The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-02

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Ton 81 the store Try degreesI made lust the
inflammable materials In the Laboratory that
5answ cred my purpose. 81 lie afran cement was
81 most ingenious one, and 4 knew! that ifa
fame ignitetl one end Of my train no human
power could prevent 1t from reaching the
other end, Is calculated the SUMS apparent
motion south ard day by day. 4 IL experiment.
ed with a duplicate lens 81 The same power In
my room. had % diagram Of the partition
and could tell to the sixteenth OF an inch.
where the shnli would fall at any hour III
the afternoOn.h Il ##s.i s33 IL
Here r interrupted urq nehardt 4s sIt seems
to me, my friend, e. said, that yon were tax
ing extraordin AIRY pains to become an iucen-,
diary, and might have set fire to the store
more directly and surely = III
sass es,n he replied, abut It was no mart OF
my object though itmi ght be of unavoidable
consequent e----to burn his store Z
"Ah, what then " as your objectg II.
\ ''Yon shall learn. Immediately oyer my
room was the schanaber$ occupied by Miss
Addie. She Wasin the habit "a sewing there
lii the afternoons. [ could hear the treadle
Of her sewing machine foran hour ct tie time.
On the hool above that there was atstoteroom,
with refuse Among other thikgs 1t contained
an oil cask, which at some time had been
brought up fromSthe cellar Of the store to put
under leak in the. roof. Such. was the
structure 81 the bt,ilaiag that tbsse. was
space Of four inches between the plaster and
the bricks, reaching from that storeropm to
the;ground floor on three sides 81 Adde'S
room. calculated that with d rubber tube
drawn up throught the spice to thee barrel I
could pump from my room noisele at least
forty gallons of benzino IN one nilsiS aud that
when wastfeady 1 could upset skIRl cask 80
the aperture on three sides 81 ~ f6om,e sd
urating the lath and tin,h1De, ND, canght
my floor, would run acr0ss the boards To sth&
partition, and thus, ssohplete the circuit Or
pa .Tss q eetssln to say that + was your
1T was my purpose to roast that woman
alive, to surround hers With quick and mex
tinguishable flame, and to have her lover
whereI could point it out to him, and tell
him it was my work was willing tdA1
for the satisfaction of bringing discontinue
to hd@ Over q 5i@ enjoying for oh2 iasEsnf
psWell" s Hs "go on with your erratlye.a
Everything happened fortp Dhsly. The
and one maid-servant, who 81 st in the base
| nent, presented few obstacles to the accomp-
ilsAlhenG u my purpose. Wntll tAuule WAS
out could roam all over it without disturb
ing Mrs. Prescott. ] succeeded in pumping
fifty gallons of benzine into the upper room,
and to prevent its evaporation and the con
sequent odor, fitted paper head to the cask,
| which covered with an impervious coat Of
glue. fixed upon day and made my ar.
rangements. f& IA n
81 told May that T had come suddenly into
a large fortune, and he. had the etfrontery. 10
ask me to loan him quite a large sum Of
| money told him thatI would let him have
| it next Friday. That was the day had fixed
for my bonfire, for Ellingher would be away
| on Thursday, and Addia took her French les
sons on that day. 4 would, therefore have the
place to myself to complete everything. The
sun, as near as I could calculate, would serve
my purpose at 3 o'clock and nine minutes. e.
would fire the phosphorus on the third SHELF
| and that would in four seconds ignate the tur-
pentine and explode the oil jar, which, in
turn, would set fire to the floor saturated with
benzine and shoot column OF flame up three
sides OF the girls room. need not bother
| you with all the minute details of my scheme.
In order to show you its ingenious perfect
| toni should have to make number Of draw
! ings and mathematical diagrams
Suffice to say that I told May he could have
! the money if he would come with me to Brook
| Ign on Friday and get it, and at p o clock on
| that fated day, nervous and pale, I set out
| with him from the store, every thing being in
| train for an explosion at 5 q. elpck,and nine
minutes. He noticed my strange manner.
told him with a forced laugh that would ex-
| plain it to him when we crossed the river. /
| tried to be cheerful but even while / :joked
nay mind was running over the points In my
| chain Of possibilities. I could not think OF a
weak or broken link. When we reached the
| heights and got an un0bstructed view Of the
city, looked at my watch. Invasive minutes
n.sts3, and my heart was beating violently.
g down here a moment" said to my
ompanion. In six minutes something will
| ,ake place that will interest you.'' :.
"He looked at me suspiciously, but sat
down. The city Of New York lay before us,
its domes and steeples serving to guide the
eye in search of a particular locality.
"Can you point out whereabouts in that in
! extricable snarl your own establishment is ?n
| asked @ @5.5 gS
Certainly he replied. "There are the IN
| Unstable spires Of St. Georges, and they are
| only two blocks southeasat of the store,o
ut was ten minutes past 8. Gould it be
| possible my plan had miscarried?''
| Why do you ask me that question at this
| tine !" said May, who was watching me.
| >'Harki'' I exclaimed ssDo you shear the
! fire bells!" At that time they rang the dis
| trict |
! "Can you count the districts9"
He listened. eyes, distinctly!''
What Internal nonsense have YOU
l NV S!lii' O1Ao, hlllCC, louls llS1 Nd! US Ouc
hundred and thirty four THAT'S yours
| Eurekaw 5,s,s
What's the matter with yaflss'
! "Matter~ Icried, with !exdltation. MAT
| ter? Look there on the other side of St.
| Georges spire. Do you see that puff Of
smoke? It's your store. It means flame.
More than that, it means death Your love
is nit She is walledrtp in it. Even now she
is wlithing in thefagonies Of death. Look
how it putts up blacker and blacker Why
don't you defy ne !? tssshy don't you scorn me
for my weakness q B. fou don't say a word.
Where is your stgl,ar aIority? Am I the mastee
! OF Fate, then? II u possible that I, too, can
rob men of their oves!'' a@SS
Vie uttered not a word, but stared at me as
If h. thought { had gone mad.
AT that moment q coupe came along and
he hailed it He offered the driver ten dollars
to get hin do aB -hteenth street and Third
avenue, and jumped in. Then he held the
door open for me to follow him. "a moment
later we rafting away toward New; York
tainted him all the way. but he never said
word sWe'll dr6pa double tear over her
now sa 1aa If # III
The. man drove up Second avenve to
Fifteenth street, and through that side street
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