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Watchman Warder (1899), 15 Jan 1903, p. 3

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Fm§sm ahd all other sales carefully attended to. EEULLOUGH of Powbornpqh! HONEY TO LOAH Nn‘ “g Ala. flak-on. m. mm; A 06 710.58 glues mow I, hit 57, con. .WARDER, - JANUARY 15*?» she felt she would go mad if she did; so she hurried on and on, as if driven on by some fierce. inward power. W M is w male; to contend. The indomitable spirit within, suaâ€" taincd her. She thought of nothing, cared for nothing, but. revenge; and for that her very soul was crying out with a. longingâ€"a hunger. that nothing could appease. She dared not. stop for one moment to thiql}: Night came on before she thought of stopping for a. single instant to rest. She had walked far that day; her feet were bleeding and blistered; [or nearly three days she had touched nothing but cold water, yer her iron frame was unsubduedâ€"she felt no wear-tugs, no faintness, no hunger. ing nothing, hearing nothing, con- scious of nothing but her own mul- dcning wrongs, glaring before her like a maniac, and dashing fiercely to the 'ground with her clenched fist all th05e_ who, moved by pity, would have stopped her.. On, like a. bolt from a. bow. until the city seemed to fade away. and she saw green fields, and pretty cottages, and waving trees. and knew that She had left London behind her. S'he sped along through lanes, and sueets. crowded thoroughfares, see- Maddened, despairing, blasphemâ€" ing, cursing earth and heaven, God and man, hating life, and sunshine, and the world, the wretched gipsy queen had fled from thoso who go- thered around her on that morning full: of woe, and fled far away, she neither knew _nor cared whither. “She has murdered her ! she has murdered her 2” was the cry that seemed rcnding his very heart with horror and despair. But there was one who sat bowed, collapsed, shuddering in his seat, who recognized that voice, and knew what those awful words meant, and that one was Earl De Courcy. ' Lord Villiers, leaving his still fienseless Wife in the care of her maids, with a. face that seemed turn- ed to marble, gave orders to have the base; the grounds, the whole of London, if necessary, ransacked in search of the abductor. But half insane with terror al- ready, the continuous screaming of the frightened ladies completely drove every remaining gleam of sense out of her head, and her words were so wild and incoherent, that but little could be made out of them. It appeared from what she said, that she had been sitting half asleep in her chair, with her little charge wholly asleep in the cradle beside her, when suddenly a tall, dark sha- dow seemed to obscure the light in the room: and looking up with a start of terror, she beheld the most awful monsterâ€"whether manhor wo- man, or demon, she could not tellâ€" in the. act of snatching little Er- minie from the cradle, and flying from the room. Frozen with horror, she had remained in her seat unable to move, until at last, fully con- scious of what. had taken'place, she had fled screaming down stairs. And that was all she could tell. In vain they questioned and cross-questioned; they could obtain nothing further from the terrified Martha, and only succeeded in driving the few remain- ing wits she had, out-of her head. Meantime, some of the most self- possessed of the guests had assembl- ed round Mmthap,’ in order to ex- tract fzom hex, if possible, What had happened. ‘ And when Lord Villic-rsâ€"his own noble face white and set with Unut- terable anguishâ€"burst into the room, he found her lying cold and lifeless on the ground. “‘0 Miss Minnie! Miss Minnie! Miss Minnie !” “O God! my child !" came from the white lips of Lady Maude, in a voice that those who heard never forgot, as she fled 'froui the room, up the long staircase, and into the nur- sory. But the crib was empty; the babe was gone. The wild, wild shriek of a mothâ€" er’s woe resoundcd through the house, and Lady Maude fell in a. deadly swoon’on the floor; ' As if the angel of death had sud- denly descended in their midst, every face blanched, and every heart stood still with nameless horror. For one moment, the silence of the grave reigned, then a. wild, piercing shriek was heard through the house, and the nurse Martha, with terror-blanch- ed face, and uplifted arms, rushed in- to the midst of the assembled guests. screaming: :ms or 'tne tamer Shall be Visited up'- on the children and the children’s children, even to the third and fourth generations. Woe to all of the house ofrDe Courcy !” amp. soc: Throat, Quincy, Whooping CotxghandaflPainiuIchflingl. TROOP OIL (Continued from Page 4.) A LARGE BOTTLE. 