Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-06-19

mowers, ana FltcneQ them OverDOard;
then, taking poor Molly in his arms,
he carried her to her cabin, when her
maid bathed the poor little foot. It
was swelling already, but there was no
pain.
"I'll sit on the deck till the doctor
comes, Harry she laughed. "Please
don't worry, don't believe 1t was any
thing but common adder"
But when the boat brought the doc
tor, in about an hour, he looked very
grave.
Il cannot say anything for some
time yet" he said, after examining the
sting. II don't like the entire absence
Of pain. Can you not describe to me
what the snake or adder looked likeY
But poor Harry had flung it away
without looking, and was in such o
state that he could absolutely remem-
Der nothing. Gradually poor Molly
got worse, the swelling increased, and
terrible numbness, which crept slowly
right over the body, set in. The doctor
stayed on, but more for the sake of
Mr.. Ashley, who was beside himself
with grief, than for Molly, who lay
quite still and quiet in kind of stupor
from which nothing could rouse her.
About six in the evening she awoke, and
family asked for her husband
Dear love-" she said, putting her
arms round his neck, "try not to take
it too hardly, if L" but Harry left her
and rushed on deck.
Good God, Wilson," he cried, to the
doctor, cant you do anything? Let's
have some one else, let's" his eye
fell OH the native who had brought over
the flowers in the morning, standing
talking to Williams, and, in his frenzy,
he turned on him.
"Iou black scouEdrel," he said, going
up to him, do you know your careless
ness has killed my wife? If she dies,
I'll have you thrown into the seal"
Master Harry" said the staid Will
liams, who had been with his master
since he was a boy, don't hurt the
man; he's native, and these natives
are sometimes very clever with medi.
cines; perhaps he can do something for
my mistress!"
God bless you for thinking of it,
Williams" he said, in broken voice;
"you tell him, you can understand his
jargon," and he went down again tc
Molly.
Williams explained as we'll as he
could what had happened; and the
man, with glinmcr Of understanding
thought he could see what kind of &
snake it was from the wound it had in
ficted. He was accordingly shown into
Mrs. Astley's cabin, and after looking
at the punctures, at once hurried away
saying he would bring something, bu
he was afraid, he con1ited to Williams
that it was too late.
Most of us can call to memory some
time in our lives, some special hour
when every moment seems q year, ant
: though q suppressed excitement fill
us, yet we seem unnaturally quiet
waiting waiting we know no
whether for life or death, for happi
ness or misery to fall to our lot
If Harry Ashley had been aske'
which was the supreme hour of hi
: life he would without hesitation hav
> said this one-when he sat beside hi
wife's bed In dumb agony awaiting tn
return Of the man, wondering if b
1 would be in time, for poor Molly SCENE
e to be losing strength with every breath
t and wondering, too, if he could do an
good when he did comet
e AT last, after what seemed to til
. worn-out man q perfect eternity O
. waiting, the native returned. Hi
I method seemed to Harry alarmingl
y simple for such On extreme case, a
\ 1t merely consisted in putting fe,
o drops Of particular juice into til
e three punctures the adder had mad,
t but to his delighted establishment, q
: well as the doctors, in half an hou
8 Molly was sleeping quietly, and th
swelling was already greatly decreased
r while Mahomed Mani, the Africa
$ medicine-man, left the yacht conside,
9 ably richer than when he came on to it
g 1t was very pale little Molly VIII
8 was sitting week later OF the sam
s breakfast table, opening q little pack
@ age her husband had just given hel
t 1t was o bracelet in the form of tin
: gold adder, with cleaning eyes c
i emeraldsj and on its quivering tongu
: 10y cru1npled roseleaf of rosy ename
"How beautiful! Harry" she sait
- ''Thanle you thousand times, aud ar
il they actually clever enough to max
It such a thing in that bazaar in Algie1s
u "These eastern people are consun
g mate masters in the art Of jeweler.
dearest" he answered; "and now, whe
i my little wife wears this, may it alway
a be the only crumpled roseleaf in be
J happiness-the solitary serpent in OF
Eden!"-Madame.
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