Show ammom 1 I I 1 1 AT am i rev mr will ini TH STROKE i k by STRAWD C BULLEIT t ti IWA 16 by dlly daily story publishing co among the paper papers found by the law yere of john cn an old min m in who recently died vaa jio tou foll wing I 1 am about to write do n things al at which most men will sitt but they are true and I 1 pray god thit no cue will bave to go through what I 1 have endured for thirty scare thia this la Is the story of my life 1 john herelen Verc Ver ken elen wag was born in the year 1808 in yorkshire Yorke hire 11 1 1 fath r squire Ve reken waa A t kind and in bullent nun nian but I 1 noticed that at in ter vals a came over him and lasted for two or three days I 1 often wondered on dered at thase ants of mcl met anc anchovy an choly boly but I 1 dared no not auk ask ru father and he be no exalina eipl ina my mother I 1 never line knew 8 she he died when I 1 ana born would to god that 1 I too had followed her I 1 passed the usual uneventful life at 0 the country squi squared red son oa until I 1 wan mail twenty year yours rid and then is as la in only human I 1 fell in ime am the object f t my affect affections lons was the daugh ter of our net neighbor squire derrick lucy derrick sas and I 1 loved her devotedly na my y love was uns return returned cd and the happiest moment of my life was when luci derrick promised to become my wife her iler father offered no oha catlon to our and wo me sd att ohp wedding edd I 1 ng day for in tent farl birth birthday cay it mis its jiwat a moi mot ih N 1 fon art our day I 1 acy had gone to london to procure hit finer with ith which alch girls lovo loo to deck s and und her kisses were still aarin on in m mi lips it was n aln alno autumn day the early morning morang frosty but the noonday ae as warm arin its sumitr EO thins seemed to breathe pence peace and love I 1 will wag so filled with lib the pleasure of living hat that tit boon soon w lucy was waft kirei ua off ff 1 I sot got my host best borse rind g Ril loped sev eral miles across tau bounto 1 I stol slopped for dinner alth a friend and did dill not mart home until late the th winther had chinned and it was cold anti iraln A henvy heavy vind and WBK max rising it would bo be a fearful erht night and I 1 v wa 11 klad glad when I 1 biot to the tho warmth of the drawing room fire I 1 was sitting there il to the moaning of tho ind and anti the pat ter of ibe the raindrops and thinking thio kinc of luca LUC a ennant entered the room and eald said ro to wanted to ive lie had taken widd til III and una ne in hie his bedroom I 1 amso hastily uld started for the he room for thin waa was the first intimate intimation lon I 1 had had of bis his illness just as I 1 opened he the door I 1 a heavy booming boom liiK sound liko like corno immense church bell tolling for n fitner it the bound round was so uncanny that I 1 and land raver it quick glance around roc me my eyes fil f 11 upon my father fathers a feature and I 1 never saw stich a change in an ono na us had taken in his hill fice f ice in place of the distal calm 1 ha ills face alq so atoned il that I 1 could y res cognize hlin him ills ebes wre pre vide wide open and staring hie his lolled out like a lions ORS on a t hot day and ho he frothed at tho the mouth thorn there mas such an expression of ut ter horror on an hia his features fea turea thil pen can not legit begin 0 a describe it I 1 ran rap to t hie his side and forcee X A I 1 loved her devot edIr barnd through his clene clenched hed teeth ihle seemed to ketive him somewhat and he mo motioned tinned me MO to open tho the drawer of his hi it cretney I 1 did to and found a paper addressed k to myself lie gl at it abd made a feeble effort to nod hie his hend head the next moment ament ni ho he froth aa ran from his bis ironto and bar hl holn boi hook shook lh he lie half copt ro from tho the bed basped and tell fell back my ay father rather nas lend and 1 l with 1 that ahl oa 01 still upon his face the paper wn wat still tl in MY hand 11 a mr 1111 I 1 unfolded it it ills i is abat hat I 1 read 1 to my eon son john Va kareken reken 1 ad resa t theae coni to you ae an it were 1 frodi tho the crave pad I 1 fruit that yon jp will forgive mat rr great sin there la is f r cureo curso in our family and 1 I poor wea weak k fool have it on 0 o vou ou you no doubt heart heard the sound of the bell when I 1 hod died I 1 nill tell ou the story 0 at it I 1 your grea gre A grandfather my grana i father was uns of a gen croud but hasty i nature lie ile was uns