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

tore off nv coat and cast it down. It fell
close to the carriage. The couple looked
mn. I shall never forget the face of the
man. He was young, had cluster OF
curls. fair. fresh complexion, and light
brown beard. Every lineament OF his
features was indelibly impressed upon my
|! minds eye. He mockingly bowed to me.
NV wife kissed her hands at me, and both
spranp into the carriage. The position
dashed 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
es o% and mu.t snsd ne R5ss minutes
| more, and then we fly"
Again the word ely" BAH" thought
/; "Its only a word, nothing else. 1t
comes from the brain OF half crazy
man."
As if he had OWNED my thoughts, he
cried:
II know you think me mad. No, sir, I
am not mad have read all the books
relating to lunacy, and found that mani
acs have no control over their actions.
But Ihaue control over my thoughts and
actions, and Ihace set purpose to accom-
plish. Now to continue my story.
"On my return to the hotel found it
was the student who had procured the
carriage. followed the fugitives. One
year they eluded my search. At last a re-
turned Californian miner told me in New
York that he knew a woman living In
San Francisco who answered my descrlp-
ton of Eleanora / fastened to that city
of the Golden Sands. rfound her, sick.
poor, and deserted by the villain. Do you
think took her to my bosom again? No,
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 raving
mad. Look, here she lies; I 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
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
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my eye fell upon the candle.
The last strip of black was close to the
| flame.
| Another fifteen minutes had passed
away. Fifteen more and we are in dark
ness. Then 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 ag ainst
the railing of the staircase; his watch he
held in one hand, while the other was
grasping hammer
Again heard the word ely"
Eyes, fy!" 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 for 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. l
followed him from Placerville to Carson,
and from there through the Mormon city
to Fort Kearney. l still followed, finding
fresh traces of him in every city and ham,
let passed through until / arrived in
New York, where l 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, l learned
that man. answering my description,
had left for Prussia. 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 l had
thought:
Eyes, he and 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.
cts lie; never saw your wife;
never saw nor heard of you before met
you at Dresden. My name is Herman
Caller; l 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 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
flash of lightning"
"What do you mean by the word 'ayf"
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 poaoder.
One stroke with this hammer, and we,
together with this tower, will fly into the
air. Ha, ha, ha, it will astonish the ma
tives Of Bruckenau; it will arouse them
| from sleep. The falling stones will crush
in their dull skulls. l rejoice at this, for
thou vert born in that accused town
Ha /! only three minutes more!" cried he,
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