23¢» BRITISH CHAPTER ALL FOR LOVEJ “Raymond Germaine." was his an- swer. , The gipsy looked at Susan "His father’ a name was Germaine," the woman hastened to explain. "and I called him Raymond became Isaw KG. on his father’s handker- chief; andIthoughtmhoitmight been that." ‘ “What is your name?" she said. in a. softer voice, as she parted his thick, silky curls, and looked down into the dark splendor of his eyes. Any other child would have been frightened by her odd dress, her harsh voice, and darkly-gleaming face; but he was not. It might be that, child as he was, he had an inâ€" herent liking for strength and power, or it might have been his kindred blood that drew him'to henâ€"{or h'o fearlessly went over, put his hand in hers, ahd looked up in her face; The gipsy fixed her piercing eye keenly upon him, and started to be- hold the living counterâ€"part of her own son when at the same age. There was the same clear olive com- plexion, with a warm, healthy flush on the cheeks and lips; the same bold, bright black eyes, {ringed by long silken lashes; the same high, noble brow; the same daring. un- daunted, fearless spirit, flashing al- ready in his young eyes. Her hard face softened {or an Instant; but when she saw the thick curling black hair clustering round his head; noted the small, aristocmticallyâ€"(astidious mouth, the long, delicate hand, she knew he must have inherited them from his motherâ€"and she grew dark “Little boy, come here," she said. holding out her hand. and stem again. His smile, too. that Ii: up his beautiful face, and softened its dazzling splendor, was not his father's; but still he was suf- ficiently like him to brin" a. last. ray of human feeling back to her iron heart. "He does beat all I ever seenâ€"he bean’t afeerd o’ nothin'." said the woman, hall-apologetically. "It be no fault o’ mine, mistress; he will ha’c his own way, spite all I can say.’ “I caught him, Susan, and pulled him in ! He can't. bite me?" an“ the little fellow, triumphantly, his black eyes flushing with the con- sciousness of \ictory. Then, catch- ing sight of the stranger, be stopped, and stared at her in silent. wondcr. The woman Susan uttered a. scream and fled from the dog to the other side of the room. The woman, terrified into silence by her dark imperious visitor, we“. to the door and called: "Ray, .Iuy !" "Hare, Susan," answered a spirit- ed young voice; and, with a. gleeful laugh, a bright little fellow of three years bounded into the room, dragâ€" ging after him. by the collar. ahuge savage-looking bull-dog. who snap- ped fiercely at his captor. “I want the child !â€"bring it. here!" broke in the gipsy, with a. fiercelyâ€" impaticnt gesture. Leaving the gipsy youth some miles from the place, she approached the cottage, which was opened by the widow herself, who looked consider- ably startled by her dark, stern visâ€" itor. In the briefest possible terms. Ketura. made known her errant, and imporiously demanded the child. T he woman, a. mild, gentle-looking person, seemed grieved and troubled, and began something about her anec- tion for the little one, and her hope that it would not be taken away. Another determination was, to leave. her son's child with the tribe until such time as she should again clai m it. She knew it would be well and for with them. for they all lov- ed their queen. And taking with her a lad whom she could trust, she left one morning, and started for the child. One by one the broken links of memory returned and than all other feelings were submerged and lost in a. strong, deadly, burning desire of revengeâ€"a revenge us'fieroe and un- dying us that of‘ a tigress robbed of her cubsâ€"a revenge as strong and un- conquerable as the heart that bore it. With it came the recollection of his child; and drawing from her bos- om the packet he had given her, she read (for gipsy as she was she could read) the woman's address. There were two motives to preserve life; and, like a lioness rousing herself from a lethargy, the gipsy queen arose. and resolutely set her face to the task. One determination she made, never to lose sight of him whom she hated, until her revenge was satiated. For she could waitâ€" there would be no sudden stabbing or killing; she did not believe in such vengeance as thatâ€"vengeance that tortures its victim but for a. mo- ment. Revenge might be slow, but it would be sureâ€"she would hunt him, pursue him, torture him, until life “'uS worse than death, until he would look upon death as a. mercy; then he would have felt a. tithe of the misery he had made her endure. She was conscious, in a lost. dreamy sort of way, that suns rev and set, and the insuflerable light departed, and the dark, cool night came again and again; of seeing anxious eyes bent upon her, and hearing hushed voices and subdued footfalls, and dusky, troubléd {new steeping over her; but, like all the rest, it was a mocking unreality. The first shock of the blow had crushed and stunned