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Watchman Warder (1899), 27 Sep 1906, p. 11

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£ 8’ Value ‘ “:7 Eat excelled 11 state a. ndsay. other plenty 800d 1e: 1 9.15 pass ‘11.05 [11.15 £11.21 £11.26. 11.35 11.45 n.53 12.05 12.15 12.25 m for an, Its, kt 0%, 3.ch '; log stone loun- root bone. shed. frame rticulars 3,. n premises... Dr Sale ., 100 acres. wt 10 acres Agent, Bo: 5. con. 11.. house. good E? McCluya ith hot and Good as [cGEOUGH‘ 21'. V-v enamel-y. ‘ For hub “or par- :iioimz, 55 and wood- 80. stem an, driving 1' outbuild- miles from from fins- church and particular. [ARLO’I'I‘E 5.50' r0 ; eight ’nvenient tq 7, con. 10, 0 acres un- acre 8.1114 THE WATCEKAKf‘ sTOP; Tf7f4"17~'. wrapper: m {ofgettu‘inéSt -__1 .11.! wrapycu Lu Lv.a--__, _ guilt remembers and raves.” “in other words, after a heavy sup- per. I have had dreams, and mutter in- coherent words in my sleep.” 2 "Yes, you talk in your sleep.” “And upon the ramblings of an 1111-. easy dream you would found a charge. of guilt. Have you never dreamed of: doing things that you really never could (loâ€"flying, for instance?” he in- quired, disdainfully. ' “Robert, your midnight ravings are not like the innocent fantasies at other ' dreamers Nor is it only a vague ‘sha- dew of guilt and scent of blood” that shrouds your nightly slumbers. No, each night you rehearse, again and again. all the horrors of that midnight mur~ der!” cried Ruth. shuddering. Thugsen could control the tones of his voiceâ€"«hut not the currentsof his blood; but the deepening twilight of that sombre room concealed the un- earthly pallor of his face, or the dem- onic glare of his eyes, as he inquired, in a tone of assumed calmness: “So I dream every night that it was I who murdered Sir Vincent Lester? And my dreams seem to he quite-dra- matic, worthy even of your accurate remembrance. Now I always forget my \u-U vv., ._ . “v, Followin}; we pztbfish tvio letters from a woman who eccgpeed invitation. Not: the malt. Fiat letter. Dvar 7»! rs. Pinkham :â€"- ‘ I “ B‘nr eight yezfll havesufi'eml somethinzl turrihke every month. * The pains are ex- vruciating and I can hardly stand"them. My doctor says I haven severe female trmzbie. and I must go thnmglran oper- ation if! want tn get well. I (I!) not want tn submit to it if I can poxs‘lbly heXp it. P‘J'zwe to“ me what to (In. I hope yuu can rolimm mo."â€"Mrs. Mary Dimmick. 59th and 1%. Capitol Sis” “'ashington, D. C. 3110': H I ‘\ZIlll vr "x... u...“ _. tn submit to it if 1 can ptms‘ibly help it. Home tell me what to «In. I hope yuu can relieve me."â€"Mrs. Mary Dimmick. and E. C:1pitolSts., “'ashington, D. 0. Second letter . Dear Hrs. Pin": am :â€" “:‘.€‘rcr flmrm‘ing (-zm‘funy younadvice. and taking Lydia E. I'jnkham's Voqetable Compound, I 3;}: Very u'nxigus. jw 59nd you The Bridal Eve dreams. so . you relate this very remarkable one." “It is too horrible!” “What, the dream?” “To hear you trifle so with such tre- mendous guilt!” "I: was but a. dream, you know!” “Ah!” she exclaimed, shuddering. “You don't believe me?" “011! do not thus play with your crimes and their consequences. Youpre- tend not to credit me, end you treat my words lightly! but you shill soon know better. You shall hear ”frontmy lips the dream in which each night you re-enact the tragedy at Lester House, (Continued from Page 9.) g” Inn-u-n. . lmfin! (‘urffufly rougadvice, Lydia E. I'mkham's V (“ramble I am Very quxwus. 