Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-10-04
Whole No. 269.


Temple" he said lowly, "when a
dog-like figure sprang at me, and l
felt sudden sting in my right arm,
just below the elbow"
81 told you So" said Brutus Jarl,
with triumph. at was an attempt
at assassination. "I1l wager my
commission that the villains dagger
was poisoned"
A close examination revealed the
wound few inches below the ell
bow on the left arm. Already the
spot was assuming crimson color,
about the edge of which appeared
clearly defined golden halo.
The surgeon shook his head to
the anxious men grouped about the
bed, and cast pitying look at the
ensign, who had fallen into leth-
argv.
at is the poison Of Jumai,' he
said, and the next instant this ques-
ton dropped from twenty lips:
'ls there no antidote?
"Yes, but known only to the
priests of the temple of Brahma."
''Let us go to the temple. and
force the mirthridate from the ac-
cursed pagans," cried dozen de-
termined voices.
"No, that will not do. | fear we
are on the edge of terrible mutt
ny now, and we must do nothing
to precipitate it on our almost de-
fenseless heads"
1t was the surgeon who spoke,
and all present acknowledged the
wisdom of his remarks.
The priests of Brahma were
sworn to keep to themselves the
antidote for the Jumai poison.
They sold the terrible ichor
throughout India, and the English
soldiers fell thick and fast under its
resistless effects.
twas plain to the anxious men in
Louis Kings quarters that he must
die under the influence of the nox-
ious stuff. They knew that moth
ing known to English medicals
could counteract its work. The
victims of the 9toxicum generally
lasted several days, but in the end
death was sure. IsT..r ~ !
The news of Louis Kings condi-
ton soon pervaded the entire gar
rison, and it was with difficulty the
English troops we're restrained
from attacking and demolishing the
mandatory of the deadly poison.
Better, sounder judgment agreed,
to lose one life than to inangurate
a war that would delnge the land
with blood.
1t was near morning, when Capt.
Jarl reached his quarters from the
beside of Louis King. ~
"Juzza did the work." he said to
himself, upon his entering the
house. "Jumai is working for me,
and against the woman who gave
it to me to remove her rival
When he is dead, will have an
open path to travel
The the captain slept rs though |
he had not hired a Sepoy to strike
Ensign King with dagger dipped
in Jumai.
The hours rolled on, and the gar
rison awaited with many threats of
vengeance, the death of the poison
ed man. He lay on his couch con-
scious of all that transpired around
him, and felt the poison creeping to
his heart.
Quite frequent Brutus Jarl would
enter the house, and leaning on the
foot of the bed converse with his
rival, and the man his passions had
struck. It seemed q pleasure to
the captain to stand there, and
gaze into the flushed face Of his
victim. He kept the secret of the
blow in his breast, and no suspicion
of this treachery entered the minds
of his brother officers.
He was the sole visitor to the
doomed man one morning, when
Dhaleh entered the apartment
Anna Wells, the devoted watcher,
had Just left, and he had promised
to watch the ensign until her re-
turn. .tif, ...t.f...I.......,a
Dhaleh had frequently visited the
house since the fatal night, and
whenever she saw the captain, she
gave him an accusing look. Thus
she glanced at him that morning as
she entered the sick room, and