Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-30

restitution 10 the man. but BY Der
silence she had convicted herself =
the most heinuus of I'D tTapsgTes
eions in her hustendis eyes There
was one way only IN which he couid
sxulafn the matter 20 himself He
h,.d never believed IN kieVtoEnazlia
uniil then. but il was the one thing
uron which bis mind was eenterei-
Ard she cOufs-sssd she had often felt
irnrelled to take valuzbies fOT which
she could have no Tlszsible need
He was a proud man and he was
tortured by his discovery. be had re
gar,ied his wife. his child and him-
self as icing made II finer clay 1han
the rest Of mankind HIS disiilEsiOn
was complete The day after she
rag unmasked she came into splen
iid inheritance. but Smith vigorously
refused 10 permit the expenditure ot
any II il IN The hcUsehold Hedareo
not leave her f0ran instant thinking
the desire might come tack 20 her
De sacrificed his pride by telling the
rr7ie state Of affairs 20 hlT maid
trusted servant. and together they
kept vigilant GUARD over her Il
was the most ulstliOus cruelty he
,osild cDntrive-One that must have
wounded her sOrely. She yras never
permitted "a lose sight of her s1ns
lie was infeuble In has course. keep
ing her always under his rs'lentlsss
eyes My friend Smith thOue,ht him
self In those days quite capable q
accusing and Judging lis prisoner
and seeing that the sentence WIS
properly carried out When she
seemed 70 forget for an instant her
past error Smith ever 20 gently
turned the thumbssreEs An he
really devised modes Of exquisite tor
ture that she should p1Upsriy eI
plate her crime
No. she did not rebel. she drear
ily acoepted the penalty Of her mis-
step. At first she lived IL deadly
fear lest be shouId send her away
from him hut when she found If
was part Of his plan. 10 re with her
constantly. she seemed content She
could not. rather would not. grow
accustomed 10 the thought that she
had forfeited Smiths love. During
the first few days she hovered around
him. hoping 10 lure some expression
Of pardon from him, some word Of
love Never forgetting that she bore
- ..-,--- -, s-.<..4c.T l,o,-. nth a rc11
civility that was more frightful to
her than would have been an exhibi-
ton Of brute force. He was disci-
plining himself all the while in re-
pressing his feelings, for, as you
have perhaps suspected, he loved her
as passiOnately as ever.
She devoted bersef exclusively
70 the child. who had become a
source Of constant agony to Smith.
IL he took fruit or sweetmeat that
had been forbidden him, it became
10 Smiths fevered imagination evi-
dence that he had inherited his
mothers weakness; in other days il
would have seemed a child's lovable
laAlA vi pray.
THE child slept in the mothers
apartments. and Smith was about tc
retire one night when his wife came
in hurriedly. bidding him send i'm
mediately for their physician, for tht
little one Vas choking. Smith went
back with her, and after seeing the
child left the room-she thought u
send for the family physician. She
used the simple remedies that for
merly proved effectual, but without
avail She raised her eyes to Smitl
in agonizing appeal, but he made M
movement. At length he told hel
that he had not summoned a physi
clan, believing it better that th'
child should die"
"Whatr cried, aghast, my lou(
tone in marked contrast to his low
unhurried words
You are not eating" remarked
Knolys, as he refecdvely regarded
the bead that had formed arount
the edge of his glass. You ar
astounded at my friends action, bu
he himself did not question the wis
dom of his course; perhaps it did no
occur TO him that he could err. Bet
ter, he thought, 10 cause himself on
sharp pang than untold misery T.
the bitter end. In fact, he believes
he was doing a very brave deed Il
consign your child to death is no
such a simple matter as it might az
pear. When the mother leaIne'
what he had done, she was Wild,
indignant for an instant, then quietl,
placed the child in his crib and stole
ally watched his sufferings. An
what had seemed quite right ant
courageous in himself struck Smitl
as monstrous in the mother. Yo'
are neglecting your ilet. You vii
find it.
But the motherl" reminded
''The motheri" echoed KnollyE
wearily. You progress too rapidly
Smith was able to dismiss from hi
mind the idea that he had been il
strumental in bringing about the Iii
tie fellows death, for it would hav
been impossible for the physician +
reach the house before the child eA
pired. The mother, however, di
not reason with so much finesse, an
after the death of her child faile
yisibly. In this instance physician
were called in, but what they Nigh
have been able 10 do for the chill
they could not do for the mother
It is true she could not have foun