C THE SCR ANTON TRIBUXE THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH" 21, 1895.
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The Second Promise
By HOWARD FIELDING.
(These Bhort serial stories are copyrighted by Baoheller, Johnson & Ban'
eller.and are printed InTheTribune by special arrangement, simultaneous with
their appearance In the leading dally Journals of the large cities).
CHAPTER IV.
An Instructs o Kplso.lo.
Vndr the Influence of strong emo
tion even a very ordinary fellow like
Walter Carroll can talk well. He Is al
ways at the disadvantage In compari
son with such a man as Chase that he
has not studied his story In advance
end has probably rehearsed it with not
more than cine or two other women.
"Vet, If his heart Is right, he can get
along fairly.
Carroll threw conventionality to the
winds, and he talked the queen's Eng
lish to Amy Lynda till she believed him
in spite of the fact that he was telling
the truth. He painted a portrait of
Chase that would not have flattered
l.im even as he looked at that moment,
crawling out of the water in evening
tlress, by the way a quarter of a mile
up the , beach.
The upshot of it was that Mrs. Lynde
became very angry with Carroll, and
assured him that he baselesly ma
ligned her character and totally mis
construed her motives. Hut since he
was determined to make trouble, and
nee a scandal In n perfectly Innocent
friendship when he himself had perse
cuted her with his attentions imost
shamefully why, such being the case,
pile would leave Crescent Heach next
lay, which was Just what Carroll
wanted her to do.
In her heart, though she did not for
iflve Carroll, she bitterly accused her
self. She was also quite severe upon
Chase, whose cowardly disappearance
from the appointed place she was una
ble to understand for of course Car
roll did not tell her that he had thrown
the fellow overboard.
Alone In her room, she re-read her
husband's letters. He had written at
first In good spirits. The "cold-blooded
German scientist" had seemed to
throw the first light upon the mystery
of his Illness. .Then cnme a letter In
which Arthur wrote that the treatment
had failed; It might succeed In prolong
ing his existence, but he would be only
a cripple at the best. After that there
were no allusions to his health. He
wrote only of her. She had failed to un
derstand what he had said. At one
time ho seemed to be covertly urging
Tier to the very course which she felt to
be dangerous, again he pleaded for her
love, though he hnrl only a soul with
which to love her. On the whole, he
hud not strengthened his case with
these letters. She did not comprehend
the language of suffering, having never
Buffered greatly, either In body or
mind. After reading the letters " she
felt a strongllslncllnatlon to return to
flier husband. She knew that she could
not .tell him alK the truth. She would
have preferred trk be alone,
The next day arroll did a really
clever thing, ile lyd to a young wo
man of his acquaintance In such a way
-that Khe was led to repeat It to Chase,
who was thereby efttlrely 'deceived
about Mrs. l,ynde, and permitted her
to leave Crescent Heach without ex
changing a word with him. She took
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the train with the Intention of return
ing to Hrooklyn, but changed her mind
when she reached New York; and,
without seeing her husband, she fled to
an old school friend who had married a
rustic In the wilds of northern New
York. "From that place she wrote to
her husband, telling him that she was
weary of everything In the world and
wished to be alone. He replied. In due
course, that she had doubtless chosen
wisely. . As for her coming home, the
scientist, had turned the house upside
down, and had Invented sanitary con
ditions which no well person could live
In. She would better make up her
mind to remain away at least a month.
' The days slipped by. Amy lived the
most monotonous life that she had ever
known, and had a great deal to say
about fate In her confidential talks
with her friend. Nobody knew what
had become of her. The celebrated
Tascott did not accomplish a more mys
tertos disappearance. Chase and Car
roll had returned to Brooklyn, and there
had been, no collision between them.
The latter was satisfied and the former
was biding his time. Chuse had by no
means given up the game. He was
using his best endeavors to find out
where Mrs. Lynde had gone. Mean
while Carroll, equally Ignorant, amused
himself by throwing false Information
In Chase's way, and succeeded In caus
ing Chase to make a large number of
unnecessary Journeys.
In every letter that Amy received
from her husband there was some ex
cuse to delay her return. When at lust
she had determined to go, her friend
fell very 111, and Amy could not desert
her. For a month or more she worked
harder than ever before In her life, and
she was sainted In that household ever
afterwards.
At last her release came. She was
going home. Her husband had written
that he could bear her absence no
longer, and she had replied with words
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of affection that she would not delay.
