The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-15


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!. ~ u $500 $50 - Ia
Cos c,oss tSsetHsr. ~ lfSsn tie
plungsf This time there shall - no
failure They shan not ind m Of
u without tho other. You are not
afraid7' I,
Afraid NJ nsck ~ ybsssslins.
The woman was proposing. - near -
l could make out that We 90 out ! =
a host Tie ourselves togsthor, md
Jump OVERHEARD Chs seemed ~ think
1t was an Encore to somS previous
performance.
90 dow. I said. thinking mighty
hard. I don't quite . the point Of
this
All. all 10 - It Il foreordained
in the stars; the curve OF the Astr1l
courses. the illimitable. interchangeable
curve that has made " what We are.
and shall draw ~ on and On to .
mighty destiny. You, you have point
Cd out the way
her arm In the air.
Don't ] curse myself for not re-
mefnbering what I had written herr
No clue, except that the poor soul was
plumb djppy-too dippy for me to
marry 1t any price. It wouldn't have
held IN the courts. Yet there might
have been five thousand dollars of
diamonds on her. 1t o. = tight
place. I wanted to duck the whole
always bean dotty about diamondss.
l suppose she felt me weakening.
Women r queer thAt way.
sxou dare 70 break our pactf'
aha Mays In . votco Hike . woman on
the stage. Then Ghe changed ana
spoke vofy gently. sY0u ATo looking
e theso geWg1wAs she eatd, and took
= diamond circle& from her finger.
What do these count 1crr And shs
put II In my hand Another ring
rivinr them to me. I do mot know u
It would hold In law, she bstng . lu-
natic: but ! was going 70 take Ill !
could. on the chance, and watch for
gateway. The diamonds had me
.Thsse arc ~ nothing compared
to what ve shah have she went On,
after the plunge. Watt
"6ha had dropped the rope. and
now she went Into her papsr parcel
stopped to look for the fallen ring,
when I felt her hand slide up my
wrist. and then q quick little snap OF
something cold and CLOSE a brace
ist. ! thought And It VA . brace
.rorevsri Tosethert" shs said.
and stood UP beside me. chained to
by the handouts she bad slipped
on my right wrist ana hsr left- New
you have felt something like that !
thought mine was-and / sQuailed
aloud like . child 1t . ghost
/" .Huah!" she said. and her free
arm pressed across my mouth.
/" How much to let me OFF, !
asked a. soon Al ! could get breath.
You see, II flashed on me that II was
q trap. You can never tell. In
line. when the detectives may be after
put up. ] looked around tor the rest
OF the bunch TO come and Jump me,
but I didn't see = thing. Her next
The stars! The starsi' she whis-
pered. SEQ ours. how they light u
pathway across the sea- Tho sea that
awaits usl'
wasn't q trap, then She was only =
crazy woman, that ] had to got rid
Of. 7 looked down At the hAndcuff.
Il was Of iron. and had dull rusted
edges. A hammer would have made
short work Of II; but ! did not have
any hammer. ] did not ven hays =
stone. There would be stones in the
broken land beyond the thicket. ]
thought ! saw . way.
Yes Lsts go ] said
we set out. At the edge OF the
thfcket was q flatttsh rock with small
stonas near It. Here ] pretended to
slip. 7 fell with my right wrist across
. rock. and caught up q cobble ton
With my left hand. At the first crack
OF the stone on the hahdcuff I could
feel the old iron weaken ! got no
chancc for the second blow. Her,
hands were ut my throat. They bit
in. Then I know It was = fight Tor
my life.
'sEhe was light: but she was strong
like a panther. II her dress bound
her, I was a. bad OF In my robe. AT
the first grip I was forced back into
a bush. and sprawIed there. In q tan
gle OF branches and flying cloth.
Somehow, ! twisted her fingers from
my throat. We struggled out into the