3.0 and you up the curtain! very gramatic mat §'é'n'sé“6! nay tesfimoniat that others may knowthdr value and whac you have done for me. “As you knnw. I wrote you that m docmr said I want have an operation or fluid not. livn. I then wrote you, telling you my ailments. I fulluwu! ydur advice 'nnd am entirely well. I can walk milw without an ache or a pain. and I owe my life to you and M Lydia 1-1. I’inkham's V3- emble Cumpnuml. I wish every suffer-in woman would read this {estimonial an realise the value of writing toyou and your remedy."-Mm Mary Dimmick. 59th and E. Capitul Streets. “'ashington, DA). \Vhen a medioino has been successful in restoring to health so many women whose testimony is so]. unquestionable, you cannot \vell_say,_n'ithout trying it, “ do not believe it win help me.” If you are in, don’t hesitate to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound at once. and wfite Mrs. Pinkhan‘l, Lvnn. Mass. , for Special adviceâ€"it is free and always helpfui. out What then” You telt!” _ V . “Come. this is the prologue! let us have the plaY._" said Thugsen, ironical- U. “Listen, then, Robert Thugsen,” con- tinued Ruth, in the tone and mannertot one speaking under a powerful inward impulse. “Each night, in dreams, again you lurk around Lester House, hiding in the deepest shadows, and ‘from your lair, like ‘some wild beast crouching to spring upon its prey, you watch the watch until it has passed; then swiftly and silently you dart down the base- ment stairs; you examine all the doors and windows, and find one window carelessly left unfastened; you raise it and creep into the kitchen, closing it ~- -nonhino and tieâ€"spring upon its prey. you watch me u- c watch until it has passed: then swiftly “Horror transfixed me. When 1 re- and silently you dart down the base: covered the use “of my tsculties, fear ment stairs; you examine all the doors . for you sealed my lips.” and windows, and find one window -“Fear for me?” carelessly left unfastened; you‘ raise it‘ ' Lsura Elmer. u and creep into the kitchen, closing it I told you, was my ‘ after you; you pause, watching andi Her suspicions were already. aroused listening for the slightest sound or: minst you; she might have overhetrd movement in that dark. still house; but‘ any words that paSsed between us. 80 hearing nothing. and believing all met I hid sway the tell-tale sheath. and household to be buried in repose, you! should never have spoken of it again. draw from your pocket 9. bunch of had not young Cassinove been con- well-filed skeleton keys. and creep up} victed. Oh, Robert! the guiltless must _ . ., __; “M... nu. manages: a not die for the guilty.” A“ . n_..__1 “Rm vim ucau lug av â€".._ household to be buried in repose, you draw from your pocket 3. bunch of wen-filed skeletop keys. and creep up 7 L‘-- “assuage. ‘ W Ull‘ulcu any... --_ the stairs and along the passages: a single bolt or bar shot into its placei would have arrested your progress, and saved you from crime and .him from death, and you wonder as you steal along on your fatal errand that way; you do not know that the butler, whose last duty it is to secure the house. has not yet retired to bed. but it shut up in his allies, casting up his accounts: oh, fatal carelessness! And so silently and breathlessly you glidei like a serpent from landing to landing. until you reach the fatal chamber door. "You pause again, and, standing breathless. there you watch and listen: all is. dark and still without and with- in. You insert the key, silently turn the lock. and enter. "How still the roomâ€"the only sound the ticking of the ormolu clock upon the mantelpiece. By the dim light of the taper burning on the hearth, you victim's bed. You creep toward it, and standing beside it. bend your head and ; listen: by the regular breathing of the I sleeper you knowflthat he, is sound asleep; you push aside the c‘iirtain and ‘ look upon his face: it is a face full of L care and sorrow even in its repose; he 2 is lying on his right 'side, fronting you: ‘-â€"-- --â€" Auras! I'flq U“ “to l0°uv â€"_â€"-, _v m - . left armia. $.9waan our .1315 éxfly thought 8110 anot] thatâ€" 95.3 fqupd -19. 