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then -upturned eyeballs,,and by 'i6°s
1•ight I con'ld see that' they ,were'
swdrthy•faced aad'jblackahsir'ed, of a.
type that was 'familiar with rartneng
fihe Sikhs,' and Afreedees. Two of them'
were this, with eager,' aesthetic calm
teitances, while the third was king--
dike
ing-'like and majestic, with' anoible figure
and flowing heard"
'Rain Singh!" I ejaculated.
"What, You-.'kn'o'vv them;" exclaimed,
dv10 daun'tan gneiat surprise. `You have
• met there?
".I know, of therm They; 'are Budd
Ihdsts," I a'nswere'd;' "bunt: go" on,"
"They stood ire Line," he," continued;;
C'sweepintg their arm's upward .anid
dawniwa'rd; while their dips moved as
repeating sone pirayer or 'incanta-
tion. Soddenly t'h'eiy ceased to gesticu
late, and broke out 'for the third tine
into the ` tivild, 'w'eird; piercing cry
Iiv'hile'h'h'ad roused- me .ficin nay slum-
Iter, 'Never 'Shall 'I forget fh'at slhrill;
dreadful ,sum'mons, ,swelling 'and re7
verberating through the silent night
;with an' intensity' of sound wlhi'ch' is
sill ringing in My 'ears. As it died
silo lry..avlay there 'Was a .rasping and
creaking as'. of 'keys: and bolts, follow-
ed by the clang olf an opening door
and the clatter of hurrying feet. From
my win'd'ow I saw my father and Cer-
porad Rufus Smith'ruish fran'tica'lly, out
of the 'house;, hatless: and •un'ke.mpit,
like' men who are' obeying a su'd'den
and 'overpowering. impulse, The three
strangers laid no hands, upon them,
'brut.the ,Whole away
down the avenue and v'an'ished amatig
fhe"tree:s.. I am•po'sit'ive that no force
was used,• or constraint of any visible
kind; and yet I ani are sure tihat my
poor father and his companion were
'helpless prisoner's as if I had seen
them dragged away in manacles. All
this took: little time in the acting.
From the first summons which dis-
turbed my sleep to the "last shaidio,wy
gli'm'pse. which I had of thein be-
tween the tree trunks. could' hardly
h;avie occupied more ,than five min-
utes of actual time. So sudden was
it, and so strange, that when• the
drama was over and they were gone
I could have believed that it was all
some terrible nightmare, some de-
lusion, had I not felt that the impres-
sion was too real, too vivid, to be i'm-
puted to. rfanny. I threw my whole
weight against my bedroom door, in
the hope of forcing the lock, It stood
firm for a while, but 'I flung myself
upon• it again and, again, until sonic-.
thing sna'ppe'd and I foundmyself in
the passage, My first thdught was for
my miother., I rushed toher room and
turned the Ivey in her door. The m'o-
ntent. that I did so .she stepped out
into the oorridlor in her dressing -gown,
and help up a warning finger.
'No noise,' she said. `Gabriel is
asleep. They have been called away?'
'They ;have,'_I a ,swert'd,
" "G'od's will be drone she cried
`Your poor rtather • will be happier in
the 'next w'edld than he has even been
in this. Thank heaven that Gabriel
is asleep; I' gave her 'chlor'al in her
cocoa.'
"'What am I to do?' I said dis-
tractedly. "Where have they gone?
How can I help him ? We cannot let
him go from us like this, or leave
these men to do what they will with
him. Shall I ride into Wigtown and
arouse the police?'
"An.yhhing rather than that,' my
another said earnestly, ,He has begged
me again and again ;to avoid it. -My
son, we s'h'all never set eyes ulp,0n your
father again, You may ,marvel at sty
dry "eyes; but if you knew- as I know
the peace which death would bring
hiim, you could not find it in your
heart to mourn for him. All pursuit is,
I 'feel, vain; and yet , sonde pursuit
there must he. Let it be as private as
passible. We cannot serve him bet-
ter, than by consulting his wishes.'
