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01 t the night, dairk work.
'he;, I Itilow tilla oil
as I love
if abs- thliiind would te that I I but �IR 6011116; 1
ilea iway by. the 4etain of. -hopoi. - some slar. .4�aooj even gh drious, ador �t
"d
Blasi . . . 7 1 nto MID wn , laid on
A band
-oi t1d - Out A bullet i _e close tit hand,my pen tretnVlea. my b d Pie BoUtIV A, e
ave walked, mbulist onei hojuseholdei waic 081
h -had or a full
t4le-chined ando, faiiutde� eals ol me drug was P1 of Bor
time to Ol t lay inuo )rtib le, my shoulder suds, glas,
Husband zi"&- trance. ny- wayt -forgetful Of -all solve Wfore 1. , I
t thing,t,latt avar:1 kno*, - 1, - . . . F -fingers to tap at the �A!'� the recollection of' We oat st
It's the stA-61[1968 on aind o ' I rais � d -'M1 n
Just $4. 0 Iff
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my brighter - thoughts$ I *40it 'her -voice woman&,- �tfi a, was -placed betwee 'my fingers ro�y voids
A nd. -the most �! i�p -
-.pravokini, "twil me and 791 door laubt C�Ipmouts,in. my He ml�s a ]new-! Dziuk -said the volcl!B�th`13
Tor a, woman. whol,a -go heedless of -the- miwng senbe,'untll, Owning I heard �i*idnlios,,Il o*unot describe.,
the pvpo-� voi O'k.
�eady and frea.'. to from: the Mai t
A good pruvider, asud al -walking' in keep a 1 -had heard.
Miging 16 an 106a R- . - , d 4t, P?I-
full agal potion -It seems cod
WiWali her folks -with funda.setteddowni' tnpiubnen� W416 -wag well for me that I d ot ,I crie
led me from -,my vAione roomand was at I Will U,
in blin
11i. -town, -an
Aiid as fine a house a &I it -direction rei on�, the pi o. I paused anid dory again and again a
."-and sea ill. My quietee. as, bb t eoi
thb t
To'be lamenting Cause one. child in ton brought me bok to iny Misery. felt -played softly,
balance.
rig MY - Voice, I -ad
the'ma;u I had -:-eh0Ou*A have turlie, the -a short barsh laugh Relt -.Aiu*t q m to -ilite.ftcl h -Ut have been, hi: ielfm do no r beard
tared shake
u-Bitupid'Nol t'k � I hiiole -been. so 00012111611 wilth cOmpleini, may a ring laid against my f, robe
Ubeax&- hI& Mutter - h. . . cold metalli A,�t
Which My � life lUlDg—m�y: i have carried , a
It's a-prati L90 a ow ave.not to
Wit, It -8-sems to- 1114, It -is 1lot - volson it is an 09
swiftly oil' his W&Y,�- Is Mug me df helaidshipg Of my Iot , d
TW aul 6, nth of thl should be my beareis, i AxeseUtly the
thatmer� 0av,fation to t�lereepftble -to. A little. off �ojlors� auld that's whkit'l as 'age-* 'on the SpilDt"Wliari. the collision you Mid Ono saface to My misery Bat4bis"e-bld- be
modial a ill do you no h iu- a day,,' bestowed o- 0 �xoug' light :of . lamp *a,
To their mother t%V607 Wass, hoid occurred, nnwhere. I was and ciful -gift, sell of ioin - n the blind a I felt th pressure Of a ile mn
Y ..Ob 0 lbiwp placed so BPOIL
h aced vision,
ut 4 6tin"t make her ties en-fo I is I believ, 0986 I's
it wbat, I-Sh Id.,do.- io. Had it-' rith* uld �.g
Akd She listaiia and. waita nig OU mug not'be e4 its - hot glow virclet 44this -is another affair. as i6ba uncerteduty a that I cc
0 n a
'or the Rou ud of hit step, ti 11A gruw a It'WAS no use attempting to: In my way
bt afterlght jae to. m drained the 91 a and was 94. ee6-Nrild d .1h se,weeks of Jdari ad.: Had it not 1, Won my f ace and 1-waa that my -would have 'driven - me' M -the pistol 2yhead. tt. Fit )Qping or 13
Thoit Jallaost curso both m6t at and child. ag naidedi. Not brought moved from -
b k U eary hourA ath6ei glass
0 was - the spokesman,
rel) to Ina . eould'uot even say h been tbiLt I could.. pas's
reath struck Siti -to. live foi others, you 1128,11,
kilow, a& or wltb� au� W Mould b0'1 ring into my eyes. t1ug vagabun igbt have away pla,�ing:-
cheek; azi -=MY 4111
fqains my
ou Jxly
n..to- concert Z. .
