Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-01-02
CLEVELAND, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY ?, 1862 No

tone. al will"
mo- be replied, eam;y, but with arm resO.
luton IN his tone. ''l shall give you no more
GIL your allowance il due"
She looked up furi 'usly: how could such an
expression be suffered 70 spoil that lovely f.ee
what do you think l married yOu fcrlr che
contemptuOusly cried TO be called by the
odious name OF srub--to he lIoksd upon az a
trad mau's wiisl NO. they promised me !
shou bave unlimited command of money, and
will Aveit."
"You have had unlimited command" :" be OBJ
served, and there was no irTtntion suffered Ii
bis tone, whatever nay have been his inwarS
pain. at is for Jour own sake discontihue
supplying it,"
''You are int0lliPiblel" she scorniully uttered
can that you cen want shall be yours, Ads>
Ia. Purchase what you like, order what you
IKE; will pay the bills without q murmur. -
Bui ighl not giUe you mORey 10 tsdste, as yOl
haze lafterly suasied Il AZ Lady SaReisy's."
Sher rose from her sest pale with anger
First Charles Cleveland, then Lady Sanely
what else' How dare YOU presume 10 interfere
with my pursuitsl"
Il should be III fulfilling my duty to you, OF
nv love either, Adsu, what is lcft Of il, il /
did not interfere"
Twill not listen Mr.. Grubb; If you attempt
lecture, as you did last night viii leave the
room. Write me chsque for the money"
There is no necessity for me to repeat my
rpf0sal. Until have reason to believe that
this new liking for PLAY has lea yal, you should
draw my blood from me, sooner than money
10 pursue it. Bot remember Adels," be i'm
prsSsively added, th't say this in all kind,
ness"
Oh, i,oI,,l - H., L.. t1-.-t --.,.t-. = I
her breath coming short with passion
"AuYlhing more, Lady Adela. for am
late"
There was TO answer in words, but she sud
denly raised the cup, which was half full Of
coffee, and flung It at him. Il struck him on
the chin, the coffee falling over his clothes
lt was a moment Of embarrassment, even for
him. lie looked steadiastlY at her, with calm
sorrow, Determined to have another cattle for
the money But his movements bad been
rapid. aud he was gone. lie had put out Of
sight the stained things he had taken off, all
traces Of them. Was she not sensible even Of
thisi Did she not know that be was thus
cautious for her own sake that no scandal
might be given to the tongues Of the seTvantsl
Not she. She was in furious state of resent
ment for the resolution he had ayoEed. Her
foot kicked against something on the floor, and
she stopped to pick it up It was her husbands
cheque book, which be must have unconscious
ly dropped when transferring things from one
pocket 10 another
Was it demon that impelled herl that
whispered to her Of a Way to supply the money
she waniedl Once Oaly momeniary hesita-
ton crossed her. but she drove it away and
carried the cheques to her writing table, and
used oae cf shsm
She drew it for $500, = heavy sum, AMI she
boldly signed il Grub & Howard For it was
the cLeque book Of the firm, not Of her hus-
bands private account She was clever ct
drawing clever at imi ating styles Of writing
not that she bad ever thought 10 turn her
talent to its present use-a and the signature,
when finished, looked very like her husbands
own Ihou she carried back the ehsque book,
and laid il on the floor WhrIe SIZE had found IT,
ITO be C0anHued