" 'Brut'evrery minute is precious,' I
cried, `Even now he may be calliang
ap!an ns to rescue him front the
ciu'tches of these dark-skinned fiends,'
The thought so maddened me ,that'I
.ruslhled out of the house and down to
the h'i'ghroad, but once there I had no
indication in which d'ir'ection to turn
The whole. wide moor lay before me
without a sign of move'neutt upon its
'broa'd expanse. I listened, but not a
sound broke the, perfect stilfnes's o
the night.. It was then, ray dear
friends, as_I stood, notknowing in
'which direction to turn, that the hor
ter and responsibility broke full'upoit
me:I felt that S was :combating
against forces of which I knew moth
All was strange and dark and ter
title. The thouglh't of yioa,, and al the
lileip which I might look for from
your advice and ` assistance, was a
beacon of hopeto me. At •Braniksome
at least, T, s'h'ould, receive s'ym'patih,y
and, above all, directions as to. what I
Should do; for my mind is in .s'u'ch a
whirl that I cannot trust my owr.
judgment. My another was content.' to
be' alone; my Sister asleep, and _no
prospect,ef being able, to do anything
until daylbreak. Under those circum
stances what more natural'. than'
s' taia
hould;fly to yiou as fast as my tee
would ,carry me? You 'have 'a cica
headJ:aek speak out, ,nran, and tel
roe what 2 should do. Esther, ' wlhia
llu 1 "
'He turned trot
,(,Continued from last week.) ly,exciitab!le, and thlis catas'traphe Qom
, ink -after our long period of 'r in me,
iI could' d'is'tinguish the sound
:.clear
dy.-enough now to 'know thaf her
quick feminine pencep,t'ion,'bad not de,
�c'eived her, and that it was. : indeed
caused, by a running man.. On he ratite,,
rand) on down the highroad, his, foot-
falls ringing out clearer and sharpe'r
every iriomen't. An. urgent messenger,
he must be, for' he neither ;paused nor
slackened thispace, The'quibk,"crisp
rattle was changed suddenly to a dull,
'muffled murmur, He had reached the
point where sand had been recently
laid down for a hundred yards or so.
Ica a few'. moments, however, he was
:back on, hard ground. again and his
flying feet were nearer and'- ever near-
er. He must, I reflected, be a'br'east .of
the head of the lane now. Would he
hold an? or would he'turn down to
1Branksome? The thought had hardly
crossed my mind when I heard by the
difference of the sound that the run-
ner•had turned the corner, and. that
his goal was beyond all question the
laird's house. Rushing down to the
gate of the lawn,: 'I reached it just as
our visitor dashed it open and fell in-
to my arms. I could see in the moon-
light that it was' none other than Mor -
daunt Heatherston'e. '
"My God!" I cried, "what has hap-
pened? What is amiss, J'Iiordaunt ?"
'"My father!" he gasped- "my fa-
rther!" His hat was gone, his eyes
dilated with terror, and his face as
lbdaodless as that otf,a corpse. I could
feel that the hands which clasped my
arms were quivering and shaking with
emotion.
'."You are exhausted," I said, lead -
big him into the parlor. 'Give your-
self a mornent's rest before you speak
to us. Be calm, man, you ane: with
your best friends." I. laid him on the,
r ld horsehair sofa, while Esther,
se -hose fears had all flown to the winds
,now that somdthsng practical was to
be done, dashed some brandy into a
tumbler and brought it to. him. The
'stimulant had a marvelous effect upon
him, for the Color began to come back
'into his pale cheeks- and the light of
recognition into his eyes. He sat up
and took Esther'•s hand in both of his,
like a man who is waking out of
some bad dream and wishes to assure
'himself that he is really' in safety,
"Your father?" d asked. "What of
'him?"
"He is gone."
'Gone!"
"Yes, he is` gone; and so is 'Corp-
oral Rufus ,Snaith. We shall never set
eyes. upon; them again."
"But where have .they gone?" I,
cried. "This is unworthy „of you,
IMord'aunt. What right have we:to Sit
,'there, allowingg our private feelings ;to
overcome us, while there is •a
s'i:blity of succoring your.father? Up,
•man•! Let us follllow. him. Tell .me only
''what direction he took."'
"It's 'no use," young Heather,stone.
'answered, ;.burying 'h'is face in his
hands.. `rpon't repreaoh me, west, for
you dion't'knaw alt the circu;m'stai ccs.
What can -we do to neverse the 'tie-
imendoui and unknown laws which are,
acting agains't us? The" blow has long.
been hanging over us, and now it has
fallen. God .help us!"
