The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-11-01
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started off for Calcutta.
Some weeks after the foregoing scene
Mrs. Temple was strolling one evening
through her grounds, once more dome IT,
Gated and perfectly happy in Bengal
when she chanCed to pass bungalow
presenting far neater appearance han
the generality of such habitations usually
exhibit. Having without success en-
deavored TO learn the name OF its pro-
prietor, she determined upon entering
H. She was welcomed by beautiful
Young woman, whose agitation on be-
holding her Mrs. Temple naturally as
cribed to Hindoo timidity. The girl was
evidently taken by surprise, and felt the
high honor conferred upon her; yet
there was no g. rvility in her manner,
no awkwardness in the way in which she
solicited her mistress (of course 1t was
nalpable to Mrs. Temple that she was OF
tbe household connected probably with
some of the male attendants) to sit down
and refresh herself Pleased with TIE
spot and its beautiful owner she deter
mined on revisitng the bu ga'oH,and ex'
pressed herself to that etect, saying that
she would send down some fruit and 9th
er eatables, of which she would partake
the following evening with Mr.. Temple
in this lovely cottage The girl for a mo-
mentseemed startled, then, suddenly ap
pealing to her, besought her not 10 tell
her husband that she had been there,
and declined most respectfully receiving
him, as she had made VOW no male
i 4 o,,kn. hnnaoth bpF POOT.
"Well, shen," rejoined Mrs. Temple,
"as such is your determination, l VIII
not bring nor even tell him of my dis
covery, but l suppose l may come my
self?"
The girl eagerly aCCeded to the lady's
wish, and they parted excellent friends.
Late on the following evening Mrs
Temple returned to her home far from
well. and hastened to seek her couch.
Her husband was called from a party OF
friends TO see her, as she hourly grew
worse. The most racking pains began
to assail her; she felt that she was dan
gerousIy i'll. A surgeon was sent for,
who declared the sufferer to be in immi
nent danger. She had probably swal
lowed some poisonous berry or root, for
the symptoms were those of deadly pois-
on. The lady heard this, and desired all
excepting her husband to leave the
room. When alone with him she was
about to explain her visit of the evening
She had already begun the narrative
when the door was suddenly thrown open
and in rushed the lovely owner of the
bungalow. in whom our readers will have
readily recognized Mary,
II have come, Charles" cried the un'
fortunate woman, Ito see you suffer. Do
YOU think / could outhve your love, and
see another possess that affection once
imagined to be my own? No! Such
moderation was not in my power. !
avoided the temptations to do i'll, and
shut myself up from the light of every
one. Fate, however, led your wife to my
cottage. would there have avoided
her but she forced herself upon me. Y's!
impeled w fate, she again sought me,
and tempted by an opportunity too pal
pably placed before me by the hand OF
the gods of my fathers to resist. pos-
oned her. Nothing can save her. In
half an hour she will be corpse. You
may start and seem to doubt me; but, by
the faith of the Christians, it is true
And now l see you would threaten me;
but your anger comes too late. canno
survive your wife many moments. dc
not cry, as the pale-fsCed one does. ]
do not groan; yet the same pains tear n y
frame. The poisoned fruit she left lsWal'
lowed. You thought because my COM
plexion is dark l cannot feel. You cast
me off to die in misery. Who triumphs
now?'
Within one hour Temple sat between
the corpses of his wife and mistress. The
matter was hushed up. Suspicion, it i,
true, directed her glance that way, yet
the whole truth was never known. The
broken man, whose gray hairs and pre-
cocious old age speak youth of sorrow
points out to the passer-by the once gay
and handsome Charles Temple.