Show The Bride o oThe of The Nile Fly Ry Georg Author of An Egyptian Princess Prin Prin- Princess cess Uarda The Emperor The rhe Burgomasters Burgomaster's Wife Homo Sum bum Joshua Johua Etc Etc Eta Paula coughed cough d sll slightly and as soon as she heard Hiram 8 top stop behind hor sho continued her walk with beating beating heart and arld la lit torturing n suspense Inthe In Inthe the first place sho Iho crossed over a 0 few tew steps then through a dark passage where bats in their flight shot past her head Finally she sho succeeded succeeded suc sue In crossing crossing- through the wide open dining room abo above e. e This opened upon the thc plastered on tho the side and decorated In the Iho center b by plants and a fountain It formed an open qua quadrangle ranle at tho side of ot which rose roso ono of or the wings of the governors governor's governors governor's gover gover- nors nor's palace It was as still and tran- tran in this remote spot over over- I arched by tho the deep blue sky sley that was studded with millions of golden stars star The moon was now approaching the center of tho the skylight ht crowning tho the roof root of the building The Tho Immense foliage c plants in tho the middle le of tho the cast wonderful ghost like SIH shadows upon tho dewy sod tho the water of tho fountain splashed moro loudly than In tho the day with a II soothing monotonous monotonous onous sound now and then Interrupted Kr Rr brief pauses of Intermission The Tho mtv mi Wo blo lo o of tho columns shimmered lIko like white snow snot and light clouds of ot mm mist that began to ascend from the damp sod moved b by the Iho warm nl night hl breeze floated hither and antl thither like lIko ghosts in long floating mist misty garments t Night butterflies silently hovered in the neighborhood of tho the groups of ot plants fluttering to and fro from fro and the whole looking Inviting place was filled with tho sweet perfume of ot tho lotus flowers In the marble maible basin of oC tho the fountain tho the blossoms of tho the luxuriant shrubbery and tho the succulent tropical plants b by which It was encircled At an any other time it would have been a 0 delight to pause and look around here to breathe its calm atmosphere and yield Jed to tho quiet enchantment of or the night but Paulas Paula's soul was steeled against all nil these thelle charms The rhe brooding stillness en encompassing encompassing encompassing en- en compassing her lent a threatening aspect aspect as as- to tho the quarrel raging In the yard ard that found Its wa way here More In broken waves of sound an and with timid solicitude tude she said to herself that all was not as os It should be bc for tor In front of oC the which was constantly guarded guard guard- ed b by tho the do dog or an on armed sentinel her keen eye could detect neither beast nor man and antl no no sho she was not mistaken mis mis- taken the taken the door cased In bronze e stood open and tho the moonlight ht glittered littered upon the polished metal of ot its its open half door Now she stood still anti and behind her Hiram did tho the same Both listened d In Ins s such ch suspense that tho the veins in their foreheads were swollen but from the tho that thai was wa hardly thirty paces distant were heard heal 1 only insulated not exactly distinguishable faint taint sounds that were drowned b by the wild tumult rn raging outside l Long Lans ong long seconds followed until finally the opened half leaves of the tho 1 I f parted HU lU and lUlU a a man unu stopped L AWA VI orth u Paulas Paula's s heart stopped beating yet yel et not for tor an instant did hor her eye lose H its power of vision and just as ns she had become thoroughly thorough and unerringly Iy convinced con con- vinced that ho who crossed tho the threshold threshold threshold thresh thresh- old of ot tho the was none other than Orion tho the great shaggy shag dog of stepped past him snuffed up the the- ou outer tor air and then with fierce rushed upon the tho t O watch ers Trembling and with clinched teeth leoth but still completely mistress of herself hersel sho she let him draw near called his name Beki In n a soft caressing tone catchIng catching catchIng catch- catch Ing hold of ot his shaggy head In order to scratch his ears cars which delighted him hint He lie recognized her and stopped i barking She herself and her attendant stood behind a column In deepest shadow Orion Orlon did not perceive them and the barking barking- had overpowered Paulas Paula's fondling address When hen the do dog was silenced and stood b by her wagging his tall he whistled to him im and the vigilant vigil vigil- ant obedient creature creaturo hurried Jo joyfully joyful joyful- ful fully ly h to meet his master but he received him hirn tho W words wards rdE Stupid old oM brute brule let him leap o cr his arm drew him close to himself and then c pushed him back Hereupon ho closed tho the door and moved off In the direction direction tion of or the courtyard In order to gain aln his own apartments apartments apart- apart ments he must come back Paula In Informed informed In- In formed her attendant drawing a deep breath Walt Wait alt we ve here But nut not an Instant Is Js to be lost Forward to tho door of the The dog dog- knows me now from Crom afar and will not hark bark again soon soon Herewith both bolh wall walked ed rapidly forward for for- ward and when they had arrived at nt atthe atthe the door that lay in dark shadow behind behind behind be be- hind deep posts Paula Inquired of ot her attendant Did you recognize the man roan who came out here Mr Orion ran the tho answer lIe He had Just lust returned from the city when I went ahead of you Is that tat so she asked with apparent apparent apparent ap ap- parent Indifference as as leaning against th the tiA cool tr r m Yn metal At n 1 In n 1 r Vi 4 th the It A H door r T TI was I c cased cd she h l looked k d int Into the tho h garden and d said to herself that she might now re retrace retrace retrace re- re trace her steps But opportunely opportune she remembered the dog dOb In an any event she I would describe tho the plain wa way to the freedman that he was to strike