The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12

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professional emphasis on the word you.
Why, that much impolite emphasis on
q pronoun In the second person would
ruin first-class medical pratice, tell
you. We have strychnine and prussic
acid In the pharmacOpBla, but impolite
emphasis Is a thing unknown to the
faculty." said Baird, drawing down his
waistcoat slowly with his left hand,
and solemnly raising his glass with his
right, keeping his cigar between the
fingers Of his left hand the while, and
looking into my face with malicious de-
liberateness.
For goodness sake 20 on Baird, and
drop your hideous attempts at humorp'
"lmpetuous youth" he apostrophized
me, "of forty do we not dilute all good
things with something useless or stu
pid, to wit: whisky with water, lauda-
mum with aqua, life with sleeping
Health with medicine and hope with
Baird" I cried. But do go on"
He paused mor emit, then spilled a
few drops from his glass, held it out
from him, and said In a tone OF sup
pressed enthusiasm, 81 pour and drink
to Walter Melton's precdcious smart.
ness, Bless the antique boy!"
| waiter, two more"
"And to his noble hospitality" cried
/
kle, as he emptied his glass.
WELL" resumed Baird with sigh,
as though the duty OF narration press
ed heavily upon him, "Langton in
creased the base OF the isosceles TRAN
gle his legs made with hearth-rug and
said, You have come for the purpose
Of meeting your wife and trying to in
duce her to make over on you money
which otherwise will go to that child.
Is not that SOL?
II thought Langton's manner simply
brutal.
"'Sir,' said Ryland, glancing from
Langton to me, we are not alone He
did not show the least sign OF haste or
temper, but smiled as gently as though
/ were his sweetheart, and he were ask
! ing me to withdraw in order that papa
and he might talk over the business as
pect OF his successful love-suit.
II rose to go, but Langton turned
sharply upon me and said: Neither j
nor my client has sought this inter-
view, neither nor my client desires Sc
crecy. II 1t does not answer the pur-
pose of this man that you should be
you remain
| by George, Melton, but thought
there would be blood. Langton's voice
was full OF threat and command; sit
down must and did.
"At that moment the door opened,
and woman carrying baby In her
arms came in. Indeed. she was one OF
| the plainest women / ever saw. She
wore hideous cold green plaid shawl
and an old yellow straw bonnet trim
med with faded violet ribbons"
"Ehp'
"Cold green plaid shawl. old yellow
straw bonnet with faded blue or violet
ribbons. Why did you stop me9"
WAS her complexion bad and her
nose sunken much below the forehead
at the bridget"
Eyes at least, think 80. Give me
q moment. It was"
"And she held the child to her bosom
as though it we're part OF her own body
that felt cold and needed all the heat OF
her arms and her BOSOM"
Gail fond mothers hold their babies
80. Do you know herr"
"Was the hair on her forehead irreg-
ular? Did 1t grow lower, much lower,
at one side than at the other2s'
Eyes, it did. Did you ever meet her?"
"She was In the carriage l, came by
to-day. Go on"
| when the woman saw Ryland she
| shuddered and drew the child closer to
| her. was watching every movement
| and look most closely. Langton went
to her, spoke to her, and taking her by
the hand. led her to q seat with as much
gallantry and Difference as though she
were the finest woman and the first
lady In London. Ryland stood in the
| middle of the room with one hand on
/ the back of a chair and the other still
holding his hat in front Of his. waist
coat. He bowed and smiled family as
she crossed the room; beyond that, he
did not move. After the first look she
never glanced toward him again daring
the whole interview.
"After a few words by Iangton in a
low. voice to the woman to which she
made no reply, he sat down. at his
writing table and spoke out.
"'Mrs. Ryland, OF the money You in
herited from your great-unele from
Jamaica. four months after your marri-
age, you have already assigned away to
this man half, or about G2500, ON the
condition that he was to keep away
from you forever. This money having
been left to your private use In such q
manner that he could have. no claim
whatever on q penny OF it. although he
Is your husband, YOU, against ny ad.
vice, made over to him. the mOiety Of
again, and 1t Is all gone
COOPERATING on the Stock Exchange,
put In Ryland in soft voice, as though
more DESTROYS to keep statements accu-
rate than to shield or excuse hiMself.
"One-half OF your fortune has been
gambl away, and this man now
wishes to have the opportunity OF dis
sipating'-
"'Of operating with broke in Ry-
land.
"'Of dissipating moro OF it. Your de-
cision-a decision which has my full
concurrence that you retain the
money for yourself and your child, and
that IL he give eny further trouble. you
seek div orce on the ground Of cruel
/ ty.'
"sBut shall get back all have lost IL
can command only another thousand.
Only thousand. There will still be
some left fo1 her and the boy, and
shall win all back
mot. with my approval, one penny
said Langtoa, holly.
but / have right am her has-