And lottu-e tormen a go long I bald- -boon walkiagi; It In iiyieiz 'thut _..�,e ghw�bs.�Auick, eiloitedJ fro you are a.
r Ot6re play
ld it b rwise a er
calls bin on M, ub
d V we
(Ice, , gave., N have
ho.vi co AWI follow hiti wayseaud talia thti Pat. be ton inutes, it. Might have. been, an take' a and ea, when You
would ba U 'tak have been drunk pr dream
c0u' and Sing;- hZ -f- an pot?
his -a 'I A aid des
But I turn huia out. and againi �. - atiug my steps May- dayip eatable, 'a
ei and ml hour Si LP gbt� n which he 'i
raaWea aarduess bet'we6iih
and I' 6hudd6jr-16 think of w eon us, b
Atid ihe worst of Tdidging by the. number of things I had A
thel less burdei V+ t last he. rose; l. oliae t afterwards aid us, but not a
Yould,�iq bar the led in to render .
-hat
01 !�T.4e restrii da mbv d -from,. me, P-
h dght- of -since that rapturous exaltat:tqn. have 04 know. YOU -
T4
aning. ban
a -for -the first ti- ru
Sbla timod L tt'ak rin.the lia"aue4t.6f men likely - Some—
dvoiamembed -it seemed more and ins, short timetjww
4 - if 0 ggle againatit ec�7 row -
of min a ies. I, began. t Re left me,
d.'awd 66-aXed- without t -the .1 1 would t
ed and. scolds o be i that' 1 haild'dome: I waited am 1� listened -to the song. then,
a at
I'Ve argu pe that my. life might be. sla ar
Plu A
d )or& recei prod Thougi� w
lug me.
ck to. tho' earth I must be conten to. "was ts an from �aa ol oamq over me. gr1e
b of those arbund me fiai Sinless - - - I . 1iAs yet on. is'alwiys: 'Mv I friend )eja.toi poi and teason seemed let',
boy hak - clie Iremaifi, on -this P";Lr loular spot. at it until. I� on the coating t, su:01.'.
but W�jis- hnthe
on. .0 ell fimt on one side
and'your chaike Is heard 'the -si a N ir I heard Vbia Be
As-loug 8.9 UlVe. untrue--,
hop of s P6 0 '6 -one tat few aMiN ring so I th�,, A ort t
hdids uot equal.loie t ou Ill emaw Ora M ly. kil - own in England, 4nd'the song wa%�,
Tlmt ialy h oven LAY 9harpetied
or y y head I
ra would - dtire to 3oftly that 31aht z a remei,�,,�bor is -a
gone astra elso-V O�Miot on: to be. abroad- Bit this 'Ono..,- that other. Thi 4ing I ci�
-Aud R a the yaat. oub ' - 7 - -
I -ho, at least "in this �attempt- giuger,, who 6auld not catch the piirt�3rt of a singlo -ke, �'oiug me
(19 vA6 t -aa m all. 4nd yQUIt Rad "tia tL a WST The dgbf, encircling me
146, 1 ever she an
hdsuuuSu ur. strong sr'n
could 44th§r that't as
;0f, ll vawherd to or voic6, a6 Ord, although 1
aj love's work Is done.' quist.p,art- of 0 I-Aebned' my back 6e,osug itsof aly land under7h hafro hahgrts�ljer the at. M uout oMY -thodgh fiaring thr -.it out WIL,
agilitiot t46 aliiited patioutly. t.0 �at least were' fjU�agecl its action
all . ever th� drug
$.'a consultation'.
hear . d an- sea of the h _9 and a wif t.
Now what -call I say to. suoh words lie those &p�kdachi4g'-it6p;- but torcelw- The tat h d
the while, like a dke-J-Y and, fittiN
itaggeiingi: unbrttinp-larablig kidd co�aht r'-th a res verthelessir
I'm not aduvirto traint.. lie it b d - me'
U fo For. hours and hours
-1 of tou W" whiah oue. is right'
iment, I coal
hBut 0 ag. when at
bI 0 must havo inpau in&ji, I' sAS 1- heox litr ligh &.Step nl,Vbt i ut h -soilind of -"the. test 'any. Onlo-�oapa, saikselesp, and
f3trug-
aud door lie -to u(
—a WomsusE out
lite 1 Plowe
aud thervi'to tile WEZ10w. condition ku *68, listexiiug 'r-�t
=11 was able to det ermine the 0 11 It wale ue-,f d and my min
HeR ve giien all I posseRsed--wrall save n
Ailtdie wats witli.,a4darz-t"t'iia heavy auc -to,ai clouded 'sort vt
of theirow.na a;iff I was obligelcl. to decide, singer._ giing back
. I . , It_ t I
I V#ish tue-boy dead, Nraile Bug -gives liar life Minute's glgh�, ths, tPii1it
-power,- and imagi a@ -A ..for a uBias,..uiade,.sf ter many att -he p change
Ti i.111, frout din. Ttere's hu�baud And th Wall not tho, Man I wal 1-muet ski slid doimant mptei what had
apass'..su wai an 0 V10 vpparent to me'that I was - ly i&g bed,
as e 8111311 Sul
io*.m and Oped near* voids might i is ..- d'; nd, by n
d 4 f6r� other. Van I
-But the at�-undet fall" 1W, cifeuMs' 101313, ve been able It
ra
Zfe! wh
ybildl� oaiii!411fon, Sto Lodompli h 'Aw enchant d a what was passing &ran" '28 -mud, moreovat as I fou
atinue
feet, stagered up '1� St -ill th whispers 00
d: mbled into e d. . :Eey owwai g jut nd
*hilst a voilalJollys but -like'the dea -that bi out my pirmB- and feeling arpund,
we t 11 n
7U prof' in
0 h ak and' foe
��pedple wheel dutie" -bed, is it ta a
4hate&OY�- of id b wondered at that
at to e.DjoyJiuy ov`dni09 86"If"terruptina each. other o from men have dream
_P t ip
worab than me 1-' 0 ai ad the �Inxd to
ILI N9ther fell' Aed go lati, t needed
at I onj -1 Oat but gi -myself
Cowf6rt t' &Us night must 69 f Lit dream t ame to a V
to I
m m ri rt 0�
is Fresen! . away
longing to 'a u' slid olbai
1�1 I's
R a an' aml tl I igeDee to h- iubject 6t
aarded d I [Soussiba. I
sit reidly encleloaafied. _&Ueaa t 8*
or mi I - �Boh mug- tli`Bb�? A i an,. fierce be think' on head%, a0he. wO* sh thou All the better bly thiy, died. i d.". - After this effo
a. - I . . nue'pe'oted nbetuthal i age Gly a solve$, back once more into a eml,&wcit Amiate.
