The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-02

f@2efi the ftottse MACH Impressed uitfi III
d stosers nla'it. l,y tl5s liofsso, aud IL,
G;ys atrerRtIss,; learned IF l,js death. III
: public considered i q ease ii suicide.
E made "A caEefllIeSalnilastitn of sic premise
and came 70 i elitfeFelisnonelasioh. r WA
1 the hand OF tliee Armstrong dat kilfe
Professor traf5v
1t, Let us go back LITTLE After t3lf, E'rofes
orrcalized could l1e done with b : H.,
I appliance of electricity, he GeIerpltned i
utilize II in t1le nltlisi4r i Ife#tn III III
! upontl,e yra'td idea Of freezing hi,a i'll th
bath.
She wilIlot love lsim cold, = lie said 5ll5
j, began 10 arrange his plans. Dean was iou5
Of the bath. He retieel al midnight 4i1t
always took.a bath iHst before. The bat',.
room OF Armstrong; house was an exce.s-
tionallE good allS. ii w;ts Situated bul
i short distance from the 4sti5 occupied by Hi
Professor and Dean. 'ItIle tank wal. d
i marble, lsrge III size, tsspa1s of holdstag ts,ili
Il hundred and eighty cltfae feet OF water
8 Grofiy connected ffssaett..1il peIiss fsis ast
4 room by means Of wires. 0nt, entered flst
bath ly the wasfe-pip@'. iie reached fhis
under the preteNt 0f planting flowers. Il
was conceded from observation by !; Iisc
bush. other was connected with tho
pipe which furnished theWater. He. bored
"a hole III the NaIl&nd found tile pipe as lie ex-
peete.l, running ii The rear of ahe room
close to the fioor, He tlen increased the
jars Of his battery ana raisecit strength to
five hundred ONES.
/ No Suspicion was excited by tIlis, AZ he
had been for months before making elect
rical experiments. Hi<apijal:tts5s was fixed
on a stand near the walj, and the wires. from
it connected with those leat3iltg to Ike bath
/! When the apparatus was removed its wires
would be pulled away from the others, and
no trace would he Left Of previous cauutr-
ton.
On the night of the 18th Of Iuly I'LL w9E iil
readiness. Crofty laid his plans with nirety
ane elaboration. Dean always look i)atl
before retiring which was about midnight.
/ In the moaning GrotEy had purchased two
seats at the metropolitan Theatre and gaze
them 10 Armstrong Who took his daughter
TO tie play. BY eight O'Clock everything
was quiet III tie house. CroffY knew lie
was safe from interruption until eleven
O'Clock, and perhaps later.
He noN. began to work III earnest. He
filled tlie tank with water, and then tested
his wires over and over again Every
t'ling was III splendid working artIcf. He
calculated tIiat he had enlhetle;! lis rival in
ice a'outlnlIaiGit, and than would turn Oh
hot water. In the morning there would lla
no trace Of freezing. He rubbed lis hands
with delight, and then poured IL tic cEietni-
cal proportions, wherein lay tie seer, t ot
his discovery,
lie tlTAl Went 70 bis room and laid tIssjwo
eonnectns wires of his al,Irn2t1ss side by
side upon The instrument, Il was tof nine
O'Clock. lie tuHled the ga= up 10 full blaze
to dispersc the shadows, tonlz al,est~y s.}f5tfr.
and determined n read tul!il Deqn'$ return.
The silence otil:e lo'lsa became 1lbeara|lr,
and the %llltl,iilees Of lie ,part.ncni more
and more oppressive. Hit eSciscment hn-
gan 10 tell on him, and lie Yves lie, longer
cool.
The man WHO isabout t. lsitl suffers more
pangs than he, who Is ahoutto die. Crofty
paced mp and down The apartment. aud
thepa Strange fascination tiTes linIFtoYara
the bath: Eie entercG! the room again anfl
stood gazing INFO the motionIpss water in
the tank, and mulmkred 20 himself: -Four
hundred and eighty cubic feet and five
hundred ONES.
There MSS q gas jet above tie tank. and
its faint glow was reflected III The water.
10 GrottE the atmosphere seemed to have
been generatel i'll a blas:-furnance. The
water looked cool and retlesIsilsg. There
was yet more than an hour. Cfofty turn
ed the catch Of tie docf from force Of habit,
and throwing cit his clothes plunged in. i
He could discover no disag1eeable trace o4s
the chemicals, ana once more lie felt Tx, |
delightful sensation of being cool 1t was t
50 delightful that I.e began to reflect in his
mind whether he would nos continue to /
enjoy the bach and postpone the murder.
Suddenly the hall door was slammed t
and lie he&ed tie voice OF Miss ARM
strong talking with l,r1 father. The pair
had iils!eed returned ha9ing left tas4 tleas3
,fe before the performance closed Size
,.fsssF tf..si,iiss, s.
fessor's NAsres were les9iy Is a:serstfan.
and looked about her. Presently Iler sFe &
fell uroil The Instrument connected ssitf4
Gfofts's battery. She took W, one of the
Wires, ;tnt vas about u fay II oil Tile u
and see if there would '5e Rfoi:k, AsEleli
her courage failed Her ;slltj Che dropped it
across is mate. 4 spark flashed ost,
Which startled her. She drew back, low
cred the gas, ;tlld went e bed.
.lt the instant the wires were connected,
Grofty was i'll fhe centre Of tllc bath. \
shock and terrible chill passed through his i
frame, and he felt elogEI Of v;Ipoi rising +
from the sltrfaee Of tte55s water and sweeping .
into Lis face. MyaiaeIs Of spearlilzc cry
stalls shot aut from tic eGgc of tlp tank +
ana eetiVefSefi towards f11hi t5i<F :" 'aa7'} +
shafts Of Death
c. - ,'.''s''n
himself ae;instthe Jagged edges ofa sheet
Of ice half Ill inch tlIit.Is. There was 1t
ftightfttl cash III his side frola asielk tho
blood Was streaming. IIastr,tgglt5i lIlattlv
amid the ieeSanl every tllroe brought fresh
wounds. lEiss limbs noved no longer in
water: they were eltyt lit .l}lsI,. Tha
ise closed about him Ills. /, yfee, lie Was