The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-02-23
THE POISON: OF ASPS,

THE POISON: OF ASPS.
By r1oRsscs MAhRYAT (xRs. ROSS cHuRoH).
Tho poison Of asps Is under their lips"
"A lie that is all lie may be met with and Tough,
outright, -.
But lie that is part truth is harder matter Il
:; fight"
-1snny.on
CHAPTER vi.
i. Mrs. Archer could not find an unoc.
cupied railway.carriage in. which to
travel with her supposed man-servant,
and therefore, beyond few words o,
Hindostauee, no communication passed
between them until they had arrived in
London and, even when deposited a,
that quiet family hotelwhich be desired
her to select, unlimited conversation
was neither feasible, nor would it have
been safe, until Eugenla, having passed
a weary, hopeless afternoon 10 her own
company, retired for the night. Then,
as the business down below became
more active and more noisy, and the
>ervants were all employed in running
about after hot suppers and such mis-.
cellaneous orders. the door of her he'd.
room turned upon i's hinges, and the
false "Do Nun" stood tefore her.
"Henry arc you quite sure no one
saw you I" she demanded, in an anxious
whisper, starting from the revere in
in which he had surprised her.
"All right" he answered, carelessly
as he turned the key in the lock, and
proceeded to divest himself of his tur.
ban and outer clothing. "Here Eogcn'
ia-he]p q man off with his things
can't you? Curse them. all, and the
necessity for wearing them p he added
as he spurned the iallen heap of cloth
and linen With his foot. Then he ra,
bis fbgers through his hair, ani
stretched himself ono, or twice, auc
walked up to the looking~glsss ane
gazed at his own reAection-that of ,
handsome man, notwithstanding tn
Disagreement of color, and the disad
vantage or want Of height.
"What guy look p he said, will
coarse laugh. II wonder how long
it will take me to get these stains Of
my face and hands"
II wish all stains could be wiped Of
as easily" said his wife, with a dee]
sigh. She was folding up the article
he had thrown off as she spoke.
"Now, just please to stop that" h
answered, authoritatively, as he turne'
to the fire, and commenced to fill shor
pipe with tobacco. IL didn't com
here to listen to your preaching, and i
you give me any more Of it, I'll pu
you outside the door" and then h
rolled up piece Of paper, and thrust i
between the bars Of the CRATE.
"Are you going to smoke here ?" sh
demanded, tiuidly. "It will be smell
outside what will the servants think =
"What they choose r. was the cur
rejoinder, as be inhaled the first breatl
Of the lighted tobacco.
"But, Henry you are so incoDside,
ate ! You never think of me-of tn
unusual circumstances in which ar
p!accd-of my character-"
"Bother your character ! You're al
ways whining about your character, Q
my character. Who's to know, here,
you've got one or not? Sit down, wi
you, and listen to what l have to say
for I'm dead tired, and intend turnin
in in another ten ,,inutes."
She took chair, as he desired he1
but she placed 1t as far away from hir
as she could do without seeming
avoid him.
IL am quite ready, Henry"
"First, then, with regard to fund
shall send you tomorrow morning
McAlbert & W,gsan, with a writer
authority to draw hecks on me durin
my absence in Calcutta. You mus
ask them for a check book, and Civ
them specimen Of your signature; and
whenever I want money, you will drs,
it from them and send it on to me. D
you unde1staud?' p
"Perfectly."
"Of course, II you are hard up, 20
must draw some for yourself, but use a
little as you can for there is 90 know
Jog how much I may require befor
I am we'll out of this scrape, aud "
not above few hundreds in McAlbert'
hands,"
Es,ranged as they had become, b
knew the woman before him too vel
not to put oil his hopes Of safety ant
supprot in her power, with perfect con
fidepce." j., ..., [-a.
II shall not touch shilling of it,
she answered, with quick look Of dir
dain. II will die 6rst!" ...@
"Yery well, my lady j! Live on you
mother, ,zorr etarve, if you like It better
l shouldn't say there was much t
choose between the two; but you, Z