"In heaven's name tell ,me what has
happened!" said,' excitedly. "We must'
not yield•, to, despair,"'
' We -cane d'o nothing until day.
!break ,":'he=anslw'ered,' 'We shall' then
'endeavor 'to obtain' same trace .of th!ehi.
is hopeless at Present";
'And 'how about Gabriel and"' Mrs:
(Ildatherstone?" '1 asked, "Can `we not
b'rin'g, 'ahem down front the 'Hall. at
,anoe;? Yonr.po'or. sister must be dis-
tracted. with terror.;"
"She knows noth'in'g orf it," 'Mar -
'daunt answered. •"Sh;e bleeps'at the
other side of the house, and has not
seen or rbeard anything. As to my
Pear mot'h'er; she has expe'ct'ed' some
inch event'' for so 'long a ti'nie bh'alt it
;bats .not came upon her as a 'surprise..
ISlhe is, eg course, overwhelmed with
a m my, very reason for a
frne'
"If we .can do no!ding'un'£1 morn.'
ing," I said, "you have thne to''tell'
ue all, that has occurred."
"I shall do so," he answered, rising
and holding his .shaking -hands to the
fire. °Yon, know already that: we have
had reason. for spiniertime--;for' mama'
years in 'facet—oto fear that a terrible
retrilbution was hanging over nay fa-
ther's head for a certain action of his
early 14fe. 'In this action he was as-
sociated 'with tete mean known as Cor-
poral Rulfu's Smith; so ,that the fact
of thee latter finding his way to my
'father was • a warning to',05 that. else
time had c'orne, and that this 9th o4
Oectoiber- .the anniversary ,of the Mis-
deed—would be •else day off its atone-
ment. I, told you of our fears in my
letter; and if I, arm not mistaken, my
farther also hard' some conversation,
with you, West, upon the sat'bject.
When I saw' yesterday monning that
he had hunted out the'`old uniform
which he has always, retained since
he wore it in the Afghan war, I was
sure that the end was at hand, sand.
that bur forebodings would' be real-
ized.
"He a:ppe,ared to be 'none composed
is the afternoon than d have seen hint
for years, and spoke freely of his life
in India and of the incidents of his
youth, About nine o'clock he request-
ed us to. go to our ow'n rooms, and
lacked us in there — .a precaution
which he frequently took when the
dark fit was upon him. 21 was always
his endeavor, poor soul, to keep us
clear of the curse Which had, fallen
upon his own • un'fortunate head. Be-
fore parting from us he tenderly em-
braced my mother and rGa'briel, 'and
he afterward followed me to shy
room, where .he dia'sped my hand elf-
fec'tion'ately and gave into my charge
a sm'all packet a'dd'ressed do yourself."
• "To me?" I interrupted.
"To you. I shall fulfill my com-
mission whenever I have told you
my Story. I conijured hien to allow
me to sit up with him and to share
any danger 'which might arise; but he
implored me with irresistible earnest-
nes's not to add to his troubles by
thwarting ,his arrangements. Seeing
that I was really distressing him by
my pertinacity, I as last allowed him
to cio'se the door and to turn the key
upon; the outside. I Sh'al'l always re-
proach myself for my want .of firm-
nese. But wheat can you do where your
own father rdfurses your assistance or
ce-aperati'on? You ecannot force' your-
self upon him."
"I am sure b'hat . you did all you
could do," my sister said.
'`'I meant to, dear Esther,' but, ,God
'help me, it was hard to tell what w!as
right. He left me ,and I'. heard, his, foot=.
steeps. die away 'dawn the long eor-
oidor. It was then about ten o'clock,
or a little atter. For a time I paced
up and down' the room, and then car-
rying the lamb to: the head of my bed,
T !lay u'pdn it without undressing;
reading '1St. Thames. a Keanpis, ',and
pray'ing'ifrom ,my ,heart that the 'night
.might .Pass sffe'ly•ovier us. 'I had ;at
last 'fallen'into a troubled 'sleep wihen
'I twos suddenly aroused by. a, lou!d;'
sonorous sound ringing in my eare...I
sat up'bewi1dered;';but •ads was ,silent
again, The lamp was burning low, and
`my wa'tc'h slio'w'ed'me that it'wras go-
ing, en io',midnight,', I.blunlderied to -my
feet, and was striking,,,a; fmatch with,
.she, intention of lighting ,the candles.
