The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-27

She ttrcto her cloak around her and fol-
l0tucd them.
When her father had gone but little
way into tho coppice. he stopped and at
the foot Of great chestnut tree began
TO dig. The form of his watcher was
NOW visible to her. and her worst fears
were confirmed. The man who was
watching where her father was hiding
his money was her husbandi
Robert seemed to have accomplished
his purpose in seeing the hiding place
and turned to go home. leaving the old
man still absorbed in his occupation.
A great fear came on Marie lest he
should see her, and in an agony of fright
she hurried from the place and was so
fortunate as to gain the house and get to
bed before Robert stole softly into the
room. She pretended to be asleep. even
when, as If to test the soundness of her
slumber. he spoke her name softly.
That was to her veritablc night Of
agony. She feared to move lest she
should attract the attention of her hus-
band. Her mind was in state Of chaos.
Her doubts and fears followed each other
with lightning speed, whirling around
in an endless race. There was one DOM
inant idea. which every moment came
into prominence. fell away and came mp
again. This was how she might devise
some means whereby she might prevent
thahideous truth from being discovered
and yet protect her father from the de
signs Of her husband. for she felt that
they all stood ON the brink of preci-
pice and that false step on her part
might be attended with the most dis
astrous consequences.
As the night wore away the suspense
became unbearable, and having assured
herself that her husband was now really
asleep she slipped out of bed and sought
help and comfort by kneeling at the lit
tie shrine to Our Lady which was fas.
tened in corner Of the room. Long she
knelt there. and much comfort came 20
her. She stole back to bed with her
mind clearer and began anew TO revolve
the difficult problem.
BY degrees light seemed to come TO
her. The difficulties became less and
less, and with the early dawn she sank
into a light sleep, having, resolved ON a
course Of action which. although attend
ed with much trouble and a considerable
degree Of danger. might avert the trou-
bic which stared them all in the face.
She was so sure of her own singleness of
purpose that 1t did not even occur to her
that in her contemplated action there
was to herself certain danger of having
her motives misunderstood in case any
premature discovery of her plans should
take place
What she had resolved was as follows:
She would go at the first opportunity she
might have without risk Of casual dis
eoysry to the place where the money
was hidden, take IL away so as to pre-
vent the temptation to her husband of
stealing it and hide it somewhere else
until she should have a good oppor-
tunity Of restoring it TO her father with.
ont betraying her husband.
When she woke in the morning from
her troubled sleep. she could hardly real
ize that the events of the night were
actualities and not hideous dreams.
However. she set herself brayely to
work, not to let any one suspect that she
had secret 10 keep. Her mother no
ficed the dark rings under her eyes and
concerned herself about her. but she
begged her quietly not to notice her and
went on with her work preparing the
morning meal.
Her great concern was TO avoid glying