Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-29

s'Walton Walton r piteously cried, "get np-I want you.'' <. A smothered, sleepy voice seemed to reply something did not catch, followed by, Ju- tia, yes, Julia r. was in too much suffering to associate this rambling with anything par dcular; but, iI cooler moments, did recall It and the fact that Julia was the very pretty housemad, and, doubtless, Walton was en- toying rosy dreams ia which Julia was first performer.
 I thought of crying Murder P and believe I really did so in q suppressed tone. "FireP know cried severn: yifl,s, but fortunately the household slept San:l,i,y.
 Walton l" cried louder and louder, and be, now fairly aroused. answered, Coming, miss, coming-anythinf, wrong-housc on fire, miss somebody il. did you say7" All | this came to me as .7ns impatiently waiting his appearance, and I ths while answering him with, s.Be q,iicl.-I want you"
 "What is it, missy" ca,ne again, as Walton opened tho door. E l 'Toothache, Walton!" said "and want a bottle of whsSey'' "Toothachel only toothac].ev' heard hin mutter as he passed me. sf A
 Only toothache. indeed Oh that he had had such night a. hasi gone through. In my heart of hearts wished that once upon a time somebody had died of tho toothache, and then it would be deemed worthy of more consideration. It saeInoal hours before he 1 returned with a frc.,llr-opened bottle of whiskey. Taking 1t frcI'l him II turned hur- riedly away, and left him i-duiging in the 1 idea that must liave laat my senses.
 was now fully awake to tho fact that a l discovery of mo returning to my room would l be a worse state of afTairs than in the descent from it; but all went well-1 reached my room in safety, and, quietly shutting the door, I turned upon my tormentors.
 Iwould burn out the warfare, and there upon ensued q grand and final battle-for 1 was now armed with q moro powerful weapon than before.
 Pouring out quantity of the fiery spirit, in my determination to be strong for the battle unthnkingly swallowed 1t. Gasping 1 for breath was tho next consequence; but, on recovering from that effect, proceeded to | follow up & similar treatment, lis I had done earlier in tho nigh. with the cold water.
 Now I had to undergo another species of l torture-the bIistering and burning my al- ready over-su1fering mouth, till a very fur mace seemed created. 1 did not care-for l meant to be coIIuoror-and l was. The twisting, excruciating agony I had felt grad ually succumbed to the extreme remedy which had applied outwardly and inward 1 ly. A calm, soothing feeling carne creeping over me- and gradually lost all Knowledge l of tormentors, torture or treatment All faded slowly and phantom-like away as q faint stroke of 8 clock tolled out-one-two- e-four-fve-six! Did exaggerate the truth when I made tho entry-"A night oi l tortureW
 When I awoke the whole scene of the night flashed upon me; still, could hardly realize it as a fact, something that had actually taken place; it so much resembed the unreaeon- able fancies of dream: till, sitting up and rubbing my eyes, so as to be able to tlko Il look round, saw-whatl g-ssS.r~5
 There standing in mocking truth, was the half-emptied bottle of wlliskey, haunting me with the fact, whether I accepted it or no: that I had gone to sleep intox----. No, would not utter such an implication against my hitherto unimpeachable self.
 True, my blistered and swollen mouth told me that had used tho remedy to burn cnt the intoerable torture had endured; but fin undesirable remembrance stole upon rna that-did not even theSclock on the mantel- | piece, whose finger pointed to half-pass eleven-that I had slept to such Q late hour l did it not all tell me that-no, I could net i utter the words that now were tormentins me with shame. sz,f5e. e
 And they let me sleep on--of course, every body knew all about it! t
 A gentle opening of my door caused mo to turn my eyes in it's direction, to see Julia s I pretty face peepng cautiously in. 1 "Ohi you are awake, miss I was told not to disturb you; but MT. Middleton asked me to look in and see if you were awake and wanted anything. Everybody's out but MT. Middleton. I think he is waiting for you" I Julia's information was unasked for, but still quite welcome. F
 ssYou can bring me a cup of tea," said in reply. G& 4o ,,,foo o,1cf 0f some breakfast, miss2'
 Servants never can understand why you can't eat,'' said with sort of disgust-for 1 was feeling certain Julia would report my simple want, and what malicious opinion would be passed I was quite too disgusted to imagine. One thing I must do--it was to dress quickly-go down to Charlie, and tell him all. may as we'll tell you that no sooner had Charlie slipped a shining circlet on my finger few weeks before this, than I imme- diately began to turn him into father con- lessor, and told him everything how I had l f1irted (mildly 1iirted), perhaps not behaved quite so kindly to so-and-so as I might have | done-and much more, which cannot now mention-and he had laughed or rebuked, as he deemed the narration required
 So far telling Charlie everything had been easy and pleasant work: but this morning felt a kind of shame connected with it, and rdluoE SuIiILk 1IOI1 IL itS e6 QlSs1SEccbplo uuby
 had hardly patience to sec my snowy teeth, that were looking as if they were the very best behaved, and think vowed a VOW that if ever they played mo. such pranks, would without hesitation Undergo adminis- tration of chlorosorm-I was too great 6 coward without have every one of them ex. tracted, and replaced by artificial ones Whether this threat had any effect in sub duing their frequent irritabilities, I don't know: but from that time I have never been 7. tortured again.
 did feel particularly anxious to be look. ing my best. 1t is no use to deny that we
 women get through any difficulty better fol feeling that we arc looking our best. Some how it gives us case and confidence, and is like an unknown power helping us on tc victory. The glance I took produced a satis
 factory result, my face on one side was swoller
 but so little as to be unnoticeable unless il
 was known. had dark rims under my eyes
 but the eyes were bright enough. Certainly my usual color had fled, but the paleness was
 becoming and saw was looking decidedly Il invalidish, which would arouse all Ch;riies pity; pity from any one else should have
 scorned, but he was so different from every body else. Reaching tho drawing room door hesitated moment, and as did so, the
 door opened and he stood before me.
 need not go over the lovers exclamations of concern and endearments nor how quickly I found myself comfortably settled on s | cOuch with the SOftest inflow for nov nal f,o