The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-03-04


ANY thing elser
'Ons thing more. must put you 10 the incor
vepience OF remaining In Mr Blake's room, and {
waiting To zee what happens
'Oh, very good" said Mr.. Brun. My room or Mi
Biake's room-it doesn't matter which; i can 20 o
with my papers any where. Uuless you object, MI
Jennings, TO my importing naf amount OF eommo
sense into the proceedings"
Before could answer Mr.. Blake addressed him
self 10 the lawyer, speaking from the bed.
DO you really mean TO say that you don't 10
any interest In what you are going TO do he asked
Mr.. Bruf you have no more Imagination than
GOVT
"A COW Is very useful animal. Mr.. Blake sai'
the lawyer. With that reply he followed me on
ofth room, still keeping his papers In his hand
We found Miss Verinder. pale and agtatef, rest
lessly pacing her sitting-roOm from end 10 end. a
table In corner stood Betteredge, on guard owe
the medicint-chest. Mr. Bruf sat down on IN
hrst chair that he could and. and (emulating th
usefulness Of the cow plunged back again Into hi
papers on the spot
Miss Yerinder drew me aside. and reverted in
stantly IN her one all-absorblng interest-the In
How is he nowr she asked 'Is he nervous' Is h,
out OF temperi do you think II will succeeG Ar
you sure II will do no HARM
'Qulte sure. Come and see me measure u OUT
'Une moment IL Is past eleven now. How loni
will II be before anything happensr
1t 10 not easy to say. An hour perhaps.
4 suppose the room must be dark, as 1t Was las
Certainly,
4 shsll Walt In my bciroom-just as dh befse.
shall keep the door = lue way open IL Was little SN
open last year viii watch the s.ttlng-room door ant
the momen, moves win blow out my light II al
hipIsuei Ia that way on my birthday night. And !
must all happen again In the same way, mustn't w
Are you you oontrOl yeur.el Miss Verinier!
In hs interests can do anything" she answered. Ter
vently.
Ons hook at her face told me that could trust her.
aidressei mysrlf again b. Mr.. Bran
must trouble yOu to put your papers aside fo' mo
Oh certainiyr lie got up with ssrt-as III had ds
turbe hun particularly Interesting phce-And fol
b~ei b the medicinechest There, deprived OF tn
hsh-ss excitement Dcieutai n the prsetce OF his pro
fssou he looked at Bettercige, and yswnei wesfily'
Mis- yerip,er jopei me ~sh g,ss Jug Of cold water
which she had taken from sietshle. LET me pour on
the water she Whispered. mast have hand In NJ
measured tut the ftty minims from the bottle, anS
poursi the lsmisnuIn into mecibe glass. 'Fin u th
Is three parts un' said and handed the glass To Mis-
yerDer then directed Betteredge TO lock M the nell
eiue-chrst. informing him that had done with y now
hook u unulterble relief oyersprvad the Old seryanti
countrnspce. lie hal evidently suspected me OF meii
cal design on his young LADY,
tcok the Icce IL crystal which to represent Tn
Diamond frm my Pocke, and gave t 70 her.
you must have a hand la this, too, said. you mus
put It where you put the mcnstone last year
She Is the way to the Indian cbinet AMI put tie moci
Diamond Into he drawer which the real Diamond occuIie
the hirhday hight. Mr. Brur witnessed this pro
oslny, under protest, as he hal witnessed everything
m mt assuming proved TO my great amustnent
% he much for Betergrs capacity of selirrstrant
H,s hard tremblei he held the candle, AMI he whs
per'l. snxously, are you sure, Miss, It's the right
drawer"
lri the way on, a-ain, with the audanum AMI wsts
In my haDi At the doOr stOpp-i to address last word
10 Miss NeriD1er.
.Don't be Ioas In putting out the lights,' l SAID
II will put them out at Once,' she answered And will
wait In my beiroom, with only ons candle alight
She eiosei the sittingroosa door behind us Followed
By Mr. Brun and Detterige, went back to Mr. Bake'
rom.
We uDd him moving restlessly from side 10 side of the
bel and wondering rritby whether he was TO have the
usnum that night In the presence u the two wesse.
gave him the dose, and shook up his pillows, aud Told
him n lie down again quietly and wait
Ills be provided with light ehntI curtains was placed
with the bead against the wall of the roo, s To leave
gosi open on either SIDE Of It. On one side drew
the curtains eOmpetsy-and Ia the part Of the rn thu
screened from his view placed Mr. Bruf and Bettercige
h wait for the result. AT the bottom of the bed hai
drr~ the cursins-aDi paced my own chair at little
distance, that might BET him me &C not me,
speak not speak to just "a Ie c,rumstAne.s
might direct Having already been lnfrmed that he al
Ways sept with light In the room, PLACED one OF the
two Iighd c.nis little table at the head u the bed
where the glare Of the light wouh not strike his eyes
TIE other candle to Mr.. Buff the ghs In this In
staR beng sibluei by the Of the chn,r curtains
TIE wRisw oIen M the top ~ to Nentilite the
rom The rain fell soryi the RON quiet II was
twenty minutes past eleven, by my watch, when the prep
AratiOns compee AMI took my place On The chair
set apart at the bottom % the bel.
