Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-08-16

Mr.. BOWER Returned lef -FectiA-
raEheg gruifiy. and asked her II size
was feeling better IL tone 50 lialpa-
bly, indifferent that Der anxiety was
aroused.
4 am all right-but yougr sac a.
swered iHquiringly.
I He muttere1 something that she
coulg not near; and, not liking to ASK
I MIN 20 repeat what he had said. she
stood In the center Of the room, hest
tatlng whether 10 stay there then Or
come in at another tilEe when be was
! ID q better humor. She had hak IN
tended IL tell him who the stranger
was who had visited them on the
night before. and Of the reason OF hex
I faiuting-tt; but now, she decided, ST.
Eenee would BE- the kinder course. She
had lost sight 81 the probability that
be too might have recognized Mr..
Weare, and. having no idea that Mrs.
PriolO had been out that morning, she
believed her own absence to have been
unsupported So while she stood de
batting pros and cons, the opportunity
was lost
Mrs. PrioI0 had left the rpoiH on the
girls first entrance, and low was
heard calling her from downstairs.
little surprised, Eflen obeyed the
summons.
The housekeeper was In the kitchen,
aud had a packet In her hand. The
h0usemaid was also standing there.
II beg your pardon for troubling
sou, Miss Ellen: but its this arsenic.
I don't know how to use it
II am sure / don't, returned Ellen,
rather angry at The persistent way In
whah her knowledge on the subject
of poisons was taken for granted.
Shat put it down plain Ike this z
You can II you Ike; but ! should
not think any rat would be 50 .diotic
IL 10 ear 1t that way"
You mean It should ~ mixed With
something's"
why. Of course any child might
know that mGcha'
I'm sorry 70 be 80 stupid; bu. |
shall know another time she an
sgered, with outward pieasantness,
then turned to an open cupboard
.'See--I'll put it Ga the top shelf out
VI reach for the present. Mary, mind
you tell the cook what il Is just look
Miss Ellen. in case Mr. Bower asks
you TO get him anything this afternoon
! That's the sugar and that's the salt;
the arsenic Is right out OF the way at
the back there | declare IL makes me
quite nervous haYag such stun IN the
house; but no one could make mis-
tako Aew."
10, indeed, num- said the house
maid, riSibly impressed
Ellen. who could not help suspectins
that the housekeeper was speaking
with an object, remained silent and
presently went upstairs.
Sir. Bowyer was still alone, and
sudden impulse prompted her 50
strongly 70 speak then that she felt
She must obey ii. and would have done
50 but that. as she waited for him TO
address her first. the dlnner-bell rang.
and her second chance was gone.
In the afternoon they were left
alone again. as Mrs Priolo profesSed
fatigue. and went TO her own room;
hut Mr.. Bowyer was cross, and,
eurtly declining Ellen's offers 10 play
10 him or read aloud, sat quietly IN
bis armchair near the fire til at last
the heat and the nnbroken silence
caused linn 10 d0ze of,
He slept FOR some hours, and woke
tg In a better temper Presently he
.ked for some tea. and she went TO
prepare II.
She came back In few minutes
with A cup Of tea sweetened and with
cream as he liked il, and. putting II
down Oh small table beside him, was
going 10 draw a chair closer to the
ire when she remembered something
that She had forgotten TO tell the
servants, and ran downstairs again
As she returned. having been detained
longer than she expected, and while
still at little distance from the sit
tiug-room door, she thought she heard
a stifled cry proceeding from that di-
rcetion She stood stall to listen, then.
seized with a sudden indeiinahle fear
She rushed on into the room.
Mr. Bowyer was writing IN terrible
agony In his chair. his face iivid aud
drawn ont ~ an resemblance 70 itself
With pain; at intervals sharp sroan
escaped from h lips; but 1t was EVIL.
dent that already he was getting too
weak TO find relief even In that.
Horrded and bewildered. feeling she
was utterly useless in such fearful
emergency. ELLEN ran back, screaming
for help
The servants flew upstairs but Mrs.
Prielo, prompt and alert as usual, was
en- the spot FIRST
What is IT." she called ont sharply
as she came up.
"sfr. Bowyer y dyinS" cried Ellen.
ii was heartrenaerins u see how MT
terly overcome and Frustrated no was
by pain, how his stength seemed to
be slowly leaving him with each par.
oxysm Sometimes. when the strug.
gles ceased eor 4 moment and he lay
back wi.h open upnrned eyes. they
thought he must be dead.