=11)e W -Morrow 11, my: uue, a
or m -It night V. Sul ime, the, only sound
-out of doors- oamer 0 as can YOQ - tall' me a might -t4em out b(thei W1t4;A4Qtogathtjr,.. a for a.. V qaitted
the wal Wilp i noo f rightlaii, r but fully persuadedl hzid novel,
i :very few people ould-lbe'about. There. 31 ble, muffled moan
napkod,* 'standing erect to Snow T he. -Singer 1hald - adnamenced. t1eard was that torri my bed My relief at this ry was
ad ptbve-meut in front! of- he' rovi 1W OUeL -0.
m seopw aed my 6ar clbao.to tha1 PTO
U 66tinued with a dreiry-monoto
I Wh foot etand 102mG
�ber. toi me; may
wa, so -touchad
ouriie I can -;-
61 houses P "Walpole atrai olbah by dooi to.cat all e7ery no 'easy, aud.dqvib- bill J might w&lk- in perfect I bear& Some oulselay. - i When Yet it my.
I, burst
4 shelwould a efflaot1*0 b ffy hw -seemed -
-ths same for, ihe ody
h "door�.. eft I.th-1 k" know *ha laile WL make of tb -cot' 4eeklessly in fa�eie the
ouly. sat On.t 6. hea 'o'horrible to "the room 4 _4
are. 96419'. -that -way *6ulcl-YOU. but a split -in �Vwo My Was
L h pp on preparing
T ily I aI&Mtttj fa
Step- it'WouWbeL better. thau-1ying in'thie ith vhiah wa� greeted
Is' of --it. - 1 il $6 ra t to the ad aw at f a W se uuplew�,,l
elt 1. gn
clos :hot% -rodm' tossing, t
ad, b ke to the.. vorner lips, lkiu�,.the ma, -ho dFy aud,parclied. Tho'
Lo side
bi aud more n6uceab';,,5
ala con�
...Of :p ad th ear u gasr isuatale raore
au et my way." iubduod. word Big onate love 1�4 0, ex��me rom forei
�-uuallild tb"al6ep f I' w addresied me Spokel'i i pare Englie
0. —not- screw Su. heard a -gasp., A sip ismodioi- f' gradually r
ett, rned. 1. i�st up in
V110 desit" took fall- me, B inds- I
BY. this time I was beginning to recover
100 a to my
6uld but bual ma"iug- 11' to rm� in -a wee staite- to -lead any -one that 0. bed and pressed my b
"y
_Was, the.- point of Calling old. loug deep groa4 ablf-posseakion and was ibl"a
'88
blind4-r-boill Aumble- 16to board iti'sucoe ad.'by -brows
-ed' with-- makiuk. her - vo4re.�- -a d -111' a Soup t of theS6 f
'a a was a no g. 1410*1 )a my old
h leep, tuna.. which terimin q ul for boin to quit m -V, t!" I soundlyi, I ditch.-. ougli, add t Oh, ear hear.
w roze-M 'bloo a
I- heard the usi
hich f d Thankf He is comilag rou
drauladii gravity, ti -make a barga-iti—I'lend nurse say, I had'-. View �4&atly code raise. F I - 9 b a
lend we 1pgo4. Go A es- Stop gudde lea—M -
Od-' d he cry* "the 4, ce Soft
thihk of
ou Then unotl4er 'vW man F
du 00 '*1 -11
the day, Wall my YOU'eY@Ps Y,
areas and, xacting r1i:ig" frigbtfqqqj�bthing bette to do 1-stbold m-otionlese.-
1410 gug.
