Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11
CHAPTER TX.

Mimic. uranuet O'Clock nerSeII 10 tIeep
like a schoolboy who has not learned his
lessons and sees before him the angry
face Of the master when he'wakes. Sheer
terror led her to wrap the sheets about
her head. but just at that moment she
felt a kiss on her forehead. 1t was Eu.
genie, who had slipped into the room In
the darkness and stood there barefOoted
In her nightdress.
said. II shall tell him tomorrow morn.
ing that It was all my doing"
mo, don't. II you do. he will send
He will not eat me, after ALL"
crying still"
"Go back to bed, dear. The floor Is
damp: Il will strike cold to your feet"
SO ended the solemn dry. which had
brought for the poor wealthy heiress a
lifelong burden Of sorrow. Never again
would Eugene Grandet sleep as soundly
or AZ lightly as heretofore.
The trouble and excitement Of the day
disturbed her rest; she woke again and
again to listen for any sound from her
cousins room, thinking that she still
heard the means that all day long had
vihrated through her heart. Sometime
she seemed to see him lying up there. dy.
Ing Of grief; sometimes she dreamed that
he was being starved to death. Toward
morning she distinctly heard a terrible
cry. She dressed herself ut once. and In
the dim light of the dawn fed noiselessly
IN the stairs to her cousins room. The
door stood open, the wax candle had
burned itself down to the socket. Nature
had asserted herself; Charles. still dress.
ed, was sleeping In the armchair. with
his head fallen forward on the bed: he
had been dreaming 40 famished people
dream. Eugene admired the fair young
fare. II was flushed and tear.stained;
the eyclids were swollen with weeping;
he Seemed to be still crying In his sleep.
aud Eugcnie's own tears fell fast. Some
dim feeling that his cousin was present
awakened Charles; he opened his eyes
and saw her distress.
"Partlon me, cousin" he said, dream.
lily. Evidently he had lost all reckon.
ing Of time. and did not know where he
was.
'"Thers are hearts here that feel for
you, cousin, and We thought that you
might perhaps want something. You
should 70 to bed: you will tire yourself
out II you sleep like that"
Eyes" he said, "that 10 true"
"Good.by." she said, aud Hed. half In
confusion. half glad that she had come.
An hour later she went to her mothers
room to help her to dress. 90 she always
did. Then the two women went down.
stairs and waited for Grandet's coming
in the anxiety which freezes or burns.
The cooper came downstairs. spoke In
an absent. minded way to his wife. kissed
Eugene, and sat down TO table. He
seemed to have forgotten last nights
threats.
"What has become Of my nephew? The
child 10 not much In the way"
"He IL asleep. SIR" said Nan0n.
$50 much the hotter; he won't want a
wax candle for that" said Grandet, ia.
cetiously.
His extraordinary mildness and satir-
zeal humor puzzled Mime. Grandet; she
looked earnestly at her husband. He
took up his hat aud gloves with the re-
mark:
II am going to have a look round in
the market place; ! want to meet the
CruchOts."
Grandet always slept but little, and
was wont to spend half the night In re-
vOlving and maturing schemes, a process
by WHICH uib NicWs, ODscTNutiouh uuu
plans gained amazingly In clearness and
precision; indeed, this was the secret Of
that constant success which was the ad-
miration of Saumur.
During the night this excellent mans
IDEAS had taken an entirely new turn;
hence his unusual mildness. He had
been weaving web to entangle them In
Paris; he would envelop them In his tolls,
they should be as clay In his hands, they
should hope and tremble, come and 60,
toll and sweat. and all for his amuse'
ment, all for the old cooper In the dingy
room at the head OF the worm-eaten
staircase In the old house at Saumur; 1t
tickled his sense Of humor.
He had been thinking about his
nephew. He wanted to save his dead
brothers name from dishonor In a way
that should not cost penny either to
~ 1sphsw ~ to himself. He was abeut