The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-24

ment. He reasoned thst she vonld
surely 60 to some Of har frieuds and
r.tura iu penitence in the morping.
! "
| George Adolphus followed swiftly
on after the young lady. hardly know
/ ing Why he did 80. bat feeling irresisti.
bly, drawn by some unaccountsbls pre-
sentiment that ail was not we'll with
her. IN 9 few moments be came up
with her and followed 1t little dis
tance. watching her movements with
the keenest interest. But Maud va
so intent upon some purpose which
lay deep hidden in her heart that she
did not notice him. The street how
began tc be deserted. but still the rsso.
lutte girl walked rapidly on. At length
small foot bridge across the canal vas
reached. The girl pAused: wss her
| purpose . desperate oner George Adol.
phus asked himself this question and
many more beside - he fingered In the
shadows close behind her.
Murmuring something to ths effect
that the eaving. white crested billows
which rolled st her feet would soOn
embrace her and frss her from her
wrstehedness. Maud began to take
| down her hsir.
Going to s~ims' asked . voics
behind her.
She turned and bshsld . stranger
standing close At hand. At first she
could not utter . word. Presently,
| however. she said in tonss that be-
trAyed her intenss excitement:
oh. sir. do not thwart my purooss.
desire to put an shd TO my troable-l
wish to sleep beneath the wave
There isn't any wave there said
George Adolphus. The canal's dry.
You'll break your neck if you jump o9
this bridge
But want to ind . grave in the
restless deep. / want the blue hillows
to fold me in everlasting slumber,
where the sea weeds grow in sanless
gloom
But tell You. my dear lady. there
isn't any restless deep anywhere around
here. You'd better put it of till the
canal opens. Here you are talkiag
about sleeping beneath the biliows.
when the water won't be let. on iu .
month yet. And besides. if you want
70 be folded in everlasting slumber. it
would be wiser for you to jump iuto Q
we'll. You'd have . sure thing then
That would be horrible exclaimed
Maud. with q shudder.
Yes. replied Geo Adolphus, it would
spoil the WE'LL
Maud felt that Geo Adolphus wss
| right. True. he did not appear to
enter very much into tue tragic spirit
Of the situation. lie ought to have
dropped upon his knees aud implored
her to forget her trouble aud sip little
longer the nectar Of life. He ought to
have pictured to her imagination fair
haired girl lying with pallid face aud
marble form in tue silent bosom of the
canal. where the dolphin sposts unseen
and the mermaids comb their locks in
shadowy solitude. But he did nothing
of the sort. He told her to 90 home
and practice in the cistern.
Maud thought the matter over for Q
moment; then bursting into tears she
wrung the hand of our hero aud ran
swiftly home.
George Adolphus stood upon the
bridge and watohesi Maud til shs va
out Of sight. Az he stood there. won.
dering what it was that weighed %
heavily upon the mind OF ths fair
young girl. he saw something glittering
at his feet. He stopped and picked i
up. 1t was q golden hairpin Of pecu-
liar pattern. II occurred to him at
once that IL must have been lost BY the
girl when she took down her hair.
He put It in his trousers pocket, think.
ing that It would be handy thing to
| pawn tor breakfast. The more be
tried to forget about this fair girl. and
the previous circumstances under
which he had mst Ser. the more persist
emily they rose before him. Presently
he found himself laying plsns 10 6nd
out more about her. and then il dawnsd
upon him that he was in love. He
then tsnderly Ienovsd the hair pin
from his troussfs pocket and plsoed il
next to his heart. Il wss now gsttinR
very late, aud the polics were bsginaine
to glance suspiciously at our hero, .
he turned into . more retired street
and determined to search for Cheap
lodging place.
vi.
Old Mr. Muggleton. whom we LEFT ct
the residence Of Hsud's father. wsndsd
Ais wsy homeward, filled with bittor
disappointment. He had long regarded
Maud With tenderness. and had desired
to offer her his hand aud fortune, and
now he felt he vas rsjactsd. He had
seen neerly four-sooes pears - hocAsl-
/ orhooi. and Il was getting mooetonous.
He dSageed hineslf veafily ~ 6adly
home, and retired 10 his cou0h =
wrsschednsss.
The clock had just struck II. and The
town was - silent - the grave. vhsn
two viliainous- looking men. With NAT
fed faces broke open the street dooe Of
q large maneioo WHARF IN aacisst
bachelor lay dreaming Of . sapescili-
Gus maiden who had declined 70 meet
him in her parlor few hours before.
The msn passed safely into the house..
and we're soon sanding By the bedside
of the dreamer. A mooeat later .
swift blow fell upon the unconseious