American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-07-18

that he never could tell his circumstances
to Mrs. Rothely, and ask her for the help
her jewels could afford. There she was
now, sweetly sleeping in the moonlight
that filtered between the curtains and
.ilvered all the rich room, her long, dark
lashcs resting on her rosy cheek, a smile
parting her lips-as she remembered
perhaps, some of the fatuities whispered
by her last partner at the ball. He felt a
glow of resentment taking the place OF
the cold chill of the moment before, and
he suddenly said to himself that he would
have her jewels, and she should never be
the wiser. He could not, he would not
he thought, humiliate himself before her
by craving such a favor. What power
he had, what supremacy, he felt to be
due to his granting favors, not begging
them. He would not yield the position,
he would never place himself in such an
abject light. Not while this other course
was open; for what was there easier than
now, while she was wrapped away in this
soft nimbus of sleep, to steal across the
moon-lighted room, to secure the casket,
to lock the safe and keep the key-that
she might fancy she had mislaid it'll
he could put the casket back again with
every splendid diamond, with every cool,
rich emerald, in it replaced by as skill
| fully-cut crystals as cunning hands could
set Them after which the key could easily
be found again, The law would take
them if he didn't. and would never give
them back again, as he would.
Easy is the descent The whole affair
shaped itself in swift drama to his
eyes, to his hand And then it was done
And if in the morning MIR. ROthcly looked
worn and haggard, it was not because he
had not slept, and had not been mutter-
ing in his sleep when by and by his wife,
leaning on her elbow, bent over him to
hear the words he said; 1t was not be-
cause he had not felt that he was on
the mending hand, so far as his business
difficulties were concerned Not, indeed,
that a hundred thousand dollars ready
money would liauidate tenth part of
his obligations, but that, on that ny
drostatic principle of balancing an i'm
mense weight with mere tritie on which
much of the affairs of Wall street is
modelled, he saw that he would be able
to pull through
1t was busy day for MIR. -Rothely-a
dreadful fl day IN some respects a. delight
ful one IN others, Tor he raised MS money
ana nc saved MS name. let no one
would nave supposed II haa oeen ueilehl-
ful IN anything VINO had seen the gray
anu ursary loon ne casa auoua mn ~ DIS ne
Sn.eleu MS mus. anu aI: o'aIi ,Iu nls VII
n ras'eninS " lhec. I'M nc i am "Ma,
he did and then conId but think of the
toad souatting in Eden and shrinking
from the presence of the visiting white
shirt there. for certainly there was an
ar of Eden ,bout This nI,ce to bim-aII
,,aS 60 sof, and hr;ght iuXur;ous warmth
and - Joi;n.tn hnaStv arervxherc. and
wherever his wife was there were flowers
i, .I,und,nco since Mrs RothoIy waS
,,,ch H. Id, TnazIe after III and pcv-
~, sns;5araj :, hnr Ell th,t aouars
q eohsiueieu ne i""i' 'A'' h'
VIZ Oh NJ - Rothelv y, she was exclaim-
ing as she hurried down the drawing
rnom aWbat do Won think The KEY
IL gone, 7 have looked for If every,
, Ia al cha sor,..,,, -,
mneio anu . I.... n"u LA al ~, .no 80, hn, up
10 eAail,ns .,ie1 anu VIC ,oud iaS d Isl S'
swept, anu .he Iurni.uII !o'eu' anu gu
se.le mas Iahen wy ini ai, ou. ~ .nJ
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Pul !, o"eh again. anu y'' IL Gan "'
iounu
what are you taking ABOUT, my
dear: sald MI. hotheiy, WIN weli-as-
sumed bewilderment ITO what does
IT refer?
:" Yes, indeed ~ she cried, paying no
worried about it ! And am positive |
locked the door of the safe and put the
kew in its place ~ She had done nothing
of the kind, you know.
eyes am positiye I saw YOU do it,
said Mr., Rotheiy. absentIy. she too much
excited TO remember that he had done
nothing of the kind either.
81 think I shall have to call in the no.
lice ~ she cried. Il shall not be able to
sleep one moment to- night. | shall be
thinking see masked faces. and hear felt
shoes, and be on the watch for burglars
and everything terrible ~ and the tears
were choking her.
go no. nv love. I shall be here" said
Mr.. Rothelv, reassuringly.
.sOh. | know. You, of course" said
Mrs. Rothely. dashing off her tears
&c But that won't hinder them Why,
they blow chloroform through holes,
and smother you with pillows, and if you
scream they shoot. Mrs Ever has just
been telling me how she Law still and
held her hand over Mr.. Ewer's mouth,
and saw the men going through his peck
cts, without daring to breathe
Mrs Ever! / thought she gave an
alarm"
90 YES. finally. when they went to
the drawer where She keeps her diamonds,
YOU know. O dear. dear me If could
only find that key, l shall vex myself
into IA fever / am all tired out, and |
have been SO afraid you would say it was
careless"
Careless, my love? Not in the least
And as for the kew. never mind it. 1t
will turn up: that's a way things have"
According to the total dcpravity of
inanimatc things'v said Mrs. RotheIy.
laughing as easily as she cried. Are
YOU ready for dinner. There's Lawrence
making eyes at me outside the door