1 GD, vauvn v .- â€"â€",_-_, that was found in Mr. Cmmove's hand, but with which you had done the murder!” . . “What the fiend are you driving at now? What about the dagger? Come, what about it?" “It was produced today in court; I recognized it; it was yours!" “Upon my word. you are trying to - _‘l-ab ma ‘An'. at s cherry! You, I think, have made ten at this, and have not finished it yet. Come, what more?" “The sheath.” “0h, ha, ha. ha! this woman will certainly be the death of me! ha. ha, ha! First it was the \dagger; now it is the sheath! Ha, ha, ha! Well, what shout the sheath 2” _ _1.I-1. vnn 01m. IWuI. huv wâ€" “The night upon which you came to me at .the cottage at Chelsea, you threw on your coat upon the bedroom floor. I took it up to hang it--” "As you would like to hang its own. or.” interposed Thugsen. it was. and picked up the empty sheath of your antique Toledo poniard; it was cru‘sted thickly with dried bloodâ€"â€"" Why the demon did you not speak -. .r -. n... time- than?” interrupted l gun»; JI‘It is enough: yet it is not 111.? “What more?” “The dagger!” “‘The dagger?" “Yes, lichen-1‘1 Tpugsen. the “38°? - '- I‘n --.n nufi'fl («I uavsu ..â€".-_._ “Why the cfemon did you of it. at the time, than?” i Thugsen. . ”A", __ ‘ ger's sheath and e disturbed dream, you than that you hnve nude out u very strong case against me; it is non- sense: but let that pass for the pres. ent. You have also charged me with the deception of the young Duchess of Bereeleigh: now. what have I to do with the Duchese o! Bereeleigh. or the Duchess of Bereeleigh with me?” "You should hnve nothing to do with her, more than a spirit of derkness he! to do with an engel of light: and yet you have twice cruelly deceived her.” “Explain yourself. Ruth; by my soul. I do not understand you." '“I‘hugeen, you hnve hurled me here. in the obecurest part of London. I an so completely isolated in this crowded quarter of the town 33' though I were in the midst o! the deserts of Ask. or the forests of America. I spent to no personâ€"I see no peperâ€"end you think to a great extent. But this morn- : piece et at old newspaper tell my hands; It ceme mom! I. pen that I ind, brought from the dru- per'e. Your mane attracted me to e “£7,th ; "case'awst Lg more?" A19: vnfi‘,” anqnxed me. When I re- use of myhtaculties, fear e Inc-run. u‘ pm; tne ucn ten of 1t 1831“: “What in ovo been 0011- ‘ easll . Pgufltleu must > “Oily ‘ 1 soup." she t Thaw. With H0 m 1- his emotigns. the bowler do w :1: vi! But I u tea tot-ted : sed. fix!" your at m d ;“ 1 - . ' stifled voice. day. Casanova the We be‘ you “I! but will ‘ ‘0'! Thurs 1" be I not c wool! other , I I: heart. 110' m kw . ‘ M v , ‘ of. do , via my 11 3 mt“ the-man.” l “Come, I have nan nu uuluut um}, light the lamps find 300 to the soup,” With a deep sigh at his apparent in- sensxbmty, Ruth lighted a lamp and m 1 it upon the table, and then went out to ‘ attend to the dinner. Thugsen made a turn or two ground the room. muttering to himself: “She knows too much; she know: too‘ muéh; her on lips unspoken hex- own doom; it can be delayed no longer. Yet, poor Ruth! but she 13 so very wretched, that it would be ,, mercy to put her out of her misery, by some 1111, k and easy process. es- uitmustbedorzeulunto have Rose regtored to me; yet I would ‘- “-- n- “andh1.n greatest 01 Item: 01. qu- uwP-_ V. Ruth came in. bearing in each hand' I. basin of non . She sat one down he- side her on plate at the head of the table. and the other beside his. et the foot. Then