But she did not look forward to her re
turn with pleasure. She had worn
herself out In a sick room, and she was
about to enter another. There is In
healthy peoplo an Instinctive protest
against disease. It Is so truly an in
stinct and so far from reason that It
very frequently Includes the sufferer In
Its condemnation, and visits a sort of
blame upon him for .his misfortune.
Amy felt this unjust sentiment toward
her husband though she fought against
It. If David Chuse had known of this,
he would have regarded It as most fa
vorable. On the day when Amy left her friend's
houHe she received this telegram:
"I have found you out, and I must see
you. .Meet me In Albany on your way
back. My husband and 1 will be at thu
Delavan. "Isabel Muson."
It did not strike Amy as peculiar
that Mrs. Mason hnd learned of her
whereabouts and of her Intended re
turn. Doubtless she hud obtained the
Information directly from Dr. Lynde.
It was late In the afternoon when she
arrived In Albany. She had decided to
take a night train for New York, and
there was time to call at the Delavan.
From th parlor of the hotel she sent
her card to the Masons, and a servant
Immediately showed her to a BUlte.
She knocked, and entered. The door
closed quickly behind her, and there
was David Chase with his back ugalnst
It.
AVhat arguments he found to Justify
his preposterous conduct, must be left
to the Imuglnutlon. Certainly he hnd
never done better In his life. At 'first
Amy was so utterly astounded that she
was bereft even of the power1 to scream.
And then she wus utterly carried away
by the flow of his eloquence. He pro-
- The Door Closed Behind Iter,
tested by every false oath In the hook
of lies, that his sole thought was for
her good. He hnd something of the
gravest Importance to tell her, and he
had taken this desperate means of In
tercepting her before she reached her
home. With the utmost cleverness ho
piqued her curiosity, and delayed to
Satisfy It. She was ashamed and afraid
to raise an outcry, and there stood
Chase, before ..the door,,' talking Inces
santly. . 1 '. ' , ,
They were In a title parlor; It' was
scarcely worse, he urged,, than meeting
In the public parlor of the' hotel. And
in an Instant he hurried from thnt sub
ject to tell her of the murderous assault
committed upon him by Carroll who, In
that version of the story, had clandes
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FOR THE-
tinely stolen upon him, and pushed htm
Into the dangerous current of the bay,
with the design, of course, of taking
his place In the rendezvous. He made
It look like sheer murder, and Amy was
horrified.
She had delayed too long. Before she
was aware of It, Chase was on his knees
protesting undying love, and a devo
tion which no suffering could measure
and no peril check. He realized the
hopelessness of It, and he was taking
the only means that the experienced of
the race had discovered to cure his
wound. He was going to leave her for
ever. His exile had begun. He was
even then on his way westward, be
yond the limits of the continent, to n
land on which the sun, which had set for
them, was rising even as he spoke. Could
she deny him a last word, or be unfor
giving If he had gained the opportunity
of speaking it, by a bold and desperate
stroke?
There Is no He that, when properly
presented, Is beyond the credence of
woman. And rarely has that old and
extra durable falsehood been better
told that It was then. Amy be
lieved that he was really going to do as
he said; that she was looking her last
upon him; that his sufferings were real;
that they would eventually be the
death of him In some remote quarter of
the globe, to which his heroic resolu
tion to forsake forbidden fruit should
have exiled him. That Is the pity
which really Ih akin to love. Without
a thought of any outcome of the situa
tion but a tragelcal farewell, Amy lis
tened to him, and replied with words
of sympathy. Hut she retained suffi
cient sense to bid htm instantly permit
her to leave that room. Elsewhere she
would speak with him as his unhappl
ness merited.
How long he would have staved off
obedience to the command, and whether
his eloquence would have been equal to
the unfolding of the remainder of the
well-known story, Is a problem Impos
sible of solution, for Just as he had
come to that part of It which Introduces
the possibility of return that fatnfllar
promise to brave a thousand deaths' If
ever she should need and summon him
he was Interrupted by a Btrange and
hideous sound.
It was low at first a sort of shudder
ing murmur that ran through, the vast
hostelry; the sound of a cry far off and
muflled by closed doors; a clamor rising
from the street; and so, at length, the
articulate name of deadly perll-Mlre!
fire!
Chase got upon his feet, and nt flrBt
he was Inclined to congratulate him
self. There, could be little danger.
Here was a chance to prove that he was
a real hero.
"Don't be frightened," he said.
