The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-05-12

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kneeling before my ! unbuttoned the
diamonds from her pocket and laid
them. In their case. upon her lap
"Now. dear. shall put them on you.
or will you do Il yourselfr
She opened the case and the geln1
flashed In the checkered sunshine that
filtered down between the leaves Of the
treea The sight seemed 10 rouse her
somewhat; faint spot Of color showed
in either check. and che drew IN long
breath.
They are splsndidE- she said Il
never saw anything like them No,
your mother would need 10 die before
giving up thesa.-
They won't look their best until you
have put them on. Conner
"Oh. I'm afFaidi What If
Afraid Of WHAT
what u some one were 70 come and
SEE
Nonsense. my darlingi TherSS no
one within half mile Of NJ, and u there
were they would only see . lovely girl
looking her loVeliest."
''How nicely you talk TO met Well
then-yOu put them On me ! wont
touch them myself.
The paFurO consisted Of . necklace
and q pair Of earringS lifted them
flashing. from the case; clasped the neck
lace around her throat, she sitting mo-
tiOnless. and hung the earrings In her
ears A light that matched their mar
velous CLEAN seemed TO enter into her
eyes a. did 80.
"You and these diamonds were made
for each otheri'' said: and bending for.
ward kissed her on the lipS
For more than minute she sat there
quite still. kneeling In front Of her
we were looking straight into each
others eyeA Then all At once q trou
bIed. anxious look came into her face
She rose with = startled gesture TO her
feet
"Hushi huahi did you hearY
Whats the natter cried |, jumping
up in surprise
"Hushi some one Calling-caIling
mel"
Again that strange fancyi What did
1t mean1 | could not repreas . certain
thrill ct the heart ~ gaEed at her II
was very weird and strange.
As ! Razed a singular change crspt
over her. Her face was now quite color
Less. and its pallor was intensified By the
blAckness Of her mystical eyes Those
Dyes slowly grew 6xed-immovAble. a.
II frozen. The lids trembled for q mo
ment. then dropped. then lifted again to
their widest extent and 20 remained
Her lips. slightly parted. showed the
white teeth set edge to edge behind
them. The rigidity descended through
her whole body; she was like q marble
statue. She breathed low and deeply
a. one who is in profound slumber
"Ratel what has happened to your
cried in alarm. putting my hand on her
shoulder Her arm was fixed like iron
she seemed to hear nothing. feel moth
ing She was - much beyond any
power Of mine TO influence her rs II sne
hail been dead The diamonds that gilt
tered on her bosom were not more in
sensible than she.
must confess that ! waR somewhat
unnerVed BY the situation Kate was
evidently in some sort Of trance but
what had put her into that state amt
nIw wAS she 70 % gUl UuI VI ~ For
aught ! knew Il might be the prelude 10
= ii OF other seizure Of that nature. In
VolunG consequences dangerous II not
fatal In the bewlldeTInent Of the mo-
ment the only remedy that cOuld think
Of Was cold water. 70 dash her with
water might Be Of use. and scarcely
make matters worAe. About thirty PAGES
from where We were standing . small
nil maAniered among the roots Of the
tires and trlckled Ct IaNt In q tiny
Cascade down the rocky Gide Of the
C,rge Toward thS ! ran and STOPPING
dawn attempted 70 scoOp up some Of
the refreshing element In the crown Of
my straw hat
Rising with the dripping hat In my
hands turned 70 60 back but the 1ght
that then met my eyes caused me 70
drUP everything and spring forward with
Mo1nE ~ u IN obedience 70 some
pOwet eEtsrnAi OF at least foreign 10
herAeIl ~ Q mechanical hgurs might
mOVs. steadily deliberately and yet
OlIndly Kate had advanced directly TO-
ward the narrow chAan and when I
tinSl Eeheld heT abe already seemed BAL
Ancing on the Drink Before ! could
cOVeI malt the distance that separated
n she mai Get fool on the long beam
WhIch HpAnned the abyss and had b.
gun TO walk along Il BY the tune had
rsarne,l the nIthsT eDd she WA half way
OVeI stepping ~ coInpoAedly and -
eureIy ~ u abe were on IN ordinary
sidewalk thnugh the slightest detection
fran = Straigni course would have sent
neT dUWn . hundrSd fest 70 the Jagged
DOWIisFs OOloW
staining N the nitheT verge every
! nerve ~ tensrIy strung that ! seemed 10
neNI the DlIHh nummIng through my
I brain I watched the pansage Of those
ANAL test whE'h I had admlrsd that
nEruing ~ thsy peepsd Coqusttiahly
frHn beneath nSI dress IN the railway
cAraAgs watched them pas step
after step aIs,ag that awful Oeam
GupIHs,P the transit must have basn 20
csInpIlHheai IN ISsa than minute but Il
AFPtnesi TO Ine tnAi : wa watching u Tor
mum ! uttsrpSI no AJund LETT Il might
rJuae naI IrHn na tranES and insure the
catartFUphs that olas she might eaeapS;
dld not AttHinpl 70 OveFtaEO her fear
GuI toIa tne team shaJuId tai % auppOrt
out united W1lEhL aaW noG pAAs On.
FlgId unbsn,lIng but suTO Of tout - .
rOIDe daRSsI ami ~ lat LaaW DeT reach
the OplHSute HI'iP and stand Ince more %
uahi earn preserved irJm death - II
aSstna,t py Z mITAsio ! have no dlHtanct