Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-18

-sGRQCE SCI UanKI 6n8 @Xc1a1m6Q heartily, and adding, Tt is all we'll; you will be helped out immediately" she vanished
 Soon other faces appeared, with boards and helmets-the faces of the stPolizei." In 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 a 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 unpleasantly familiar to me.
 Some little official ceremony of identi- fication, and so forth, having been gone through with, we all started for our various places of destination. The trial took place not long afteEward in Dres- den; the prisoners were all convicted and sentenced to-I don't care to re- member what. They were dangerous gang of thieves, whom the police of sev- eral countries had long been vainly en- deavoring to capture. But meanwhile went back to spend the night at the farm house of Herr Rudolph. 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 as for Christinal I knew not in what terms to begin my apologies to her.
 It appeared that my little friend He:n- 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 as much. When, therefore, the Birchmore party unexpectedly turned up at the farm house, along with the owner of the dia- monds, a 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 at the police bureau. The next morning she met the officers by appointment at some dis tance from the house, and they followed us to Kohlstein.
 After seeing the whole party of us to the top of the Stein Birchmore followed few minutes after myself and the oth- ers), they formed cordon at the foot of the path and one of their number went up to reconnoiter. Peeping over the edge of the plateau, he saw Birchmore just making his attack, and immediately signaled to those below to approach. Thus it happened that the thieves, as they were making off with their plum der, found themselves confronted by an impossible cordon of six loaded car pines. Resistance was out of the ques- tion, and they surrendered at discretion.
 "And what can I do, Christina" I said, "to show you how much I thank you? Of course I don't speak of cancel ing the obligation-that nothing could do; but I should like to leave you some thing toto remind you that you saved my life and my diamonds. Would you wear diamond ring for me or pair of earrings?"
 "No, many thanks, Herr Gainsbor- ough," replied the little maiden gravely. "You owe me nothing, and as for dia- monds, shall never like them, since I have seen them the cause of so much trouble and danger"
 "But unless you let me do something, Christina, must think you refuse to forgive me for my inexcusable imper- thence and stupidity"
 She looked down at her bare feet and smoothed her apron.
 ''Well, lieber herr, I would not like to have you think that, truly. I do for give you with all my heart, and just be- fore you go away tomorrow, just when you are ready to start, perhaps, if you please, will ask you for something"
 "You shall have it, whatever it is," answered.
 So the next day, when the drosky was at the door, and my trunk packed and put on the box, left Herr Rudolph con- versing with the driver and went back into the house to find Christina. She was standing in 8 shadowy corner of the kitchen so absorbed in sco turing plates that she did not appear to notice me until spoke.
 "I am come to say goodby and to claim your promise, Christina"
 She put down her plate and blushed, with downcast eyes.
 "Herr Gainsborough will not be of- tended? It is something have no right to ask-only-it will show I am not un- forgiving-and-it would be better to me than the diamonds"
 "What is it, dear Christina?'
 She looked up in my face, shyly and yet frankly, and said:
 'Kiss me!'
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