Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-12-17


If th' dusty ROAD running through the
vllag. saw thai 81. S.Ir.l Wa, al suc.l
fest val gu!,e As Il coul assn ne Nm,
N.mcl AMI children We're standing about.
ire9-el N nui iay clothes. Then / remem.
.ert-1 that IL, girl who wiitel upon me hal
sid some hin- aoout to-day iein. grea.
festival Il the churcn. | had Z ven litls
:le.-i 10 ter aur Is, | watched the crowd
ior a lew minutes, AMI Presently saw a
SI2ht when. had my mod ben happi-r
wound nave dc4I III ii III, Girls and Buys
came. bear NJ tail C Ter .sActs :u.I y.
leaves, Iu.lr! trom various flowers AMI
gre II SHRUBS. he saIi pace IN front Of
me was Gle irel a young HAN ian nmniS
rom POINT 70 point. tracing a, he lent
mes III tn 1u, Ten. saiZ NJ the Las<cts
one after alO. Ter he distribute then X w
NJ contents N such a way that il l,-S,
han twenty ulInu.a, VIVA, loDk,l TX, a
arp Of a vari gael pattern, formed OF
lower, coverei TIE dusty space.
As b.. hastily threw thu las. splash Of
crimson rose leave, INTO lis place the pro
cesSIon Of priests, aco.yteS AMI c.Iorist er
,ppe,rel 1t pauS Il on thu far carpe:, and
ONE ceremony, such a, Il blessing, vas gons
through Every Int was a. fed. ev try kne.
was .nt-di save one. There, on the out
klrt> If tie crowd with heal uncovere /,
n def"r,nca t. others. but stand NJ erect, !
saw the tai form o. Eustac. Gran.
He had returned. A thrill o. delight TAI
through Inc as ! gag d on the hate feature
The "A an Who had ro:,b me Of el ! car i
inr. drew ba cx in o he room. aud wat ched
i'm through my window. My time had
ono!
The procession resumed its march. The
people followed Utmost likely to the church.
The space was ali but ueserte1. the various
hues Of the flower carpet were now bleniei
together withou. order or pattern. Grant
replaced his hat, crossed the roai, and struc
Town path which could only lead to the
sea. laughed as l saw b m disappear.
With grim deliberation threw open the
barrels of my pistols and loadei them
afresh. No lack of precaution On my part
should and the escape of my enemy. Then
l sat down and waitel. l wanted him t.
have fair start. SO that orr meeting IN 9 At
take place as far up tina. deserted coast a
possible
When thought had given him sufficient
grace, / sailed forth in pursuit. turned
down to the SEA as he had turned round d
the foot of the hill which shell terrell st. Seu
rim from the nor west winds, and then stood
with the unbroken cliff on my right hand
| and the sanl stretchin, away in front OF
me for miles and miles. In the dist
could see him-a white spot On the yellow
| sand The heat was great so he had ciOthe
himself in dazzling whit garments. He
was, perhaps, half a mile in front ct III,
walking near to the edge of the sen.
quickened my steps, and rapidly dimin.
lshed the distance between us
did not want TO get so near that, If he
turned, he might recogniz, me. did no:
mean to overtake him / meant to follow
him until he turned to retraco his steps;
then, as soon as he lkel. he might dis
cover me. My only fear was that some
path up the cliff might, unknown to me, ex
lst-a path which he might take, and 50 &C
home across the table land.
Grant walked leisurely; so 1 was soon
within 800 yards of him. Noticed that his
head was bent forward, as is natural tc
those who think as they walk. His han1s
were behind him, and he paced the coast
with slow but lengthy stride. Little he
guessed who was upon his traces!
Suddenly he turned aside, and struck uI
the beach toward the cliff Istood still and
watched him. I saw him reach the top o;
the beach; then, as it were, disappear into
| tie face Of the cliff. l doubled my pac.
and hurried on, laug hing in vengeful glee.
l had him now! For by this time I knew
every foot of that coast line. l knew that
| at the spot where Grant had vanished some
| CONFUSION Of nature had torn the rocks
apart; that, entering through what looked
Ike narrow fssure you came upon a
straight, smooth space, bounded by un-
scalable crags, and carpeted by soft white
Va fr
the heavens, but all the sams a natural cul
de sac.
had found this place. had explored it.
had even longed that Eustace Grant might
be in there, while stood at the entrance,
AMI held him like a rat in a trap And now
tne tnlng Iongeu Tor had come 10 pas ,
Perhaps to escape from the heat of the sur
| my enemy had chosen the one plac, in
which /. wished to meet him. l was right
| In saying that fate was shaping everything
| to my hand. Here should face him, forct
him to fight, and slay him! had him now
Strange to say. no thought of an issul
adverse to myself entered my head. s.
confident, SO certain felt that paused fol
| a while at the entrance to the trap and
steeled my heart by recalling all tho wron q
which had suffered. / stood there until
the sun made the barrel Of the pistol, which
l had drawn from my breast, a; hot as fire
Then l crept between the two rocks, AM
went to reckon up with Eustace Grant!
| The change from the brilliant sunshine t.
the cool gloom of the grot, or whatever il
should be called, was so sudden that for d
moment l could not distinguish objects
When my eyes grew accustomed TO the
shade, / saw that Grant was lying on a hea,
of sand at the furthsst end Of the ravine
His broad brimmei hat was by his side, AM
be seemed fast asleep Icrept toward him
My feet made no sound as they trod on the
soft dry sand stood over him and looked
down on his powerful face, strong, sun
burned neck, and large. muscular limbs
He looket the type Of manhood. Ali NJ