cry.of a- womail I -z
av' We .�weut--ya*uiug 'change trow k -this V, ht 'fbl Yeli, your - master w-111 BOO
rewi;id 1i jug out and. blikud.
udrae��Re d thou melody to.discqd, an Wall -
wall
u6t fo He took May srm� -an
d -heard 0. dul 'Tavy. thud on -the oar lug, me. -for IOVQr r money.,. why� it I said the v ice. 1 J.ob
eL begin to the street.' pr�aleiljltly ba'�to h�j .. 'I
Should I diaturb her pe br ught me in dolDhion ith tUe!
ainthat i�ird step 0 W 1adly let me 7foel your IMr-
Shall I Waited to. he'alrl jib more.. J kue W&IpoI Vaughan.
aelp myself like Others- in -my 6iti-eat'!'1 d'
a � - . - I , . . L . ou t -this wag up extra test as
soft- finger was laid u int.
Pon my I rl
Isar to I som 'dreadful 4eea had beenL pdipstrated ;Q1. Ago
Wtatahed plight -7 I had alre&0y
-to N6 tbs�uk yet -b the'ttuth of mT'staltement.
Itake "here1atood.% M t
dress. widjOut.&IRS113taijift 4 if Please put my hind on ithin a -few as 4 Who is it?" I &&ed.
. -,t A hand was pla, 111100� -MY shoulder
er on actor Deane, at yoU9;�.36RV10B9
h as.' shijill.be 'he' t: f Ism -D
and. leave �ithg,-room � the. railing of the beat "wildlY and,' levcslY-.
I could now- .46 moment' of g at th wo i`ud I wa guided. tq a �cbirl 1�,Naw, 411 right then." L excitement lot �he Sai
d the stranger.
ght; W -no, ti q isid �ti pealker who vAdreqed
could, I felt 'L alli'e, grope My- �42 -
.44.Wiah j, had be'tore 4) � L'�
b Ilike H*ve'- aeu ill ? How
ish'I.could hor I w. I b How
a -frbilt door, latL M S�%l - MY givail me not telf us, In as few. 4Qas as possible,
'd itrength sud courage 0 ula
the aid a row I -h
-I chose, return by of tb ere. .0
0 -even a bibulisti'do "A law. hou gt
'Oho. you- prewhow and "Why 0m many days?
�out legs -to" t "a e 6m
n4ctor.. dood.nWilt-.-Ble, 1, desire t! Ilt t erUIDO- . .. . r� rE mAy. There is i thin
-key.. T1 ie have7 no time b spare'
latch 41 . ." . I.. . . jut the scoDiiipligh6lent of, or' quick,
my. YOU- ro
he- turned to Wish to d6
WAS b
eiide Ce: e'alarmed at: Lie down again �--ad keep
atvr�otjVe'L SU mto spare
-4srLy judep I he eaiiii- I, well- knew they had no
a mali,� duty, in gavioglif
h peuiet for a while. Are
ard im ta6i - ai nt I
make- the. -1 -threw Op.% hey -had much t ao�mueh to Inde. h th
comp eta a W
T Yes I am dying
u coring t give me -
was !lot qui W ., ceit 'the door a .,e, of a t onei moment I I
I crep� softly from my. bed Sul amo
bLjlt easily Of
rushed 'into tIA- '!r -the -gift igh for
%in. as to. whicli'land iid h adiodS
d slowly, aariing from - - room'. -Theni aware of t il jould.jurollase it t;veu the price iierle C6
. , , Tht ran -greedilZ aud felt
dressed myse h W. -Ole btreat t WhIco, L 4ears of darkness iydid so'. I d
�tbat. mvttered little.- Either --sixty-two or - presence Of attong light but ligh
regiii-lai brei itaved.
