Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-12

against the wOb ID so rs not 20 So. Bit
saIlunly he turned with u bound, furious.
Great God. will you leave her alone W
is this NY OF your business SNd
Chaval. she is my woman, isn't shey
Leave us alone will you:"
But Anton, his teeth pressed together,
cried.
If you don't let her be I'll stranglc
you"
4 he othcr quickly arose, for he com
pretended 10y the sound of tue voice
tuat tue comradc was gong to end 1t.
Death there seemed too slow, 1t Was nee.
CCSSary tnat at once one OF tne Two
yielded his place 1t was the old battle
command again under the ground whcre
they would soon sleep sIds by side, and
they had SO Little space they could not
brandish their fists without bruisinS
them
This time I'll finish you," cried
Chuval.
Anton at this became crazy 1t was
as If II stream OF blood cam, up from nis
veins and Hooded his eyes with red
flame. He was filled with tn irresstiOlo
wish to KILL II physical wish, the cNcita-
t.On OF a muCuS whipn produces II violent
fit OF coughing. 1t was beyond tne power
Of his ~lll and under the controlling IN
iluence of the hereditary wrong. He
had seen piece OF slate sticking from
Nv - yn,,v I,r,r,. md y,,i,v hn,,vv n,rc, Tbrn
with Inih nnnIsbr hrou mi IL down on
ChGSHl 3 head.
The latter had not the time to jump
back. H. fell. his fac. crusned and ms
skull broken. His brains splushud the
cuilinc of the gallery and a purpish let
ram from thu wound. Thlre SOFA was II
uool in which thp smoky rays of In,
t,mn wprrr,,Irct,,J Darkness nr.ynile |
i'm ihr ynnIt thn bndv srpmrd Iiuon the
rround n black snntina henp of ruo-
5ish
Stoonjno over with his eyes ENLARGED,
Antnn looked at Inn. IL WAS over he
had Killed him.
C,thrr,,n Scroomed
"DS Won r,rr,t Inn" as'Sed Anton
Grrrnly
She cboked and stommcred. Then
ST.. ,rnriuv she tnro,y hrr.4lf into hS
arms 7' 49,
"Ab, Kill mc too, VIC will both diet"
With an rmbrnce She couvbt him bv
the shoulJrrs md bc also 'cinsnrd her
and tLnn INV honrd mat th,.y wcufj
lin Rut dr,,fh was in no haste they
loosrnrI the,r arms Then. wnijc shc
covered her eyes hn drorreI the misrra-
hlr wrrtrh md threw Inn down the in.
clnc. in order to rst him out of the mar.
row ,l.,cc in yhich thpv st II ,yrr,. com.
nailed too live Life wSuId be impossi-
Die with that corpse undcr their feet.
Koth ,ynr. nn,llcI whrn tbrv hoard him
nlunrn In t,,r n,i,lst of rho spsthino snun,
iThn yntrr had then nlrendv tili,ud tbnt
hnle and thnv pcrrniyrd tnnt it was ex.
tnndinU info ihi, ,r,lIrrv
;Thnn came n new WAITING They l;t
,ho last lnmn if was waste IN clnnTin r
| thr w,tnr the r.ruInr stubhorn r.se or
which did not nause. First the water
came tn their an Eins then TO Their knees
thr road assembled tnev took rrf,,me nj
th" ton which ~Yve t1nm a rnsn,3s of
some bours But the nool oyertook
them cominu mn "a far ns therr waists
Mot,onIrss tbeir backs pressed nwninst
thr rock thew watched Il grow GiUnrr
and biyber when if reached fneir
mouths il would he All over 4 hn 'l,mp
winch tbry had bunu mn LIGHTED tnn coal
in little Yellow waves. il 1raw DINNER:
| tbev couId no LONGER dist npuisn more
tnan half circle, constantly diminish.
ing as il eaten by tie shadow which
| suddenly the shades tell; the lamp was
eytinwuisbrI alter spnttarinp jts last
drop of oil 1t was complete and abso.
| lutte darkness, such darkness as above
| ground they slept in without ever op.n.
ing their ewes to the light.
The hours followed each other, all
| equally black without their KNOWING
| the exact time becoming more and more
| mixed i'm their caIculnt, ,ons. Their tor.
lures when should nave heightened the
minutes. carried them on rapidly. They
tbourht they had been shut IN two dnvs
| and n night when in reality the third
| dnv was nJreadv finished All hone OF
nsSistance had left them, hv one knew
them TO be there. no one sought 10 come
there and hun scr would I'm. sh them If
tney were not drowned. A last time
thry thourht TO beat the cal. but fin,
stone hnl rgmaiued below. At any rats,
| who would h ,ar themy
| Catherine RESIGNED had leaned hcI
weary head urninst the vein wnen shI
heard sound.
| 'I,isten -, stummnred She
At first Anton believed sne was speak.
ing of the Little noise OF the water whjcE
was ALWAYS rising. He lied. wishing 10
calm her
ITS me that you hear I'm moving
my legs"
mo, no, not that It's there below
listen"
And she stuck her ear close to the coal
He understood and did as she did. A
| waiting of some seconds oDDrrSS al them