The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-05-19

rather the responsibility should lie mine
Besides" confirmed showing my re-
volver. II go always with thiA But !
thank thee all the same. Christinchen
and would like ~ ACKNOWLEDGMENT
lsteppei toward her. the fact Ia. !
suppose meant 10 kiss her But her
expression changed IN u manner not en-
couraging to such an advance she
looked both grave and hurt and paused
II was going to Hay-if thnu wUuIdst
like to see the diamonds. It would give
me great pleasure to show them tn thee. :
MANY thanks. hOnOrtsl ur. | wOuld
rather not And. with u formal rOur.
tesy, the fair haired little maid opened
the door and Disappeared leaving Ine
feeling rather foolish
The pretty peasant has n pride Ut heI
Own.- said to myself ~ | opened my
trunk and got ont my writing uiateriRls
shes actually oIfended because
wouldn't constitute her guardian oil
thirty thousand pounds worth Of dia-
monds Good graciOHs! why that father
Of hers Il I know anything Of faces
would cnt all our throats for ~ many
gruschen But what an uniuiStalIable
scamp my friend SlnTk must Ire to have
aruuseil the EuSpiciOns Of such an limo.
cent. pnsOphisticated ht.le creature
~ ChriEtincheDt by JOve though
anybody might be suspicious Of a
leer and SLOUGH like hiSl What u
there should Ue anything IN 1t: Just
suppose Such a thing for n moment. chi
Its impossible. to he sure. but the i'm
possible DIS $Uinetimea happen How
on earth did BlrchinOFp ever happen 70
have such n fellow AbOut hiInl ! tell
you I've always had 4 notion that be
may be at the bottom Of all this mystery
that BirChmnre ami Kate are ~ much
exercised by Now what II he-but
pshawi
There's ont. tang tim resolved TO do.
however. | continued To myself. - !
settled dawn with the paper pens and
ink at the table IN the window III
buttOnhOle Bip'hmUre this very after
noon. and get Oul Of hun everything he
knows about his precious valet It can
do no harm to have the matter cleared
up Tbs thing Il absurd Of course. still
the situation ont here 10 rather lonely
and with two such lovely nelghbOrs a.
Papa Rudolph and Slurk par Mobile
fratTum Il may he we'll 10 be on the
SaEs ade YES that shall be cleared up
tOdayr
Having arrived a. thia Slpient de
termination ! set IL work writing my
letters, aud a'r1Lhlrtl away diligently
for an hour or two At length. ~ was
looking vNcantiy ~ rrwn my paper al
lOss fUI something Interesting to sci
lOwu uphn II my eyes happened to rest
upon the pIle II my upen Window
Like nearly all tic1mln windows II
Ipene,l inward on hinges instead Oi
running up E.II down IN grOvcs The
pane "a my I-ft therefore having TIE
lara room ~ 4 background M'ttsl ~ u
mirror of the SHhlii Landscape OutpI'le IN
ale right. showing me PIrtiun thereof
which was directly iuVisii,lv To the frUln
where Aai aud IN any prrnn standing
IN which mast myself b' Invisible
Now, my window was un Ilr southern
ode oi the hOnSs Whi'h frutissI west.
80 ui tnr rad I'm TUE HIIs ute sl'lt
hIhe rnaai WA a narrow Stnp ri IanL
planted with vegetables and aFove tnl'
'rSs the abrupt side III q bIlI RSpn,ieSi
va winding path partly hEi'lrn by the
ireeN could not SEQ this hill and ISIn
without leaning ont of the window AMI
looking toward the right, hut \ cDuHialeT
able pan u Il WA reflected IN INV VIM
dow pans mirror and conlt thRs ~
readily ohseFyel Withnat rising FROM
my CHAIR Happening then ~ : SaId IA
east my eyes npOn this mirrH ! sawtwr
persons standing together on the patti
upon the hillsI,lr and ,yuvsFhnR 10 4
very animated manner
| had no difliculIy IN rrySHsulEinu
them. they were Mr. ihn.hmore and NJ
, VaIsI So far there was nothing surpFIs
ting In the sI-Ntacle That whRh dIt
surprise and even astonISh me however
was the mutual tearing 1t the two nieT
toward each other
have already mentioned the ~
emptOry tone IN which Nj tilrcnuloFV
uniformly addressed the man Slurk AN,
the generally oveFL@ariug attitude n,
assumed toward him; Int In the CONVEX
satiOu now going forward all thIa VIA
changed To tpdgP by appsaranrps
should have said that Slupk was ~
master and Mr. Birchmore the valat