Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-06-24

"BnsiIv was published I'm 1859. and
"Hfde and Seek" I'm 1854. He had not
attracted the attention of the public
ms yet. The great event of his life.
however, came In 1851, when he mnde
the acquaintance of Charles Dickens.
1T WAS a'close andsultry night ear
ly In august. AndI, Walter Hart
right. master of drawing, aged
twenty-eight, was walking from Hamp-
stead to London. In one moment every
drop of blood in my body was brought
to stop by the touch of a hand laid
gently on my shoulder. There, in the
middle of the high road. stood wom-
an dressed from head to foot in white
garments. She asked me the way to
London. told her; and we parted.
Ten minutes later a carriage passed
me and few yards beyond stopped
near policeman. A man put his head
! from the window and asked: slave
you seen a woman pass this way--a
s woman In whittier She has escaped
from my asylum At shake Of the
policeman's head, the carriage drove
rapidly on.
The next day was at Limmeridge
house, Cumberland, in the service of
Frederick Fairlie, Esq. was there
to instruct his two young pieces in the
art of painting. ffodnd Marian Hail
combe to be dark and ugly, but iptely
Hgent. Laura Fairlie, her half-sister,
was light, pretty and dependent. They
were devoted to each other, and ehe
fore my engagement was up, I admired
the one and loved the othef.s sasa'iss
Ny Feelings were the cause. of spx.
leaving Limmeridge house. Marian
Halconabe brought to me a realization
of my own heart. You must 7e6yesss
bhe said, mot because you are only a
teacher of drawing. but because Lau-
ra Fairlie Is engaged to be married"
A few days before left Cumbers
land. while walking alone In the eve
ming, 1 was confronted by the sam4
face which had first looked into mine,
on the London high road by night.
But I was startled less by its sudden
reappearancefthan by my immediate
recognition Of an ominous likeness
between this Fugitive from the sasy-'
lum and my fair pupil at Limmeridge
house. Still sfeater SsdsSmy eoa ter,
nation when the woman admitted ,hav-
ing come to the neigh6orhood for the
sole purpose of thwarting the proposed
marriage of LauraE8irAe, x.. 4.
/ left .immeridses house. anus soon
after embarked on an. expedition. to
Central America. the Same yeaf Ian
IA Fairlie. became the bride Of Sir
PercfSai Clyde, Bart; ann'witH' Ter
sister went to live at Blackwater park,
her husbands country estate. Count
Fosco, an audacious and domineering
Italian. and his wife were guests Of
the household. But all was not as
harmon id{ffas an English country 1sF,
ty should be. Lady Clyde and her SIS
ter. III FinsMparabae land .'cpnfidfngl n
everr felt q perceptible GOODNESS rising
between them sana the two fgentleh6en.
Goodness turned to suspicion ard s6on
TO fear af- - ~ sssdus $50 sS3Y
Then it was that Lady sGiyde1 met
the Woman in White. The nysterfoue
person stole noiselessly UP to her In
the twilight one evening ina wits
pered-a IF you knew your husbands
secret, he would be afraid OF you. He
would not dare use you as he has used
ne. ought to have saved-you before
It was FOO late's But hesare the Sc
cret was told there were footsteps in
Tho distance and fba xuornap moved