The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-09-29

head was decorated with two red
streaks instead Of eyebrows. He had
no expression at all in his face, and
his policeman's hat was so large that
it threatened to settle down on his
shoulders.
His uniform reassured me and ad-
dressed hin with some impatience.
My friend, I suppose Lam wanted
to attend an inquest-or what is your
purpose p"
:" No Doctor the man amt dead
yet"
was police surgeon as well as corO-
"No."
Well, then, why am I sent for at
this time of night ?"
Don't bother, Professor; the man
ain't dead yet but they say he will die
before morning.
"Are doctors attending him2''
"Oh, he's in good hands Professor" !"
'' What's the matter with him P'
=" We1l," said the official, some
folks say he's got so much knowledge
into him that he can't live under it. 4"
Cerebal disorder, eh?'
What 2" asked the man.
g Brain disorder, 1 mean; some
thing wrong here"
I touched my forehead, and 80 did
he, as he said:
fEAye; and I thought I'd drop In
and tell you If you was going to the
station tomorrow to take look and
see if its post mortem or not. Besides,
wanted to see where could always
| find you in case of need"
! l bowed, and attributed his visit to a
| feeling of curiosity. He sat on the
sink, one rubbered feOt thrown over
| the other, and wiped his nose with a
dirty handkerchief several times,
| while his eyes wandered about like
Christopher Columbus after discOv-
veries. Finally he spoke, like one
who thought himself called on to say
| something, -
/" Professor, there has been an acci-
dent this afternoon; terrible, too."
{" All! ~ said I.
lawful ~ said he.
I" What was it?'
I" "Nitro-glycerine explosion up in
| the iron mills-a hundred felloW-mor-
tails busted?"
| "SadW
i" Effecting very" Here he rubbed
his mouth with the back Of his hand.
90 Professor what is that nitro-glyc-
| crime 2"
at is very dangerous article" I
| answered, happy to display my
| knowledge. cit has nearly twice the
destructiveness of gunpOWdeF, but,
unlike it, does not explode on the ap-
pIication of heat. a red-hot coal
dropped into it will not explode it. 1t
will freeze; it is yellow and greasy.
| It's symbols In our nomenclature are
C8. H5. mo 81 3, o."
g You don't mean to say so said
the officer, interrupting me in disa-
greeable tones in the very middle of a
| choice extract from one of my lectures.
| "Why, but you hain't told me how
| it does go of. If fire won't bust it,
what in-( -(hem)-will2 2'
i told him if it were pressed or any
thing fell on it, it would explode.
"Place it under the cTusher of a
cider mill, strike it with a hammer,
let q weight fall on it from q height I'll
HYes,n said my man, ''and that
rouses it volcaner, does it? How does
it come, Perfessor2'
ttIn little cans-Why, like these?'i
said I, discovering that there was 6
little can of it on the marble sink
which had carelessly neglected tC
replace in the cellar. 1 then took 8
little of the glycerine, spread it on
an anvil and struck it with a hammer
A slight explosion aud q flame burst
from the paper.
t'No, really,'' said the policeman
starting back; 'I suppose, Professor
that there can would make a mighty
noise if allowed to explode IN here al
: at onee2l
s'It would blow the entire building
, / to atoms, - said I, resuming the anal.
ysis of Mrs. Johnson's stomach.
"No!n I heard the policeman re
mark, in deliberate Yankee tones
! 'you don't say so?n
/ The next moment lay on my back
a gag in my mouth, terribly frighten,
) ed and sick at heart. Over me stood
: the policeman, and the first thing
, that functionary did was Looking nae
I straigbt in the face-to take of hi!
: nose! He then rid himself of hi
I red eyebrows, hair, cap, and becams
+ ! a determined looking fellow, with thu
eyes of a fiend and the nose of q Ro
r man.
$50 YOU think" said the metamor
= phosed, in the tones of a gentleman
I F'that nothing can save Joe johnson
from the rope? Poor fellow! it doe
= look like it. But my dear Professor
I I Joe Johnson is fortunate enough t,
q have in me a devotedETiend, as well a
\ brother. I have undertaken to saw,
: him, and he shall be sayedl In Orde
n | to this end it will be necessary to re
4 move from the face of the earth no
only the stomach of his miserable wifi
: | wonder, but also, my dear professor
r Pm sorry to be Obliged to say it, 70
/ believe you were my brother
teacher and friend-yourself as well.
al / saw that he was in deadly earnest
4 rIa 1ETc5f a.
i suit from accidental least, SO it mus
e seem to the authorities. My brothe
IT Is in jail, and they will not suspec
u him, and they certainly will not sus
: pect me.n
ei What terrible deed was on his brai
= hatching2 Wasshe going to murde
J. me? The haTd-earned knowledge of
score of years ] would have given fC
+ power to utter one single cry.
D He took me in his arms and place
le me in o chair, and bound me to i
d and then from a side pocket ne pro
or duced another rope.
ID Was it myself who was to hang il
le stead of Johnson?
Of No; yes. He placed the line PULLEY
It like over an arm of the hanging char
Y, delieT. This was altogether too sligE
n 8 support even for one of my sIendC
t frame. It was not to be hangin
d, then?
al To one end of the rope he attache
N a weight, and raised it by pulling I'll
I other six or eight feet from the foo
Of The loose end he secured to the sinl
Was he mad? Did he mean to dra
s. me under this weight, and send n
ce out Of the world in a novel way |
a letting it fall and dashing my blail
g. out?
rs To the sink end he attached q loI
en yellow string.
Id Under the weight on the floor
at placed the can Of nitro-gl lycerinei
", recognized the yellow string; it was
he fuse, and it would buTn across Il