The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-05-30

gee out Of Il any way, you nasty mean
brute" she went on, raising her voice and
drawing up her thin lips % a. 70 show the
white teeth beneath. no you thought that
you were going 70 play it down low on ne IN
that fashion. did youI Wen, yOa'VO iuSt
made little mistake Tor once n yOaF LIE,
and III tell you what 10 4. you GhAll smart
for IT, III teach you what it b 10 loaVe your
lawful wife to Starvs WhilS you 70 and live
With another woman In luxury. You can't
hslp yourself, can ruin you II lkA Sup
posing ] 70 10 . magistrate and ASk for =
warrant, what can you do to keep ne quiStF
Suddenly the Virago stopped as though ShS
were shot. and her hercS eountenancs frOsO
into an appearance OF terror, as well it might
Mr. Quest, who had been sitting listening 10
Der vita his land over bis eyes, had Fissn,
aIld tS IW'o was a. tho face OF dend, alight
With an iHrnS' aud quiet fury which sesGlsd
10 be burning InWerily On the mAntsl
piece lay sbsrp pointed 0Oorka knife.
which one Of Ir4. dAu1:SnsS admirers, who
had travelled, bad pINsssuted to her. 10 WAS
an awful loOIlHS wenpou, and Keen edged a.
. raEUr TaiS he bad taken up and held 10
bis right haEd, aud with Il hs was advancing
toward Ler IyiuI on the sofa
"lf you make u sound ! will KIN you at
once, be said, speaking In low and hnsky
voice.
She tad been pAralysed with tsEror, toT,
like most 6ulieS, male and female, Ghs wa .
great coward, but the sound Of his voice
reused her, and the aISt note of . haFuh
scrsech bad already issued from haI hps,
when he sprung upon Der. end placing thO
sharp point Of The knife against her thEuaL
priceed her with t. "BS0uiSs.P hSGAId, 'Nor
ynu ara q haah ulorIRan
She stopped screaming and lAy there, her
face twitching, and her Oy0 bright with tsE
| roT.
"Now, listen" b aid, In the cane husky
voicA "You incarnatO aand, yoa aShOd mO
Just now how could keep you quiSG I viii
tsll you, can koSp you Quiss By running
this knife up 70 the hilt In your threat" and
onco more be prieksd Der with IL polnG "It
would b murdsr," hO went On, '6us % not
care for THAI You and OthSrS bStWOas you
have not mado my life % pleasant toT ne
that am especially anxiouS 70 perceive Il
Nov, listen. will give you tie two han
dred and hfty pounds that have broaghh
and you shall have The two hundrOd and Afty
. year; but II you ever attsmps 70 GxtoTt
more, Or IL you molsst mO, Oithsr By pTSad
ing stories againSt my character o. by means
Of legal prosecution, or In any other Way, !
sWear By the Almighty that win murder
you may have TO kill myself afesrWard-l
lon't care u do, provided kill yOa arSk Do
you understand ne, yoa tiger, - yoa cali
yOurSolfI II have 70 hunt you down -
they do tiger, win oomS up With you a.
last, and kill you. You have driven ne % Il,
and, By heavenI I will Come, speak up,
and toll me that you undeFstand, Or may
change my mind and do Il now" and onco
more hO touched hoP with the knife
ShS rolled o6 the sofa on TO the noor and
lay there, writbing In abject terror, looking
IN the shadow Of the table, WHARF har long,
1.-THE form was twisting about In its robe Of
| yellow, barred with black, more hho one Of
| the great cats from which she took her name
than . human bslng. "SparO mOI'' ahs
easpOd; 'ParO mel IdOn't want % dIsI !
swear thai viii never mOddlO with you
| again.
"l don't want your oaths woman
answered The soan form, bsnding over hSs
| With The lnifA "a liar you have been from
your youth up, and liar you will b % Ii,
end. Do you 1ndsEstand what l have sAiAF
"ToN -, undsiStand ALL put aWaJ
that knifOi I can't bear I'll q mAkss M
VERY well. thsn. ct up"
Sho tried 70 riso, but hsr knees would not
support her, % shs mt upon the door.
Now. aid NJ. ousSt replacing III
knitS upon thS mantelplscs, ''harO 4 yolI
money" and b dung Z bag Of nOtss end
gold into her lap. at which ~ elutched
eagerly and almost antomaticall1 eth
e2S0 Win bSpaia % ~ arst q January d
each yOAr, anA ut oni fiFthing more VII
yOu ~ fFOn mA Remainder EhAt I tslI
you, NJ 70 molsst ne by word Or ~ And
you ere . doad WomAai toEbid yoa OVsn d
-WFitS % ma Nov, 70 othS devil u your
IoFu Vag,S and Nithout smother WOga 4
took uD his hat anA umbEslla, walkSA % ~
door, uuloctsd q md went, losying ~
TIgSr hnddiSd togsth6r 1poa De aOor.