Our boys in India . things happened at once; but, before hehad been there very long, he heard some one muttering. Itwas a womans voice : she was talking to herself. In a momentmore a flash of lightning disclosed the figure of a woman, withtorn clothes and a very pale face, creeping along the road, drip-ping with water, wring-ing her hands, and wail-ing in words that hecould not understand. Richard Raymondspoke to her. She gavea faint cry of fear atfirst; but then shecaught his hand, andburst into tears. Hecould just see her asshe stood close besidehim. O sir! save me,save me! she cried. Find m
Our boys in India . things happened at once; but, before hehad been there very long, he heard some one muttering. Itwas a womans voice : she was talking to herself. In a momentmore a flash of lightning disclosed the figure of a woman, withtorn clothes and a very pale face, creeping along the road, drip-ping with water, wring-ing her hands, and wail-ing in words that hecould not understand. Richard Raymondspoke to her. She gavea faint cry of fear atfirst; but then shecaught his hand, andburst into tears. Hecould just see her asshe stood close besidehim. O sir! save me,save me! she cried. Find my husband forme, and I will give you— I will give you — anything, any thing ! * The woman was evi-dently insane ; and, as she clasped Richards hand, something thatshe was holding fell to the ground, but she did not notice it. Is your husband lost, my good woman? asked Richardgently. What was his name ? The poor woman dropped his hand, and, covering her face,began to cry again, sobbing, Oh, his name was Roderick,. RODERICK DENNETTS WIFE. A FLASH OF LIGHTNING. Roderick Dennett! and we were married only a month ago ;and now he has left me forever. He has been gone five , he has gone forever! Yes, gone forever, I know. Richard Raymond started when the woman pronounced thatname ; and in the darkness and the pouring rain, and a strangeconflict of thoughts that had been produced by the sound ofthe word that was very familiar to him, he did not notice thatthe woman had suddenly left him. But she was gone. Hecould not tell in which direction. He called, but she did notanswer. He remembered that she had dropped something, andstooped and picked it up. It wasevidently a little watch and walked rapidly down the road,but could not find her. A few minutes later Mr. Ray-mond had discovered lights inwindows close at hand, and soonfound himself sheltered in a littlestation a few miles from Beverly,on a branch road. He was stillrepeating that name Roderick Dennett; for he and
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