The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-06-02


plotting to throw unfortunate Wallets
into deep pits. and Of flirting with strange
young women. warned you. you re-
member, to keep ont Of our way, but
IDLE curiosity has been your ruin. Kit
de. put ON the diamonds; be says they
become you"
Slurk grinned ct this sally. but the
girl said modify; Don't bother the
boy. Jack. he behaved like u gentle
man all through. He'd make a great
deal better husband than you do.
Heighor'
well. captain. f" continued Birchmore,
addressing Slurk In English. what are
your ordersl Shall we lower away now
and be OH It's nearly half past one.
and we've good distance to go before
three"
Listen to me. Mr.. 9ainsborOugh."
said Sunk, also speaking in English.
though with a foreign accent: we've
got what we wanted out Of you, and we
don't want to do you any more harm
than Is necessary. But we must have
time to get safe away. and to do that we
must allow twenty-fOur hours. Weshall
leave yOu ut the bottom Of this pit. with
AOnie provisions. and shall Loosen your
arms enough so that you can feed your.
self. After we are safe shall write to
your friends Mt the farmhouse. who are
very honest persons. believe. and they
will come here and get you out That
IL the best we can do for you Now.
then. Jackr
They Ioosed the cord little around
my arms. then, taking it by the slack
End. they lowered me into that dark
chaslm until | rested at the bottom.
Then | saw Rates face above the edge.
between me and the sky, with some
thing wrapped up In paper in her hand
Here's some sandwiches for you. my
poor boy said she. I'm sorry to say
goodby to you in this way. really. But
don't suppose you'd have me now. even
Il Jack weren't my husband already.
Well. goodby; don't firt too much with
that silly little Christina when you get
out. There are the sandwiches"
She let them fall beside me. nodded.
md was gone. lay on my back. with
iothing TO look at but the narrow strip
u blue sky overhead. It was quite
,ool where lay. on bed Of sand and
rubbish, and II was still as death.
was buried alive to all intents and pur-
Ioses. and the chance Of my ever being
lisinterred rested upon u basis Of prob
.bility so narrow that judged 1t wisest
not to hope. lay there, gazing up at
the sky. and thinking over my adven-
ture-beginning at the beginning. with
my meeting with Birchmore ut the hotel.
and tracing the progress Of the cOnspir-
acy step by step to its conclusion here.
II was very ingenious. and very well
carried out. 1t had taught me lesson
that was likely to profit by II ! ever
got out.
don't know how long ! lay there
probably but short time. All at once
mother face interviewed between me and
The sky. 1t was not Rates this time: 1t
was very different one-Christina's
After peering anxiously downward for
sveral momcnts, she asked:
lis Herr Gainsborough therer
Yes"
The Herr is not badly hurt7'
"Hot bit, Christina"
"Gott sci Dankr' she exclaimed
heartily. and adding. 1T is all III; you
will DO helped out Immediately" she
vanished.
Soon other faces appeared. with boards
and helmets-the faces Of the "PoliZei."
In a few minutes, by the aid Of ropes
and stout arms, was drawn up once
more to the light of day. blinking like
an awkward bat.
Before me stood nearly dozen per.
sons squad Of police officers. with
their swords and carbines; Herr Ru.
dolph and Christina and three prison
ers-a woman and two men, whose faces
were unpleaaatly familiar to me.
Some little official ceremony Of identi-
fc;uion. and 70 forth, having been gone
through with. we all started for our
various places Of destination. The trial
took place not long afterward in ORES
den; the prisoners were all convicted
and sentenced tO-l don't care to re-
member what. They were u dangerous
gang Of thieves. whom the police Of sew
eral countries had long been vainly en-
deavoTing 10 capture. But meanwhile
went back to spend the night at the farm
house of Herr Rndulph need not say
that | scarcely had the courage to look
him and his daughter in the face. Herr
Rudolph was a most excellent and
blameless person, and Us for Christinai
! knew not in what terms to begin my
apologies to her.
It appeared that my little friend Helm
rich IN Paris had had his suspicious Of
the man calling himself BirchmOre from
the first, and In writing to his father
and sister had mentioned rs much.
When. therefore. the Birchmore party
unexpectedly turned up at the farm.
house. along with the owner Of the dia-
munds, good deal Of perturbation was
created Afraid openly to warn me in
the absence Of direct evidence. Christina
had done what she could indirectly to
excite suspicious in my mind. Failing
In this the girl had actually gone down
to Schandau. on the evening Of my in
terview with Kate in my chamber. and
laid her information Mt the police
bureau The next morning she met the
officers by appointment at soIna dis
lance from the house, and they followed
rs to Kohlstein. :
After seeing the whole party Of N 10
the top of the Stein CBirchmOre followed
few minutes after myself and the 9TH
ersI. they formed Gordon vt the foot Of
the path and one Of their number went
up to reconnoiter. Peeping over the
edge Of the plateau. be saw Birchmore
E,..t i,s,,,, NJ, ,ftunk and tale