Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-12

not con prchenfhG, and believing that
CataS ~ ,jdu was NiiprJachng. Nothing
was heard now. Tho sound OF the picks
had ceased.
In the corner whore they had seated
themselves side by side, Catherine
laughed slightly
1t must be goodgoutside. Come, let's
Anton at frst Atrugglod against in
sanity Bus tho COntagiOn shOok his
more evenly balanced ABad; he lost all
sense of reality. Their sens,s were leav-
ing them, especially Ca;teriuo, VINO,
fGver.sl, was torn ,Atei with desire
Tor speech and gestures. he
sS@ sounds those .. s Soisr SSrs w"itr 6%d oSG GS
the singing Of biris, an slo smolt
strong perfume OF crushed herbs, and
SHE saw clearly grcaC yellow spots dying
be ore her eyes so large that she believed
herself outside, near tno canal, in the
wheat fields under u beautiful day of
sunsA,ne,
Hours passed., Anton sat always in
the stml corner, upoi tue ground, with
Catherine mUtiOnicss upon has knee. For
Il long time H. believed snc slept, then he
touched her, she was worry cold, she was
dead However ho did not move Tor fear
OF awakening her Plans Tor the future
returned at intervals, but they were so
vague that they seemed to pass before
his face ike Il sleeping DrJatn. He grew
weaker there only renamed TO hnn the
strength for u feeble gesture, u slow
III oyGment OF the hand to assure himself
that she was still tncr0 like sleeping
child IN her very stiffness. Everything
was unnihilatcd. even the lapse of time,
Something was knocking at his s.de
blows OF which the violence approached
closer TO HIM, but he was too weak to 10
and respond, flied with great wcari.
| ne 5, and ut present he knew nothing,
! he only dreamed that she was walking
| before hm and that he heard the light
! knocking of her subOtS. Two days
| passed on. she had not moved he touched
| her with his mechanical gesture, rCas-
sured to feel her so quiet.
Anton experienced Il shock. Voices
were heard, and rocks rolled TO his feet.
| When Inc perceived Il lamp he wppt, h 8
|, blinking eyes, followed the rays, never
| leaving 1t, in an ecstacy before that red
| dcniug light which scarcely pierced the
| shad )ws. But some comrades carried
! him away he let them put between his
| closed tluth some spOUniuis OF bOu,llOn.
| II was only in the gallery OF RequiIlart
| that he recognized some one, the engin-
ecr MGgrel standing brtorG hm and
| these two men WAC had sCorncd each
! Otchr, the rCbclliOus wOrkmGn, t4e scap-
ticai chief throw tl5m41lVlS on Cagl
OtlerS neck so Jblng in the deep throb-
| bng OF all the humanity that was in
| them. 1t was sad scene, the misery of
! generations, the excess of grief which
made life give way.
AT the top Mrs. Mahon threw herself
beside the BODY OF Catherine; emitting
one scream ait II another, III great crIcs,
| long ani incessant.
Several corpSes had already been
| brought up and placed on the ground.
! Ch,yai, whom thay thought had been
crushed under y avc-in, II boy and two
miners in like 'fhSnnur crushed the
brains gone from tAelr h II Is, their stom-
achs tillcd with wae,r. Some women in
the crowd losing Their reason, tore their
clothing and scratched their faces. When
they at length brought him out, after be-
coming habituatsd t. the lamps and hav-
ing been fed II little, Anton appeared
greatly emaciated, anu his hair was
white; they were struck dumb. and shud.
dered in the prisenEe OF that old man.
| Mrs. Mahon notwithstanding to stupid
| ly look at him with great staring eyes.
| To BE CONTINUED.