. I w
whillil'the ale kthing.* Then,. and calls Shortly slid- simply as R could, hst rel'
'14 leaveme in -front of revealed nothing to� me Now1 nurse I head,
6ixtvAfive paces wou. folly I told the I Stole to the -door- -bald L What 0 U, SLS :a ome had* brought tne, into s4o
as of rdy-pid 4& in
W job lod.ro W my- bed -room. o 430i - . - .1 onle
t ',the Isiud-. my 1- .6ounted 'sixti --and thea us ceedings,bame fully h ak@ him a weak t
'to Til o6licealed. was a&, p-twhen he
11- Was and me" Wh Should these- SISS&V
i n- al�L 1&811 it oral t
felt for the,eutt"ce, between,. the ge me, atudlike �aed my.ml is OnlY thing I' wahti anything to,ibat, lot him geMva it. I
ing,. I op ined ii- withotit true na will to ol�k. - in agiiiiujater on." '-Ou the 1 thi(JkL - c%rps.4 t ed
lilina, &a �-J: not, fludiDg it, I weut'ou� &--Step i)r -two until thst. unail'. -blind' and helpless, I
oil sidei so Oka Ave a r iat'o that room meet my. dest4.$ kilo know it 2 If I reveal It they miglkt
W9. - I oame-tol Iv rlk.d to h tea had, dishe shown nualid
thoug.Vtf the dismay it Bile a Dobtir Daane was "d, to t sll the Bard a-Woa't 7�" !�xolaznatic -of �jat a watdh Upon me. and t any moment, !1e -patted
he diloot home without- - accident, h Priecil, a returuibg to my shud discovered mv abselic'e.1 closed t the pitlowatoinato
prise. 'In th -b Idistau ore
a o6 1 heard tho'cry 'ALeir sal demauded- h I -miglit share
then, gtiiding -myself .4Y - th. b.aluiat Q, uhoau d Panelled
piased lightly d6vu ttha ""tairs and xeaohed� n but it a ded mufl 6 f alte�of. I
the
I �.w. o'u a a- lad -iiiil i1q. who lay liwithin a fefr feet
of.my .6.80apade. oped oomlortibie: By this, time I as wide
WOO )f my -chair
'the Street a d alarmed f aiiat it Bl6emed to -me that struggle So'l- g&Ve a floti ious n t;
had:uut discoxLered my ab4en,c an awuke, and -the experiences'Of f,�aa nigh
W
d or without so ident'.. t *t part Of the rloom,-'. -Paw _aVery thing Slog I told them as true.
zbe hodsae, sud1 'ruAed I Should beabl h a
-lodgers III the houses going oil in back to. -me with 01-4E tiactip
Were other -In 'ray quietly &9-f had leiia though I eskipg I heard. were comin� )ve ihose ot.M i0calLed
There I turnel -you] *as to - S441 Ail tbe while I was er,
u t1jo qui wr I 'Of $'
-men who came in I&S,11 to regat neas azid dqtaal fralit
amoug,them ag hope ig 00 i%
go, left a'- t1l uiy.elaborate Cal ula- Biiely�and took 4 coup a Shat distressing poudd at tMie -other end-od
�66L dream.
tie dborbeia'g alwaYS- di, It drove ind- Aearly lad. L
hot!ris, not lite rectiou-- wheal. came; my he room
to coutioudVith.. I bad hi.. What i1i the time ai I -he no bolts idd dire bf reachink. I I� Nigh- upon noon, Mis�er f.ifx�lbert."
-the rioaht house but. -if they were- -caught. in Some hintsud I fell prcjstraite rieve could I have mi
t momeut I-was-ou the ii6oratep, at I. -my darkness and 3atchingLone Of
roV7f Qt�jL'
be-' oor or two a 80111a poke in. -a sur�
ey..l ill N *
could ';'only d th body of a an.; Ev'�en ill the mid I
Ind me closed. t th - -horror SW Z: - a. men hi the throat, 441 & thgoertaint door beh' -0m ki il'my hand -that ait'd m 16h Idered hose of k
r short. ti me. i,rreg(. a�wq a mijuner. Would be as daitalin't ilthe f alle MW - ords. jug life "on t 'I should have
I stood Aute almos"
elt MY h"a. tor witla
bial set "led my
lat my:temority.. T4is w Some warm* flai Noon what, has been the mi I
e I *6dt up the, bork t 3ps—*&B it 'tout or wet with- __okle-a even hold Such
aC
t I R.? , * .
't -�entured boy ind the hous, grow oiI.-fura- Slowly trickled ov -it.` wn1a, a. vould
five I-hali'alounted, -a er. RB withmit. a gaiding hadd to trustl`11.. -Yet I 'The -old servant w
weepin
Before I coold rise, stribugmuscular When my explamation s oyer another lar _her
-fear. The bled -.1 -or the ieyhoie &'ud inaertedJAier liAtdh- I
-there %She made o
knew' wa th 9. to UP costs hold Cal pUi Then
a war
Sorted. The key.; It 6ikly and' e, door opened. Ing' baud on my th: spered usultitiot iepested my -queitiOn.
�le v0ahort y
no an . ard meL down,. w off Is Spokesman, demandad the ke which
4a brad I adald-ewalk d lick 0#, Master Gilb rt shca bobbed. -
felt i0w de ai
1:14 t m ide 8, -mii IS
n athaving hit upod the -hea;rd the a 0 a aid so nearly cost me my i e,
P�vemeut Wit , I . L - shar piatol locke it suppose came
-Without let 0 In ing. glo-W N 1 OW !could you do it WJ
dral6e, of satisf aletio 'I
-down tL.the first i�ttetnpt;- It -must- hae 'for's light to S�gecond I If only to �hey tried it -and found it acted &s, 1 B bed I
atter the m%nner -of -otib6r blina house a -a -w
MYL e,�
raystl r,
persons, by- tapping my-.Bt'.k ag% Were ab a WW4 ice once more. droppad.`�M
been a-, blind man Who. first-discOvered Q at th4se who out to, A, was not b4 I heard th' into th toom and saw the
,thought i iuouia have
a -the: k V Y.,bod I trem-
stone alliage. Still -I.Jauat- 20desgity is kl-�—strange. 4ilito now U
curb or -the Wlienihe saw the emIt
I.-Soldrolosed thoAdo behind. me-- part -of- me to expect �he fatall bullet. V ,Fortujiately.foryoxii�e:heivea6diaed.to�
Iged. 'The -night X7000 r(Alt,
ome. �.ur or., We
ai fe io a to,,e I who --a horrors of the
-preo able me to 9 i -to iny Own hz t &90.18Y, a believe your tale 8ta&CLJ-up.7 Idid'sof I'L,
at will. a4adprepared, to creep up nd dwl 0 dber'2"
aln-Any lititudeand lopgitudo
&no
'Meer
tI the room
d w&6 lea� to -3 wit
oment thA. 2er 'i!At of- ow could you do it,
a down- the four. ..Bteps, whichm led I wondered *halt '-the timi was. All I to wishfor,deekth, fek. at this, in bout
ontinued pritwilla. ,To go 0�
-&I und again
f' M the front doL in durkened. to, was chaRv As, after the
lie knew wos that, it i�iust 19 atillnight, for"I. Iif a a dear placed in'811 'L alf over L-! , rm all.
