Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-10

the balcony.
With a cry that was neither scream nor
a,roan, Rudolph lifted his hand and STRUCK
his wife upon the bosom.
CLUMSY COW grip he cried; coarse
neasant whom | found among the noun
tains Fool that was to trust Jewel OF
such price in your handsl As great TOOL
as was before that TO ask you to share my
lfei ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wonder OF
the world has gone foreverl" and he cast
| himself down upon the floor and wept III
bitterness of soul forthe loss of his precious
| diamond. , ,..oa
Meanwhile, Wilhelmena, broken hearted
| and in a woeful bodily pain, crept OUT Oh
! his sight That night she grew very III,
| and the dawn of day saw her lying ueau
mon her pillow, and upon her bosom
| little babe that had walleu ouo olioe OeA'i'
| 1t followed her
AS he looked upon her all Rudolph's
grief for the loss of his diamond became as
| though it had never been. His grleI was
all for Wilhelmena now. HIS remorse
was terrible He knew himself to be the
murderer of the wife who had loved him
and whom he now once more loved as IN
the days when first he met her.
From that day Rudolph was a changed
man, moody and miserable-a man VINO
; mayer smiled or spoke to any one when he
! said. for still he sought for jewels which
I seemed TO disappear as fast as he became
their possessor. Il
He was greedy for patronage, ana pieaseu
the great folk as well az ever and charged
:, them more for his taste and Judgment ana
y knowledpe of Jewels. But there were beg
: cars who were better clad than he. Year
!. by wear he lived this life, until his mar
grew white and his skin shriVeled ana MS
:. limbs lean and in his eyes grew great
:. horror. for since his wife's death he him
y seIf had seen the hideous demon at his
- shoulder and guessed what name he bore
= But as for the jewels he purchased robbers
- might have sought for them in vain, for at
y every anniversary of Wilhelmena's death
he sought her grave at midnight, anu
~; there with means and tears, buried aooVe
~ ~ her coffin the Jewels he had amassed that
70 wear; then prayed to God for pardon ana
~ took his lonely way home.
= At last the return of the sad anniversary
az found Rudolph very old. he felt thac
90 death was near, and all his plans were
p laid. That morning be sold to one who
~ had long desired to be its possessor his
Il" mansion and his great estate, all the adorn-
ments of his house, all the rich ralment
ny which he long before had ceased to wear,
NJ and invested the proceeds in gems which
ny he placed in a little bag in his bosom.
@u For the last time before strangers should
~ possess it he went through his mansion
oi bidding adieu to the rooms one by one, AM
Ias then in his laboratory TO all the ta1nlllai
i tools of his worshiped art, then out upoi
me the balcony for one moment Here 1t wa
OF that he had in his wrath heaped up re
Dns morse for all his life-perhaps for all eter
'eDu nitv. He looked down into the blue wate
pou in helpless misery until suddenly he saw
INC sight that made his heart stand stlll-th
lin' figure of a water spirit, white ana tram
ON narent as pearl, arising from the wave
oui and as he gazed upon her she ltted NJ
'H1 hand and held something toward MN "a
knew it on the instant 1t was the dl
W W mond that had dropped from wine
ms mena's hand long years before IL iay
his palm again and the vision Vanlshe
rust He clutched the gem 30 strangely resJor'
iaii 10 him in his withered hand, and leanI
l.Se' ON his staff tottered forth. The road TO q
ieh Gods acre was short, but his strenR
az barely sufficed. him to reach 1t. Night n
she fauen ere he did 30, and the moon "
'oln- high and the stars shone in the sky,
'lh- kneeling beside Wilhelmena's grave,
un hurried one by one the Jewels he b
, "a brought with him, and last oil all the q
- mond 50 strangely restored 70 MIN In
lined as ne Iepi' 80 "a hitter tears of an
him for1n-'ne N''A
,da,s man. .,, -
'ua "My murdered Wilhelmena," he or
aloud at last, 81 have buried in thy gr'
tnat all those Jewels which were thy nv
Aosn whilst thou lived. That gem when
maze me my soul and thee lies also on thy COZ
IS un Forgive me, martyPed angel, forgive ins
MOST pray that heaven mayl From TINS
ana nnent. homeless and a beggar, will wan
2 MN about the world till death releases
iDss, What expiration l could, have maze.
Win for a sign that there, where thou OWEN
= , 1iae thou has known it'
su 'i'o As he ceased great awe fell upon
for from the grave beside which he K
soVoeI arose a strange light, pure and clear as
''Af vi which glows at the heart OF a dlamond'
RAYS spread in all directions, maxim
Spots great halo above the sod, and In its m
er was he saw Wilhelmena standing with her
p once In her arms About her limbs te
soVeo strangely beautiful drapery OF what see
more silver mist, and upon her brow was
Deu III nal of gems, in the midst OF which sho
-, great diamond like star.
d WIZ "Wilbelmenal' be cried. "Wllhelme
ioeheo Then she bent toward him and took
Us oiu weary bead upon her bosom and press
noho- kiss upon his brow-tbe heavenly Ri
\, ,- forgiveness.
II now, Al dawn some peasants found Rud
sougnt Flsepheim at the foot of his wtfe's z
'ce' ne He lay there dead. But on his face
Iranse look of peace that they had never
zen De there in his life-Mary Kyle Dallas In
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