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' At the mintion of Annis’ name'the devil that - sessed him fled and left him a piteously bid mg her. Looking in his (yes, I said lewly égdâ€"vdihiâ€"ncfly: “You and I am going to find AnniHhe Anni: that you lave so we“. I am come to take you to Back I went into the room where the chained. As I enteredyhe strained at his chein and snarled in ahger, became its length did, not permit hiin 10'. reach me! A ~ ‘ Whatever else .my father has been, or may be, he is always a gallant soldier, ‘and a brave man! 'I thought of this as I stood there that day, and] felt his~ spirit of comaâ€"{g} Strong within me. Nathan should be saved! thevfates of evil, and malice“ were at last (in this eleventh hour) powerless! my prayer had been answered! I hurried back with 2111’ speed to my room, snatéhed'a hood and a long cloak, then going to Annfs'l-closet selected a skirt, hood and cloak from thence. .1 pin my own hood and cloak on and'carried those I had borrowed from Annie upon my arm. ‘ ‘ "-7 u. now. time sings the day dawn wheh I had swooned away affine sight of Nathan coming home, that this was the man" who had kept the midnight vigil with me! ' He was now dressgd in a coarse, ciean suit of homespun, but his hair and his beard Were as tagged as everI and diis [expression was, if -po:s€ble, more, devilish. v ’ Beside the fireplace, squatting on the ground, and chained‘for all the world like a' vicious dog,‘ who springsnpon and bites those who vefiture‘ too near, was a man, and it came back tome, for the first. _-_ .. â€", ~m' mouldings. 1 observed thet lying not very far from where Irstood wen u bundle of some cart. I bent down and picked i6 ‘up; it proved to be: long smock (or «hit-trot eon-e linen end it. we: covered with duh brownish eplotchee, end wrapped In it we: a rusty knife; such an one as the farmer; use to kill hogs and sheep with. I had on the usual costume Worn by women of that day, consisting of a short gown and pettiâ€"- coat. I tucked the shirt under the waistband of my skirt at the _beck,_ until 'EY. ovetgown covered it; ”IN the knife into the bosom of my area: and lifting up my candlestick, 'I passed to the "oppofite :ide of the space; and pressing my hands upon it. “I had done in 'mylyip’eiet, it too WWI”: ' Enid large here mm, with windows flutter: high up mmdmt and amt-Md???» .r was here and: open Mahmefienmfi hi im‘ iron grating that seemed to be featured into the wall. Theré were two bed‘srin this room; a few wooden chairs and a rude table. , . (Mmdfio-ka) . HAT I found seemed tobo an unflnhhod space he- . tween my upu-tment and no other. As I became Imus! Volume creature growled and snarled as I re-cntcred. r. A: I became Waxed to my sur- ‘lfllfle bolting 1 observed tint, lying not very lu- from I approach“ l7 By LAURA DATTO FESSENDEN HIGHLAND PARK, IL'LINOE WIS ....... .. mu, JV“ jury bah” you. as to what ch consider in the use of Nathan you, Your Honor, the poor m: ihe'degr‘" t] --â€"-...-, -w "n. yuan: charmer does his, syllable or incantation; thus‘ reâ€" peating. I unclaaped the iron links that held his feet, and' bidding him rise up, I clothed this grew- some being in Annis's skirt, and hood, and cloak, Whining a veil over his face. No need to cauâ€" tion silence! no need ,to'bid him to follow softly! for he was like a gentle'ahndow. The house was_ stillL I doubt if a soul gas left at home (what wondcr'when the whole «thrifty-side Was thronging to lwar Nathan proclaimed ’~‘Gin'hy”f_ (Mfl'wbnder that we. w’efe‘gplng, 'tool the mad "Maud I!) - ' ‘ » ' "Ikilled the éervant first! quickly in the back that he did that eyén cry out! But member, (the One that held my Armis in his arms, the crippléd man) He fought like a tiger! He was a gall‘iint gentleman, ahd Wdiedhe cried ‘Anhis,'Annis, I lovejyoul ” ‘ 3 - I stabbed him so ”vwflvfl, v.- ..-y yuuuu. So w: sped along'like. the wind to Litchfietd, he clinging, tightlyto my fi'éist, and gurgling out his joy at an} flying paceâ€"he who had for so }ong been, ghut out from the pure air and the sunshine! When we, passed on our way. the spot near the Inn whcre the “two. roads met, and where they found the bodies of the murdered men, my companion broke‘ into a shrill laugh-and bent forward and whispered in my ear. ' ' ' , _ ~ _ 1 She‘ whihnied mejyélcomé; andâ€" was quiet while I put on the‘ saddle her master u'sed and added to the“ saddle the "pinion, ' ' , And when all was in readiness We two mounted to our Vplaeeswl, astride (like ‘a man), and :he crgature, woman fashion, on the pinion; , ”cal naman proc-Ialmpd "Guilty”f_ (S‘nmll wonder that we were going, too! the mad and I!) ' - lookin down uponthé as lulu: ' We slipped out to the ham; It warm me "_ ~ which‘in the firliaz m"; «' :er “ rz-W’sfl.bf”_n mum ‘ With, “47'. -.-." i ‘ ‘ " « £12.. l‘ V . approach“; nearer, and still nearer. . W. I”; by Loan 0"“. sylhble qr incantation; thus‘ rc- Nathan Birdsey, for I bring poor mad Creature, who did what me‘yt‘ah'an or stair riot ', APRIL 15, 1905 gallium: Notioo'ii hereby given am, on Tuesdny, the 18th dav of April, 1905, Mike Fire Departnwnt building ‘in the First. ward, at tho Library building in the 89093;!” Winthwnt them of; I); C. Purdy in tho Third ward and at the store of Hand Brothel-sin the Fourth ward, all of said places being in the city of Highland Park fn the county 01 Lake tad style of Illinois. an election vyill beheld for mayor. city clerk, cltzy attorney. city unwritten: polioe magistrateflono alderman for the First wad. one alderman for the Second ward. one naemm‘ for the Third Award and one “(lei-nun for the Fourth ward of Nd city. which ebotion‘” will be opened at 7 o‘clock lithe morning, and will continue open 'until 5 6’3ka in the afternoon of this some day. (um... .-.....I.__ A; , Mr. Editor:- I an: : vdter but 1 un in n quand- ry. If n voter believes it. is his duty as a citizen to vote at In elecgionn when potable but. is conscien- tiousiy opposed to “In liquor traffic: what is he going to do when he finds mmu under the neces- sity of changing besween two candidates i! one _ of them mm. in liquor: according to luv 3nd the other should do 1% confirm-y to law and that for the purpose of (launching on‘fpolitios? ‘ ~,, , flâ€"â€" â€"- --... w-uv “0.1- V Given under my hand at Highland Pnyk the 34th day of Mann, A. D. 1905. Joan Flmr, 4t ‘ _. ' v ‘ ' N... (“I __|_ m but just" to tell so much of the pa. “dry as shall explain. what, up to now! must am an idle tomante, and it is my duty and pleasute to, unnvd the tangled skein." » " ' So many years that we are well into a ne tury. and this. ioumal begun in the W life shall cloée in its 'sunsct. (1m in" foragehasn'ochifl! Imold‘o-fi-a‘im v v Long, lonk mu have come lad none line: H day in which I told the story tint set Nathan Bid- sey frqe. , , ' (1'0 113mm um wax) Electic‘m,‘ Notic And then. being gm, 1 may fully valued um am 1 n... i- ~five is“ (1,, cannot say m 3’" old 0'3! it m) I?!” 5m: an“: is: Number 20 _P- 3. art City Clerk. ofmy