Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-12

IRE of nv coat and cast it down. 1t fell
eIoee TO the carriage. The couple looked
no. shall never forget the face Of the
nan. He was young, bad 3 cluster OF
euYls. fair, fresh complexion, and light
\ 5rown beard Every lineament OF his
Gestures was indelibly impressed upon my
minds eye He mockingly bowed TO me.
NV wife kissed her hands at me, and both
sprxng into the carriage. The position
hshed the horses, and the carriage ratified
away. Two days passed before was re-
LEASED, by party of tourists who came TO
visit the tower. This is the first part OF
the narrative"
He paused. and wiped the perspiration
from his brow; then he pointed to the
candle and muttered. Thirty minutes
more, and then we fly"
Again the word "fy." BahT thought
/; "its only . word, nothing else. 1t
comes from the brain OF bali crazy
man.
As If he had OWNED my thoughts, he
cried:
al know you think me mad. No, sir, /
am not mad have read all the books
relating TO lunacy, and found that mani
acs have no control over their actions
But Ilsace control over my thoughts and
actions, and Ihaoe set purpose TO accom-
/ plish. Now to continue my story.
"On my return to the hotel found II
was the student who had procured the
carriage / followed the fugitiyes. One
| year they eluded my search At last q re-
| turned Californian miner told me in New
/ York that he knew woman living IN
| San Francisco who answered my descnp-
/ ton Of Eleapora. fastened TO that city
/ Of the Golden Sands. found her, sick.
poor, and deserted by the villain. Do you
/ think took her to my bosom again? No,
a thousand times no! l found means to
make her stoneblind. Gold, my gold,
purchased men, tools, who performed the
feat very neatly.
Three weeks after, she died raying
mad. Look, here she lies; had her body
embalmed."
With these words he rose and removed
the lid from the eblong box.
A white, CHASTITY face, surrounded by
pale golden locks like the holy sheen of q
madonna, seemed to start from the black
lined coffin. Two hands, upon the fingers
of which glistened diamonds, were crossed
over her half exposed bosom.
The aspect of the face was serene, as If
she was only sleeping. From the coffin
nv eve fell upon the candle.
The last strip Of black was close to the
fame.
Another fifteen minutes had passed
away. Fifteen more and we are in dark
ness. Then q vague hope crept through
my excited brain that had chance to
escape.
The voice of the Englishman reused me
from my thoughts.
looked down. He was leaning az ain st
the railing of the staircase; his watch he
held in one hand, while the other was
grasping hammer.
Again heard the word ety.
"Yes, fly" repeated he in sharp tone.
Then looking intently at the watch, he
continued his narrative:
II took this box with me in my travels.
| for now my only end and aim was to fol-
low the student, who had left San Fran
cisco tor the gold mines. There found
that he had started across the plains TO
the Eastern States. Money procured me
an outfit and an escort Of twenty men. /
| followed him from Placerville to Carson,
and from there through the Mormon city
to Fort Kearney. still followed, finding
fresh traces of him in every city and ham
let passed through until / arrived in
New York, where learned that he had
| embarked on steamer bound to Bremen
and Southampton. left New York on
the next steamer. On my arrival In Bre-
men described his personal appearance
to the Chief OF the Harbor Police, and
promised large sum of gold if he should
be found. Three days after, learned
that man. answering my description,
had left for Prussia l followed, and first
saw him face to face in Dresden"
| He stopped and looked at me with eyes
| full of hatred. A cold shudder ran through
my frame; | wanted TO speak, but my
tongue refused to utter word, and my
throat felt as if vicelike grip was COM
pressing 1.-THE mailman had distinctly
described the route / took from the shores
of California to the frontiers of Bavaria.
The following words which the English.
man uttered confirmed what had
! thought:
eyes, he and I travelled in one coach,
ate at the same table, drank good health
to each other, went together to this tower.
His name is Herman Caller, and you,
thrice damned villain, are the man |"
| / sprang TO my feet.
"ICs a lie / never saw your wife l
never saw nor heard of you before met
you at Dresden. My name IL ucTmhh
Caller; look like the student you de-
scribed; but swear to you by the eternal
God above us that am not the man you
saw at the foot Of this tower at the time
your wife left your
A terrible laugh came from his ashy
lips as he swung the hammer around his
head.
"Very plausible, indeed, but believe
not a word Of it. Thou, fiend, art in my
power 1t is Just five minutes more, and
this candle dies. Then we, too, will die.
But no, not die-we will fly into eternity
with the noise of thunder and with the
fash of lightningl"
"What do you mean by the word 'fyv"
shouted with impotent rage.
Ha, ha, ha, thou stupid fool. Cast thy
false eye towards that glass box. II con-
tains taoenty pounds of percussion ponder.
One stroke with this hammer, and we,
together with this tower, will fly into the
air. Hs, ha, ha, it viii astonish the ma
tives of Bruckenau; 1t will arouse them
from sleep. The falling stones will crush
in their dull skulls. rejoice at this, for
thou vert born In that accursed town |!
Ha only three minutes more !" cried he,
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