Arizona republican., 1901-03-04

and then scratched her throat, and then bored a tiny little hole in each ear.
 You'll Oe well marked, anyway"
 The pain aroused her at last, and she drowsily opened her eyes, yawned, ana wiped her face.
 "Whewl" she muttered, its hot as love in August"
 But when sne saw 1t was blood in- stead of sweat her muscles contracted so suddenly that she sat as rigid as a statue for moment. Then she Jumped up and ran to a mirror and screamed in tones loud enough to wake the dead.
 Why, what's the matter, love? Are you ill?"
 70, Billie, Billie!" she moaned, run ming to him and dropping on her knees, don't kill me. Don't kill me. O. I'll be good-Il be as good as a child. I'll do anything for you-only don't kill me. O. Billie. Billie. H. l love you-s1. I'll give you anything all: only let me live-only let me live"
 She looked up into his face as she pleaded, the hot tears of water mingling with those of blood as they trickled down her wounded cheeks, quivered for second on the point of her chin. and fell with a tiny splash to the floor.
 o. it was pitful
 "Pleadin' wont do you no good" he said. savagely, "Im goin to kill you
 O.. Billie, Billie. Dent. Don't Only tell me what you want. dear, and I'll do it. O. I'll do anything you want. dear. Only let me live. Billie, and I'll be your slave-anything. O. you want the property don't you. Why. you kin have it, Blllie-you kin have it-all. don't want dollar fer myself-I just want -to-live-with-you Billie"
 Her face was a hundred years old and she trembled as with asue.
 can get the papers myself" he said. without one trace of pity.
 70. know you kin. Billie, dear. You know everything. You must be the dev T mean an angel. I'm sure you're an angel, Billie, dear. And here I'm just finding it out" she tried to laugh. and gave birth to poor. sickly little caeklc that died on her lips.
 O, it was pitful to one w(ho had known her in the old days. But she had titaNtN pldHdiil dliioSt ds Gods punishment is sometimes long .n coming. but it is awful when it cones.
 Yes. l almost feel the wings sprout- ing now" said her husband, chucklir.g.
 "Of course you kin, Billie; of coCrsc you kin. Now please jest sit there and let me git the papers fer you"
 She pushed him into a chair ard ran eagerly to the fire place. Knee,ing down she removed. with the point If tn" poker. two bricks from the lower iiS.t nand corner and disclosed small iron box. This box she snatched up and laid down on his lap.
 Here they are. Billie, dear. Here's everything-all I've been mean to you. Billie, I know-mean as dirt. should have given them up when we was first married, shouldn't l. Billie? There ought to be no secrets between man and wife, ought there. Billie dear" But ycu'll forgive mo. won't you. Billie -and--and-you won't kill me, will you? There's plenty here fer two auI more, if they come. aint there Billie? See? Here's a certificate fer $l0,OO0 on the First National bank of Los Angeles and here's one fer $S,000 on the Farm CTS and Merchants, and here's one fer $5.000 on the San Francisco bank-I fer git which. and here's another, and heres another-O, l tell you we'll be rich, won't we, Billie? We'll cut a wide swathe, won't we. dear. There's plenty don't you think fer just you and me. Billie? Don't you think I've been a purity good steward, Billie. And it's all yours, dear, every dJllar-yours and mine. But l cont want much; I'm an old woman now, so I'll give the most of mine to you. and you kin have such a good time, can't you, iBllie. But you'll give me some. won't you? I would like to put s5G0. or so, away to bury me with. you know. You won't mind that much will you. Billie, dear? You"
 She fell to the floor in a swoon at this pcint. and her doting husband stuffed the papers in his pocket; then got a bucket of cold water and threw over her. Then he walked out to ,he corral. jumped on his horse and rode to town that shgflt He csuld not wait till morning.
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