her, numbing the sense of pain, and leaving noth- ing but the heavy throbbing aching at her strong, fierce heart- The wo- man of mighty frame and fierce, stormy passions, lay there, motion- lessâ€"stricken to the dust. And then this departed. and an- other mood came. in; mine. how sh'e"'lo ’ hé‘i-s’ell "hi the peaceful depths of theii’oregt. the never could tell- How, ere'that sun set; she found herself with her tribe. lying prostrate on the cold ground, conscious. like one in some frightful nightmare. of what was pnssing around her. yet unable to compre-l hend what it. meantâ€"all was vague and unreal still. Past, and present, and tuture, all were mingled togeth- er in one dnlrk‘, dreadful chaos, of which nothing was real but the dull. mufl‘led pain a her heart." and the word revangaat~that kept. lever danc~ ing in letters of blood-red flame be- fone her hot, scorching eyes. When she paused, at last. [tom exâ€" haustion. the Was on London Bridge. Darkly came back the manor-y o! the night just two years before. when; with deadly despair in her heart, she had stood In that self-sun: spot. on the nob: a! W m To steal cautiously in. snatch up‘ the child, mum: it so tightly in her cloak that it it cried it could not ho" heard, and fly down the stair-case, was but the work at on instant. Pausing; {or on instant. before the doorolthegrandsaloon, inherfleet descent, she had boldly uttered her denunciation, and then. with the speed of the wind. had flown through the long ball, out o! the door, and away through tho wind and sleet, u 11 pursued by the nah-(lacy itself. in tuft direction. Pausing at the door, which was gin, she had shoe; ed through, and behold diild and nurse both usleep. [to steel itâ€"to make way with ibâ€" murder itâ€"anythingâ€"she did not care 'What, only something to make him feel what she had felt. She had been, for a. time, delirious, when she first heard of her son's death; but that grief lasted but for a short time; and then she rejoicedâ€"yes, ae- tually rejoia'dâ€"that he was dead and free from all future earthly mis- ery. Death would have been to her a. relief. had she not determined to live for revenge. She had lost 3 child-so should they; and then, per- haps, they would be able to compm ‘hend the wrong they had made her ‘sufl‘er. F But in spite 0! all her attempts, a ‘year passed and she had found no means of carrying this threat into execution. The baby was no seldom taken out, and then always in ace:- riage with its mother and the nurse. that it was impossible to think of obtaining it. To enter the house, except on the occasion of a. bull. or party. when servants and all would be busily cecupied, was not to be’ thought of, either. But on the night of the abduction, hearing oi the pass ty t9_be given atithe mansion, and Toward midnight, she had cauti- ously entered. thinking all were most likely to be in the drawing room: at that hour, and having previously heard from the servants, by appar- ently tax-clean questions, when the nurspry vgas situateg. btfnt bet: at?!) remembering that. It was the affai- versary of her son's death, she had been wrought up to a perfect. frenzy of madam, and resolved to obtain the child. even at. the cost of her we. With the birth of little Erminic. she saw a. still more exquisite tor- ture in store for him. Iler very soul bounded with the thought, of the life- long misery she might heap upon him through the means 0! this child. whom she had heard he idolized. From the first. moment she had heard of its birth, hu- determination was How after that she haunted, har- assed, and followed the earl. is well known to the reader, and the success of this course was sufficient even to satisfy her, implacable as she was. She saw that life was beginning to be slow torture to himâ€"that his dread of her was amounting to n monomania with him; and still she pursued him, like some awful night- mare, wherever he went, keeping him still in view. Everything concerning the De Cour- cys she learned. She heard of the marriage of Lord Villiers to Lady Maude Percy, and on the night of the wedding she had entered unob- served by all, in the hustle, and, screened from view behind a side door. she had uttered the words that had thrown the whole assembly into such dismay. Then knowing what must be the consequence. she had fled instantly. and Was tar from danger ere the terrified guests had recovered sufiicient presence 0! mind to begin the Win. Then the gipsy queen, Kctum, giv- ing up all other thoughts but that. of vengeance, turned her steps in the direction of London, where, by forâ€" tune-telling and the other arts of her people, she could live and never lose sight of her deadly foe. her still sleeping grandson, with many injunctions that he was to be taken the bat care of. These com- mands, were, however, unnecessary; for, looking" upon the