Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-29


Ellingher He entered into all my plans.
had designs made of new soda fountains
Tore out the shelving, put new marbles on
the prescription counter. In fact, spent all
nv time there for three weeks. And one day
Mrs. Prescott said to me: why don't you
take that hall room on the first floor? You
can have it cheap, It's of no service to me
and it will be very convenietfo for YOU
"Then went to live there
tIt was the turning point in my career
From that moment was doomed"
"You mean sentimentally doomed? We al
are at sometime" m
81 mean" said Urqueharpt, that l was
changed absolutely from Christian gentle
man to a malignant fend. You think you
are listening to the former friend of your
school days. It's mistake. I'm not the
same person. When you have heard me
through you will execrate me. A month
passed by in that house. For sentimental
purposes, month is lifetime. Addle and
I were confidential lovers. / had found my
way to he- heart. She sympathized with me-
and entered into all my plans as only one can
do who has prospective interest in them.
When not in the shop, I spent most OF my
time with her. I was as happy as man
could well be, for had an assured future, and
was loved
ION the 26th Of July bolt fell out OF the
clear sky and crushed me-"
An, IL was Du 5lueSS II
clear sky is always full of them"
NO." said Urquehardt.
"Well, it was disappointment in love?'
"No," said Urquehardt. 81 used the wrong
metaphor; l was crushed by the uneventful
march of events. 1 was ruined because no
bolt would fall.
ION the goth Of July was appsoaehting the
little present for Adde; it was a coral rose
FOL, n,,t I hod in and
my fingers were around it. 1 look up. A
young man was ringing The door-bell. Some.
soul recognized my enemy. He was tall
handsome fellow, with pink face, blonde
whiskers, and exquisite's dress. stepped
back and waited. Presently 1 heard femi-
nine 'a-hem.' He looked up. smiling face
say he called about the drugstore, and desired
to see Mrs. Prescott. AmOment latter the door
opened and he went in"
ga harmless bolt,' I remarked. ''You
turned it asideT
"No,n replied Urquehardt; "it turned me
aside. rushed to the Prescott to remind her
that her shop was not in the market. She
pooh poohed me, and said had no head for
business. flew to Addie. She was talking
front door. She avoided me all day. Isought
Ellingher He frankly acknowledged that
the new man had been looking at the stock.
protested, squirmed, appealed. But the
handsome man came next day. He even
playeda game of draughts, and heard Addie
laughing at his fippant remarks. | stopped
him on the street and told him that had made
arrangements to buy the store. He said
promptly: so have 1. shall take possession
next week. His good looks, his placid man
ner, his imperturbable urbanity maddened me.
| felt at once that the man was type of the
memorable, and that | would be destroyed by
him without hope, as an iceberg is destroyed
by sunshine Never in all my life had ex-
perienced snch sense of utter helplessness
as when in the presence of that mild, in
vincble monster, for he seemed to have the
machinery of fate behind him, and to be entire
ly irresponsible. The price of the concern
is $4,000. have offered that amount in cash,
he said softly, but cenvincingly. You have
made some improvements in the store, l un-
dcrstand. shall have to reimburse you, ]
suppose, when | get started. If you look in
that he touched his hat and smilingH went
off. ~
"This incomprehensibles superiority, which
[ could not defne-the alacrity with which
my nature felt the mastery Of destiny in this
man-was what incensed me. I knew per-
fectly well in my soul from that moment tina
he would have his own way. [ could not
comprehend it. nor could I reason about it.
[ could only feel it. When | caught Addie
alone and upbraided her, was not therefore
unprepared for her cool assurance that h ad
allowed my fancy to lead me astray, and that
her treatment of me did not warrant any such
ridiculous hopes as entertained
In word, sir, my jig was up. was help
less interloDer all at once. Events pushed me
aside as if 1 had no will or voice whatever.
was not only ignored; felt that [ was a
nuisance. | withdrew and looked at the pro
gress OF affairs with stunned and imbecile
wonderment l saw my rival come and go
and at each return become more securely my
master without any special direction of his
efforts. / saw him take possession of the
store, saw his name-in gold Letters on glass
Donald P. May phar:naceutst." | counted
the hours that he spent with the false one up
stairs. | bored small hole in the partition
and watched him intently when he was a
work. Addie ceased to speak to me, anC
finally to notice me at all. But l had lease
kept me there, hrooding and watching. The
! truth is | could not tear myself away
GAS l told you, this room was at the END
of the store, ard opened into the hallway jus
| opposite the private doorway. l therefore
could hear the lovers when they came dowr
stairs and stood talking in the vestibule. One
evening they came down late. l listened
1uCJ GuOuS Ii Was dDCN, OPCluCtIu
their vows. Yes, heard the double kiss tha
he gave her. 1t smote me like two-edget
sword. and awoke me to action. All at once
| 1 made the discovery that what I needed was
q scheme of revenge. The moment this idet
came to me felt the vacuum in me partly
filled. Every fuculty seemed to cry out tina
no glory could equal that Of mastering ant
Furnishing the man whose superiority hac
been guaranteed by nature.
81 gave the whole of that night to the elab
Grafton of plan. But it was not till weel
later that hit upon feasible one. Like al
great original schemes, its conception wa:
partly owing to accident. l was on the bes
of terms with the clerk, Ellingher, and spen
a great deal of time in the drugstore will
him when his master was away / am, as
you know, skilled chemist, and Filing
was not. 1t served my purpose to hep hin
in the laboratory
about eight feet Of the rear end of tn,
shop was cut off by high-railed counter ant
desk, and behind this was the little work
| shop where the prescriptions were com
pounded,
~ was in there alone one afternoon abou
four O'Clock fixing an infusion of rhatany t,
strain, when noticed that the pine wood O
one of the shelves that ran across the parti
ton was smoking. discovered that larg
condenser or lens which was fixed in a bras
frame had been left on the projection of tn
window sash, and it brought the focus of tn
| SUMS rays upon the dry edge of the pine shelf
In an instant my mind had formulated
scheme.
81 looked at my watch. 1t was four o'clocl
| and nineteen minutes [ moved the lens ant