The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-08-03

Confessed and when her father had 60
tually felt II in her pocket. The silence
seemed to exasperate the old man still
mora He did not know for certain that
u was the money that he had felt. 90
once more he interrupted with remark.
II ten you. officer. that abe has the
money in ner pocket. felt IL there.
Search her. and you win End H."
Turn out your pocketsr" said the
gendarme.
With n gesture of despair and heart
breaking sob. she put her hand into her
pocket and said In . low voice:
''Oh. fatherf~
Comet Be quicki' said Beaumont.
in harsh voice.
Marie went TO the table and emptied
her pocket Of the sad weight which for
so long had borne her down. The money
was Of all kinds. some of the coins were
furnished and some were green with long
lying in the damp earth. Others were
bright and had evidently only been late
ly added to the store. When the old
mai saw them he rushed at them greedi-
ly and turned them over in his hand, au-
thenticating them rs he went along.
There is the louis dor which my
father gave me on my birthday. There
10 the Italian gold piece with the nick in
II which had for the wine which sent
over the frontier. These nre my coins.
This is all my money. which has been
stolen from me-"
he said this all In such heartless way
that it hurt poor Marie almost us much
Us her own shame to find that her father
had quite forgotten that IL was his own
daughter whom he was 30 pitilessly nc
cusing.
The sergeant now spoke:
This unhappy matter seems clear
enough. You have made a charge OF
robbery. The crime is confessed"
Here Marie broke in:
"Crimei Oh. do not say that never
confessed to crime; the good Lord knows
that ] am innocent"
Here again the sergeant struck In,
you do not confess. You affirm that
you are innocent Then you must be
screening some one else. Who so likely
TO DO screened by q wife as her husband,
Stay where you arer' This was spoken
70 Robert. who had risen and was quiet
ly leaving the room. Now. please to
tell NE. did your husband know that you
had the money!
"Oh, mol A thousand times MOI" There
was such ring Of truth in her voice
that all who heard it were satisfied ON
this point at least.
The sergeant went on again;
How did You know where the money
was hiddenf''
II saw my father hide it."
why did you think that 1t was In
danger Of being stolenT'
II feared It,"
did you suspect any oner'
, mo" This said very family.
ut was at night when You saw It hid
denf"
1T was"
Have you been in the habit of going
out at nighty'
No"
Then what made you go on this occa-
sionY'
II saw my father go ont with a spade,
and | followed him."
ibid your husband know that you
were going o. This was getting into
such close qu. - that Marie feared
that one more cue lion Of the same kind
would infallibly sccver the secret
which she WIS tryi. /. to guard. She
hesitated. The serge nj angrily ad.
dressed her: Answer L.. question, and
without waiting. If yoI nre trying to
screen any one else, tell yon plainly that
il willSDe of no use"
My husband did not know that was
out He knew nothing whatever Of my
having the money Hntil 1t was produced
here in this roon."
Was he ever out at night"
Here, in o moment. was the question
Mat she most dreaded. She looked
around her with a wild. hunted, despair
ing look-tried to speak. but her lips
moved unavailingly. Her hands moved
for n moment wildly to and fro. and she
sank senseless on the floor.