The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-10

%0uQ Angel OF my oQul, 1HQ t0ey Wele
Ill signed /" Your own Nellie.
. "It is oil tr,1e,p said peor Eve, wringfng
her hands. And 4 isw0gDoa 1haD a4y-
thing ! haye go heasd Of. 3 ljxuated hin
70. I believed him 80 ny Tom mine r.
Then she wiped her eyes, gathered mp
the letters, packed them up wrapped the
silver paper apout than, tied the blue
ribbon, put them back ip the awful breast
pocket Of that dreadful overcpat, and
hung it on the hall-rack again. -:
M "Tom shall never know, !" she said.
E1Fill not reproach him. Twill never see
lie dead. will not live 70 bear this. as :,
Emeatis OF suicide She could hang her
self by the chandelier, with % window
blind cord. Then she, would be black In
he face and hideous. she could drown
| herself, bnt then her body would 60 float
| ing down the river tOthe sea !; but drowned
people looked even worse than stfangled
ones. She was too much. afraid Of fire.
arms to shoot herself even in this strait.
She would take poison.
"Yes," that would be best, and though
she could never see Tom again, he would
bRe her, and remorse would sting him.
Here she made . great mistake.
Z A. man who is coolly treacherous to
lgome1 never has any remorse, Remorse
I In love affairs Is a purely feminine quail
lily, and even the worst Of the sex are not
/ without It. However, it 10 natural to be-
fHeye that rem0rse is powerful to man,
whom one has heretofore believed to be
an angel in human form, and Eve took q
| little miserable comfort in the thought
that Tom. would kneel beside her coffin
I and burst into tears and passionate excla-
nations Of regret, which, perhaps, she
might see from some spiritual post Of OBJ
servation. So. having put on q hat and
thick veil, Eve betook herself down the
fstreet and around the corner to the nearest
- The druegis i was an old man . beneyo.
lient- looking one, with red cheeks and, a
tamiling mouth; and when she. asked for
poison for rats. hesaid, Sop and beamed
Emildly upon her. :-a.ss - Il sif4 "a
II want it very strong,''' said Eve. +
"Soi,' said the druggist. "a s.s.is.
"Butnot to give more pain than is neces-
sary," said Eve. s..,ss u.,si.f.,fh 4 s89 hs
ITO the rats p asked the druggist. s
| EYES, said Eve, /" OF course; and it
must be quick and not make one black in
sshe face.h s,.fess,s,.sA 81 Il, ~. s.ss
And with grave cOuntenance he COM
pounded powder, and handed it across
the counter. 9G6 so lssHA / n q. .
Eve took it, passed the, few cents he
asked, and walked away. Once home she
went ct once to her reeM, ,~and- undressed
herself aud Eretired storlsed taking the pow
der with her. OnceUr tWiCe' che tastedit
with the tip of her tongue, hoping. it was
not very disagfalAble. Then, Nf1iing il
ssItiso7ef SO she said 4 dOh, heaven,
forgive me and forgive Tom"
And then she laid herself down upon
her pillow. Just as she did SO the faLnil-
lar sounds of latch key in the door be
low startled her Tom never came horne
at noon-but there he was now; no one
| else but Tom would walk In in that cool
way; now he was calling her.
Eve-Eye EveAwhere are your
| Never before had she refused to- answer
that voice. Why had he come to torture
her diving moments? Hark-s
Il Now be was bouncing upstairs. Hf
i was in the room. -
"What is the matter. Are you ILL.,
Ever" he cried. 81 .X1sS a 81 ~ - )
"No," said she. family, g only, tired. Z
"Ah! You look tired, little one" said
he. -~ssI came home to get the overcoat
I suppose you've found out by this timf
that that In the Thall - not mine. j
wore Johnson's overcOat home from tht
office, last night, by mistake, and he j!
anxious about it. He asked me if thert
was any one in the house who woul(
be apt.to ineddle with papers 0r anythind
in the pockets. I said l thought not
I hadn't a Jealous eh! What's the mat
ter, Eve - = * , "a. - s. -s-sssss, :. =
! aOh, Toni" cried Eve, Historically
I" Oh, Tom, say it again! 1t was not YOU
coat! Oh, Tom, kiss me-"
"Why, what's the matter, Eve ?" criet
Tom, "vou must be ILL.,"
Then Eve remembered all.
"Oh, l am q wicked woman, Tom. ',sh,
eried.F s'aTheIB we're LISTERS d4 the poeke
-E-lo7e letters. sIread 'tbem.N l thpllgA
youfSls6 70 me.AsI-I Nook poison, Tom
I'm going to die-and | long to live SO
Oh, Tom, save mep'
i tYes, yes!' cried Tom. Oh, gooi
Heaven! whatp pdDOnE' i ~ss1 n 81
i Mr.. Hoffman will know. bought !
Of him Rsssethe ssa ave mer' crie'
And aHax vent. Tom. whiteasdeathst
the druggiat,s ArQpnd, the corQer,-s. o.,
RS4aAs.. q .. sasp .l&E u b tPe VIII!
"The laayl,', h. sAsped.1 s'tt Thbs Id,
who bought poison here an hour agoi <~Sh
took it6t mSHkA sCspESo4e 4efaeS S9el
Have YOU an antfdote? She Is dying!"
z No, nop' said the old German. "B
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