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and dash of hectic in her cheeks

as ~ Hti = symptoms. Mrs. iUft, tne
nurse, remained in the room, and
added many little important items of
information.
When she spoke of her husband it
was with Il sort of hopeless sadness
which distressed me greatly. Not a.
breath of suspicion against him i'll
her answers to my questions, and
felt sure that at present she knew
nothing of what Mrs. liurd had such
serious apprchcnsions. was glad
that it was so. for, with her finely
strung organization. it might have
produced serious results.
| made my examination of the
patient as closely as could and
drew nv conclusion. | could have
sworn that Mrs. Spencer daily swal-
lowed arsenic in small quantities, and
the deadly drug was telling iearfu!lY
oIIa constitution never robust.
She said answering my questions,
that she he'd 40 physician except h;'r
husband. He had thought himself
better acquainted with her case, aud
therefore better qualified la treat it.
/ He never lci! The in",lcin: with her to
take: Ii" always brought it from hi of
tee, Ia'i ",!tn.ui ,icr,.d it promrtlv
! y charge. OF course, could not
make aE:s,"$i nr. Spencer W withuut
tl'. nml'!e~t rr""t. If hi";,d Il sr,<-
pI"loi. every "mr Woui.i At once let
IT down To l,y professional prriudicc:
aud. if could not euh~ta.tiaic my
/ statement, the doctor could make mo
/ pay dearly for such sInnIrr uttered
against him.
: TIL" only dependence seemed to be
in Mr.. Hard. To her umboSomcL
myself freely. told her without re-
serve that | believed Dr. Spencer WAS
killing his wife by slow poison. and
hr>"u4hi her to be constantly on the
watch To save the victim. anh to dis
cover proof by which he could ta>ten
The guilt upon him.
She smiled grimly and promised
"hcdicncc. gave her a powerful
tn!iiutr tor tn" poison | SUSPECTED.
and went home pcrturbcI and any
."u> in mind. dill not sleep that
night. and all the next day | was in
81 high fever OF excitement.
DR.. Sprutrr returned home the
morning after my visit to the Clifton
House. He looked wrctrhrti!y. tie
nurse sai.l appeared depressed and
gloomy. Miss Mclro>r came with hill.
and was dcrorou>ly sad over the
death OF her sister. Women OF her
stamp always do monrn to pcrIiec-
iiun. They neither oycrln nor Under
do the thiHg, IL women OF feeling arr
likely to do.
DR.. Spencer came at once to his
wii'r'> clIamb"r. He thought she
looked! i'll. and prescribed II cordial
at once, saving that he would go and
fetch il.
"Iou are always ordering cordiai'
for her ~a!d Mr.. llurl mu>in@Iy
WHY not take something yourself
You look like ghost
lie eyed her Arcnly. but replie,
rnmposedly:
Il .linl> will take som" of tn
cordial myself. Tor | do no; fell quit
well. Alice. tear. shall bring
here and drink yonr hc:,lth:@
Mrs Spencer smiled in a~-cmt-ell
never disputed her husband d-ani Ii
went out. Presently lie rcturnc
with two glasses.
Both contained liquid colorlc>s an
inodnrouS. Mrs. llur,l Was wnlchin
:, him with her heart i'll her throat. Il"
~ she tcl,l me. III. felt that The dcci
: i've moment liai come.
There was something in the gre
pa!or o!".h" Inrror'> ri@iI face til:
= t"It h'n If Il desperate rurp"-c
h. inHI E, soul.
! liz Git,t! rl,r .i..-~ on the right
In. tray Al.' rtvr ii 80 hi~ wifi.
. "nrii,A it ,!"lr." Ia s:,i.E: Il; i
!" I,ar:"rr,t SO Ii ,;:.. a,n ais" -pi:
p to take :, ,s'.-. ..f't " III "r;, ;"t.
l..a ";,,~s .'i.i al -. Say.
Mr. ~!"ur"r ar,,"a!:'i il, an! "
pu,tin,: it 1n her I:P-. wi"n N:'
Iiuyh Interrupted:
y III Won will bring hrr tnm',I"r
~ wHrrr. ''r-'"r: Mrs. spencer con
- plains th::I the rorIin leaves q h:
" taste in her mouth, and my old bon
nr,' - fail of riirun,rti>m that ii n"a
- " Kills me to 90 down stairs
The dmr,or turned and bent on h
:. 81 look IL II h" would read her thrt
-, But III" kept her fac" passive. If
had any suspicious. her mann
II qui"tcd them. aud putting down t
GLASS he left the ronin.
T.. Then Mrs. IIur,l changed the po
! tion of the glasses.
Of When he came hnr,i-anI he w
eh zone but Il moment the nurse sto,
X. just exactly where he had left hc
and Mrs. spencer was lying back
VIZ her chair with her ewes closed.
Again he lifted the gla>s-thi> ii,
II il WAS the one intended for hin-cl;
~. and placed it ihn lips of his wife. :
+, drank the contents. swallowed a lit
mn of the water he had brought her, Il
Il, thanked him in her own sad, sw,
.es way.
.,r Now for nv own cordial. said
: with affected "aycty. II indulge II
self in something n little stronger
Ill aud as he spoke he tossed off
rc. mixturc.
by sit made me stone cold to my
or. GERS ends to see him do it,'Said NJ
~. IIurd relating the circumstances
:. I me; but rs heaven is my witness
rd. felt not a single twin"c of conscien
:" argued like this: lflt was sim
hor cordial as he said. it would do him
md harm. If il was poison. his bic
i, woulI he on his own sinful head.
ON lie went to bed half IN hour All
the ward. co,nplainin" of fatigue. In
an, uoruin. they found him dead.