Love at the Loom — page 125: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XVI. GOLDIE IS ACCUSED, -_.- There had been a first spasm of terror at the sound of the body of:her victim falling ; but the next moment the wicked soul of the would-be murderess was filled — with a hideous joy at the thought that Goldie was no som longer standing between her and the man she wor- shiped so insanely. ot | ae She had flown up the stairs, composing her face to one of surprise, intending to ask her father the mean- ing of the wild scream and the noise. But when she had opened the door and looked in at | the form of her father prone. upon the fioor, with Goldie by his side, the horror of what she had =~ done seemed to overwhelm her. | 4 She gave vent to a horrid scream, and staggered | back out of the room. ‘Then, as with starting eyes, she looked still at the awful spectacle, she uttered scream : on scream, bringing the servants to her from all parts | of the house. “Miss Mildred! what is the matter ?” one and an- other cried. Through the open door they all saw the body A Mr. Selden, with Goldie kneeling by. his side, stiff with hor- . —_ omends | be =- - Eomicbooks.co