The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-22

shoulders, and declared that Mrs Hall.
font would regret not having chosen
seas one Of WHOM more was ksown-
ssae retired msschapt. some 1entls-
man OF fortune. whoss father bad been
know. 20 hse friends. Nothing. to b
sure could b ssid about the Spaniartl
or Cuban with the English name; but
whe knsw anything in his favors'
HeWevs1, no ooo said this to Nrs
Halifont. or il any one had, words
never changed . wemsns fancy yet.
Mrs Aslilont believed in Col Hum
phries. and meant to marry him.
Indeed the trOsseau was prepared,
the wedding day dxtd. all vas ready, !,
aud Ids HallSeot believed herself to be
very happy. vsman- She once more
built castles in the air. Her old sorrow
eesmsd 10 fade away in the distance.
She was girl again.
At last only twenty -four hours lay
between her and her wedding day.
She was bssy ia her sewing room on
this last day. finishing some ruflss in
loee and ribbon. singing softly 10 her.
sslf. when s1ddsnly the house was
filed with cries.
An old man-seevant, while cutting
the grass upon the lawn, had wounded
himself seriously. The doctor WAS sent
TOR at once, but WAS not home. aad
meanwhile poos Zsbedss was bleeding
to death. 80.
Ssdd.sly Id Halifont remembered
thaS Me- Hnnphriea had aid thst ho
understood wo0nds. q thoagh he had
been bred surgeon. Without this. il
would have been natural for her to call
On one who wse - soon to be her pro.
tscSor. in moment Of anxiety. She
would call him herself that there might
be no delay: and seizing her garden
hat she ran along . little peth that led
from her ground to that OF Mr. Hum
phries, climbed 3 low fence, to save
tims. which voald have been lost il
gate. and 20 gained the rear
Of the dwelling. of which tomorrow
she wonld be mistress.
She thought herself terrified and dis.
tressed. She fslt rather injured iu that
such an unpleasant thing - the wound
ing OF poor oil Zsbedee should have
happened on the eve Of her wedding
day. Ten mioutes before she thought
herself at that moment % utterly ct
ease-wondrously hsppy-for. - she
those windows and peered half
Eimidly through the curtains, . thing
happened that made al she had ever
suffered appear - nothing.
The room, the windows of which she
bad approached. was one that opened
put Of . conservatory. She saw Col
Rumphries busy with some rare plants
be bad just cot out to the sunshine that
Fell through the glass. He had taken
81 his coat and rolled up bis sleeves.
Now he left the conservatory, and
,omine forward proceeded to wash his
hands in basin Of water that had been
vt ready for him. He was close to Ida
Halifoot. He did mot eco her, but she
,suld have reached out her hand and
;ssohed him. Why did she not speak
md call him by nsme! Why did she
link down npon her hands and tremLle
ike an aspen leaf Alssi tho swful
reason vas this: Upon that arm TO
which che wss shout 70 give the right
. clasp her in teodsrost embrace ohs
NV terrible msrk-s mark che had
lesu once bsfors. She knew its shape
md siss and cslos. Her eyes had been
livetel upon IL - the sinswy hand. at
he wrist Of which IL ended, graspsd
her dying husbands throat. She bad
learned Il 81 By heart; she could not bs
isceiysA Though ysars he'd rolled
lway, that horrible marked arm WAS
BOT to b Sorgotteh Or mistakes for any
,ther.
Suddenly Col Hamphries felt him
Dslf graspsd By . and.that, small - it
was. hsd the Asrcs touch OF . tigers
law. The dpgsre closed over that red
naxk--A white laco. cone clese b his
'Yoa ere ny hushand's murderer
hisssd . voice II bis ear.
Then the tvo stood stating st each
,lhsr. 6e made no denial. He only
looked down 70 the red mark upon his
lru and cursed i aloud.
i. 03sw datsd you make love 70 me =
he gssped. YOU
Because loved you,' hs ssid. 'wo.
nan. IL I had not fallen in love With
ron that night. I would have killed you
leo. Il was risking my life to spare
M, With your scseams calling men b
aunt ne dcwn-'
oh. II you had bat killed me thenr
he moanod.