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I could not bear it,
and the demon of jealousy had full possession of me, young as I was, and
sometimes, when I saw him preferred to me, I wished him dead, _dead_,
just as he is now. Oh, Robbie, my heart is breaking with agony and
shame, but I must go on. I must tell how I hated you and the pretty baby
ways which made you so attractive, and when I climbed up in the chair
after the lumps of sugar and saw the cup of Cayenne pepper, and you
standing below me with wide-open eyes and outstretched hands, asking me
to give, the devil look possession of me and whispered that now was my
chance to ruin those eyes looking up so eagerly at me. I had heard that
red pepper would make one blind, and--and--oh, horror, how can I tell
the rest?"
Lucy's voice was like a wailing cry of agony, as, covering her white
face with her hands, she went on:
"I held the cup toward Robbie, and said: 'Is it this you want?' and when
in his ignorance he answered: 'Yes, div me some,' I dropped it into his
hands, saying to myself, 'it is not my fault if he gets it in his eyes.


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