ro or, -turned- myself to. t Y SU manner a word, nd.vander h don,
-was able to-diating�uisi light from dirkhesz.* 3ae As, to. any oresture. - under the f the bRihds stretched but my,
i hilIg
rlg'htf'audi- by, aid-- of the� line- of'.railibgs, sud not jMe to see�s
saiAtuyself so oloss'.to, Walpole I-cried-alolildolilud my voice,sOunddd tot -D6 found 1'.waa na t a carrier -of 'the' alone Bi' t3 Ail had foi -t ale
adt my falde toward the end of . -the do and tell me'wt Street I Could u6t &ii walkid-for sny Ion& -like the' voice'd a strgfiger:.� the smcgle of th a wil
W'a room, My tale turned to fiss happened 21'
to coantm
Y-.
T b Ik � and fa t quite &!red hor17i;1Gvgl
Ity.-two of which'. brought my Ofdlui-in Mi'ledatatic states so I noted it Spare a1mbliiid
stips, Si She had no�l
if YOU!Move or. look around," said the to L & road, Whiah to us a 4 job L L" If you'wanted To get tipsY 0r
right foot a lam-6I.hidfm t -b" Somewere about 2',o1cI6ck. t 'z Qke an
a iod our belief in *Ir blindnes'Ill:
t�em stuffs to Beni
an HAPI d you
readhed. my_ limit* Iturn ad, -co t6d back' - -Even More anxious tlisil -Whl6n ER I Of
-done
paces, bottom peo vanish." Q'YOU Ina night i esve
ji k t y,- fi.v 6 o make fio,zloiee ihich, might
--the Sixty. and the of:: the at on ible, you Ir k-1 It was impossible."to mfujunderstlind-tho laah
a. P.MUMM.C. 6houldWt
he as -'aiielotion I. floi 'ple, I46uiid-' a Vdr0aSe .-DR1.939ji 0 Itrat home, Master Gilbert. more in me an eg%nL M: -conveyoc iswords.
My a U.. stailthy- ascents grim:tWeat b& Aml
self. again.,off the pavement, aedb in! Me 11- lily jet and 1411sten with all uded it once in U way.".
my a 'g did u6� ould o lb. -Tell
the plac The ban a pinni sit qu
-knowing that
hitions: were - verified -by my. Fi Wre a kind old fool; r I was, Pri
*omehow, blind e- I
to Me.; L strs d', an- in ant- relax: -their' grasp Y'bt thl- ears.
ve * near tbe-.6antre-of the- seemed untimilisi. -The. bald .4. at A J I - -
-all about �last night."
ry 0 69. They moved' me - � - - --- , I
Yes, thdr. ��s getting
its. at age I Weis tou-0bing did not seenlLthe 9 Situated It war, not until She IRS`* ame The might safely so., c
yow. Lwaal -my a as I elthstin -of life�. rd
1.,- 01114113 would
d' termine My tiether.;- I very teiture 6f the carpevund6r-my feet- w ly - only ofiraice -angry th
- :jL I* - I about busily- sind tspACY.' i 118H .. QUP- at her It
d' the .'length of::L if 17coolds the opi'ned. - I detected, uite.
do Win' the
mad difierent. i Could it- be pdoliibi that 0 is Still "d �colllvilloe, pt boards- and drawers .00neeUtt d w
could -walk Up Aiiaened see A& 'I Bound L �Of _ 9 'ran Btraigh P. Wrong 'sons in'the ro-o"M - ot� 1he truth -c papers' n
s -had to I--bsd.'-eil the house ? There ar -MY Slhi% the beUag lora and the
Ot. I heard hem an
--street yet, at "Y.. time I, wi -do a heard4er-acco, wry,
entioni 'Rethink could be gali -ed,"bui'evetYi smell of "papers
istaludei on record of 'a" u urnikig.
key hav ould by vouutlu ft.drn either e4karrost.. raise some hQ&d wae whirling. This is wb�.,fj ahe told.