when the sharp; Vehement es:y, biroke
est again so loud and so close tihalt'it
might have been in 'the very roam
with' me. `My' ch'arnfler, is, in'�the'front
of the Neuse, wihile• those, of my
'Mother and sister' are act the ba1Ck, so;:
that, I dm the only one who oem-.
mrands a' ,lie :Of 'tlhle'avenwe. RniShitag
to the'wiiiidow.I dir'ew the �lend aside
!and ]'colied d'art; - You ,know that 'the
gravel drive, opens''u'p' sd as" to forms
a •bread .stret'eh urine lately -in, front
]f the it
o otuse Jtist m the cemQre oif rotas:
,grief, beat woul'dy I tlh'ink, refer to be clears ;ace'th
left to "-herself for ',the presentt. Het P ere stand' three men`
:iootCinig u•p at the 'house, The moon' ou d I do? H b
NiTininess anti] c rrappaure shodd be a shone 'Luff- upaai ihem Iis'lenin' the .oth no'n'e td
dsson to me, hail am constitutional, er roF• urs with, outstretched
hands 'arnd caper;' cfuastib'ssinq eyed.
"Yost 'can do auothing while t'he
darknCiss. lasts; 1t ans'wered, ',We
Must report the matter to ;the
"W'•ig
town` piolice; ' -but`: 'we need not send
our" Anasiia e 5.0 t ata mntii,'we are'atc
tually staeb!n!g uipon the search, so `as
to coinplly with the law and:yet have
a private investigation, as:yonr moth-
er, wis'hes. J'olhn 'Fullerton, •over, The
hill, has a lurcher dog which is as
good as, a bloodlhiound. If we'set ,hiim
on the geeser.al's trail, he will run 'Nem
dawn, if he `h'ad to follow him, to John
o' Gro'alts,"
"It is -terrible ''to wait, Calmly here
While he may need o'ur assis'tanc'e."
°I fear our: assistance .could "under
any circum,s!tauoes do him little good.
(There are farce's at work . here w'hl+ch
are .beyond H'u'man 'intervention. B'e-
sides, there is no alternative. We 'have,
apparently, no poss'ibl'e clue as to the
derection which ,they have taken, and
for sus to wander aimlessly over the
moor in the,d'a'rkness w'oul'd he to'
waste the strength, which may be
more'prdfiitab�ly used in the morning.
It will be daylight by, five o'clock. In
an hour or so we can walk over the
hill together anid get Fuld'anton's
"Annother hour! 'M•ordlaun�t gr'e'ened,
"every minute seems an age."
°Li•e down on the sofa again 'amid,
rest yourself," said I.•'"You cannot
senve your father better than by lay-'
ing.up all the strength you can, for'wie
may have a weary tru'dge' belfore' us:
'But' you mentioned a packet wihilc'h
the general had intended for m'e."
"I1 -is here, hie answered, drawing,
a small, flat parcel from'his` ,packet•
rand handing it over to ire: "you will
'find, no doubt, that it will explain all
which has been so .mysterious."
The palcket was seeded at .either
end with bl'a'ck wax, bearing the im-
press of the 'flying griffin, w'hic'h I
:knew to be the general's crest. Dt was
further secured.by a band of broad
tape which I cut with nay pocket
knife. Across the outside was written,
in. bold `handwriting: "J. Fioitthergill•
West, Esq." and underneath, ."To be
handed to that gentleman in the event
of the dis•ap,pearan•ce or decease of
Major-General J. B. Heatherstone, V.
C., C.+B,, late orf the Indian Army."
