The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-05-23

turn. 1 lost it, and he gained it, while
pretending to have lost heavily. Then
he fell heir to the Caryl estate, and l
always wondered how things hap
pened to favor him so that the little
heir died Just in the nick of time.
Its been an internal middle from
beginning to end, but I'm going to be
rich, in spite of all now. I shall find
that treasure before the week is out.
Then, Kate, you shall be dressed like
the finest lady in the land, as you are
the lady Of them ALL"
1t is Impossible to describe the rap
1dity and excitssAsnt with which these
words were led-the blaze in the
eyes, the tremyr and pallor of the
whole face.
1t was evident that, covered by his
quiet manner, the wrongs he had suf-
fered years ago had always ranked
f1ercely in his heart, and that they had
rarely been absent from his thoughts.
And the desire to again become rich
had taken such firm and morbid hold
of him that his reason had become un-
dermined when accident had put in his
way the old books, half romance,
which treated with such apparent cir
cumstantiality Of the buried treasure.
And Richard Burt, for purposes of
his own, had fostered that weakness
until Charles Purcell's mind was q
wreck.
In vain Kate tried to soothe him and
divert his mind now, as he moved
about the oom in such excitement.
He would not listen to her; he thrust
her away, and, after q few moments,
he went out, and Kate knew he would
go and spend half the night in digging
for the fancied treasure.
She followed him, and endeavored
by all the means she could think of to
dissuade him from going out, but she
failed, and he left her.
1t was noticeable that for some time
now he had not said anything to her
concerning Burt's suit for her hand.
Though he had been so urgent, so cruel
in his words to her upon that subject,
he seemed now to have dropped it, so
entirely absorbed was he in his search
for riches. . i.
Kate returned to the hsuse, and
while the warm summer twilight was
fading she busted herself with her
household work, feeling that she dare
not sit down and be still. The sew
ing that she had set herself did not &C.
cupy her mind even as much as the
household work that she performed.
1t seemed to her that she could not
endure anything more-that the agony
she had to suffer every moment, if>1t
were increased by one atom, would
make her frantic.
She only retained her outward self
control now by the most supreme ef-
fort. There we're moments when she
believed reason would lose its sway
that Suffering would depose it. But
she was brave and strong, as some
women can be, and she fought on
every moment a moment of struggle
and partial victory.
When her after-supper work was
done Kate. Purcell did not light q
lamp, for she had SO prolonged the
task that the cleaning was done. She
could not go out upon the beach-the
soft beauty of the night made her
heart ache still worse.
She sat down in the little dark
room; she sat by the window, from
which she could see the star-lit ocean.
Her thoughts ran riot; they would
dwell persistently on that one subject
which she. strove in vain to keep them
from, .an0 intermingled with all was
the ANXIETY. she could not help feeling
for her father.
+: The;halrs went on, and still she did
not stir 3 until From the village she
h4thrd thda ringing strokes of the bell
{. ButN build she 60 to bed? She
knew thai should not sleep. She
rose fromA seat and began ssftly
P pss'n xe sSs Sgs em' and thus another
She knew4she must go to her room
nd try tossleep for the sake of being
BILE to 3Eksa She was moving to.
yard the! &i1l66p when the sound Of sew.
eral foot ~ on the single came to
her q Rfsh steps could be heard a
long HgSNs esARhe stopped to listen,
hopt eF was returning.
Il RsFate coming nearer, and
In hon phts had approached SO
TIL %saee1fed the door and stepped
o s. AAestihhSshs1 ID to listen more salts
fGadl - M he did 80 mechanically,
with hat they were coming
thepsix sTspftaf4R ply there were several
mel e4Ssfera father always came
nj = N&ks%SgSoments: more she dis
Yed hires Of three men slow.
sltdnakxtSward the house. Two
N~sStosSbe carrying something
softIe third was walking by
tile inert mass.
VssKate saw them. and just
sde out what the group
opped, and the third
ard, not seeing her
by her. Then he.
appeared tas if he.
out and run away.
N al the Mr.. Mar
.ad ridden on the
Vance Rothesay.
said, her heart
an unknown.
ag here? fear
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