The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-20
suddenly uttered a scream, and

, suddenly uttered scream, and | pointed.
 The walters who were holding her released their grip for an instant. Leontine broke from them and began running at the top of her speed As | she did so she shook out the mantle and managed to envelop herself with | it.
 The crowd, which had taken up the pursuit suddenly stopped, completely l baffled. Leontine had vanished into thin air apparently, as if she had nev- CT existed.
 Leontine, having made herself invis- ! ible,. stood perfectly still. She was afraid to run. for fear that the move | ments of her limbs would stir the man. | tie. Then Blanca came out dragging Ravengar's body. She laid it down upon the ground and wept over it.
 Stirling a cry, Leontine kneeled 1 down noiselessly upon the other side of the stricken man and gazed into his | face. Blanca, few inches away, was wholly unaware of her proximity. So might a mans invisible, good angel kneel beside him, helping and prompt | ing him.
 Ravengar breathed, he stirred. Tears came into Leontine's eyes, and a deep ] sense of thankfulness. Mingled with | this was gratitude to this woman who had saved him.
 Leontine stood up, stepped back, and threw off her mantle. Blanca saw her and uttered an exclamation of dismay and cOnsternation.
 You have saved his life" cried Leontine, and I can never thank you | enough. You have given me back the only man living who means anything i to me-"
 And she held out her hand to Bi- anca.
 Blanca dashed Leontine's hand fu- riously away.
 Leontine had let her mantle fall completely from her in her agitation. | Suddenly she perceived Sebastian and the rest of the crowd in pursuit of her. She had betrayed herself.
 Ravengar was alive and, for the present, safe. She must save herself. She looked wildly about her A little distance away was an out-building, with number of empty hogsheads | standing against the wall. Leontine rushed toward it, trying to draw on her mantle as she ran. | She shook it open and got it about her head and shoulders, and let it fall to her feet. For the second time the girl had eluded him. She had simply vanished. She was nowhere to be seen. Leontine, not daring to stir, heard her husbands heavy breathing as he i ran past her. He stopped and looked about him in utter bewilderment. Then he began running back toward Blanca.
 "Where is she?" he shouted.
 Blanca, kneeling still beside Raven gar, had watched the scene. She had seen Leontine disappear, but there were a few small trees in the line of ] view between herself and the barrels, and she was sure Leontine had sought refuge in them.
 And in fact Leontine, as soon as Se- 1 bastian broke off the chase, had made her way toward the largest barrel, in which she could very we'll conceal her self. A person looking in would see nobody.
 "She is in one of those hogsheads," Blanca said, pointing toward the out 1 buildings. Kill her now, Sebastian. Kill her I'll do it."
 A sudden light came into Sebastian's eyes. Tt needn't be murder" he said. Tt can be an accident. Come with me, Blanca"
 Sebastian glided through the trees, making no sound as he went. Blanca followed him.
 Tn the third barrel from the right she whispered.
 Sebastian crept under the over- hanging roof of the shed until he reached the corner. He was now al- 1 most within reach of the barrel. The lid hung from the top by single naiI A hammer rested under the sill of the door. Sebastian raised it and, rush. ing out, pulled on the lid and began mailing it.
 Blanca meanwhile felt in the other barrels. There was nobody there.
 T guess that's got her" said Sebas- tian triumphantly to Blanca.
 Then Blanca began to understand his meaning. From the outbuilding the ground sloped toward the high cliff which bordered the river, running at first gently, and then with a sud denly increased grade until it became vertical at the extreme edge. There was fall of two hundred feet from the cliffs top to the rocky river below
 Sebastian gave the barrel a gentle push.
 A few seconds later there came to the watchers ears the faint sound of the splash in the river.
 
 Ravengar opened his eyes and looked about him. He did not at first know what had hanDeDpd to him Than ha