a
cum
such a heard a- Bed
-a
g ing opeue& a. stran"ge'look. Could I,- through thing would he , lost by reaigtuucei� I V#a d ad weight,: from the Aoor.
my-ateps, -frout of.my. bibod6. r V-1
rayed intoa -strong - but - eoli if -'ill the.66nees had b nd us f - ieaia� cloth And.
y sue ir eta ce,.have Aul 1'rl= a- be � -h So, mightily proud 6f M" Gas, -with ray beeia %bout tet must have
Is I pa,used. the parspl- minei IL doubt -if I could' compete Bard tile jingle of mo !even the',, tick
d'aWn troM OM she Pat
neighbor'i bode r Bild aw-oko"
-;w)iileJ 6ntup oud--.down-�-Un-AuddowM Wale aatealthysult 'that i
IF
down. could. feiel Of awat,3b
ow 1 th 4o.hel& me
.1 a door to
or -two t - .1 - L
rd one --cabs pass, "is aid- also. ratitbil rising on. my br as ought of Milan h I
I hesi or aa;rA6 th iiake haluds and airins; 00�T the -talble' near me. Then
in job- I should nervous power -or his where sind zi
ion wh
a w Fo -bl
twala-astoep, &�4 wanting nothing� Hearing
r w ivid and hel]OW r aaA knewtha t*4
pers6ne, &foot.: As those'-, h sound;9 Bin - my room -sho J. atere
tion '.to me,, 1 felt r all-moment:1 tainly, now zth4t .1 was I' felt ai breath Of -ai
so. ioemed to pay no attati d it
gla fQ %b, 'k' ry
ved10 retraloo. �.my -B eps shoit , a. Be 1�.�lesrdbeavy
t -and t -the the. struggle would -be#, on doorb ad bi
d gait regal n ear 'Lud found tha bed ateuslntcl"�i, aild, me
d rance an
b!li 1 -companions,. lic steps on the
ja xfd- not 6o"qdite sure he had iw many I knew kt Aeps .01 me next libi OW
-were not - 0-4oh- ai t3 attract'notice- . Most. 6ne. Probably she as oven Ito
In bored that ill ay help bi m. ':The fifet'. movameutj�,- weighty burden au6-; I shuddered as 1- 9
donee firmities'.. res '3he know.
Was wroi thought What ened that jibe owned eing. t 3. i)%eir n hn-reine t b
er. m id-, must be, -
0 e andof everything Sol that bu
h b iket - with a -pI t ads would b. th The hig,lit- excursion --did me a great- deal MY Own� OUS8 a lydespondend�y and
g Was near as was coneened. 0
fig.gre-upon I - iligii of the w dayliv have --,no
it 'the top 6 8 .1 " Bef re th" last tal�k wAs c6niplete44he aa -bout n
A.- to. rii wdman4a moan had - bek.iied. For of. good.. Terhal;js it I * . . last to'
was',findin -in aMe
-dependent- ra. VR5;z
p 12 9 bubt but h
I knew: the -'-exadt placell! hav I` made no further attem, Be) V
1. 0 ti..-sltogeth r as 9 the p �rowb:igll 14 e1c first hat I had
a times to keeptany lay as Still Sind -unresisting 'as time it had bee Only.
beenecaution' d. y 4btervals.;. stroye starteaoL' Be
flBW inifinteaL My Whole man, ich I had -fal unding- at re'eurrii t d myself. She
across, 'pow I
h ad- fro knocking against.. it. - -I'doald trais 10rnl: impmm
The M.. ofme, and at once recagnizing he
fr me'Of miud,-� mental bound. took. on. an beard it o longer' ThNi W
ce,
laetiile -all my doubt6by going And i6leliDj Every mom 6 Seemed an -hour IS as a
from d9spondeupy of m# -situation.7 A blin.d mad.- great elief to my overwiJught ner'Vest bat. Jsilbl
lity of finding me without,�dstan
1went -Ao hop
tai.uty. r -lau 0 n
h6pe his dMai -9 on,1 went.. t' n d to that f3:rst and last re0c srao Ofan
-to- car, Like to' t my heart grew-, Sick* as I thought It -maybe' ur a
to me th , at 1.ralu my Lujits s6f tl� along the wall a strajage room i strwage hoiia ut
a xevelation.1ticamie myonala'dy Idy -.of - 4 'man � whoac a th re were two victiW3 Uiatead of oneo Englishwoman in such
could 1 find. My. �hud down.on the bo
W-SgLediable-;,-that in. spite, of: my 15resenW. but. no: biacket-I .. 1 4
: Hm,61ng told her tale'at?. n last
dot hesr&�-held down h at least - twb men mustbave
n.heLhad Althoug
ment, wh h the lintel: of a door instead. % Men grvs VW knew I was
at frienda. had been oifsUriDg 1160 t6bo ad ot stations and by entreatAess slid 'Certai b ' a thai we gbt law
on
for n- I- was - in theroug ..stAbe'mer4 thda rbo, it Weis. car orn
v ated-1 I "knew, . - .. I r 0 s=6 onethrow,him-1 my infirmity, made' known tio urgency
would -pro a to. bo.t.ho trultb. - So el black -and -I heard
.-at ta thi-par
tha, �my head :back and, -14uso. -The only' thing io be done k t in' i�
aa -to - h ad: a 01ilu t a -left alone. f Weary sigh
grew i- J �th it Me 4Ui6t, as T had 0 aced land ardly brime I Unable: iolo Self into a chair'wi-th a hM and of the cases and secured aymR�nthys telo-'
with a firm,. uick Stop, almost fbc� croop.ox Y -graphic messapm were of the murder' is- iround him an -16 lefi to'�uard- me. 1:
a Ue 0 i Wy�
getting that 1"Wwa - sightless. began ti6- try� my -next oor. guea ad �he had been,� K Wag IoUgjMg to M&k6 M�
grept my W lifd,6r de tat na -ask jULg if.any a
think of :many, things,� an -mY itdilits -,'As boon foubd. Priscilla
t we [-1012gilag 10
-turned.'L 4Y baeli I whether their 1�06ks to wake and find I hadl esu,'- dreaming.
