The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-27

without it; she. prayed Karl would not
doubt her truth, hes cnnsteney; End
Karl SMILED his own sweet smile, and
said: aTo think my poor little Julie has
been so unhappy about trife. Moth
ing can harm us now, Liebchen. Forget
about the ring"
"Julietl Juliet" cried Eugenia, start
ing up in bed. "Did you hear any
thing? Was it the door, or o chair
fell?"
Her companion made no reply. She
caught Juliet's arm and shook her vehe-
mently.
"What is it?" said Juliet, drowsily,
not opening her eyes.
Ibid ..RH you hear any'hine9'
.There's strange smell in the room,"
said Eugenia. cit must be those
flowers. I'll get mp and throw them
out"
The crouched figure OF the foot of the
bed crouched still lower, but there was
no necessity, for Eugenia had fallen
back on the pillow again, overcome with
sleep.
The next morning everything and
everybody was kept waiting on Juliet
and Eugenia. Mr.. Clayburn reprimand-
ed them severely for their tardiness.
II entreat you not to scold us" said
Juliet. "We were peri sctly overpowered
with sleep. Hetty had to wake us up
four times before she could move us, and
we are both perfectly stupid now."
You exerted yourself too much yes
terday," said Mr.. Clayburn, ''and not
bit of necessity for it. What's the use
of having servants, if you do all your
own work yourself?"
'I am sure, didn't work." remarked
Eugenia, ''and I feel as if I never could
get enough sleep again. I believe it was
nothing but inhaling the odor of those
flowers; it always makes me SICK"
1t is very pernicious practice, said
Cornelia. "Father never allows me to
do it. There are numerous flowers
which exhaie poisonous gases. and some
are powerful narcotics. The poppy.
Pdpauer somnverum, you know, of
course, from which comes opium. Then
there is the Macropiper nnethvsticuna,
found extensively in the South Sea
Islands; it is celebrated for its narcotic
influence. The TaniHa nron,nticn, the
Dipteric odorata, or the Tonka bean,
which is the same odor as melilot and our
sweet-scented vernal grass. This scent
always gives me dreadful headache,
and never venture to walk through O
new-mown hay field. Besides, there's
common camphor extracted from the
branches of camphor laurel and patchou-
II, and lemon grass, and a thousand
other sweet-smelling substances, re-
markably soothing and sleep-producing
in their effects, which possibly may
exist unknown in some of our commonest
flowers"
Outlet" said Mr.. Clayburn, '.I wish
you were half as we'll informed as Cor
nelia. It seems to me nothing escapes
her mind. If yon would read in
structive books, as she does, and gain
large fund of information. you would
not be doing such silly things as sleep
ing in a close room, and the whole mir
impregnated with the sickly perfume of
flowers"
II might read the same books, father"
said Juliet, laughing, land still not
possess the same amount of information
as Cornelia, for the simple reason that
her intellect and mind are different in
quantity and kind Books are like
teachers-they can furnish instruction
and food for the mind; but they cannot
furnish the apparatus which must digest
that food, namely, brains. So I see
nothing for it, unless Cornelia will spare
me come of that useful article"
II don't think I've any of the COM
modify to spare, " rejoined Cornela.
"Nor do 1" said Eugenia, SONo voce,
"but you might dispense with some of
your pedantry and be more agreeable to
those around you"
TO BE CONTINUED.