Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-02-09
The Non Irritating
Cafhartic
Easy to take. easy to operate
Hoods Pills

The poor old fellow was touched at
this proof OF my devotion to my hus-
band. You've been a wonderfully
good wife to him. Mrs. Moreland."
AT least, loved him very dearly.
want him to remember me when am
gone" / said, looking significantly at
the packet he was holding carefully.
Il promise. willingly" he said, as he
turned to take his leave Of me. ito
carry out all your wishes"
Directly he was gone, Millicent
brought me in a glass Of hot milk.
was taking so long to die. she needs
must, on her own responsibility, hurry
things up.
Since / drank that stun have pass
ed through my mortal agony. A nurse
has been fetched hurriedly. DR.. Brown
brought in again; everything that
could be done to alleviate my torture
has been tried: my pain seems at last
to have lessened, but the end can't De
long.
For a few moments, when the re-
spite came, I slept or became uncon-
scious. When / again opened my
eyes Jim and Milicent were standing
together at the foot of my bed, watch
me. II was growing dark, but could
see their faces, and / could imagine
an eager look in my sisters eyes as
she asked me whether felt better.
Much better" l said; for the mo-
ment my voice seemed to have grown
strong and clear again. II have been
asleep and dreaming. / dreamed that
you and Jim were going to be hang
edt"
Never did | see anything like the
hateful. frightened faces these two
turned to one another.
Millicent staggered and would have
fallen but that she held on to Jim. |
thought that, for moment, he shrank
from her. So their punishment has
begun already, and these eyes, these
dying eyes, have seen it, They, fools!
plotted to thrust me away that they
might be together. but my dead body
shall lie ever between them and my
dead hands shall hold them one at
either side of me in relentless grip.
So may we perchance spend eternity
together
Night is passing slowly-was ever
such a night Storm, rain. and wind
shake the house and beat fiercely at
my window. When the spell of pain
is on me hear nothing for the blood
beating in my ears; when the pain
ceases for moment l listen to the
shrieking of the wind. Can the winds
be some outside demon who waits
ravenously to seize my soul?
Two people, a man and a woman,
with faces gray and anxious as ghosts,
keep wandering in and out OF the
room: first one comes, gaZes at me for
a moment, and disappears; then
creeps in the ether furtively, cautious
ly. Both are frightened, nervous, but
not so much afraid of me as they are
of meeting one another.
white-capped nurse sits, indiffer-
ent, before the fire. l am dying-oh.
yes, know; and a good thing, too. for
I'm so tired, so dreadrully tired
those gray-faced people would but
keep away from me, l might die in
peace. The woman is kneeling by my
bed now. She has caught hold of my
hand-I am weak, I cannot take it
from her. What does she want? She
looks imploringly at me. | wish she
would let go my hand. The man is
there, too, now-he is standing be-
hind her-they both want something,
something from me! What is it?
I'm tired after such cruel pain-do let
me resti But it's Jim's eyes that are
looking into mine, and Millicent is
holding my hand! oh, l remember
now! / wished my death to ruin
them, because-because- l re-
memberi
How foolish to have been angry with
them-I, who once loved them both!
Can not save them?
Oh, God! l cannot speak! The
nurse is there-she bends down to.
ward me. Nurse. can you hear?
1t -was-not-Jim--o Millicent!
have poisoned myself"
The storm has died down. Day is
breaking Life. l have laid aside all
thy burdens, relinquishing even my re.
venge Death comes with morning,
shining like a bridegroom!-Sketch.