"Come." k'
He took, her hand and led her to the
door. She was white as marble a
and
tunt
scarcely able to stand. The Inst
that that cry had fallen upon her euis
she saw a Judgment . In It. She tyad
listened to this man, had pitied and;' al
most lo.ved him, and for her sin she
had been called to meet the most horri
ble of .deaths. , , . t'
Chase opened the door.1 The cofrrldor
looked Juqt us It had when he had seen
It last. There was a sound uf hurrying
feet', but for. the moment no person was
vlHlble. They were In an angle, Mnd the
main exit cduld not be seen.., He ad
vanced calmly, leading her. (
And then In ah instant, as If with the
discharge of a cannon, there Icame a
puff of smoke,' filling the corrlllor. He
dropped her hand and ran ahead,' call
ing to her. At the Junction (of that
hall with the larger one he paused.
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The smoke was already so thick that,
looking back, he could hardly see her
groping after him.
Terror seized him by the throat. The
voice with which he called to her was
hoarse and choked. He heard her cry:
"Save me! Save me!" Then she fell
at his feet. He tried to lift her In his
arms, but It is only In romance that
slender young men, with no air but
only smoke In their lungs, pick up
robust young women and run away
with them.
He stumbled and fell. She clung to
him. He heard her speaking fast and
wildly, In hysterical terror.
"You have tried to kill my soul." she
said. "Save me from bodily death, and
we may both be forgiven."
Her hands clutched him. How much
he .would have given, so short awhile
before, for that embrace! He opened
his mouth to speak. It was the last
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lie Wrenched Himself I'rce.
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effort of his expiring courage. A puff
of hot and acrid (moke struck him full
In the face. He 'wus strangling.
The man war gone; only the brute
remained.
;."Let me go!.' he yelled, hoarsely. "I
won't die like Ahls for such a woman as
you are!" '
He wrencAed himself free, leaving
his "coat In er hands, and went plung
ing throuiyh the smoke. She heard
him fall heavily on the stairs. She
dared ny( follow him.
A bo'A of resignation came to her.
She filing herself prone on the floor
with 4o thought of further effort. Rut
therof was pure nlr down there. One
full 0.1-eath of It In her lungs, and the
loV) of life came back.
She sprang to her feet. She reached
thJj stairs and got a hand upon the ban
ister rail.' She reached the foot of the
Stairs without falling. It was very
dark.
Suddenly she felt a rush of hot air.
A' lurid' light cleft, the smoke and
struck straight Into her face. She was
blinded by It.
Then a Voice cried:
"There she Is! Thank God! Thank
Ood!" .
It was Walter Carroll's voice. She
felt herself seized by powerful hands
Then consciousness deserted her.
. To He Continued. 1
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RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
(Lehigh and Kusquebaun Division)
Anthracite coal used exclusively, lnsiu
Ing cleanliness and comfort.
T1.1K TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. 18, 1S94,
Trains leave Scranton for Plttston,
Wilkes-Barre, etc., at 8.20, 9.15, 11.30 a.m.,
12.45, 2.00, 3.05, 5.00, 7.25. 11.05 p.m. Sundays,
9.00 a.m., 1.0U, 2.15, 7.10 p.m.
For Atlantic City, 8.20 a.m.
For New York. Newark and Elizabeth.
1.20 (express) a.m., 12.45 (express with Buf
fet parlor car), 8.05 (express) p.m. Sun
day. 2.16 p.m.
I.' ., . I .. . ..... i-V. , , I, llanlnvn T).lhl
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, 8.20 a.m.,
12.45, 3.05. 5.U0 (except Philadelphia) p.m.
Sunday, 2.15 P.m.
For Lone Brunch. Ocean Drove, etc.. at
$.20 a.m., 12.45 p.m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Ilarrlsburg,
via Allentown, 8.20 a.m., 12.45, 5.00 p.m.
Bunaay. 2. is p.m.
For Pottsvllle, 8.20 a.m., 12.45 p.m.
Returning, leava New York, foot of Lib
erty street, North river, at 8.10 (express)
a.m., 1.10, 1.30. 4 TO (express with Buffet
parlor car) p.m. Sunday, 4.30 a.m.
Leave Philadelphia, Heading Terminal,
y.oo a.m., 2.00 ana t.w p.m. ouiiauy o.i
"'Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application In ad.
vance to the ticket agent at the station,
IJ. P. BALDWIN.
Oen. Pass. Agent.
J. H. OLHAVSEN. Ocn. Supt.
Del., Lack. unJ Western.
Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex-
rress for New York and all points East.
40, 2.50, 5.15, 8.00 and 9.55 a.m.; 12.55 and 3.50
'''Express for Eastont Trenton, Philadel
phia and the south, 6.15, 8.00 and 9.56 a.m.,
12.55 and 3.60 p.m.
WnahliiKton and way stations, S.5j p.m.
Tobyhnnna accommodation, 8.10 p.m.
Express for UiiiKhaniton, Oswego, 1.1
mlra. Corning, Hath. Psnsvllle, .Mount
Morris and Buffnlo. 12.10, S.: a.m. and 1.24
?.m., making close connections at Buf
alo to oil points in the West , Northwest
and Southwest.
Bath accommodation, t a.m.
BltiKhnntton und way stations, 12.3? p.m.
N'ichulHon accommodation, at 5.15 p.m.
Htnghamton , and Kim Ira Express, 6.06
p.m.
Express for Cortland. Syracuse, Oswego
t'ttca and Klchtluld Springs, 2.35 a.m. and
1.24 p.m.
lthaoe. 118 and Bath 9 a.m. and 1.24 p.m.
For Northumberland, Plttston. Wllkes
Bnrre, llymouth. Bloomsburg and Dan
ville, making close connections at North
umberland for Wtlllamsport, Ilarrlsburg,
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland and Intermediate sta
tions, 6.00, 9.56 a.m. ami 1.30 and 6.07 p.m.
Nantlcoke and Intermediate stations,
8.08 and 11.20 a.m. Plymouth and Inter
mediate stations, 3.50 and 8.62 p.m.
Pullmnn parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains
For detailed Information, pocket time
tables, etc., apply to M. L. Smith, city
ticket oftire, 328 Lackawanna avenue, or
depot ticket olllce.
DELAWARE AND
HUDSON RA1L
( KOAD.
Commnnclng Monday,
9 a TVfl day. July 80, all t ruins
Mm IIP will arrive Htnew Lack
w B if awunna avenue station
Air t follows:
r" ' Trains will leave Scran
ton station for Oarbondale and In
termediate points at 2.20, 6.46. 7.00. 8.26 and
10.10 a.m., ia.00, 1.20, 3.56, 5.15, .15, 7.25, 9.10
and 11.20 p.m. ... , ,
'For Farvlow, Waymart and Honesdale
at 7.00, 8.26 and 10.10 a.iu.,12.00, IM and 6.1
P For Albany, Saratoga,- the Adirondack
and Montreal at 6.45 a.m. and 2.20 p.m.
For Wllkes-Barro and Intermediate)
,ints at 7.46, 8.46, 9.38 and 10.46 a.m., 12.06,
1.20. 138, 4.00, 6.10, 6.05, 9.16 and 11.38 p.m.
Trains will arrive at Hcrmnton statlod
from Carbondale and Intermediate points
at 7.40, 8.40. 9.84 and 10.40 a.m., 12.00, 1.17,2,3(
8.40. 4.64, 6.66, 7.40, 9.11 and 11.88 p.m.
From Honesdale, Waymart and Far.
view at 9.84 a.m 12.00, 1.17, 1.40, 6.55 an4
1.46 p.m.
From Montreal, Saratoga, Albany, eto.
at 4.64 and 11.88 p.m.
From Wllkes-Barre and Intermediate
points at 1.15, 8.04, 10 05 and 11.56 a.m., l.lli,
Ll4, IS, MO, (.08, 7.20, 9.01 and 11. 18 p.m. .
Nov. 18, 1854.
Train leaves Scranton for Philadelphia
and New York via D. & H. H. K. at 7.45
a.m., 12.05, 2.38 and 11.38 p.m., via D., L. &
W. R. R.. 6.00, 8.1. J1.2X) am., and 1.30 p.m.
LeuveScranton for Plttston and Wllkes
Barre, via D., L. & W. R. It., 6.00. 8.08. 11.20
a.m., 3.50, 6.07, 8.5u p.m.
Leave Scranton for White Haven, Ha.
zleton, Pottsville and all points on the
Beaver Meadow and Pottsvllle branches,
via E. & W'. V. R. K , 6.40 a.m., via D. & H.
P.. R. at 7.45 a.m., 12.05, 2.3S, 4 00 p.m., via
I).. L. & W. R. R., 6.W, 8.1S, 11.20 a.m.. 1.3a.
3.50 p.m.
