Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-15

HSE- men you are on tue rOOI Oh the
shed you can let yourself down from
that into the yard. After that you can
make your way out into the street as
soon as it is SAFE They won't hurt a
girl like you. but they would kill me
IKE a dog"
But, father" pleaded the girl, 81 do
not want to go away. l dc not want to
leave you. l want to stay here with
you
"Nonsenser' he answered THAT
would be sinful. That would be horrible.
You VIII have TO get away. and when
you are safe in the street, go straight to
Mr.. Adams. You have only to tell him
that l sent You. and he will take care
of you"
Mr.. Adams:' asked the girl THAT
American who came here last week."
THE same. You know where he lives.
You took message from me to him.
Now run. my child, and he coiled the
rope round her waist. There" he said;
you will be able to use it more easily
in this way. You Will get away all
right"
She clung to him still and kissed his
white face.
Il really do not want to 60"
You must" he retorted, you shall
And so saying, he pushed the gently
resisting girl toward the store closet. On
a sudden, however, culver of anguish
convulsed his features, his eyes stared
wildly, and he gasped as his lips opened
and closed in mute, feverish agitation.
He staggered forward and reached out a
wildly fumbling hand, crying:
stay! | cannot let you go like that.
There is not moment to be lost, and /
must tell you before die"
She turned to him with blank dis
may in her eyes, while his voice became
hoarser. and his breathing more painful.
you are very i'll, father, DEAR" she
cried.
That's just it." he said, that's why |
called you back. You call me father. Let
me confess tit is better thus-I am not
your father. Do not look at me so ac-
cusingly."
The girl retreated step by step to the
wall, and stood there with an outstretch-
ed arm on either side OF her. staring at
the old man in an awe-struck amaze
ment.
Yes" he said more quietly. II an not
your father. l have even been accused
of having murdered your father"
Helene gave a shrek and gripped her
hair in both hands.
do not think so i'll Of me-" he went
on. do not think that the charge was
true. / did not murder him. He had
wronged me-he had bitterly wronged
me-he had robbed me of the woman
whom l loved better than myself. He
had robbed ne of all earthly happiness.
of all hope, of al light of life. but | did
not kill him. We had a quarrel. 1t was
on the cliff side. and he stumbled and
fell over into the sea and was drowned
and they said had murdered him, but
| did not They hunted me from town
to town, from house to house. firm for
est to swamp, but l escaped them; and
more than that, | brought you with me-
you, his child, the child of the woman ]
adored timer and daintier, but so alike
that as she was lost to me, determined
to keep you by my side as soothing re.
membraace of love that was stran-
gled."
He knelt down and dragged himself
to her, and chung to her garments.
81 have been a father to you, have |
not 2" he went on, with hot fervor. "HaTe
| not given you bread of my bread meat
of my meat? Have l eaten a crust with
out sharing it with you? Tell me, that
| may die in peace"
The girl stood there with a face as
white as the mans, her eyes nearly start
ing from their sockets. her lips blanched
Finally she came TO him quietly, took
his head between her two hands and
kissed him on the forehead.
~ do not know what to do" she said
softly and tenderly. Il do not know
like a father to me / can swear. Must
leave you now? Must l go away from
YOU now, when you are in such dreadful
danger? Why should / not share it as
you shared it with me?"
He looked at her as if his heart were
bursting with a secret still concealed. A
flash of yearning despair cleaned in his
ewes. and in another moment he night
have spoken again. But the crashes
and the roar in the street outside in
creased on a sudden, and from the yard
came the hoarse shouts and cries and
piercing yells and muffled groans, the
fury of the yictors and the anguish OF
the dying.
"Awayr' he cried. madly; ''away,
They will be here in another moment
Awaym
Helene stood looking at him for two
or three seconds-space, but he clutched
her by the shoulder and pushed her into
the store closet. lie slammed the little
door, and Immediately pushed heavy
trunk against it, piling another one on
that. and throwing rug over the whole
so as to hide the door as much as pos
sihle.
He listened for awhile, and even amid
the din he thougEe ne could hear the
girls movements as she unfastened the
tiny window and crept out on to the roof
Then all was Lost TO him amid the awful
noise in the yard below.
He stood for a second or two, as IL I'M
decided what TO do; then. with a sudden
impulse, he lifted up one OF the planks
OF the floor, and looked down into the
dark space below. BY kneeling and
stretching out an arm he reached q
square packet, weighing some three or
four pounds.
He cut the string with his knife and
opened the paper. 1t contained gunpow-
der That done. he stretched out his
arm again, aud touched three or four
other packets, and thus assured himself
of their plaee-simply inserting his knife
in each, and ripping them partly open.
Then he replaced the packet which he
had taken out, and scattered part of the
loose gunpowder near it and around il
between the rafters close 10 the other
packets. After that he rose. and, limp
ing 10 little chest of drawers in the
corner, took from il a cotton fuse. about
three or four yards in length. He cut
piece from this. and inSertesi il vel
among the loose gunpowder. pulled the
end Of the fuse through a hole in the
floor close TO his own chair, and taking
handful OF matches from his pocket
sat himself down and waited. willie !
calm smile settled on his face.
Il shall die, he said. las had hoped
in harness. and with my secret locked
in my heart He has discovered me a:
last. then. He can come as soon as he
likes. Mr.. Walter Glaydes-the Honora'
bic Walter Glaydes: the golden bird has
Ha.xn AWAY and he will he able To re