So at - last I was to know the• dark
secret which hair cast "a shadow over
our lives. Here in my hand's I held
the solution of it. With eager fingers
I broke the seals and undid the wrap
per. A note and a small bundle of
discolored paper lay within. I drew
the lamp over to me and openod the
former. It was dated from the pre-
ceding afternoon, and ran in 'this way:
tMy dear West—ll should have sat-
isfied your very natural curiosity -on
tine subject which w:e have had oc-
casion to talk of more than once, but
I refrained for your own sake. I knew
by sad experience how unsettling and
unnerving it is to be forever waiting
Pot- a cata'strglph,e which you:are con-
vinced ,must befall; and which you can
neither avert nor accelerate. 'Though
it affects Inc' especially, as being the
person most concerned,'I am still cont-
sciotts that the natural ''sympathy
which I have observed in you, amid
your regard for Ga'briel'is father,
would combine to reader 'you un-
happy if you knew the hopelessness
and yet the vagueness of the fate
which threaten's me. I feared to dis-
turb your mind, and I wars therefore
si'len't, through at same Cost to my-
self, for nay isolation has been not
the least orf the troubles which, have
weighed ire down. Many signs, how-
ever, and chief among them the'pre-
sen'ce of the Buddhists upon the coast
as described by you this morning,
have convinced me that. the weary
waiting is at last over, and that- the
hour of retribution is at hand. Why I
should have been allowed to live near-
ly forty years after nay offense,.. is
more than I can undeer'stand, bot it is
passible` that those who had ` cant
.maid over ray fate know t'h'at such:a
a life is the greatest of all penalties
to me, Never .for an hour, n'i'ght or
day, heave they 'suffered ire to forget
that they have marked me down as
their victim. ''Their accursed astral bell
has been rin'ging,lny knedd for two
score years, remind'iseg me ever that
there is no spot upon earth • where I
scan hope to be in safety. O•h, the
peace, the blessed peace'of d'issolu-
tion! : Come what may 'on the other
side of the tomb, 1 shall at least be
quirt of that thrice terrible s'ou'nd.'
(There is no need for me to miter
into the wretched business again., or
to detail at any length the events of
the 5th, of October, 1841, and the
various circumstances which led up
;to the death of •Gdnolalb' Shah, the arch
adept.:I have, 'tarn a sheaf of leaves
from 'an old' journal in which' you will
(find a"bald account of the matter and
an independent narrative was furnish-
ed by Sir Edward Elliott, of, the' Ar-
tillery, to the Star'of India ,some
years ago—in which, ' however, the
namnes we're su:ppressed', 1 have' reason
to be l ewve that' many proper, •even
among those who knew. India well,
thowglitt that' Sir Edward. 'was ronnanc-
!i g, .and th'a't he had evolved his; in-
cidents from; his i'maginartiioin. The
few faded' leaves which 1
send you
'will .shiaw you that this is not the
case, and that aur mese Of science
must reeorgnize i' powers and laws
which can and have been filed ' by
nen, 'hut which are' unknown to'Et'
opeah ,civilizakion,. '
1 d'oatot wisps to wihi e or to .whitn-
per, but I cannot help' fedl!ng that 1
ave had'hard' measure' desalt nae ,in.
this 'world. I would not, God kibws,•
li
'take 'the' lite rof any rxilan, tar leis an
raged one, iii'. Cold blood. My •telm�per
audit nature, liowev r, were' always
eery and headstrong and in action
when my 'bleed is up - 1 have ivo
knroiwledge ,of •wlhat I .ant abbot. Nciith-
er the conpiarel noir I 'would. would
have laid:a finger upbii Glhoola!b'!Shah
had', ewe 'no't seen that the trilbds'mten
were rallying ,behind .hint, Well, weld;.
it isan old • story now, and there is no
profit in discussing it. Mary no o't'her
poor fel'lolw ever have the Baine evil
'fortune 1..
I.have written a short supplem'ent to
the statements contained in my jour-
nal. "for• your inlilorm'ation and that of
anyl,one else who may chance: to be
'interested ^' in the matter, And now,:
adieu! Bo a good huslband.'to Gab:
tied; and if your sister be. brave
enap'gh to marry into such a devil
riidd'en'family as ours by all means let
her do so.''I have left enough to keep:
my, p'obr . wife • in comfort. When .slhe
rejoins me 1 should wish it to be
equally divided betlween, the childnen.
I:f your, hear t{hait I am .gone, do not
pity, but 'congratulate. '
Your unfortunate friend,
john • Berithier Heathedsitane.
1- threw aside the letter and. picked
up the roll of blue , foolscap which
s'oriitained the solution of the mystery.
It was all ragged aur& frayed at the
inner ridge; with traces: ofgum and
thread still adhering tot, to show
that it had been torn oat of a strong-
ly bound volume. The ink with ,which
it had. been written had faded some -
'what; but across the head of the first
,page was inscribed in bold, clear,
characters, evidently of Ia'ter date than
the rest, "Journal of Lieutenant J. B.
