The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-05-26

and yuu zee We have no evidence
s.9oOd Sodl What fearful thing It
isIr muttered What help. what CON
ISOLATION could olferl A refined and SEN
sisiVe girl under the meslneric control Of
q ruifian. her father subject to his eE-
tortions and insults. and the only escape
. Wor'e misery even than this-KEte to
yield herself 70 him in mhrriagel Faughl
the Thought sickened me. but II enraged
me tool Kate was right-death. sudden
and merriless, was the proper measure
to BE- meted out 70 Slurk u he had APP
pearsd At that moment believe ! would
have ah0t him unhesitatingly and re-
ioiced In the deed. Murder Wonld be Q
righteous work when wrought on such ~
be. and u the murder were brought home
70 me. could suffer in better caussf
Kate had risen slowly from her chair
and was now fronting me, scanning my
face and bearing with curious eagerness.
She held her hands across her bosom,
alternately interlacing the tips Of the
fingers and pulling them free again.
Der lips moved Is Il in speech. but no
sound came from them.
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very solemn. Is indeed felt Der eyes
followed mine as | rose; and now we
gazsd straight at each other for some
moments.
Il promised you that you should b
freed. said. land you shall BE-. shall
BE- sorry 10 have any mans blood on my
hands: but u you can be saved in no
other way. II must b %"
"You do love me indeedF- she muir
INJURED. with sort Of EAd EMULATION In
her tone But abe added: II cannot let
you do It. cannot lose you, even to be
freed from him II Is my fathers fanlt
after all Bezides"-
II take It upon myself. interrupted 1.
with Il dignity which may have been
absurd. but which did not seem 90 10 me
1t the time
"But Il would be murdsF-at any rate
the law would call 1t 20 No. you must
not BE- called murderer. Tom. But -
/ they would not hang q wOman-let me
do III ahould love 70 do itr'
And she spike with q look that con-
hrmsd the wOrdA
Before could reply. however. her ex-
preston changed again She appeared
b. think intensely for 4 few moments
then her face lighted up. Suddenly she
caught my hand and kissed Il.
"And kiss me. TolnI she cried. ox-
citedly KISS me. for I deserve iti
have Thought Of . way that will save us
allr
Much startled. and half fearing that
the girls miRd Ind given way under the
pressure Of trOuble, | was attempting 70
quiet her. but she Eilencsd me BY an Inn
petu0us gesture and went on speaking
eagerly and rapidly.
Tomorrow we had planned 10 10 70
Kohlaiein fur picnic. Its great, i'm.
menas ruck, where robbers lived hun
drsis Ol years ago Hardly any one ever
goes there now. ! have been there and
l remember that on the top II Ia full
Of deep elefta. and holes and ! thought
how. u any one were 10 fall into one,
they might he there for months without
being found. and they could never get
out Of themselves. 30 nOw-isteni We
:stll 60 up there-you and and-he,
| and { will lead him near the brink Of
one of those clefa and then you must
rush forward and take him and drop
him doWu-down to the bOttOmI SO we
shall get what we want and yet there
need be no murder
Mot be murder. KAte9"
sit need not be. for when he is safe
down there, rather than be left to staTve,
he would give up those papera Don't
i vou think he WouldP'
She was trembling with excitement.
and her state communicated itself in
come degree TO me, 30 that was scarce
" able to think coherently. But there
certainly seemed 10 be plauSibility In
her scheme. 1t the worst II would DO
better than shooting the man outright
But would the recovery Of tho papers
put an end 10 Slurk's persecution Of
Kate Is we'll e. Of her father Would
not bis power over her remain7
But we can have him Imprisoned
then. you See was her answer to my
objection; ''and for fear Of that be would
never dare TO trouble me again He
would have been in prison long ago but
for the paperA
.'It certainly Sssrns good plan" !
said after confused attempt TO turn
the matter over in my mind wen
AK yuuT fathers opinion tomorrow"
"oh, be must know nothing Of itr-
she exclaimed. with gesture Of veho-
ment dissent "He would betray T.
You don't know hOW-What q power
that villain has over him Slurk treats
him like \ child when they are alone.
No. Tom. We must do It all ourselves, OF
Il will fail Only when Il Il done viii
dear papa got back bis courage"
knew more about how Mr. Birch
more was treated By his valet In private
than Kate was aware. but I made no
alluEioa 70 this The more ! reflected
upon the enterprise. the more inclined
Wa 70 assent 10 r. Il was wild. Tan
tastic. unconventional, but Il had i'm
portant practical merits nevertheless.
Moreover. Il possessed the powerful
Recommendation tas deemed IT, Of a.
lowing for fair man 10 man struggle
botwoek Slurk and myself was x
OyerpowBr him by main strength; and
from what I had observed Of the fellow
fancied be would b able 10 make JUS
resistance enough 10 save my self 10
spect On the other hand, be might b
able 10 do more than this; and u TIL
worst came 10 the worst Of course
might Be compelled to main him witl
my revolver But altogether the pros
pect kindled my imagination; | va
stimulated By the thought Of distin
gushing myself BY my psraouai proves
before my mistress eyes. In conflict Wit
I har dnstandlv punreSsor. And a / lostkoi