Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-21

Begun September a. Back numbers can be
had at the counting room.
MY father is afraid of him too she
said, chafng one hand with the other
with a piteous expression OF pain. III
he did anything against him he would
be ruined. My father cannot help me-
Tom"
"But do not understand. What has
your father done that he should be afraid
Of such scoundrel as Slurk?" demand
ed sternly.
She hesitated long before answering,
moving her hands and head restlessly and
fetching many troubled signs. At last
she laid her hand shrinkingly on mine,
and grasped it firmly.
81 will tell you. Ton." she said in a
faltering voice; "but You know | would
tell no one in the world but you. Ny
dear papa did not DO wrong himself, but
there were people connected with him
who did, and made the blame seem to be
his And there were some papers Of my
papa's h-which-oh"-
"Yes, yes, understand. darlingi and
Slurk stole the papersl"
"Yes-that is-no; it was worse than
that. for he didn't know where the pa
pers were kept-no one knew that but
l. Tom, he made me sleep, and in my
sleep he made me go to the place
where they were and take them out and
give them to him. He made me rob my
own father-put my own dear papa in
his hateful power. would rather have
died And papa forgave me---think Of
thatr'
Then Sunk has the papers in his pos
session. and'he uses tlgem for blackmaiR
But have you never thought of trying
tot sounds badly, but it would be per-
fectly justifiable to steal them back
again"
Il can do nothing. He can make me
helpless by look, and he always carries
them with him But, Tom, if it could
be done without being found out would
tell papa to kill him. But l cannot let
my dear papa be hanged for that wretch,
and you see we have no evidence"
Good God! What fearful thing it
isr' / muttered. What help, what con-
ISOLATION could | offer? A refined and SEN
sitiye girl under the mesmeric control Of
a ruffian; her father subject to his ex-
tortions aud insults, and the only escape
a worse misery even than this-Kate to
yield herself to him in marriagel Faughi
the thought sickened me, but it enraged
me tool Kate was right-death, sudden
and merciless, was the proper measure
to be melted out to Slurk. If he had ap-
peared at that-moment | believe l would
have shot him unhesitatingly and re-
joiced in the deed. Murder would be q
righteous work when wrought on such as
he, and If the murder were brought home
to me, could / suffer in a better cause?
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.
Her lips moved as if in speech, but no
sound came from them.
got up presently, looking dare say
very solemn, as indeed felt. Her eyes
followed mine as rose; and now we
gazed straight at each other for some
moments.
81 promised you that you shoEld be
freed" said. land you shall be. shall
be sorry to have any mans blood on my
hands; but if you can be saved in nc
other way, it must be So"
you do love me indeedl" she muir.
INJURED, with sort Of sad exultatior in
her tone. But she added: al cannot lei
you do it cannot lose you, even to be
freed from him. It's my fathers fault
after ali. Besides"-
e'l take 1t upon myself. interrupted /
with a dignity which may have beer
absurd, but-which did not seem so to me
az the time.
IamBut it would be murder-at any rate
the law would call it so. No, you mus
not DO called n murderer. Tom. But L
they would not hang a woman-let me
do It! should love to do itP'
And she spoke with a look that con
firmed the words.
Before could reply, however, her ex
preston changed again. She appeared
to think intensely for a few moment
then her face lighted up Suddenly shl
caught my hand and kissed it.
And kiss me, Toni" she cried, ex
citedly. kiss me, for deserve It'll
have thought Of a way that win save u
allr'
Much startled. and half fearing tina
the girls mind had given way under tn
pressure Of trouble, was attempting Il
ouiet her, but she sileuced me by an ina
petuous gesture aud went on speaking
eagerly and rapidly.
Tomorrow we had planned to go t
Kohstein for a picnic. It's great, i'm
mense rock, where robbers lived hun
dreds OF years ago. Hardly any one eve
goes there now / have been there ant
/ remember that on the top it is full
of deep clefts and holes. and | though
how. if any one were to fall into one
they might lie there for months withou