The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-11-01

: violence, and as if it were his inter
t tion to use all the provocstion pos
! sible.
"However, / had the best OF rec
o omendations,' said Blom; "perhap
the major will assert that ! have forg
, ed these"
Yes, surely you have done sol'
! shrieked the major, stamping viii
/. Iimpatience. "Many a less villain
than you has worn the iron collar
Hardly had the major uttered these
words, before Lawrence Blom took :
leap to the wall opposite, and open
ed IN the tapestry door to little
dressing-room, in which now appear
ed three men, one Of them the sheriff
! in the place.
"Gentlemen, ''saiG Lawrence Blom
81 take you all as witnesses that ma
jor L, has called me o murderer
thief and forger, and also that Will
, blows and cuts he has attempted Il
, compel me to annul cur contract
The major shall stand to sccoun
: for these dreadful accusations snt
} this grave outrage. All /! there ar
three holes IN tie door, / see, fittin,
for three eyes. Then,you have seel
as well as heard what has passed il
here. So much the better gentlemen,
he added, and left the room will
quick steps.
The msjor stood amazed and flst-
tened beyond description, as the
sheriff and his two companions STEP
ped from the dressing-room. So end
ed the third scene. 4,
Already the following day the ma
jor was presen ed with legal sum
mona to appear before the proper
tribunal, whero not only the sheriff
and his two companions, but also the
justice and minister were called as
witnesses against him. But this was
not enough. On the evening OF the
same day, as the major was sitting
alone in his room, be was surprised
by his fearful gardener, again with
pistol in hand; the same pistol which
now for the third time he so plainly
saw, but which was invisible to all
Others, and for the detection Of which
be had used in vain both violence
and stratagem
The blow you gave me yesterday
said Blom, "shsll cos! your life; but
first you must be punished by the
law tor your crimes and maka me
regular acknowledgment" So say
ing, he disappeared.
The majors rage cannot be por-
trsyed. He strayed around on the
following days, nervous and dark as
a shsdow, outlswed in his own house.
Superstitious, like all despots, he be-
gan to ponder upon whether 1t might
not be Satan himself, in form OF a
gardener, who had appeared on his
farm, "to torment him before the
time" In his despair he sought
counsel OF his scquaintances who ad-
Tised him to seek by good means,
through some kind Of reconciliation,
to get rid Of gardener who strew-
ed only thistles upon his path; also
10 have a stop put to process which
would awaken at the same time, uni
versal scandal, and universal malie-
ious pleasure.
A disinterested person was 30
lieited to speak concerning the matter
with Lawrence Blom, who declared
himself willing to have the prosecu-
tion stopped, and go at once, on coz
ditiops, first, that he should receive
the full payment for five years, and
second, that FIVE hundred dollars o
year, should be guaranteed him for
life. These demands, although quite
modest and human-like to come from
Satan, threw the msjOr into q new
rage; but at last he acquiesced, and
one fine day. properly documented,
Blon travelled back to Stockholm,
where he was received with open
arms to his former situation.
"But,' | asAed Lawrence Blom.
when once on q summer day visited
him in the country, and he had been
,elliug me his adventure in Schonen,
but how, sir, did you manage to
make this pistol invisible to others
beside the msjor?"
"Nothipg was easier,' answered
3lom, as he opened his secretary,
umbled in q drawer, and then returned
o me "you can search every thread
IN my body, and yet not find the
,istol you seek, and still it is go close !
t hand, that instantly could aim it
t your forehead" II
"Can you hare it in your hair 20 l
.sked, fumbling smid his thick curls.
Lawrence Blom laughed, and pick
d from his right ear little piece of
something resembling black skin
Iut which was an India rubber film.
This film ne put to his mouth and
Illed with sir, which all, was done so
quickly, that before I knew what be
vas doing, I saw directed at me,
something in size, muzzle and butt
loosely resembling o pistol; but
which, when exhausted OF air, be-
.sme the same hardly perceptible
lin as before.
cit was with just this fearful
weapon that l scared the tyrant In
Schonen,'' said Lawrence Blom "ss
diamond cuts diamond, 60 one puff
destroyed the oLher'