The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-15

o. tnc cofeFtrt4 and what lay upon
them Her fingers had barely touched
the sheet when a noise from khe far
Their corner made her turn. At sight OF
what was there Mrs Desterle tossed
her apron over her head. and scream
ing. ahrieking. bowling. ran into the
han. tumbllng down fight after hight
OF stairs, 70 fall In helpless. frothing
heap at the feet OF her husband, gasp
ing incoherently-
Upstairs. upstairs; at oncsi Ny
Cod NY Godi-
Doherty, the block policeman. who
old extra watch duty on the Destsris
premises for the daily luncheon that
came from Annie's kitchen. had that
instant arrived for his diurnal nibbla.
Al sight Of the calm Mrs. DeatsrEe
thus Frustrated. Doherty made for the
telephone
lis riot call should be sendln'
IN with Annie knocked out like this
unused Doherty. For tits never she
loses her head
But he simply called the doctor and
helped the little Frenchman carry his /
stricken wife to her bedroom.
Annie Destsrle lay stfn TIN they
reached the second floor. At the land i
ING she commenced her writing
again
Upstairs. upstairss~ her blood-pur-
pied lips commanded. and she vainly
front '''
ia better be seem what's wrong In
me top OF the house, suereafed
lone Donerly' as they lay Annie on the bed.
VINO could be up there now2~
ne Policeman stepped bIitheIy past
-.isS 1entry's room. with but a casual
sl@1ce INTO its domestic depths.
,eraisnt 70 the wide opened portal Of
ne tnird story front and across the !
Inc perfume OF the room was The
,rst greeting An odd penetrating odor
nat sayored OF things forgot. and 4
nins1 undone, q fragrancs belonging
me mystic places OF shadows. and :.
ot % one OF the clean. weII-soaped.
M better busted Apartments Of An
70 Desterie's boarding house. On fhe =
neaD oak table that had been drawn J.
lose 70 the bed was a great bovvI a. !,
ying violets. By the flowers atm burn- :
4 a drop light and beside this Al =
pened fallen book as II the occunanf !.
a Daited sleep with story. A roI6 !.
gazette case half emptsed was under -
le table, and the stubs Of fhe 80
ainder Of It's contents aprintIe6 ~ ~ y.
,or. '''-'7e 'Hs ~
On the bed. clad IN a soft gown. lay he
young and beautiful woman. FER be
. were softly parted. the dark Iashea br
ueneo the curve OF her cheek 40 IL
ntiy mat In spite Of her palIor Do VI
rty' who had looked on the dead on
my times In his fifteen years Of po- 81.
duty, pinched the thin white arm IA,
am ana again and patiently held a Eel
rror % the cold white lips before he fra
iid believe that II was the girls body
" and not her body and soul that
re outStretched before him. and that
} was quite dead .
te looked around the room ana 49, hal
empty walls. nor boxes. nor even Ear
ling white paper that might have An.
those silence bringing poxdera =
men suicides AFFECT. :.
n the bureau was juggio OF wom- -
clutter-hairpins, a half dozen u
: 5eweled hatpins, and one thief,
bracelet set with a very Arc full
,. The combs and the brushes moi
. elaborate specimens OF the gold =
MS craft and from an overturned do
broken bottle 81 fragile glass. &C
" scent was slowly frfckiing.
&c. cold cream, and savory rice
der8 were jumbied IN sore disorder n
the collars and cleaned and eoiIed -.
ikerchiefa. Even q silk stocking.
7 Of foot ana delicately green OF
had found g resting place upon -
meat linen cover Of the bureau De4