sleeping child as the future king of his tribe, the lad bore him along as rcvercntially as though he were a prince of the blood-royal. With the approach of night. feeling somewhat fatigued and footsore her- self, she ova’wok our Jricnd Mr. Har- kins. who, as be related to Mr. Toosypegs, "took her bin," and brought her to his own house. where “Missis Arkins" rcgalcd young Mr. Germaine with a. supper of bread and milk, to which that. youth did ample justice. Another hour brought her to the place where the gipsy-boy Was wait- ing, any to his care she; consighgd With a. somewhat sleepy look of mortificution, Mascot-TBA}! permitted his grandmother to lift. him up; and scarcely had she taken him in her ms, before his curly head dropped heavily on her shoulder. and he was fast asleep. purpose have you nought night ‘2" ”all (In earl. at eyes; that ominous silence, made his \cry blood cur-die. Whitsunduun- bling. he tell back in his seat. (at all his undumted strength was gone now. Two fierce. black eyes. like living coals. glared at him (ram under the hat, but the (all stranger «like not a. word. , â€"A deadly fear. fibufimhnd. clutched the heart. of the curl. Thus tall, motionless form; (hose gh_ri_ng “Show him up," said the earl, eagerly- The next moment. the door was thrown open, and a tall. dark figure. muffled in a. dunk reaching to the ground. and with n but what! In! over the fame. entered. and stood niâ€" lcnt!y confronting the earl. “Well 7 Do you bring new 0! my son's child ? Speak quickly, [or God's sake. It you do 3" unit (to curl. hall rising in his W “No, my lord. I. man, I think, wramod in a long cloak, and with; hat slouched down over his face. K. said he had something of the utmoat importance to reveal to your lord- Ship." 7 A 7 r- - Lute one chuiug. early in It”. as he sat. bowed and collapsed in his chair, a nervant entered to announce a stranger below. who may do- simd to see his lordship. k Earl be Courcy never left, his room now. Feeling us if in some sort he was the cause 0! this awful anam- ily. he remained day and night in his chamber. a miserable. heart-brok- en, wretched old man. -- "Is it a woman 7" asked the“ turning ghastlyfi . Lady Maude had awoke from that deadly swoon, only to (all into an- other, and another, until her (dead. grew seriously alarmed for her lite. From this, she sunk into a sort 0! low stupor; and {or weeks. she lay still and motionless, unconscious it everything passing around her. m (rail, and shadowy, she lay. ohm ing corpse, dead to the world and all it contained. She did not know her husband, who, the very shadow of his former sell, gave up every- thing to remain by her bedside. night and day. They began to be damned for her reason, at last; but her phy- sicians said there was no dangerâ€" she would arouse from the dull, death-like lethargy. at last: they must only let nature have her way. A month passed. Night and day the search had been carried on; enorn mous rewards were oflered; detective. were sent. in every direction; but. all in vain. No trace of the lost. child was to be found. Little Erminie grieved without ceasâ€" ing for ‘mamma' at first and‘ seemed almost to know the dlflemnce between the miserable dcn wherein she was now located and the princely home shed had left. It was not in any heart, however hard, to dislike the lovely infant; and much as Ketura hated the race from which she sprung she really pitled the little. gentle helpless babe.-â€"she procured a nurse for little Erminie, a woman a shade better than the rest of her class. who had lately lost a child of her own: and owing to her are, little Erminie lived. Livedâ€"but {or what {ate 7 Awakened from her sound sleep 41!! the unusual and unpleasant sensation of the bitter March storm beating in her face, little Erminie began to cry. Wrapping it once more in ha- thick mantlc, the gipsy, knowing there was no time to lose; fled away in the direction of a low house. in St. Giles. where, with others 0‘ her tribe. she had otten been, and the proprietor of which was a. gipsy him- self, and a. member oi her own tribe. Here. safe from all pursuit, she could stay with the child until the first heat of the search was past, and thenâ€"then to begin her tortures once more. .2: = Saree inpuls'é. 's’be opened 2:? cloak and lifted the half-smothered infant high above her head. todash it into the dark mm below. For one moment. she held it poised in the air, and then she drew itbnck. "No," she said, with a. fiendish smile; "it will be a greater revengfi to let it liveâ€"to let it grow up n tainted. corrupted. miserable out- cast; and then, when spurned alike by God and man. present it to than as their‘child. Ha, ha, ha! that will be revenge, indeed l Live. pretty oneâ€"live I You are [at too precious to die yet." 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