The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-20

= red hot coal dropped into II does not ex.
plode 1t. 1t will freeze. Il yellow ant
: greasy Its symbols 10 our nomenclature
are, CO, 115 mo. 81 OB" 35 "
"Yol don't mean 10 say sOln said Ii,
olhcer, interrupting me, In disagreeablC
tones, In the very middle Of q choice 0x-
s tract from one Of my lectures, "Why
= but you haven't told me how II goes oil
. If fire won't burst IL what The devi
T willW
/ l told him "ifit were pressed, o.
=. anything fell on It, 1t would explode
: "Place II under the cruSher Of cidel
/ mill, strike It with . hammer, let q weigh
: fall on It from hight s -
! "Yes,p said my man, "and that rouses
Its yolcaner, does III How does 1t come
perfesSerI" y,.,.......-...-l--.-;F-
"ln little cans-whY like these I" sale
} discovering that there was little car
i Of II on the marble sink, which / had
} carelessly neglected to replace in the eel.
lar. ! then took little Of the glycerin,
spread II on an anvil, and struck It with d
Aslight explosion and o fame burst
from the paper. u---.s -,-I-7,.- -
mo, really" said the policeman, start.
ing back. u suppose portesser, that Gre
can would make mighty big noise II al.
lowed to explode here all at once ?" {
4 ut would blow the entire building TO
atom" said |, resumlng the analysis Of
Mrs. Johnson's stomach. az s.
MOP 1heard' the policeman remark,
In deliberate Yankee tones, "you don't
say SOP E7!
The next moment l lay on my back, q
gag In my mouth, terribly frightened and
sick at heart. Over me stood tho police
man, and the first thing the tunctionary
did was, looking me straight In the lace,
to take OIL his nose. He then rid himself
oil bis red eyebrows, hair and cap, and
became determined looking fellow, with
the eyes Of q tiend and the nose OF q Ro.
man.
$50 you think" said the metamor..
phcsed, in the tones Of a gentleman, "t6at
nothing can save Joe johnson from tie
roper Poor fellow 1t does look like It.
But, my dear Professor, Joe johnson Is
fortunate enough TO have in me q devoted
friend as well as brother. I have under.
taken to save him, and he shall DO saved,
In order to accomplish this end, 1t will be
necessary to remove from the face of the
earth not only the stomach Of his misera.
bic wife yonder, but,slso, my dear PROBES.
sor-l am sorry 10 be obliged to say 1t, for
l believe you were my brothers. teacher
and trtend-yoursell as we'll" I saw he
was in deadly earnest. "Your death
must apparently result from accident; at
least, so 1t must seem to the authorities,
My brother Is In jail, and theywillnot sus-
pect him, and they certainly will not
suspect me-" f-''~
What terrible deed was in his brain
hatchlng-was he going to murder me ?
The. hard. earned knowledge oil. a score of
years | would have given for power tou
ter one single cry. He took me 10 his
arms and placed me in a chair and bound
ME to 1t, and then from his side pocket he
produced another rope.
Was it myself that was to hang instead
Of Johnson? -
No: yes. He placed the line pulley
like over an arm Of q hanging chandelier.
This was altogether too slight support
even for one of my slender frame, To
one end Of the rope he attached weight,
and raised it by pulling the other six or
eight feet from the floor. Tho loose end he
secured to the sink. Was he mad? Did
he mean to draw mo under this weight
and send me out Of the world in novel
way by letting 1t fall and dash my brains
out? To the sink end he attached a long
yellow string. Under the weight on the |
floor he placed the can Of nitro glycer-
inc: | recognized the yellow string, 1t |
was fuse, 1t would burn sixty minutes.
1t would run across the marble slab, there |
was no hope of ignlting any substance
that would warn my friends
DO you begin to see through it%
asked Joe JOhnson's brother.
belieye cursed him with my eyes.
could only breathe through my nos
trils, and great veins were swelling and
growing hot on my forehead. El'
Drawing match from his pocket he
lighted and applied 1t to the fuse; that
little tyrant that gave man an hour to
live, to kill him at the end of it-that Lit.
tie, irresponsible terror that, less merciful
than Providence, told man the second
he was 10 die, il fright and horror spafed
him to ITSELF Slowly the flames crept
snake.llke around the Irvine. ,ETf'
"1n one hour" said the prisoners
brother, "you will be heaven or hell. I
will watch with you halt an hour, and
the other hall you will spend alone"
he sat down some minutes in chair,
watching the flame. Then he rose and
took piece Of porcelain with the muir.
derer's name thereon, from the table, and
shook his head gloomingIy. f,I
VI am chemist enough to know 1t Is
arsenic" SAID he. "Yes those bright me-
tallic eyes, q betrayal Of the guilty
Science, thou wouldst kill my brother
thou shalt save him. Let us see in whose
hand thou art more powerful. Here Is q
man, who by thy aid, bids the poison
sprite surprise, and write In brilliant
characters q foul confession on the piece
otporcelain. But behold, 0 science ! It
Is no sooner written, than by thy word,
the whole confession and thy chosen ser.
want are annihilated. Let the good pro-
fessOr use chemicals; the bad brother
only asks little can Of nitro glycerin."
l heard this speech, indeed; but great
heavens it was my eyes and not my ears
that was busiest then; for beneath the
table, covered by crimson cloth, and
which l faced, appeared the face Of. a
child. The hair was rumpled, and the
blue eyes were just opening from sleep.
The intelligent forehead was wrinkled
strangely. twas my boy Billy. l was
afraid he would call papa" II he did,
tho implacable man would add the muir.
der Of the child 10 my death.
Butmy boy had none ofthis. He had,
I suppose, crept under the table unknown
to me, and had fallen asleep there. |
tried to tell the little fellow TO hide again
and wait for the final half.hour, when my
tormentor would be gone. Whether he
understood NC or not, aided by what he
heard / do mt knnur hnf ha nninkln