:'fo po
-The sue n
uiot-voices. late so.itwalg., bim.1 ..Expecting every moment - b -desc"1P'ion - had
'i Ail abor t 5 o"clock
at ki�ed u a thorns ar
-er ones thahj had' known r, ho d.the murna
were -happi, f 6 knife ov the L er f %a or tfia fiilg�jtmare ;was:grow
o
ty J%me from
f thout turujin$ My 2en -a rop
Months' 'I g%ve'up eoUntrDg- L y and fee in the morniDgs wl
there -were people tglkiDg,in the.room, the the sharp atO a a I
go lightly - of a ballet I eeing. ilothilzig jug unbearable. I.Baid,
0 ager towli. it' tataidtbat
d -o*n-,, planning what J Should -of h my- A oh, other end a! the
walked 0 d di W*13'io bM
a -t digbingUiSl "but I.wait p
_L;. Whe rkness. words; thr dead body' 'be HOW- long.am to ke" t si�uld -these an who al he blind,
n an nothing save he hidds upon bead:
reJ B116uld- go.when ray da*' Q�l
t1i
v ldWho Was' certainly incap-
borr
oaand
was.remo ad. 1 do -not know whether 1. c0u o -I istooll himi- J.ffvgu'hesri�g nothing save Ora 2". druah
d he sure t a Vo heard
h ices waie -those of -men. in big chait., liut bke, had just beed brought in.
Be. guid6.. Myself by"t meaning, inli distaiiae I . all 1.
may h ve at* im better to atified a the m
or-thei pavement edge;- but. it'so Idid- irreOolutlij
wall iffoild Lit. nobe ights!cf fiod'on, show a psralle asy I ot ko 21,
he made iio answer. (To bo. continued.)
'ki2obk at the door and, throw myself;upon Wildest A
it mechanically d i y. �Ln watincti'vely,- without
eI have solea m6thing put me out
�?. I my _Case Pleaded,
noticing the So, tion, or. remembering t the' imercy Of the inmatell of "that �jghfj_ hati
C
nee into -the si-suY V�have.� I Shall go
-My -blind. inite diabell 'd9to tgrUedtoR
Oil
9-terward. 06uld'spoloikuld, explain , Ur. Gfa ne re
in -ti possibility of peoi hs t here I -a. Some ir ur 9 mad it I stay .
I. cannot say whether it may be Sat arday from his Scotch was
answer.
k still 'd no more.
niss Would account for the -mists g, dell & thing.oan one would oottIft-be-kirild-1161 9 PU
a blind maln, *be.. can-divelt hims,ill ot 'y ri *lth tile By.,aud-by the me, a conuous soriei at tduulphed� He va
Ind on -the right ros,
encountering.
the ear of ions
creepingin
aftar them
�bt evoil DOW as Then oa&e e-nore whispers. --and
old man their pompati, I aira the don
for" d home.-- ell. n retuftlea to taitigued yesterday, but --tXPre�*'
this Miast-have lett blibit!
b r close h,
-t��Walkasstrailghtlksindabouistely'aii' ne 1ho beat todo., I c6uld not go-bui to leliglited. with his visit.ind V;
4- IT
V 0 can -the Housei of L
that, in M3 �ljkj dildnighithief. -Per- I'il�n'obly say t' ards would
see. I'ouly know iti6i -houses I a - �thoj
--the-161 this; .oven thi drawing oi a oork ap
8v' P -heard
b equally P98 Of 70ass,- I ijagie
we in reocoupiecl and elevated stite OfMi-ndl -hijps eachL house in the ZO *A 'd Th ft rei g its, boitiliti to the Fromola
ound me Atoo: DO AUK I itilipses'
e a ovii- 00
o, Antoxiorded'"d look'*d
have. Aon' Moln
. j1p
ing
t
aL udon
ru
m
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