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Show ONK WIGHT. It ii il Imrril'lo nlmy tlmt I am nlid.it tu iritTitln no linrrihlo tlmt it linn luiutiU il nit' ever riince 1 hciml it. (,'uiiMitiitly at nitlit, biliini 1 full iinli'i'i, I iuiaimi I'acli linn in tlmt Ulutntly liiru but th in w-m't ilo. II J mm! It'll tlitt Hlury I limt lit'.-tt rom-miMicii rom-miMicii at tlm ln;)iiiiiii. 1 r cut litft hiiiniui'i ut llui rtciiNidi' it was not in the least a lnnhiinmhlf WUtifi 1 1-1 ihli-f, bill hit quirt llkal tin-lluns tin-lluns lluit would liitvn been ol litllt-or litllt-or r.'i int. h'mI clitiiwhiTt', tlicrr lu-rumi' wild'y c.xcittiif. Among tliu ni'w arrivtils, one day, thfio t'liinn a parly Ihut iiilniriilid nu to an lAtiiiunliiiiiiy di'(:it'i' a imly with lu'i' daiiL;iilt'i' null a maid. Tlin tlauL'.bd-r, Min l-iiiMcr, Jt-nnie LiliMtr, Wibtmi' of llnwi piTM hikwIidiii yon li'i'l Hiiri; liaa u IntUiry. 'J'all, fmr hair, wiln dark i-ye.i and ft Hciicilivu mouth. Mio wiw i-xlrumrly baml-boiih1; baml-boiih1; hut lnr lino wau one of the eaiUlr.-t 1 evt-r saw in my lil'n. I thought hi-r fact) nail bftoro 1 knew In r; but ullt rward, in lliu pauct-b of co!ivTM.itii'ii( 1 have ot'ii llial cxprcn-Hitin cxprcn-Hitin ibt'pi'ii, it tiri'iiglhcn rallu-r, nilu ctit' i I pi-rfcct mUuiy. Unco m particular i ri'incrubcr i:cillcing thi!-; wu With speaking of liatnl:t, and 1 ml mi ml here, Maying tliat tury IokIcuI m) Btrong And yet were so deheak'iy fhapfti. 1 wondiTe.l at the litno what ihiTe C'Uild have been in thin nimplt remark lo ili-.in-.-M and ftniny her. Hut hitice 1 have heard her BtufV, i linden tout I mil only thi-", but many other thing" that tu t -in til very otrango to me. Tbl'eo yi-ara ago M ir.-i Lliipen wart visiting a lrtei.il, a young girl of aU-ul her own age, at lier bumu uti lite lltuikon. It W.L-. ft laige, rambling, entinliy iitiiirf, wilii tin UtiUMial i.i, lull- r i'!' sleeping ro-HllM, iltai JeiUUe, i-tl In r arrival, wa.s tl.c only guiat, so lb it en each b.do ol her the ruunis were un-.c-aipuJ. 'Iho tviuing the arrivid hvr friend iiisiatid on hi r going to bid c iily, fa uig th.it siic miial I'ti very weary, hut ,b units inoted that fhe was not tired, and abultiU-Iy ref;:;rd to gu to bed. At !:iflt a re;;i;!ar n nip ontn-d, anil J nu;t;j lru-:.tl hcknl her gne.sl into her r -l ti , 1 1 a til - i d gt ., ,d nig!. I thr ugh toe keV hole, and f.ill l.Ulgi.li g duvvn the long l..i 1. Jennif ami led ni she 11.-:. ntd lo the fo i.-t. j'S growing Jamli r ai.d yet lauiU r, and then turning tc li;e lung nv.il niirrur, proee-d'-il lo lake duwn lier bur. J n: mirrcr reaeiu d Ip'iii iho li' Air to i he ceiling, and hung dinetiy cpp.T-:to tin? b.il, as.d wa pailially dr.iptd with ni'isim. As Jennie bni-hcd her hair and in-dillerentiy in-dillerentiy lookid at litTsclt, bIic I'aiHicd tliat she saw ft movement ainitl tlicchailowtt about the b- .1. She looked again; the beil.-tead wta low ami bro:d, the t-hadown deep; but Jiiinie tetl pure that she was not mi.--cakeii, but that a man lay extended &t Mill lengtii on ine tloor. For a moment she was breathlf-ss . with terror; her first 'inpulse then, woman-like, was to scream; but Jennie Jen-nie kmsee was no coward, nnd after, a minute or so of strong self-control. . was rattier amused at tuch an adv n-: lure. "I will liave tb.e room," she gaid lo herself, aa if she bad forgot It-n pome-thii'c pome-thii'c "and 1 will turn the key on the ouL"ide g'xl heavens!" and she (toot! appalled ftt the thought. The door was already locked! U liat ah. mid she do? She dared not lo caII for help. A thought struck her. "Alice!" she cried, "come back ft moment, I lorgot to tell you