The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-08
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I ,,,05s of firersou. Was 1t possible thai
,,,,,r5a. was really about to be done at Great
Torton Hail. Nay, ais the man whom ]
lraw 70 he the only one likely to commit
gncb a crime was on board the Golden Hawk
at this moment, might it not be the case thai
the crime had Already been committed, ano
that while he was flying from justice ne nae
carried me with him to prevent nay Delng o.
sny service to Diisy or her uneles ana
there had been murder, who was the Vlctlrn
Was it the millionairef Or was it-could II
be-my darlings
sat dazed and hslpless for a time under
the horror of this new ira, IA OF thought But
/ was now face 10 facewith problem which
demanded the full use of all my faculties. i
/ were to deal with it to any useful purpose.
must treat it with all the GOODNESS and dehbert
stion Of which was capable. Gently closing
the book. flung my cigar aside, and going
10 the bath room bathed my head in ths
mol. refreshing water Of which. there was
tpparently an unlimited supply. Then 4
came back tom seat and carefully trled an
experiment which had occurred to me.
Laying the closed book on its back on tns
palm of my hand allowed it again to Ia1
open at lis own viii. Once more II opeheu
| At page $50, and again read that hsst SEN
5ence of the page, which describes how ne
patient complains OF a choking sensation,
md of thirst and dryness OF the throat; but
he effort to drink often occasions rigid
,nasms of the muscles Of the jaw. Some
times there is foaming at the mouth, and the
froth may be tinged with blood, etc, etc
Irepsated the experiment in another man
ner; the result was the same. tried it again
and again, and always the volume opened az
the same page Yes it was quite Gear to me
now that the owner of this book had bought
Il for the simple purpose Of studying the
subject of poisoning by means Of stryehnia
All the pages Of this volume, it is true, We're
cut open. but it was only at this part e II
that there were any Of those unanistakaois
signs which showed that it had been reaa
and studied with care again and again.
Tread the whole chapter through with at
tention, and it says something Think, formy
command over my own nerves that did moi
forthwith fancy that was myself suffering
from that feeling of suffocation when Is
described as the earliest symptom after the
poison has been swallowed. For | could not
drive cut of my mind the possibility that this
accidental discovery might have the deepest
personal interest for myself. II had fallen
into the hands of a murderer, what assurance
had | that he might not try his frightful
arts upon met The thought was one that it
was difficult to face with composure. l be-
gan to realize what III the lot Of the captive
who lies in peril Of his life and who is power
less TO defend himself against the unknown
doom which may be hanging over him
Terrible was the long night through
which I now passed The gale had evil
IDENTIFY risen to a great height; and the mo-
ton of he vessel was such as to be distress
ing even t. the most experienced OF sailors
In place of the dead silence OF the morning
my prison cell was now filed with that in
1escrih Ible tumult of sound that marks the
progress of battle between good vessel
and a raging sea. could hear the shrek
Of the wind and the roar of the waves, while,
=ven above these sounds rose that constant
groaniug and creaking of the ssraining tim
bers which showed how hardly the ship was
beset by the storm could feel too the
fury of the blows which each euccessive
wave delivered against the side Of the yacht
A storm at sea is an awful thing to the
landsnlan at the best of times Let my
reader try if he can conceive what this
storm was to me-held like rat in a trap in
the middle of the lab0ring vessel
Yet despite my fears and the tumult all
around me, | slepa and my S eep was
strangely free from those hideous dreams Of
which / had been apprehensive When ]
awoke at last the bright light of the electric
lamp had disappeared, and some faint rays
from the outer sky were entering my cabin
through the funnel which served the rur
pose of a window looked at my watch
and discovered that it was nine O'Clock. To
my great joy, too, l lound that the sea had
fallen, and that the va hit was making com
paratively steady progress through the
waters.
1t is no part of my purpose to infict tue
whole story of my smrrisonment upon the
reader Nothing, indeed could be more
monotonous-or more terrible in its monot-
ony-than the manner in which nv days
were passed. Thrice during this second day
| was visited by Flinter -nging food |
hardly spoke to hinn. and he made no at
Tempt to open a conversation with me- |
was still absorbed in an attempt TO put to-
gether the various pieces of that range
puzz'e, the first bit Of ich chat had been
put into my hands was my rett ting with
Daisy and Gregson at the York railway s.a-
tion and hs last the discovery of The pas
sage on strychnia in the work on forensic
MEDICINE That there was 'olne strange
unity OF significance in ali that had hap
pened to me since | first saw my darling was
4 conviction tina Yves slowly forcing itself
upon my mini Never before in nv peacefu
life had l been even remotely ssociafed with
anything in the nature OF a mystery, hut now
for some weeks ! had been literally dwelling
IN the midst of mvstaries Hour after hour
pa sed while tried to hit upon ,ome KEY
which hould make the whole strange and
jumbled story plain But / labored in vain.
There was only one point Of which in ms
learr Of hearts / was as certain as of my
own existence. That was that come what
might nothing could ever be revealed which
would cast shadow OF shame upon the
name of the girl whom loved
Day after day went by in the same paiu-
iul and hopeless round and I began to
despair OF ever again being released from
my ha eful prison house. It was more than
week since we had left Scarborough.
Where we now were | could not form the
iainlest conception. knew that we had
once stopped for an hour or more. AMI
guessed from the perfect stiffness of the yes
Iei that we had entered some harbor / was
conscious, too, of the fact that it was now
much colder than it had been when we left
England. and had been thankful for the
additional rugs with which nty jailer hal
supplied me. But Fljntar evaded all nv az.
.empts TO elicit from him aIsy a1for nation
IS to our whereabouts. Nor would be give
ne the faintest hint Of when might hone IS
be released from my captivity.
Ten lays If an imprisonment. so close n
mine was began to tell not merely anon r,,v
spirits hut upon my physical health Nv
appetite failed utterly and I.hardly touched
the dele ces with which Flinter. to do him
iustics, KEPT my table abundantly supplied
found myself daily growing weaker and
the ve'im OF an sDatby which was alto
gether alien % my nature In plain Eng.
hsh, was coWed and troSen by the treat
ment to witch had been subjected / no
longr even spoke 20 Fiinter on his periodical
wits te my cell.