The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-16


recognized my enemy; He was a tall, hand
some fellow. with q pink face, blonde whiskers,
waited Presently heard a feminine a-hem.' |
He looked mp smiling faco WINS at the win,
dow overhead heard him say he had called |
about the drug store and desired to sec Mrs.
Prescott.
in"
;, harmless bolt" remarked. You turned
No, replied Urqyohardti " It turned mo
aside. | rushed to the Prescott to remind her
% f poo6d GD was and ~ SAID m % SGT
aifably with the handsome druggist at the front
door. She avoided me oil day. sought Film
man had been looking nt the stock. protested,
suuirmed appealed. But the handsome man
nS next aS day Heard syG Ra ssd ss%h IS
and told him that had made arrangements 70
! shall take possession next week His good
maS was y %o felt bs
and that would be destroyed by him without
Is al cSos Ind by
sense Of utter helplessness as when In the pres
ence Of that mild. invinciblc monster. for hc
seemed to have the machinery of fate behind
him. and to bo entirely irresponsible. The
price Of the concern ia 10000. | have offered
convincinely. You have made some improve
menis IN the store, understand. | shall have
70 reimburse you, SnlDOSe, Mllen Ktt started.
II You look IN TOMORROW; III go over them with
you With that he touched his hat. and smil-
ingly went of.
" This incomprehensibe superiority which
could not defne-the alacrity with which my
nature felt the mastery Of destiny In this man.
in my soul from that moment that lie would
have his own way could not comprehend IT,
nor could reason about 1t. I could only feel H.
When l caught Addie alone and upbraided her.
was moi, therefore unprepared Tor her cool as
md tlnt lar Treatment did
tanned
In word. sir. my jig was pp: I was help.
less interloper all ut once Events pushed me
Ssde r II had VIZ or gose wsSteSeT
iooked At the progress sol Of Affairs With stunned
and imbecile wonderment. saw my rival come
| and go and at each return become more secure
| " my master without any special direction OF
| his Efforts; saw him take possession OF the
?D onaid p. MAY, Pharmaceutist.' i COUNTED
the hours that ho spent wit tho false one up
stairs. bored small hole in the partition
and watched him intently when he was at work.
| Addie ceased to speak TO me. and finally TO no.
tice me at all. But had lease Of the room for
| six months. and something kept me there,
| brooding and wal hing. The truth Is. could
| not tear myself AVA.
As told you. this room was at the end Of the
| store. and opened into the hallway Just opposite
| the private doorway ! therefore could hear
the lovers when they came down stairs and
| stood talking in the yestibule. One evening
| they came down late. listened. They thought
| | was abed. and overheard their vows. Yes. |
| heard the double kiss that he gave her. IL
! smote me like a two-edged sword. and awoke
| NE to action All AZ once made the discovery
| that what needed WAS scheme OF revenge.
| The moment this idea came to me ] felt that the
vacuum in me was partly filled. Every faculty
seemed 10 cry out that, no glory could ellal
| that Of mastering and furnishing the man
whose superiority had been guaranteed by
nature.
Il gave the whole Of that night to the eaborO-
| ton Of plan. But II was not till week later
tina; | hit upon feasible one. Like all great
| original schemes, It's inception was, partly ow-
| ins to acct lent | was on the best OF terms with
| the clerk, Ellingher and spent a. good deal Of
| time in the drug store with him when his mas;
ter was away. am. us you know. skilled
! chemist. and Ellingher was not. 1t served my
| purpose 10 help him in the laboratory.
About ght feet Of the rear end Of the shop
was cut Of by q hi gh-railed counter and desk.
and behind this was the little workshop where
the prescriptions were compounded
| was In there alone one afternoon about
| O'Clock fixing an infusion OF rhaiany 70 strain.
when noticed that the pine wood Of ono OF the
shelves that ran across the partition was snok-
ing. | discovered that a large condenser or
| lens which was fixed in brass frame had been
et on the pr9lecon, o. ~ the WINDOW S sash ana IT
dry edge Of the pine shelf In an instant my
mind had formulated the scheme.
looked ut my watch, IL was Tour O'Clock
and nineteen minutes. moved the lens, and
found could thrgwthe focus into the middle Of
ice IT, 'rhen / examined the boiilrs On the
shelves There We're two large vessels contain,
ing absolute alcohol one that was hall iu.i OF
olelifn Oird, and another Of terebu TINA. These
lars were against the partition OF my room.
The phosphorus was kept in the cellar. under
wafer, but there was rosin. Burgundy pitch.
and benzine under the shelves. on the floor.
Nowthat definite plan OF action was formed
skill revived had received the money, tardiy
enough. from my mother. and resolvedto de-
/ vote the whole OF II to carrying out my dire re-
venge. And 10 the accomplishment Of my pur-
pose bent all my intelligence and subordi-
1t took me three months. Do you know what
Ibid Letme tell you, as briefly as possible
| First Of oil dissembled. and won subordinate
place in Mays, employ. lie thought ne could
trust me. and that knowledge gave me JOY. for
iel. that ! was iooling destiny. ! learned NE
Thursdays Ellingher had a half holiday. and
was left in possession Of the store. ~ degree,s
[ mad lust the disposition 81 the inilammable
materials in tina laboratory that answ cred my
purpose. The arrangement WAS a most inge;
/ NOUS one, and knew TINT If n flame ignitet
one end of my train, no human power could
prevent II from reaching the other end. cal,
culaled the sun apparent motion soutl WARD
day by day. ! experimental with q dupli ate
lens Of the same power IN my room. ] had n
diagram Of the partition, and could tell 10 ne
sixteenth Of an inch whore the sunlight would
fall at any hour in tho afternoon.
Hero / Interrupted Urgnehardt, " II seems
10 me-. my friend | said. that you Were tax
ing extraordinary pains 10 become an incenda-
~ and might have set IRE 10 the store more
Yes . he replied. but 1t was no part Of my
oblect-though it might be an unavoidable con-
se.guenceIto .prn his store, oh;oo,9n
You shall learn. immediately, over, my
room was the chamber occupied by Miss Addie.
She wns in the habit of sewing there in the
afternoons. ! could hear the treadle OF her
sewing machine for an hour at time. On tho
floor above that there was storeroom. seldom
entered. and. ms | found well packed with
refuse. Among other things, 1t contained
an oil cask which at some time had
been brought up from the cellar OF the
store 70 put under n leak IN the roof.
Such was the structure of the building that
there was a space of four inches between the
plaster and tho bricks. reaching from that store
room 10 the ground floor on three sides of Adj
dies room. | calculated that with rubber
tube drawn up through the space TO the barrel
! could pump from my room nOlselessly ~ least
forty gallons of benZne in one night, ana
that when was ready could upset the cask SO
that the infammHbe fluid would How down the
aperture on three sides Of her ROOM saturating
the lath and tinibers, and, caught at my floor.
would run across the boards TO the partition,
and thus mpete the circuit OF nre'
You do not mean 10 say that II was your pur-
| pose to"
1T was my purpose to roast that woman alive,
20 surround her with q quick and ineNtin,
| euishable flame. and to have her lover where
| could point it out TO him, md tell him II was my
work | was willing to die for the satisfaction
Of bringing discontinue to nm; 9i enjoying
| for one instant my power over MN. >,
| "Wcll" said " go on with your narrative
Everything happened fortuitously, The
! house occupied only by an invalid girl, ana