something." some-thing." Her voice trembled. Again nnd again alio railed. All-was silent. She listened for an answer. Was it imagination, im-agination, or did she hear a faint muttered oath from under the bed? At last sho decided to go to bed quietly, leaving her watch, portcmon-nate portcmon-nate an .1 jewelry where the man could easily gel them, and she would pretend pre-tend lo fail asleep. First she inclined the mirror, so that lying in the bed ehe could see in it the reflection of everything that went over the room. Then going to ine lire-place she calmly lighted each candle in the branches, saying aloud with a laugh, "I hope I shall not set tue house on fire, but I never could reaiat camliea, and I mean to have an illumination lor once." Then, with tin ill concealed shudder, shud-der, and slowly, as if goinj; to her own execution, Jennie went to bed. For hours, it seemed to her, but we cannot tell how long it was, Jennie lay, trying to breathe safely yet regularly, regu-larly, straining her ears to catch the faintest sound, her eyes to Bee the slightest movement under the bed. At last, in the mirror, she saw the dark body move. She could distinguish distin-guish a had with stay! Was that gleam a knife? "I am to bo murdered then," she thought, and with the calmness of despair she watched. The knife had a terribilo fascination fascina-tion for her; now it flashed in the blue light, as the man slowly emerged from the bed crawling flat on hiB face. Was there nothing she could do? Must she simply wait until the man rose to kill her ? "If I only had a rope," sho thought, "I could makea slip-noose and throw it over hit head." So thinkiiag, she mecbtinically glanced about the room. Her eye caught sight of a picture hangin on the wall by a stout red cord. Quick as thought tho picture was unhung, the cord in her trembling hands. She could hear the slow, cautious move-: meuts. Should she be too late? At last the noose was made. jNo need now to watch the mirror. The man's head and shoulders were all out from under tho bed. At that moment he raised himself and glanced in the mirror and Baw Jennie sitting up. He saw her but one moment. He half turned, with his legs and part of bis body .still under the low bed. But at that moment mo-ment the nooae fell over him, and Jennie was pulling at the scarlet rope with all her strength. Tno next morning when tbe servant ser-vant went to call Miss Liusee, she knocked again and again. Obtaining Obtain-ing no reply the woman went to her young mistress, telling her that her guc.it must be ill. Alice was not in the least disturbed, but with a light song on her lips danced down the corridor. "Jennie," she cried, knocking at at her fieind'sdoor, "m.iy 1 come in ?" No reply came, but in lis stead a low gurgling laugh Jenny had such a pretty laugh. Frightened, she knew not why, Alice opened the door and went in. The wax candles burned low in the silves sconces, shedding their yellow light on the bed where Jennie sat, laughing idiotically, still holding in her strong white hands the ends ofthe scarlet rope. On the lloor, half under the bed lay the dead body of a man. Ho must have bad a murderer's fftco living; but dead, who can ili-werilu) it? The oyirt wore hturling from tbo head and seemed to watch one's every movement. i cannot ih'Hcribn tho Hcenn us it was tlem-nbed lo me, nor would I if J could. When they pitied Jennie, she taunt into tears, and this alone, the doctor Baid saved her reauun and her lile. I biivo often rend ol hair turning while in it Hingle night from lermr, 1 wuunder it tins be ho? I thing not; lor if it were, Jennie Linwcu'a fair hair would today ho as white as newly-f newly-f I U-ii snow. |