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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1889)
is WKST SHORE. two girls left the house, tin' carriage paiiH-l once more ! woke the sleeprs above and below in tin cotta at tli' ciint iriilf Hml Imogene alighted, leaving M. An- ; Mrs. Mason and Mildred, whose rooms were on th toinc I I Irand and wife to pursue their way. first flHr. escaped without difliculty; but it wan- hand-to-hand conlliet with the fiery demon to rescue thn al-ove. At last the Professor, Veeder, Imogene and the er vant girl stood in safety on the ground; but I'et-the iJ(J and darling was nowhere to le found. Both the Profess and Lee braved death to in vestignte for themselves; but she was not to be seen, neither did she answer to their fran tic calls. "She must have rushed out into the burning hallway and perished," was the explain tioi) that DUSsed from 1 in i.. lip, white with horror. S! i. ... 11 was supposed that the tire was caused by the explo sion of the upper hull lamp which was always turned W and left burning. As Iniogene left th rarriagp that memorable morning Pet fell on the cushions in a faint. In vain Monsieur strove to re suscitate her as they rolled rapidly out of the city and on toward Salem. At the latter place he dismissed the carri age, immediately taking an other for Kugene City. Not much like a wedding journey was this long, tiresome ride to the half-insensible bride and her desperate groom. During all the weary way the former lay on the cushions, her head on Monsieur! ., .... i it , , , '"noe most pan sue was in a deatn-iue tiu MoiEMksr. " Thank heaven, she i out of my way at last, and I " IW. 'ieltwood" heir's." muttered Imogen., n the sound of tin- carriage !ic. do-d nwv. The tirl faint signs of dawn were barely viable in for hrvath lie f. lt, rather than that the moiii full of smoke, but for the time every faculty " iiiniii. ,un iiuhh h 1 1 v 1,1. ...... .1- 1 cj'es. lint there was no look nf intellii'enee ill the depths of the blue orbs, and they were soon closed then !,.. ..fl i, , 7 . ' n- M,mH1,'ur w,lH al"""it frantit'- ,,llt ,l;ir" not llllll, lie rtlxhe-l for the lUr due elan.-,. u,il r ' " t Hum ir vml.-d the long hall in flumes, no lability (.(,..,, th.rv. He rvel-d, but rH , , ry out ' His voie, .(...! out in a choking fr,,I1IV (lf (It. ajr gn.jMM ms ay U.k to a windo, at)l thr-ning p the i bad man, only narrow and selfish. In disposition he was given to melancholy and inclined to le tragi 'I. Kmiii his first meeting with I'et he had loved j terror ,,.s him; then a. snddenlv i,e U , Z ' r . n,Mtk,al ,h,,r,U,1 i and .If,. 1 rUi,,, .1, U I; am ;,lf:1-vain ones, in case he was ohliH . . (rr..-,l Inn to g,ve herui) forever. Hut fr.un li. it luid heed ms iix.m letermmation to win her at any cost. V. sprang to the gtvuud " Kirv, tir-! tl- cry that junt as he had seemed t ,H,eHS her. she was drifting