The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20

sShe's rattied,' he growled, '%rattlet
and worse. She didn't half look; she
didn't half try. She didn't give herseh
over willingly TO me.
sShe resisted me just now. How do
Know that she didn't resist me before
I don't believe she wants me to GET the
jewels-the cat. She feels safer win me
sLet her watch out, then, ! say, II she's
c~lairvoyant; Let her watch out Tor hei
own interestsl I was tired OF her n
way; but now. but nowl III j have any
hypnotic power left let her watch oul
should abe come back again and try To
fool q man like me- ,,,
So he sat, muttering, drinking and
growing the ueler with every suspicion
and every drop, until the window ratified
and was raised and into the room dropped
the wan and trembling girl TO stagger
exhausted to q chair.
Il have made a mistake she painted
-How could I help when you old me
10 do what ! had already donef ,-, r,
Il went-I went-I had to 60, didn't i.
But the power, the guidance, IT was not
there; now could 1t be otherwise? u.
Possibilities? Yes. always. ! FEEL u,
I know it. But an impossibihtyf NO,
of course not. The very urgency MADE
me 20 wrong, made me attract suspicion
rouse the household. fee before the pur-
butT5, VINO dIo COIlIHk. M. zoe
SDamnationl" snarled Lessler. II they
find her here. If they find her with me
] am caught dead to rights: Besides,
besides, l can't have her tagging on; III
Here Carrie, child he called, again
rising in his place with arms extended,
his voice wondrously deep and tender
that there Is n hope, no use OF struggling
on? How disgusting thing 70 life, when
one must suffer disgrace, degradation,
cruel rebuffs, harsh, unceasing toll. How
sweet a thing is death whom one may
sleep and rest, far from the vile world,
far from viler men, may sleep and rest
zone plunge into that old cistern In
the cellar that you found with your un-
erring skill, forgotten, unknown. and then
that dreamless sleep, that perfect rest
that knows no waking or lessening. Go,
Carrie, 60. sweetheart, without fear,
with trust, with Joy. / will follow you,
I win be with you, don't you hear me
There was a compelling fascination
about the man az he poised at full height,
every line In harmony with the beauty
Of his voice, his physical comelinees
refined and exalted by the intensity OF
his effort. Again the girl quivered, but
as II under q oarees; and then not terktngly
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as a maiden bound TO a love tryst. she
darted toward the door. In o moment
she would speed through the black mazes
OF the cellar to her death.
Cronkite drew his revolver and fred. The
shot struck Lessler in the right shoulder,
inhioting. q was intended. 9 painful
but not dangerous W|sS : Nv w9 o9 ssrra = t,s ei is.
5ured man rolled on the floor, trembling in
every limb, blubbering like a child. abso-
lutely lost to every instinct OF manliness
or s~elf-control. .
just as expected, the girl stopped
short In her flight. She stood for an in
slant, tense. intent, like q somnambulist
called back to consciousness. Her startled
she glanced back 1t changed again to one
OF unutterable scorn. -
Slowly the girl retraced her steps. With
q calm mien she contemplated the craven
writhing on the floor. olinging to her
kpees. seeking to interpose her body
al a shield from assault and begging
her to save him. Then, shaking herself
free with a disdainful shrug Of the broad.
padded shoulders, she sprang through
the easement and vanished.
A moment later there came q hurried
tread from the other side Of the building,
sw weeping around the rear. In swarmed
servants and farm hands. with old Mr..
Sturtevant at their head.
Cronkite stepped out from hiding
and tersely explained what had hap
pened. He drew the twin diamonds
from his pocket and held them apart.
one In each hand, in proof. f.
"He's a liar!" whined Lessler. sThose
base stones he Is showing prove that he
is a liar, Diamonds, indeed; they are
He stopped short. He fell back appalled,
in the arms Of the men who held him.
Cronkite had slowly drawn his hands
together-the twin diamonds yer shin
ing as superiority upon him al a constella-
ton shines upon a worm.