into from hero here but she did not get so far tar for from Crom the space which separated the from the vestibule Issued the sound of a womans woman's voice first then the deeper tones of a man and antl hardly had a few words passed between the two before the tho furious barking of the dog drowned every other noise nse and immediately afterward a shriek of ot agony ran rang from a II womans woman's lips and andell fell ell upon tho the cars of the listeners followed followed fol fol- lowed by the sound of ot some hea heavy object object ob ob- falling to tho the ground What hat had happened Something horrible something monstrous monstrous monstrous mon- mon It must have been beon there was no possible doubt of It And soon Paula s suspicion was confirmed for from tho the door dOOt of oC the hall where this horrible catastrophe hall hail occurred rushed Orlon and with him tho the do dog bounding away a over the sod of tho the that had until now been Leen nursed and guarded like a aa a. a sanctuary being situated In that wing of ot tho the house which faced the tho Nile vile and where ho he with the tho rest of or the family had his abode Now ow exclaimed Paula quickly taking the len lead of or the Syrian Breathlessly she flew through h Hi the tho first hall room and over o the threshold of or tho the unguarded front but hut had not as yet et reached Its Its' center when whon she uttered a a scream for Cor right before her la lay In the moonlight a motionless bOd body stretched out at full length lene upon t the c hard marble mirble pavement Fly 11 fly cried cried- she to tho the freedman Tho the door Is on the tine latch latchIs latch lutch- Is Js open I open I see It IU IUSo So saying i site she threw herself on the floor loor e tho lifeless body lifted up the head and looked Into the tue beautiful beautiful ful pallid countenance of the deranged Persian slave She felt her own hand han moistened d by bf the blood which had al alread already already al- al soaked read ready soaked Boaker through the unfortunates unfortunate's full Ill suit Bull of or fair hair and a slight shoo der dor Jas sassed passed cd over her frame yet et she sho shook k from her terror and ani disgust UI 1 and dark spots upon the girls girl's Irl's torn torn peplum she pulled It off ore and antl beheld gaping wounds rounds upon tho the poor things thing's fair white breast Inflicted b by tho the cruel I teethe teeth of ot the tho savage dog doe At this sin sin-ht Paula was overcome with varied iJ emo ento- lions of Indignation grief and pity Him whom nhom only yesterday she had re regarded regarded re- re as the embodiment of all manly mainly perfection was Orlon Orion was he guilty of or tills crime And he c. c of at whoso v bold daring spirit she had heard so much had bad ho he fled had he ho left lert In iii the lurch the victim that he had had twice t brou brought ht to ruin But there was something else elso to be 0 do done ono no hero here than lament lamen t and groan roan and ask herself How in tho tine samo same human hu human human hu- hu man soul there thero could bo he found space for tor so much that was wicked and disgraceful disgraceful dis dis- I graceful beside what was noble and line Unc The thing to do W was H to save lo to to procure help for tor Mandana's Mandanas s full chest still rose lose and fell perceptibly ly beneath her trembling fingers era The freedman's bra bravo brave e heart hart had detained detained de de- him by her and the wounded girl and wind now ho lie threw on the tho ground round the san sandals als which ho he had hail been carrying In his hand lifted up UI the unconscious form orm supporting It against one ono of ot tho the pillars that encircled the room Not until he had received a fresh ord order r from his mistress did dial he lie make haste baste Into the tho open al air Paula Paua looked after him and as soon us she land had heard the y hea door of oC tho the atrium fall tall to without heeding lies 1 o n suspicious situation sho she called aloud for tor it hi lp hi lp tiO so o shrilly and aud Imperatively I- I In tine tho startled many that tho the sound I and d fl e o their Pl slumbers hou lU hO e from ina in ina hurrying from hero lucre and there came cook nn I officer a LL a n slave a l maid an nn tt tL wn watchman I First ot of all nIl and so 80 soon oon that t ho he must must must have hate heard her call having Ha InK already y started appeared Od Orion ion n al also Lillo o 1 she no i light night dress reu that li hO wore re she sho said aId said to herself herselt was ru assumed m d J to oleo Ivo tho wretch the appearance of having living i Must just risen from Crom his couch And he t tactually had actually done no so Was this man with the flushed face staring ce eyes s sled hair curd ami hoarse tho the same sumo sames favorite fa ta- Ca- Ca of or fortune whoso whose gay manner assured d deportment sunny counte conn counton- counton ton ton- tonI n I h had taken taleen n nn cape ance and antl on enchanting h songs RonEs captive her soul How his hp hands trembled I lion lie ho approached cached d tho the bounded artificial artificial and antl r-m- r wounded girl Bill how a his question as to what had happened hero horo and antl how shyly ho looked look look- looked I ed eel at her as os ho asked to know what what hind had brought her into tho the front h hall holl atso at atso I Iso so late an nn hour Sho She deigned him no reply but as soon Roon afterward his mother addressed to her tho the same Inquiry In a sharp Ip I tone tono she replied quickly and ond p po positively y she sho whoso lips had never before uttered ut- ut I an untruth I I I could not sleep Tho Iho harking barking of or tho dog and cr cry of oC pain dro drove drome me down That hat Is what I will call H having acte I I Incredulously Incredulous Incredulous- u hearing rt replied I l ly 13 shrugging her hor shoulders At At all events in similar cases caRes hereafter hc you I should bo bl on hand hantl a little loss less prompt prompt- Ij 1 ly Since when have havo your our ladles Indies 8 I It learned to rush alone alono to th the tho 0 rescue when the they hear tho the cry I of murder Continued |