Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08

discovery shortly which alarmed NE still
more The table, found. f1rned part OF
| the bed The chair, az i, seemed At first,
vas q seal tlIsating oue let IHEo the wall,
K into which Also the press was fastened
There MAS nothing ID drag against the
etoor and nothing 10 Turn iatp an offensive
/ weapon, tor there was neither fender ner
/ sre-lrUns, And the wgsh-bowi was TN aal
very sraall. WAS caught in q death trap,
/ and scarcely dared to Breathe q PRAYER
( chat | n ght get out OF il safely. SO I'M
possible lid ii seem For ssJaae time
WAS stunned, and ii Sturn had come up
| then sh01ld have been an easy victim
/ l seemed IN Inauguration 10 die, and tie
/ shock nearly deprived nle OF nay senses.
( But I kept awake, and gradually got
accustomed 90 the situaItion awful as it
/ WIS. I seemed res gned to the struggle
4 which [ felt must CONE sooner or later,
/ and my mind began To wander vaguely
round the sQhjecl. ea1 recall my
/ thoughts now sGt | hardly know ia
I whaf order they sGccee4ed each other
4 thea
4 >tTrm would be sure ID be armed more
I over, he had evidently the strength OF a
/ giant and was by I'd uleals sJrQug, aad
lLd nothing whatever With which to de-
! tend myself, except Che absgrdlty struck
/ TIE eTe1 them 4 syrIasre- A syringe and
bottle Of diluted acb1 You smile 81 ghe
/ idea now. NJ, gwen Ia the horror OF the rE4Ge
uaens, [ could slaIle at II then and YET,
as the event pr0Fed, the two together
/ made weapon not to be desplsed. The
syringe, as [ have said Before, worked
/ perfectly Well, and only wanted the rln r
handle EasteuiHr Ii WIS very power
/ rlI Instrument, and would carry strong
continuous d0gche Of any find within it
I q considerable distance, spreading a. II
Went further, just u shot spread aut Of a
gun. As Tor Tie lcId, ii once NAN re-
/ eeived any OK tAtt, or even the spray, Ii
ais eyes, be wuulA Certainly be blinded
tor some hours, III not for Gfe--the latter
contingency which, IN my desperate
condition then, dId not tor moment
consider
[ do rot know how the idea. which you
viii now have seized flashed across NV
mind; but I saw that II 9nly I got IN
opportunity OF swinging MIR SfEru ;
eyes IN i wholly non- professional wav I
aad . very good chance Of escaping The
only difficulty was how to ret the chance
OF applying my novel charge when the at
tack came and, though It seems simple
enough low, it COST me many minutes OF
agCniXing Thought before I could deter
mine Il on thai vi ght.
The storm h.tG ahated and the moon
WIS shining out, flooding the roon-for
the window had 10 blind-wiGh stream
OF silver. 1t beh0oved me, IN tie first
place, then, - make up some sembl1nce
OF myself and place il In the bed, and In
the second place t0 conceal myself where
unseen, gould ret near my ,rsaIlanr
could not get behind the door, TOR ii
opened righ5 on 70 the press; and, more
over, before nav IEtleN l was bound to be
sure Of my lssaEInfs Intention, for my
host hi Ihf come 20 visit le IN a friendly
wag only a1d I must be eautl0Us You
laugh, AZ [ can now. ut such casaistry
hut ii IS 1 fact that dHI 20 through rhaE
process III reasoning tAen and acted
upon lt,
There was a Little space between the
press and the bed In that I crouched
down, having arran ged the bolster and
my c0a5 under the clothes to resemble, As
Sar as [ could manage it, q sleeping man.
. Then [ took oaE nlY syringe. And uied lt
very gently In ule boTle OF lcid, ard
with il 0ealng heart and pulses which
seemed u3 sound all over the room, waited
the event.
Ny preparations dld taken some time
and [ va, nor kept long Ia suspense
Very shortly { heart. q football on 5he
stairs, which, step by step, approached
NV li0cr, and then stopped. t8rced nv
SELF [ don know how n0w 90 breathe
beavily aud regularly As Il In sieep, and
ltter a Iew moment HESITATION, I felt
rather THAN heard gae door open. 4
lgRE ar against The pruss Told me it vas
wide open, a1d that the spring was %
come.
had 40 uiea, VOC see. OF the nature Of
The attack Would >-Uu fire 90 me
Would BE spring upoU the bed AMI
smother me Wouid be sElb me or bent
out my 6ralgs2 The catalogue. you viii
1tnit- has a certain interest TOR YOU now
Judge AOW it affected ME then. I heard
oc lancet beard a heavier AMI more
decided step Jhaa any watch bad Been
taken osbsrs 4a1 I knew that the moment
h.pl come
] have seen performed most Of The
GREATEST operations OF the day here and
9G the Continent. and [ have more thar
once Witnessed sudden treuor aad hest
Ii0u on the part OK rhe surgeon FlSt before
the operation begun The moment THE
knife touched the flesh The nerves we're
steel, an1 the work vas dgne as Il by ula-
cblnery,
DO moi talk hotsti1gi vwbeG say that.
whereas, when I .>renet - The s0otsJges
auG felt she d0Cr 0pen. 70 was eulv by
supsrbaaau effort That | preserved my
sell troE'i q 4eaG ttlal, vet, when knew j
>eCpUG or TWO wCut end the aEair one
way gr The other. uly band MIS- tirni Is,
rpcN, 3aG Asl0 the SyrlG~g charged Il,
ccroy ~ { a0w a0,G "a tl<,r. ~ As I