she returned to the kitchen for something else. ' ‘Aseoou as she hedlert the room. :T-hugsen went to the twble and poured the contents oi! the little vial lute her basin of soup. saw the powder dissolve, and then immediately went into the ed. joining bedroom to destroy the vial. He looked around, and seeing u hole .in the plastering. dropped it through. where it fell into some inaccessible depth in the wall. . Meanwhile, he heard Ruth moving about the dining-room, end mum I"- -nnu-A‘ the dishes upon the table. He pause! a. moment to company himself. and then returned. \ ' “Your dinner is quite ready. Robert.“ said Ruth. sitting down at the table. I810 lulu-l. .bbuua uvuâ€" .. .1- He took his seat end commenced} ettend nun. ne wuss-aw .. _. __,,_ powerful eating his soup. Presently he looked up: bringing wi et Ruth. ‘ known entidotes to Mehnine. Ruth was looking down upon hem; With the help of his young men. he end delicately skimming it. end drop-1 undressed Thugsen end put him to ping the scum into a. waste plate. _ ‘ bed. “What is that?" he inquired, one with eoeeleremd violence. As soon es | easily. “Only e little soot fellen upon my soup.” she replied. beginning toeet. entidotes. which procured the ”"1“" He wee reassured. Soot was hieck; ‘ s short respite from ecute suflering. the powder he hed poured into the Meenwhile, the shop hey errived soup was white. and, besides, he had with the policemen- seen it dissolve. He wetched her est-1 “rm thei- wornen in eherse. end ing. Poor creeturei notwithste‘nding‘ see the: she does not unetmher es- her troubles. she ete tether eagerly, ‘ eepe. l suspect her of hnving poisoned for she wes taint end hungry mum her husband!" seid Kr. Jones to the “stint. : afloat. “She enjoys her lest meal without e “He! no!” cried mi in distill-Y- thought thst she pnrtskes or it in her “He oh!!!“ you. vi much snow lest hour. Well, otter ell. how much out meson. modern! You elone proper. eesierher desth will hethen ushe edthedinner: hewsstehuHiietter; should live to die whet is celled n he esting it. end hetero leevé‘ng the tehl: tureldeethâ€"slong. peini’ul illness. Hisiilnessistheeflect “0'1! weerinl on her life. It will Yonwilktheretoreaeethenrovfletrd soonbeover; lhope. eveninthetiit- yonrbeinehptin reso-eintunulthe W'seidJonee. tie time. she will not suiier much." shit out he inves innocent: indeed. I see. thought Thugsen. ss he wewhed her. 3 “But I on “You do not out your soon; there is sir. I! he hes tehen strychnine, I cen- no soot tellen into yours?" induired not imagine how it could here coyote Ruth. ‘ i the soup. unlessâ€"0h! my Lord! ex- “No, there is me in mine.” "plied eleimed Ru sinking into er eheir. Thugsen.withehidd signiaeenoe..endeov e en ottheti'umfor the esh telltoend dnlshedhieesssus on e MW ldrsttimfdenoedintohermind. More him. ‘. Aliens; 3 “Answer me. wanna! whet did you room?“ “Nothing. on my soul and honor.“ “Nothing? Think-anuer on your life. a: you vomit'mwer on the lat day! what did you do to the soup!” “Nothing. on I hope for salvation! I changed the basins. hut I never did anything to the soup.” “You changed the basins!" cried: “Yes; when I one in I noticed. for I the first time, that n little soot had i fallen into yours, end noting you to I he very dainty with your eating, I i changed the basinsâ€"skins you mine, I. end taking yours. You new me after- . ward. at dinner. mining the soot oil.” - While she spoke. he sat listening. ; with n taco blanched by bodily pain, horror, and despair. Ruth gamed at him in eonstefnatlon, Batman: Mud filtering wreatnrerex-orbl “It seems I 01190 “mums, madam.‘ fltof Hon.G.W;Ro-u. Premier of On- HomRP. Bohlin. 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