The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-29


air still, for that matter, though she "
ses more pearl powder now than she N
lid. Fair, but false. Women are often IL
hat, you know. Shall say always| 1t
deprecated such an assertion. Ac- d
,ording to my experience it was far too a
sweeping. He conceded that | was W
light, possibly. Yet it seemed to me e
hat he dospisod me for my moderation. n
"You remarked this stud?" He pro- u
luced the stud we had searched for at ~
his request. and found in the lobby OF
the opera house. 1t would nave
panied me very much if had lost 1t. !
| regard it as n precious relic. 1t be- y
longed to Arabella, once. In fact =,
why should I disguise the truth from
yoll-that stud is formed out of one OF &
Arabella's front teeth !" II
His smile as he said this was not
pleasant to contemplate. HIS comics
sion had certainly startled me. There
was something dreadful about 1t, ami
he had the air of an Indian brave ex-
hibiting q scalp. He gloried in the
possession of Arabella's front tooth
How had he obtained it? L ventured
to demand. Was it pledge OF alice
tion? Could they possibly have ex-
changed teeth as ordinary lovers ex-
change locks of hair? | hardly knew
what | was saying, on OF what l was
thinking. 60,
81 was dentist in those days" he
said What he had been before that,
and since; what profession he followed
at the moment of his addressing me,
really had no idea. "And Arabella was
one Of my patients. But she was no or
dinary patient. She was something
more, much more than that. She was
for while my alIianced bride. l loved
her. and she Loved meat least we
thought that we loved each other. ;"
"Aud you didn't?"
"Well, we didn't, as it happened,
love each other quite so much AS we
thought we did. In fact, both were DIS
APPOINTED, and perhaps trifle deceived.
She thought had money | hadn't. /
had been told that she was an heress.
Well, she was nothing OF the kind. Still,
, I am q man of integrity, though You
may not think it. / had promised mar,
riage; / fully purposed to be as good
. AS nv word. The idea of terminating
our engagement did not come from me.
But Arabella's temper was imperfect
she was far from patient; she was am
q bilious, and, / must add, avaricious and
y deceitfnl. She trihed with me. She
" still held me enchained, but she encour-
Il aged the addresses of another and
% Weather suitor She designed to en-
% ploy me merely as a means OF Irritating
Il his jealousy, and of stimulating hlm tt
:, declare himself. Then was to be HUNS
:, ~ aside as something worthless, because
- . had served her purpose and was don'
n with. In good time | discovered ne
-, treacherv. | had intercepted her let
~ ~ ters-no matter how and | knew all
~ But of that she entertained no sort
" suspicion. She had always fond smile
20 for me. and false words and artlhcia
W caresses. 1t was maddening. Well, sh
q, was, as ! have said, my patient; an
tn she suilo,cd much from toothache. 81
Uu came to me in order that | might extra'
~ tooth that panied her. 1t was a
= ranged that the operation should
" performed under the influence OF chi'
ri. roform."
He paused.
"Bnt surely you didn't" ,
"Hear me ont he said, and
u smiled, / thought, horribly. lt WI
- accident, OF course, pure accldeh'.
=, was dreadfully nervous. Was that su
nr 'lr nris;ng? 7 loved her, and she WI
Vi Amazingly beautiful. 1t was acchen
No have said. or call it, if you will,
a error of Judgment, but nothing Wor
iH1 ~; than that, as you value my friendship
~ ua IAs n matter of fact / did not value /
I, Nv, friendship in the slightest degree, b
100 70 I did not say so.) My conduct l
w., w. assure you, was strictly professional.
NY did moi ever kiss her but extract
'' the wrong tooth.
- "That was your vengeance lh'
en-. 'N "No She said so; but it was
'.'n '.on true, extracted, as L bellevcd,
u. H., tooth she had pointed out, desiring
am 70 extract it. Was it my fault, thai
Ger Ger was perfectly sound tooth, ana a II u
.ro, % one, too? She said it was but won
IL a' Won know, are not reasonable IN y
'cca, , cases. was dentist then, with -,
lreu utation to lose; | was a lover J., u
last tbougb deceived one. However, u
I'd was no pacifying Arabella. She
nize nersnaded that | had done 1t on
rate. poae She was most violent. She
10 W nre1etermined' on quarrel WIN
'ame although she had not perhaps hxea
what al'lousn o;so om neriod for it's occurrel
ana Well she brought in on then. 1t
io' an awful scene. How she ap.'Seu u
What language she permitted heIs
@ OF How she screamed What hyste
ahe went into However, the tooth
ht al ont there was no mistake about I'll
"u, ond Here he smiled again, most mai
L., lently as it seemed to me.
snip. Up "Her treachery toward me was
,"L ohe ished, although, as l have stated
Bnt pure accident or error ol j
and ment, which You please.
,r;nn % Arabcla vowed vengeance against
] ;ana5 Tn that respect am bound TO say
49, ,otor had been as good as her word. IL
Half ,Is thanks to her that / am living to 81
'ho;r of these things tonight.
',mar 'nam' "Then you really believe that
,ater lt let fall the era.glass on purpose
nown ct am quite satisfied of it.
uo"" o,nt NV death. She knew I was 81
1 the I had noticed her peIofe ieanins -;
% the her box, and taxing ho'e Vi ny pGt'
ected l was just thinking Oh cnauS.ne ~,
But pectinG what ml8nt haRpon' WIZ Wv
what was struck down. Araoeila 10 cI, ",
wbo knows what she is about. Sht
Hand clways that KIND OF u moihpn nnd -
that; her. I've good reason od ". hto to ~ ~,
nearly the first time she ) PisaId narId yppr
and me as savagely as she oouiu. tha
, then not know until tonight perhaps tina
OF my eyes was artificial iii il, ,,l, No ,.d, n