Heathersitone in the Tlhull Valley dur-
ing the autumn of 1844," and then
underneath, • "This .extract contains
some account of the events of the
first week .of October of that year, -in -
eluding the skirmish of the Terata
ravine and the death of the man
iGhiool'ab Shah." have the narrative
lying bdfore me now, and I `copy it
verbatim. Lf it cont'a'ins some matter
which has nodirectbearing upon the
question at issue, I can only say that
I
thought it better to publish what
is irrelevant than by nutting and clip-
ping to lay the whole statement open
to the 'change of having been tahnp-
ered, with,
T WIRSSiAY, SEPT. 29, 1932,
PROFESSIOrNAT. CARDS.,.
1Vledical'
Dtj,. H. I1iUIGI1-1 ROSS, ?hysicioa' :.
and Surgeon. Late of London: Hoe-
pital,London, ' Engle td, Special
attention to diseases of '.the eye, ear,
nose .and throat, •Office and ' rem;;
denies behind Dominion Bank. "thrift.
Phone No. -5; Residence Phone 104.
DR. F,' J..BUIRIROIWS, Seaforth,
Office and residence, Goderich.street,''
east of the United Chure'h. Coronet
for the County- of Huron. Telepb,odb
N•o.. 4b. `
DR. C. M'AOKIA'Y,—C,
honor graduate of ,Trinity Unimak,
and gold, medallist of Trituitiy-i`uiedicai
'College, me'm'bsr of ' the College o!
Physicians and Surgeons • Of ;,Ontario,•
DIR. F. J.; R. FO'RS17`ER-Eye, Ear
Nose and T'hroat, Graduate in Medi-
cine, University of Toronto 1897,
Late Assistant New York OpfrthaI
tnic and Aural Institute, Moorefeld's
,Eye, and. Golden Square throat hors ,
tails, London, England. . At Comias-
ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday ie
each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CHIAIPITIHR XV.
The. Day -/Book of Jahn Berthier Heeea-
thenstone,
IT'hul! Valley, Oct. 1, 1+841. --The
Fifth Bengal and .the Thirty-third
Queen's p'as'sed through this morning
on their way to the front. Had. t'iffint
'with the B'esga'le'se. Latestnews from
home that two attempts had, been
malde on the Queen's life by semi -
maniacs named Francis and Bean.
;It promises to be a: Brand winter,
The snow line hias descended a thou-
sand feet upon the pe'a'ks, but the
passes will be open for weeks to come,
and even if ' they were blocked;, we
have sstabli'Shed so many depots in
fthe Country that Pollock and Nott will
have no d'ifficu'lty in holding' their
own. -They shall not meet with the
fate of Elph'in Stone's , army. One such
tragedy is enough for a century.
Elliot,. of the Artil'lery, and I, are
anslwe.ralbde'far the safety of the com-
munications for a distance of twenty
miles or more, front the' mouth ' of
valley the,
ey. to' this side of the wooden
bridge aver the L'oter. Goodenough,
of the ;Albers is respomsiilble on the
other . side; and .'I.rieu'ten'an't.s ollone'1
Sidney Herbert, of the Engineers, has
a general supervis'ion obierboth sec-
tions. Our force is nbit strong enough.
for the work which ,has to be done.
I have a company amid a h'al'f of our
awn regiment, and a sgiiadron of
Sowers, - who are oif no use at all
among the rocks. Elli'dtb' has throe
guns, but several' of his men are
diown•'wilth cholera, and I doubt if he
has enough, to serve more than two,
('Notes Capsicum for chiolera—tried
it.) On the other hand each convoy is
usually provided with some guard of
its own, though it is often; absurdly.
inefficient. Tfiese valleys and ray -
flies wh'i'chb'ran'ch out of the .main
pass are alive with Afreedee's anid
Paethamrs, who are keen rolblbers ars,
well as religious fanatics. I, wonder
they don't swoop,drown an some of
our caravans. .They could plunder
them and get back to their i,
r mountain
'fastnesses before we ,could interfere
or ove'r'take fheim. Nathing'burt: fear
will restrain them, I'f I lied my way
I would hang ohe at the mouth of
of
every ravine as a' wiarmin,
g to the
gang, They arc personifications of the
devil to look :alt, hawk -nosed- full
?ed, with a mane of tangled ap
anid 'merr. No haws to-
'most Satanic snene hair -
dray frost the front.
(Continued. Next Week)•,
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