Waverley Library (Octavo Edition) (no. 64) (1885 08 11)
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Copyrighted, 1335, by BEADLE AND ApAMs. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as Second Class Mai} Matter. Aug. 11, 1885, PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY BEADLE AND ADAMS, Ron. V2 Vee. Five Gents, NO. 64. No. 98 William Street, New York. _4 WILD CRY BURST FROM BESSIN’S LIPS AS SHE SAW THE WICKED, SINISTER FACE OF “‘ BLACK PHIL” AT THE OPEN WINDOW, Bessie Raynor, the Work Gitl: Or, THE QUICKSANDS OF LIFE. BY WM. MASON TURNER, M. D. CHAPTER T. u A FACE AT THE WINDOW. ang oe SstH! Bessie! I say, Bessie, my child!” m ha old man’s voice, as he turned uneasily oR lowly bed, went out in a pitiful wail. Youn re, father; I am here,” and the frail See oul with a wan, haggard face, suddenly rom the little slumber into which she + had fallen, and, rising from her chair, reeled, rather than walked, to the couch of the sufferer. At that instant the dim-lit room was ablaze with a blinding flash of lightning, which reveal- ed every object, as if with the splendor of the noonday sun. A moment, and the crashing, jarring collapse of the air, as the bolt came down, rattled the casement and the rickety doors of old Silas Raynor’s humble house. The girl started back, as she flung her hands to her eyes to shut out the blinding glare.. Then she turned abruptly toward the open window to let down the uplifted sash. . But the old man saw her. ee ‘* Stop, Bessie,” he said, “Let the air come
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