quick quiel to strike and an as quick to repent of the blow ills greatest friend was richard Illch urd 11 in hose whoso family mod with him mv aly grandfather loved loed ekhard chard as n brother they always together j but one day lay the led and kukli i art aril was shot b ray my grand father r he ile lied cited instantly sty my grind father falber was as so struck with horror at the cited that ho tried to kill himself but friends pre prevented tented the act pica 11 i ard haasman ans burled buried the next day lay and aa as tho the body was being cirilo to the bravo the bt adl 11 in the church toll ed olt wit his cars it hay bah tolled twelve times and anti the button pulled the rop rope for the thirteenth stroke the bell gave forth a booming bound sound and nd breaking loose from its Maten Ings fell tell to tho the ground mv NI grandfather had been deeply affected by the tolling of tho the hell bell at ench each stroke ho ans seen to shudder ahta cime that fatal thirteenth strohe ills face grew livid und such an of ti mitter its the bell had tolled twice for me already abi able horror ranie came patr it that everyone who siv au him shuddered ula ills great form ivied and he fell to the ground dead the cukec la Is in the farrill arna I 1 bitted from front tnt to on wo wt blust i I 1 bear th tb it t terrible noise nake thirteen cen times 1 sometime tt closely clo connected r me times ft rt fl of au a the thirteenth 4 drath dr ath N hen I 1 I 1 licar it the last time ilme you shall heir I 1 it birst and the curno curse N III II 11 be upon my fon pon it Is iv aa ernet plea that ou let our acred cc red rare dl with you st ml father impunity me never to marry and I 1 resolind re hed to folio his bi i but I 1 met the woman I 1 to loved ed lind I 1 feu fell will ion oil be stronger than j 0 it already the hell ell tolled tr tv rive ele times mies and I 1 feel that my end N 1 my ily eon son borgle ne me and heil tn mv admani ion ilan do jo not transmit thlu abi euree curse to 1 another for it will cagne ofir loved loe ones untold ml ry the note fell from train my m hands I 1 arora and gazed 1 feare 1 I 1 into that I 1 dead face the eee eyes nere arc still open I 1 and abe thol seemed to bo be baring me through with their harrI hIp glare I 1 tried tu to cloi close them but in I 1 hen a greit fear cinie c inie upon in ano there I 1 alon alone walh 7 ich ho the de leid id outside the wind winds mtr ns its if it i thotis thousand and I 1 Hue fila craN were ere passing anti 1 there CAMP again thil thit horrible pound found the bell had tolled twice for M me already A panic seized roe me I 1 dared not look at the face of at rov mv 1 father I 1 rushed froin rout the room ouinto the dark dart ga and tile storm three ahr s hd I 1 1 ar the bell through that alit when tte dawn lawn finally broke in I 1 ho east my mind was lilly I 1 would lell tell I 1 bior cr all sed then lera her forever I 1 went into the house the servants t bazert abed nt me in fear and no wonder P A I 1 parsed passed a mirror I 1 caught a glimpse of myself instead of at a fresh happy young face I 1 saw that of an aged man sly my hair wai was snow white we burled buried my lather father an and as I 1 look el ed for the la lot lat t time on that face eo so drawn by z ing I 1 forgie him his great sin I 1 was accursed ind doomed to r P life of misery but this man had suffered more than I 1 for he had the knowledge that be he bad 10 n dieted the curse upon a toted one he ile was as dead ho he had fallen for the sako sake of love god gad would ludge judge him rightly it Is only human to love and for our lovee loves we will risk much the next day I 1 told lucy dicy all I 1 never saw her agian for I 1 knew that should I 1 look upon her dear face my resolution vanish and anti I 1 would ain sin as mv father had dono done before me she tiled alx six v later of a broken heart this Is in story thirl ears have passed since that fearful night hen I 1 looked upon the dead face of my father anil and read the paper that sealed my doom loom I 1 am an old roan man I 1 hae heard the bell twelve times rind I 1 feel that my end is I 1 have auff aufferey ereo eil much but as I 1 look back upon tho life already spent I 1 am glad flint I 1 kept my low many a time hae I 1 been in communication with LUC and I 1 know that oho ithe waits fur for nie me and here the MSS sud derly breaks off the body waa was found bi the table sitting eit tin in a cedr as in life A pen wa a iiii all chit clutched ched in the nerveless nerv pless fingers |