Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-27


handed the whole to Tracy. His lips hav
ing once touched the glass, stuck there til
it was empty. So .-:ss2ses. .:--;..s 60;
He gave sigh of intense satisfaction a.
he put down the glass "Ambrosia, BY
Jupiter I" he exclaimed. "The man who
invented that tipple ought to be immortal
lied by a statue Of the whitest marble.
have no wish to be thought presumptuous
but cannot resist asking you to mix me
one more potation."
"One! half dozen, if you like, and all
Of them different" | replied. "Unlesi
| your taste differs very much from mine
you will find No. 2 an improvement OF
No. l."
He reflled his pipe while [ was mixing
the second tumbler, but still kept watch.
full eye on my proceedings; not that he
was any longer suspicious of my good
| faith, but because he was DESTROYS of TAX.
| ing lesson in the art of concOcting such
| delicious drinks. When all the other in
| gradients were properly combined, |
opened one OF the packets, as before, and
shook the contents into tumbler and
then, having well stirred the whole, /
handed the glass to Tracy. But the pow
der, In this case, possessed properties very
| different from that of the innocent alkali
Of which had made use previously.
| AS before, Tracy's lips seemed glued to
! the tumbler, till he had drained the con-
tents to the last drop.
"How does that suit your taste?" |
| said. ais it equal to the first?"
Such question is hard to answer" he
| replied. 1.-THE beauties Of both are so
evenly balanced that Bacchus himself
| would find it difficult to decide between
| the two. have to thank you, my dear
| young friend, for having opened up new
vista Of pleasure undreamed Of by me be-
fore"
81 must give you one or two of my re-
ceipes, and then you can mix for yourself.
One more tumbler, and then to business. "
Even while was speaking, the pipe
dropped from his lips, and his eyes began
to wander. Slowly and deliberately pro
ceeded with my preparations for another
tumbler. Tracy, after glancing down re-
proachfully at his pipe, took no further
heed Of it, but planting both his elbows
firml y on the table, and taking fast hold of
his head between his hands, he tried his
utmost to bring his weak, wavering gaze
to bear on my manipulating fingers But
the effort was too much for him. His eyes
closed, opened, closed again; and then,
with few inccherent words of apology,
his head dropped forward on the table; his
nerveless arms lost all power of tension /;
and IN twenty seconds he was faster asleep
than he had ever been In his life before.
1t was to this end that all my efforts had
been directed. The powder put by me into
his second tumbler was powerful Indian
narcotic, which / had latterly had occa-
sion to use in some,of my chemical expert.
ments. Although successful SO far, twas
not without more unequal beating of the
heart than usual that proceeded to carry
out the remainder Of my design. However
honest ones Intentions may be, there is
something nefarious in the act of feeling
a mans pockets something that goes ut
terly against the grain; yet that was pre-
cisely what l had now got to do Before
proceeding any further, however, l thought
it advisable to have third person by me,
to act as witness of what might follow.
So | went down stairs, to my landlady's
room, with the intention of getting either
the worthy dame herself or her husband,
to act the part of chorus in my forthcom-
ing little drama. Fortunately, found the
lady's son, who is strapping sergeant in
the Guards, and who. made no difficulty
about going back with me.
We found Tracy still soundly asleep,
with his head on the table. From this
posture gently raised him, and laid him
back in the easy chair in which he was
sitting. My next proceeding was to in
sinuate my hand into each Of his pockets,
one after the other, in search Of the mis-.
sing diamond. found the young lady's
purse, but the ring was not in it also
found number Of pawnbroker's dupli-
nf I,ax
to the object Of which l was in search.
Here, too, was nay pencil-case. (which, to-
gether with the stolen purse, | did not
fail to appropriate. One after the other |
searched all the pockets could find, but
still the ring was not forthcoming, and
began to fear that he had disposed of it, in
which case it was probably lost beyond re.
| covery. My friend, the sergeant, seeing
my perplexity, suggested that the ring was
| perhaps sewn up inside the lining of his
coat Or waistcoat. Acting on this hint, ]
felt all over the lining of his coat without
success; but, on coming to his waistcoat
found something hard, over which 9
| patch of wash-leather had bean carefully
stitched. a few seconds sufficed to unrir
the sewing, and there, wrapped up carefully
In cotton, wool and tissue paper, was
| lady's diamond ring. In silent triumph
held it up on the tip of my finger, for the
sergeant's inspection.
"hurrah that's jolly, and no mistak g, >
shouted the Guardsman with wave of hi
pipe. "How will Mr., olyboots feel wher
he wakes up?'
| We were not left long in doubt on tina
point. Hlr. Tracy began to yawn, anC
stretch and pull himself together. 1t wa,
a popularity Of the narcotic / had give1
him that its effect, when administered il
| small doses, was of short duration, and
knew that Tracy's stupor would not las
| above half an hour at the most. To assist
his recovery, held vial of strong smell
ing-salts under his nose. He opened biz
eyes, sat up sneezed, and stared vacantly
| around.
Good evening, governor" said the ser
| geant. you seem to have had quite 6
refreshing little snooze"
Mr.. Tracy did not respond TO this friend
| ly greeting. His fingers were busy fumb
ling at his Walstcoat, and the next moment
he started up with tremendous oath, anC
declared that he had been robbed.
"Of what have you been robbed, Mr.
Tracys" asked.
"Of q valuable diamond ring, which
for better security, had stitched up in The
folds Of my waistcoat."
Probably this purse also belongs t.
your" l said, holding up the article ii
question.
| He changed color at once, and all tht
defiance seemed to ooze out of him as
kept my eyes fixed steadily on his.
THAT, too, is my property" he said
with poor attempt at bravado; "and !
must ask you at once to explain how i
came into your possession"