Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-01-03

fidenee, and that if she tried To make
lll-hiood between me and Seth, worse
than s''e Imagined might come of It.
50 shc kagt Ssi'l tongue, Rut WISE
canc "a Il fm all that. Seth's lack at
hettsag took q bad turn, as be himself
~ss3il ns aod he lost more than he had
won = I he was strongly tempted to
a cfiat reel sure he would not other
wisc ~ committed on even thought
II r. e ) pound sterling notes. the
o erA / ha FIRM were mis- ing from
my ocsi Ii was, of course. a very
Sc ns taiRg foF me. and had to do
all | could tu cieS, myself from suS-
picion ! suspected no one. least OF
all Seth hui when closely questioned
ly THO principal rs - what ! knew Of
the habits OF lnv f'ilew-ciefk. | was
compelled TO tell Q truth and men
toned what | knew about Taylor bet
ting on horse races and his having lost
money latelN. He was questioned,
aud the result WAS that police officer
was called in, and ON search being
ma q the stolen mol = were discovered
ip seth TaylorS cigar-caSe. and he was
tiled for the robbery and sent 10 prison
ft ri2bteen ncnt' | was very near
getting discharged for not making the
ra aware that s. tn was engaged in
rambling. hut, fortunately. the letter
in which | had b. gged him to break
he dangerous habit was found, and
ihat. Of course, was in my favor.
Seth. Of course. declared he was inno-
cent. and went so far as TO declare that
somebody who had private spite
awa rst h m had placed the ndteS where
thcs we discover, d. and Garry Speed.
-. Il laN.a
in court what tfanSpired at the private
interview | had with her. and how |
lad thr atened. tina, If she made known
to Scth what | h d told her worse
would hanpen to him. But the Judge
sad ii was mNus ons TO endeavor to
rut false complexion on perfectly
innocent remark made by an intimate
friend cf the prisoner, and one who, as
Town hr the letter already mentioned,
had proved himself to be a good adj
wiser. But it didn't matter much
ahout Tavlors sentence being such a
severe one. He fretted himself to
death in prison, and only lived five
months after his conviction.
| had not seen Carry Speed once
during the whole OF that five months.
] had no animosity against her, but |
did not care 20 me { her again after the
base insinuation g had made against
me at the trial. But. to my surprise,
shortly after Seth Taylor's death, she
wrote to me. 1t was all over now, she
said: but her mind could get no rest
until she had be ged my forgiveness
for what she had aone. since the longer
she reflected on it the more she was
convinced that she had misjudged me-
There was lot more in her letter to
the same effect, and with which | need
not trouble you. You will easily
understand that | was very much sur
prised and pleased as well. ] made ii
my business 10 see her and tell her so.
All my old love for her came back
when we met and she was no longer
disdainful. | was beside myself al
most with delight at the prospect of
winning her after all. OF course |
never dreamed of such a thing after
what had happened. and least of all
did | dream of the horrible trap that
was being laid for me. When, few
weeks after our reconciliation, | asked
her to be my wife, in the quiet way
that now seemed natural to her she
accepted my offer, and we were mar
ried.
+" She was not the fond and cheerful
wife | expected to find her, but no
woman could have been more patient
and obedient or more devoted to my
interests. long time before | had
insured my life fol 300 pound sterling.
Nothing would satisfy my wife but
that / insure her life as well, and for
twice as much as my policy stood for,
and l made no objection. This was
when we had been married not more
A. A l. 49,. l..
insurance had been made her health
was not as good as it had been prev
iously. She would be i'll for day or
two and be well again for perhaps a
week, and then she would re'apse. We
lived in apartments and had no SER
wants, and when she was i'll | waited
on her and never made trouble Of it,
for if ever man loved woman loved
her. She gradually grew to be more
frequently unwell, and the doctor we
called in seemed puzzled TO make out
what was the matter with her. A girl.
who was employed by our laBdlady,
came in at odd times and gave her
medicine and prepared anything she
fancied in the way of food. The land
lady was paid extra for this but she
gave the servant no more than her
ordinary wages. so that what the latter
did was not done willingly, and one
day my wife asked me if | thought it
possible TINT the girl could be wicked
enough to tamper with her food out of
sDite. She had had some broth that
day, she said, and she thought it tasted
strangely. ! ridiculed the idea as
sick wonlan's fancy, but the same
afternoon | was fetched in a hurry from
the Office, the messenger bringing the
startling news that my wife was very
ill-near dying. IN fact-and that the
maid servant had been given into Gus
tody on suspicion of having poisoned
ler. When | reached home | found
such to be the case. Ii appeared that
during the morning the girl had pre-
pared my wife some arrOwrOOt from a
packet / myself had bought the day
previously. and she was Immediately
afterward-before she had emptied the
cup. indeed-taken with such violent
pains that the doctor was sent for, and
to him my wife mentioned her sus-
picions If the servant. The doctor ex-
amined the remains of the arrowr0Ot in
the cup and thereby discovered such
ample proof of guilt that the girl was
at once arrested. / felt so furious
against her that / could have killed
her As ! have already told you l
loved nv wife sincerely and would
have suffered death myself almost to
have saved her from harm. Happily
the prompt remedy that was adopted
ayerted the threatening danger, and