Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15

through il.
The master be cooml'' said voice.
You sc,u, drsl, you and your master
shall pay FIR thisi'
The master be COON Wilt go quoit-
lys'
Another yolley OF wrath was about to
escape from his lips. when he bethought
him that his better plan would be at least
10 feign submission
Il shall be glad tn tell your master
what BLACKBOARD he is. | shall do that
quietly enough
On this Assurance the trap was closed ;
and in few minutes the same one-eyed
man, with q companion of equal strength.
opened the door and invited the Colonel
to emerge.
He saw at once that he would have no
chance in struggle. and determined tn
see the matter out, resolving to use violence
If he could not otherwise escape.
Passing through Ma row winding pas
sage, door opened. and he was ushrred
into " II furnished sitting-roOm, and
there, stated 10 an easy chair, was the I'm
perturable Magnificent
The door was closed behind him, and
looking round, he could not have told
where it was.
Lenoir mo,ioned to him TO sit down /:
but giving no heed TO the invitation, he
exclaimed
!" What is the meaning of this infamous
conduct! Wherr ar IT.
Gin a mad house. said the doctor, COM
posedly.
And on what pretenae have Won de-
coyed me here, you scoundrel aid where
is my wife,
=" Don't you think" rejoined the Mag
nifcent. in the same T. ne that should
your wife die, you had better he mad for
little?'
What on earth do you meant" said the
Colonel. But his face blanched, aud he
sank into seat.
"Col d. Grey. knew You long time
ago Do you remember Dr. Geronimo
Spir TT at Padua''
"Gracious Godr sai the Colonel.
Il was his assistant when YOU stndied
poison under him was lad Of sixteen.
but you have not changed. Now you
know all"
The wretched man for moment nearlv
tainted He tried t. speak. but could
make no articnlate sound.
me would be yonr own d ath Listen:
II knew you from the first. and l mis-
trusted YOU from the Rrst and Int for the
sweet woman who ia linked ~ you and
who still trusts you, Won should have met
the doom YOU deserve AZ far az | am con
cerned But to expose you would kill
hr
II was certain, from Dr. Fl athcnte's ac-
count how The matter stU,d. l kutw you
would discontinue the doses while was
there. You thought that Was The cause of
the recovery, aud did not thing OF Spi-
fetti's antiIote.
II knew the attempt would begin when
Was absent. The nur-e brought me the
poisoned soup. have had il analysed in
my presence by two CAREFUL chemists, and
the analysis and the III, ject If il are 20 be.
slowed Drop that u me- Murdered. and
dealt ID Grey such blow ON ,h5 arm as
nearly frac ured it. He had ut empted To
seize the poker. The pain Of the blow was
Intense for u mons nj, but LenDir gave him
glass Of brandy, an proc. eded
Your wife Is where none of Spiretti's
recipes will reach her. She believes you
have sent her there, and Ii content You
will now write w" letters befor YOU leave
the room. ne to tell your wife that you
are obliged To go abroad tor two months,
and requesting her To remain where she IL
until your return: the other to request me
t. attend her during her absence at her
new residence.
II shall send the two children to her.
At the end of two months, unless the
last dose was too strong for her shat cred
system, she will he quite well, and you
may rrjoin her. Until that time you had
better De-absent
zone word more You now know that
the Insurance Company, In which you
had that policy on Your wife's life, has
failed P.rhsps you do not know that
Mrs. DeGrey has succeeded ~ an annuity
OF ESQ year from An old friend Of the
family
You stay here for week, then 60
qui ty to Paris; but, mark; If your wife
dies in any circumstances Of mystery,
whether l am alive or dead, retributiOn
will hult you to the ends of the earth"
But Virginie-the nurse p stammered
the self convicted wretch
"Virginie knows nothing excepting that
she did what she was tod. ehe has done
stranger things than that without ever
asking for reasons. She will never open
her lips on the subject. You are perfectly
secure, tor the chemists had no idea on
what their experiments were male"
Next day the Magnificent was in his
place in the pump rNm as usual
Men looked shy at him, and women
iobked sly. He was as cool and lofty as
ever.
He waited until the room was full and
then, takiag al opportunity when Heath
cote AID Henahaw were close to him, he
called out, MIR HeDshaw"
He took no notice. He repeated HE
call with the same effect L"noir took two
strides toward him, and lifting him by his
shoulders, placed him with his back to
the pillar, and then said:
You presumed yesterday tn make re
marks disparaging u a lady You will be
kind enough NV to retract them, or
promise 10 kick you from one end Of this
room to the ether"
Pale and xffriehted was the little law.
yer; but DIR. Heathcote interposed:
+" DIR L.noir, this must not be; | was
the accusrr yesterday, and you must first
deal with we"
True. my dear Hesthcote, hut mean
to deal with each after their kind. You
are gentleman and man OF honor, and
az such intend TO treat you. Read that
Dr. Heatbcote read, tO his intense as.
80, Al ell