, 1880-12-25

''ntul think Of nothing e!sc." The erimson
drnr grew a rosebud. then lt!tt;blown
rose, with sweet, heavy o!lor, a1atl tho pGr.
s,w ii beautiful, slcii.tgr serpent baildcd, witl,
tho ptlrest wltu atltl tho ovellest verlniilnll;
n1sf n1% " u IN 2sfr Tesf Sfe ' tf'" {a Sc sSff 'ai
s,se eaft q ts iI rse ssei aid wsfsatl, lis stie s si
fields at,uut Syhtl's neck, Md SAW hor toy
Will, the radnlt reptile f0r hours, IL aee1i'!Hl
to lue. thought thu snrpcMt wins li,ysclf,
5 ane. s; su'eniy. N viii s va wsys @ sai,,is,,
tho serpent wns gone, nI,tl tlie rsu was gong,
nlltt sat tteru viii, onlyn .lny spesk II tlry
blood Oh my wrist. y llttlo l,.ll, hidden III
so woFSsFE' 'sE asle !" 's fo sa, fya syS '':f "t
was lndtan hemp. tic poison .9f tho coral
snake OF tho AnlHzoll, md my b!nDd. Nnw.
Mrt last, fur one moment, wu VIII lcaVo tll$
now" Sic raised her ngor nut sMlIet!
tilec tnnre. "Yuu mist forget yourself, a!nl
forget Tic, too i}nnot stir. Everything ~
peatls upon the absolute R1ssly1iiess nt in'ttl;
:l9 not know tlMt w0 sa't @ s,i:ceea, VIZ
low chairs fncilig zach other, It WIS easy for
Syhl 70 tErnW ine to llHr, ni'tl 10 lny my lace
upon her white warm shoulder, aMl t1 press
sIcrra 'rlio tlrst tIling noticed wns tliu
nulrl,ur Oi Sybii's respiration; rcxt tl.e decp
rhythmic throbbIng Gf ,l,sr hrart. Soon !
ouy l,cart-beats were ,tsnclruna!!, ant! ttei |
confused our identity; the unison l,uca,rie
absolutely perfect. ,'ll!ere WIS M. ti'pwsi-
lltss Ur l,ei.vInpss this time. Suddenly wo
,Wsfo standing toget]cr, in The nlr. With a1'
s,ie sis viii ;iti tho Srighl ss!IIs on i ier
fuec, like II pleased child wllo Inns conIpassr.l
sulne piecs Of is!t; af rxsssststSls ,'rf t; e.l
sn nnG nya1s;Y ,Ss1,St syer = ayt. 50 .x
0!1lslt? DO sGo tlltse Too poor tdlL!ts thern ?
Shall we go away ntNi leave tIleM furcyer?"
There III the cl'airs reclinG!t tlie material
forms III Sybtt n'u myself tile rOnnt.
covering. my brow and chceks with tender
"'rNc poor thing seems ia like him, doesn't
she"n sald Sybi|.'sls SHE turned her eyes 10
-" / should think he, would be ashamed to,
nftnr that sort,'n' saltl !.
Sybll RInncetl at the figures, and look OF
her face 1 saw myself iIft my nruls and
csnsp them about l!1r neck. my lips vert,
raised to hers, n,,d then was conscious OF
nwnkenlng L my rrnr olle Of tic lnll1igcs
~ ,sybll's boutlnir. Tue afternoon sun Y iIy
6nticayoretl 10 rlse, and finally. after several
efforts, succeeded. nlni crnwiGtl to tho winter
lux md drunk such II blissf,tl tlrunghtt
1uukutl Mt my asuls, wtlleretl, nlu slrilnl;e11,
and wrlnkieu, mil parel,cu Will. fever.
looked at my face In tho glass;
l seemed 80 years old. What lad
lnpprnetl? Where was Sybll2 Had bee'.
sick for unys, perilnps months? No, | hnt!
on the samo clothes woru when | entered
the house on Sunday night; looked 1t my
myself to o,u Uf lilo Turkish chairs. tsnt
!!roppett Into 1t. l recnlIed tho events d
Sunday night up t9 tho tine of t.o fatal M klsg:
again, and fu,l1il myself better. l resolved
| to leave tho house. tottered to the outer
hnll. The shabby wreck Of Il mai, with tlle
watery-blue eyes opene, the door for me-. !
tancie.t u look OF malignant triumph on his
| fAcr. The fresh mir revived ne. 4 boy
passed with papers. bought one. 1t was
| Tuesday evening.
|, x few steps further ON, and | 1met En'e AZ
ton. Sle WIS singing cinliber!nail from,