Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANGER IN THE DARK. 89
Enola refrain from speaking, yet she dared not for
fear of being defeated in her object; remaining concealed
until the darkness thickened so that she was
in no danger of being seen, she summoned courage to
climb the locust; and softly creeping out upon the
projecting limb that swept the window, she soon found
herself near enough to toss the letter which Alonzo
h committed to her, into the apartment through the
n window. While she was pausing to make a
ur fling, 1\ light was struck in the room, hioh
cn bled Enola to discover that ADna ri w
alon , and preparing to engage in h r OV Ding d v •
ti n : waiting until she had bowed before her crucifix
nd commenced her orisons, she gently flung the letter
into the apartment, which dropped on the floor in
front of the worshiper as if tossed by a spirit-hand.
Seizing the unexpected missive, Anna Maria sprang
to her feet, looked quickly round the room, and then
out of the window, but saw no one. "'Tis strange 1"
she exclaimed to herself, "my door is closed, my window
high above the ground; I plainly saw it fall upon
the floor-whence came it W that's the question 1- But
what is this written upon it ~" and seating herself by
th lamp, she read the name - Anna Maria Gerard :
"'Tis Alonzo's handwriting 1" she exclaimed, and
cag rly tearing off the envelope, read as follows:
..My DEAREST, AND LONG LOST .ANNA. MARIA. : _
"I know not that your eye will ever light upon the
frail words now being traced by this trembling hand;
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