Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-06

him hin TO tell the druggists IN this town
not 70 sell Julian any drug. I instruct
60 the servants to. purchase nothing
Tor him without first consulting me. ]
am his legal guardian, and this rela-
tlonship aided me. ] would not allow
MIN to drive alone, lest he should 20
lar enough from home to purchase the
drug from strangers. He was cunning
enough to write prescription and
sign 1t by q fictitious doctors name.
''Io-night Julian chose to drive al
an hour when ne knew I expected my
husband to arrive. I believed it was
his plan to go somewhere and purchase
the drug. have been very suspicious
OF MIN for week, and have believed
ne has been taking morphine every
night. His symptoms in tho morning
appeared to justify my suspicious. ]
resolved to go with him. On our way
homo 1 left him at DR.. behring's.
knew he would drive home then, for
we were q long distance from any place
where drugs were sold. I wanted to
see the doctor before I told my hus-
band when would go to New York. Ii
Julian was deceiving me it would be
useless for me to stay here and try to
cure him of his habit. If he really was
near cure, thought it would be my
duty to stand by him for the next four
weeks. The doctor assured me that
was mistaken in my suspicious, ana
that ought to remain with my brother.
For the first time in my life I dreaded
to meet my husband. l could not tell
him frankly why I could not comply
with his wishes, and I knew he would
be very angry at my refusal to go
home"
She had not once looked at her list
ener, and had spoken of her husband
as of an absent person. Once or twice
no had attempted to interrupt her, but
| by gesture she had expressed her I'M
willingness to listen to him until her
story was ended.
"When l learned that my husband
had left me, was shocked at his lack
OF faith in me. At first I was griev-
ously angry, but later wished l had
told him all. Surely, thought, had
better have broken my promise to
Julian than to have broken my hus-
bands heart. But he was gone, and
| search for him | could not without
| making our disagreement public. I
sat in my room in the dark, wondering
! where he was and if he could forgive
me. BY and by a man crossed the
lawn, and believed my husband had
| relented and come back to me; but in
an instant l saw my mistake. DR..
Deering camc upon the piazza and en-
tered my brothers room. I crept out
OF doors and looked in through the
window. Julian was sitting up in bed
and counting his money. When he
had finished, he gave roll of bills to
the doctor. I watched them, dumb
| with amazement, while Julian barred
his arm and the doctor gave him a
hypodermic injection of morphine. It
must have been a powerful dose, for
Julian seemed in a state of profound
coma before I left the window. I
waited for DR.. Deering to come out.
Then I told him had caught him in
his outrageous deception-that 1 knew
his inordinate love for money had
made him speculate upon Julian's
weakness. No doubt he has been sys-
tematically drugging my poor brother
for months.
HE has induced me to stay here be-
cause he has hated my husband'-her
voice was unsteady, but she went on
bravely-''he begged me not to send
for q physician and betray him. He
said that his reputation was in my
hands, and he begged me to be merci-
full. He said that he loved me, and
had been tempted to keep me near
him and away from my husband.
told him I would show him no more
mercy than he had showed the un.
happy cripple whom he had robbed
and bes0tted.
'Now that you know my position,
leave it to Your Honor to decide
whether Or not my husband ought to
forgive me, or whether no should keep
his resolution of never taking me to
his heart again."
He had taken her to his heart al
ready, and was saying, brokenly: MY
| wife-my wife. how can you ever for
give me?"
'But, Your Honor" she said, at
length, II have not heard your de-
cision."
''Yet you have felt it," he replied,
kissing her lips again; land it is like
the verdict of a jury, for it is scaled. -"
Frances 3. Currie, in Leslie's News.
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