Leave Scranton for Bethlehem, EaMon,
ReRdlng, Harrtsburc and all intermediate
points via D. & H. R. R., 7.45 a.m., 12.05.
2.3. 4.00. 11.38 p.m., via IX, L. & W. R. 14..
6.00. 8.08, 11.20 a.m.. 1.30 p.m.
Leave Scranton for Tunkhannock. To
wanda, Elmlra, Ithaca, Geneva and nil;
intermediate points via D. & H. R. R . 8 li
a.m.. 12.05 and 11.35 p.m., via D., L. & W'
H. R., 8.08. 9.65 a m., 1.30 p.m.
lxave Scranton for Rochester, Buffalo,
Niagara Falls, Detroit, Chicago and nil)
points west via D. & H. R. R., 8 45 a.m .,
12.05. 9.15, 11. 3S p.m., via D., L. & W. R. H.I
and Plttston Junction, 8 0s, 9.56 a.m., 1.50,
8.60 p.m., via E. & W. V. R. R.. 8.41 p.m.
For Elmlra and the west via Salamanca,
via D. & H. R. R.. 8.45 a.m.. 12.05. 6.05 p.m.,
via IX. L. & W. R. R., 8.08, 9.56 a.m., 1.30,
and 6.07 p.m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or L. V,
chair cars on all trains between L. & B.
Junction or Wllkes-Barre and New York,
Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Suspension
Bridge.
ROLLIN H. WILBUR. Gen. Supt.
CH AS. S. LEE. Gen. Pass. Agt., Phlla., Pa,
A. W. NONNEM AOHER, Asst. Gea.
Pass. Agt., South Bethlehem, Pa.
Erie and Wyoming Valley.
Trains leave Scranton for New Torts
and Intermediate points on the Erie rail
road at 6.35 a.m. and 324 p.m. Also for
Honesdale, Hawley and local points at
6.35. 9.45 a.m., and 3.24 p.m.
All the above are through trains to and
from Honesdale.
Trains leave for Wllkes-Barre at 6.40 a,
m. and 3.41 p.m.
SCRANTON DIVISION.
In Efloct Sept. 16th, 1894.
North Btund.
South Bound.
205,203'joi ioi ao4 aod
n 8 lata 8 BMoa IH"3 iJ
So, g jj a, fTralns Dally, 8 - 1 & 5
- ft 13 Except Suudayl J , CQ M
I r Ml ArriTB Leave a a
.... 7M .. . HYFrsnklluS: .... 740 ....
.... T10 .... West 4i'nd 8t .... T 55 ....
.... 7001.... Weehswken .... 810 ....
a P si Arrive lare A U s -.
Hit) 115 .... Hancock June. 000 905 ....
810 109.... Hancock 60S 11 .....
T58 19 50 ... Starlight 6 18 ! ....
751 1448 .... Preston Park 6i 981 ....
74 1940 .... Cotno 6S'J 941 ....
7 88 IStfS .... Poyuvelle 640 850 ....
7S.H 1918 .... Belmont 6 45 S9M ....
7W 190.1 .... rleosantMt 655 8 08 ....
710 fll6U ... Unlundale f658 80S ....
TOO 1149 A u ForsetCity 710 819p M
8 61 1131 915 Carbondale 7 94 8 31 5 81
0 48(1180 9W White Hrldge 77fJ3S 6 87
r8 43 f9 0tl SlajAeld (7 ft! r3 43 (5 49
41 1193 90:1 Jermyn 78t 9 45 6 45
HIS 8 57 ArchllMld 7 40 8M 6 51
6 84 fim 851 Winton 74.) 8M 554
8 Willi 8 50 Peckville 7 48 8 59 5N
0 95 11 07 8 41 Olyphaut 7 64 4 01 6 04
881 1106 841 Dickson 764 407 807
819 1108 81 Throop ' 758 410 61
14 1100 81 Providviica 8 00 4 14 8 14
f6 13 f1057 8.11 Park Place 8 04 f4 17 810
10 10 55 88J Scraaton 8 05 4 90 8 90
r M a a A a Leave ArrhreA mr ur u
All trains run dully except Bundsv. '
f. siguiiles that trains stop on signal for pa
sensers. Secure rates via Ontario & Western before
Rurehaslng tickets anil sate money. Day saw
(JM Express to the West,
3. C. Anderson, Oen. Pass. Aft
T. Flt'eroft, DIt. Pass. Agt,, Soranws, Pa. '