The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-15

indistinct murmur and then the word
husband came floating across tho room
10 me- For an instant my resolution
wavored. But the next second. IN clear.
rapturOus tones, / heard the exclamation,
Noble George
II hestated no longer. went from the
room, ana returned with bottle of ohloro-
form. 1 let her inhalo tho powerful
fumes; and then-then-Oh, my God %
lie was on his feet in n instant his head
thrown back, and his hands clutching his
brow rs if 10 keep il from bursting.
Yes yes did i" he moaned, Il
poured one drop OF the sight.destroyer
into each eve, and rushed FROM the house
4 waited outside, waited till the day
dawned. waited till ] heard SHREK after
shrek come from her room and | knew
that the drug had done ts work-that
she was biinu blind blind 80
81 can tell YOU little Of what occurred
afterward, he added, presently. Il
believe | was found wandering about in
the sun that day without hat. Brain
fever followed. Whether it was weeks or
months that elapsed before 1 pulled
through, l don't know. My memory Is
not very clear upon these points. i have
an impression regarding that man Noble,
though how l got it | cannot say. The
story may have been actually TOLD TO me (;
may have como to me IN my dehriuin, or
in dream. 1t Is entirely opposed TO the
idea that there was any intrigue be-
tween him and my wife. lt explains the
secret of their intimacy In this way Her
brother. who was mover "a credit 10 his
family, had been guilty OF forgery and
fraud. Noble was the principal sufferer f;
but for her sake cit appears he mad known
her irOm chilihoou Dho determined TO shield
the Cuiprit from exposure. Not only So,
but ho sent him out of the country at his
own expense, 80 rs TO give him "A chance
of making fresh start. Iha packet no
had slipped into my wife b vi that mig hi
contained nothing more thlt the evi
Gences of her brothers gui., ana she in
| tended to reveal tho whole story 10 me
when we got home
- did mott could nJt-accept this
version OF the affair. ! felt no sting Of
! sorrow. no conjunction for what | had
! done. | wandered about from place 20
! place, seeking rest bur finding none
! And, 10 Is strange. but have sort of
vague idea that wherever | went | was
| followed by my blind wife and littlc
daughter
II think il was about year afterward
| rs | was sitting alone one day, hrooding
over the past, that ] felt a sudden drrt nf
pain shoot through NY eyes. Ii was Just
| rs IL two red -hOt needles had been driven
! into them. 1t passed of quickly, but my
| sight appeared blurred for SONS little
! time. l put IL down TO the glare OF The
| sun. for | had Just como in from "a long
walk, anu thought no more Of it.
"A month on so later, however, l had
an attack of a similar kind. After that
! grew alarmed ! began To dread return
| ot that burning pain, ana made up my
! mind to consult AN Oculist i came bncB
| Co England for this purpose The special
| st assured me he could discover nothing
| wrong with my sight, but advised me {,
| remain for the next few weeks In d
! darkendd room. did sO and 10 mad,
no difference. The piercing. burning
| pangs sought me out there. 10 was ther
| knew that | was doomed doomed by
AN inexorable fate which demanded al
! eye Tor an eve.
81 found too, that could not sleep n
| night No sooner did | begin To dOze thar
| ! started up In nOrrOr, reused by
| woman's piercing shrek. ] looked for
ward TO the hOuis OF darkness with posi-
tive terror, !or 10 was then my tor
ments were most acute. In despair 1 de
terminod TO turn the day into night, an
the night into daY.
And in spite Of all this did not re
pent. l stroyo 10 do SO, stroyo with al