NJ huu ,esum' ns ps's's, WIN e,s,y s. r,, "
ing towari him cert In signs and tokens which
toi that the law beginning 10 lose It's hold on hun
ns1 I'M susISnlen n,s's OF w ~ s.1
uoN 49,, p,ass.,,
ey principle and dignity of conduct had become, In his
cas-, meN empy No'.. e ~, ,,,I ,'s " -. ~,
eonjurns trek on Mr Franklin sake' ne lg@ Una, ,n
NJ ~, III n 49,, 60 .,,c -. chnJ sIo,
nv I,, ~ ~ ~ =. hi.s., y, me sell n. .ben 4
vii, h.yin to wo,k
'Not bet,,. midnight, whi.pered hack Say nothing
AMI sit .till,
ettervige dropped 10 the lowest depth Of familiarity
m me- ,.ihont struggle IN save himself lie answers,
me nv /. wink,
IooLns, nsx, tx,,, NJ, Rlale t,pn3 him A restles.
a. ever i h. h'd, irrn,llv onrr,ng vhy IN. influence
of h Isndannm ba1 moi kv.n 10 as.s,t itself vet To
,sn him Io hI. nrs,, hnnn, that The more he hdret
al .,.,., ,he Lngc, no ,onA a,l.y m. re.uit r.,
.it.s - -. ~, ,~,,,Ia, '.c,I L.Ss len .,mny nae.
rh 80 - =, 80. 80. % S,.,ai.. m. lie. n
,hs on,nm trn, his mimi nv Isany him In..n.,by n
,ht,. =, sa,".,h,,, a.. - ~
MI ,sJ. -. D.o,,,,, hin, o., al. n, ,o. co,,iv
' =, -, a.. ~ -, '','' - - ,' ~. ;. a. -
h s,cs , 10 H. sah,s, sSsh h,I ,ns.S, us earlie,
n ~ N sshu W ~ e suY.0s 49, ~, ,' ,, vs. -
IN Ihe evenlng-the snsleet OF ,he DAInon; ,s ee
W N''N ~ ~ l.o. ". ~ w w a, sy =, -, uI =, ~
shSo ~ ss 10 - ss,cn NJ. sss III nm !" rpno,ins 4
s ss' ~ t, se n slitt ~ ~ as, -, - -, W - " ,, y e. "
ntn .iS u.s =, ~, a. ,, n ~. % " uis y, =, ~,
nss AZ, ,," ~ ~. ,n.,'n, a. 'e .s,n =, ,h
, or nI.,,,.Is.y!,os.t ,a's ., -, NJ, RI.ls
,, ~ nav W, ~ , I- "p iI' '" T., ~. -,
nsh'ssn nsu Vo'i ne "os ~, ~. .u wv g NJ
i,s,an. * an ~. ,InyN.sa ai,axias him m ,.c,
lhIfrtah' " hh hs m'h-suho't aI""lng MN psu,lS'
that was making nun t'k @ purpose, Lue py n,'. .
he became 50 Interested in puung me ngh' ual nc go'
I" higt IN We t~l. mi.a was ht away non ,i,e %
question ot the opium at the anmirtant time when ms
drst In me that the opium was BEGINNING to lay i'
holl ga his BRAIN
looked at my watch II wanted Eve minutes to twelve
When the premonitoy syIapons Of the working Of the
Lulanum first shOsci themselves to me.
Al th. lime M uonr,et.i eve wruJ have detected sny
change In him but as the minutes ol the new nornIng
ur away the progress q the Influence he.
gan h. show Itss more plainly The sublime ntoxcatiou
os opium gsmei in his syesi the dew of steathy PER
sprstion bgan 10 gisten his tsce. In i've minutes
mIre the talk which he s kept M with me f,lei In c-
hcreDce. lie held steadily 10 the suct of the Damondi
but he ceased % eomPeie his sentences little later the
seue0c drOpIed b. single wOtds. Then there was an In
tervsl o sDoe. Then be sat up In f Then, sti busy
with the subject of the Diamo9l h. began talk again
mt ta me, but to hms-H That change told me that the
first stage IN the eSI- ment raehoi The stimuitnt
inha~pos % the oIiuus hal got him.
The time, nov, Was t~euty-thrs minutes past twelve
Tie next hal, hour at met, wui decide the question oi
~ hal