is that, when he
gave 1t to me, he said. I give you
back your liberty. Christine, on con
dition that this ring is always on your
! finger. AS long as you keep it, you
will be protected against all danger
and Erik will remain your friend. But
woe to you If you ever part with it
! for Erik will have his revenge!
/ My dear. my dear, the ring is gone,
Woe to us both"
They both looked for the ring. bu
could not find it. Christine refused t
| be pacified.
1T was while gave you that kiss
up above, under Apollo's Tyre" sh,
said. THE ring must have slippe,
from my finger and dropped into tn,
street! We can never find 1t. Ant
what misfortunes are in store for u
now! Oh, to run away"
Let US run away at once" Raou
insisted, once more.
/ She hesitated. He thought that sh
was going TO say yes. The
her bright pupils became dimmed an
she said:
NO! Tomorrow"
And she left him hurriedly, sti
wringing and rubbing her fingers, a
though she hoped to bring the rim
back like that.
Raoul went home, greatly perturbe
at all that he had heard.
IF don't save her from the hand
OF that humbug," he said, aloud, a
he went 10 bed, she is lost. But
shall save her"
He put out his lamp and felt a nee
J to insult Erik in the dark. Thric
over. he shouted:
: "Humbug! Humbug!
; Humbug!"
But, suddenly. he raised himself o
his elbow. A cold sweat poured frol
his temples. Two eyes, like bIazin
Goals, had appeared at the foot OF h
bed. They stared at him fixedly, te
ribly, in the darkness OF the night
Raoul was no coward; and yet b
trembled. He put out a cropping, hes
tating hand toward the table by b
bedside. He found the matches an
: lit his candle. The eyes disappeare
Still uneasy in his mind, he though
} 70 himself:
she told me that his eyes onl
showed in the dark. His eyes haJ
: disappeared in the light, but he ma
be there still"
And he rose, hunted about, wei
: round the room. He looked under b
. bed, like a child Then he though
himself absurd, got into bed again ar
blew out the candle. The eyes rea
peared.
He sat up and stared back at the
with all the courage he possesse
Then he cried:
is that you, Erik? Man, genius, I
ghost, is IL your"
He reflected: If it's he, he's on u
balcony"
Then he ran TO chest OF drawe
and CROPPED for his revolver. r
opened the balcony window, locke
/, out, saw nothing and closed the wi
dow again. He went back TO be
shivering. for the night was cold. al
! put the revolver on the table with
his reach.