The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-06-06

LnCIC lay dtloSS iiCA ,hoe~ ny
tnrkcl It's head firmly fixed into the
silk stocking. With a inGlflea eselama..
ton of horror Harry tore it off, ana
gung it into the. sea;p the pretty white
fcst lag lars hhd seen through the
rent in the stocking Nsts three ting
red punctures. Mr.. Ashley rushed
down the cabin steps in mad hurry.
williams. Williams" he called; "you
must 60 on shore al, tntt; 1T cscs-de
you hear? Mrs. Ashley has been stdhg
by y snake, go and bring q doctor as
hlsisl,is hi ever seti ehh.'' Coming
back, he took up the huge basket 6f
flowers, and pitched them overheard;
then, taking poor Molly in his arms,
he thttied hek to Fer esbinl wkeh her
maid bathed the poor little foot. 1t
was swelling already, but there was no
patti, ~
"I'll sit on the deck till the doctor
comes, Harry" she laughed. please
don't worry, don't believe it was any
thing but a common adder"
But when the boat brought the doc
tor, in about an hour. he looked terry
gra;yel
Il cannot soy anything for s6fhe
time yet" he said, after examining the
sting. 81 don't like the entire absence
of phih; Can Fou hot seseribs to me
what the snake or adder looked like?''
But poor Harry had flung it away
without looking, and was in such
state that he could absolutely remem-
Der nothing. Gradually poor Molly
got worse, the swelling increased, and d
terrible htinbness; which trept slowly
right over the body, Set iriI 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 sthpol
from which nothing could Iouse her
About six in the evening she awoke, ant
family asked for her husband.
| "Dear love-" she said, putting hel
arms round his neck, "try not to take
it too hardly; if +" bit Harry left hei
and rushed on deck:
Good God; Wilson," he cried; to tn,
doctor, cant you do anything? Let
have some one else, let's" his ey
fell OH the native who had brought owe
the flowers in the morning, standin.
talking to Williams, and, in his frenzy
he turned on him,
i'You black scoundrei," he said; goini
up to him, do yoti know yotir careless
ness has killed my wife? If she aies
I'll have you thrown into the seal"
Master Harry" said the staid Wi
IiaIns, who had been with his maste
since he was boy, don't hurt th
man; he's a native, and these NATIVE
are sometimes very clever with med
cines; perhaps he can do something fe
MY mistressI"
God bless YOU for thinking Of /
Williams" he said, in a broken voice
"you tell him, you can understand h
iargon," and h. went down again
/ Molly.
Williams explained as well as
could what had happened; and Il
: mdn.with a gliinmer of drdetstahdin
thought he could sec what kind OF
snake it was from the wound it had ]
fiictcd. He was accordingly shown in
$ Mrs. Astleys cabin, and after lookiI
ut the punctures, at once hurried ava
saying he would bring something, b
| he was afraid. he uehfided to William
= that it was too late:
t Most of us can call to me mory sot
time in our lives, some special HOT
e when every moment seems year, al
e though a suppressed excitement ii
e us, yet we seem unnaturally quiz
1 | waiting waiting - we know n
v whether for life or death, for hap
n ness or misery to fall to our lot.
a If Harry Ashley had been ask
e which was the supreme hour of
t life he would without hesitation ha
: said this one-when he sat beside
S wife's bed in dumb agony awaiting t
return of the man, wondering if
r would be In time, for poor Molly seem
s to be losing strength with every bret1
g and wondering, too; If he could do d
o good when he did come!
IS At last, after what seemed to t
IS won-out man perfect eternity
G waiting, the native returned.
It method seemed to Harry alarming
!. simple for such AIN extreme case,
l. it merely consisted in putting d +
C. drops of a particular juice into
three punctures the adder had ma
/" but to his delighted establishment,
al well as the doctors, in half an he
st Molly was sleeping quietly. and
u swelling was already greatly decreas
,e while Mahomed Mani, the Afrie
medicine man, left the yacht censid
IL ably richer than when he came on to
a 1t was very pale little Molly W
~ was sitting week later at the sa
breakfast table, opening little pa
If age her husband had just given b
,v 1t was bracelet in the form of I
II gold adder, with cleaning eyes
+. emeralds; and on its quivering ton,
lay n crumpled roseleaf of rosy enan
"I1ow beautiful! Harry" she s.
"Thank you thousand times, and
they actually clever enough to M
10 10 such d thing iii that bazaar in A1gier
~ These eastern people are cons'
-, mate masters in the art OF jewel'
dearest" he answered.; land now, w
r. my little wife wears this, may it alw
:. be the only crumpled roseleaf in
- happiness-the solitary serpent IN
M Eden."-Madame.
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