The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-04-03

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.,u..% Needhu.. prepares for his last hours
II. knew that Byles, Grant & Byles would
la We to send a confidential messenger %
Dublin for the evidence Of his guilt, and
that by Monday they would he in position
to order his arrest He foresaw the long
train OF other frauds which their discovery
would bring to light, and he kne" there
was 10 chance Of compromise
At first he thought Of fight; but flight
demanded energy. AMI H. was tired, beaten
out Of hope, out OF spirits. Flight would
mean pursuit, and pursuit capture: Dut,
above all, it meant action, energy, physical
grin, and lie had lost all this with his last
move. rlayca unsuccessfully il the private
counting ,,o,,x, OF Byles, Grant 4 Byies.
The expression of surprise III the face Of
Byles. senior, and the peculiar and doubt
ing remark OF Grant had droppet his hopes
down to zero. The Ak was at the tree: He
knew 1t must fall In short, he had had
enough; i1a was played cut; and in this
frame Of mind b. went home, revolving q
plan OF suicide.
1t was a hot summer doy. June was just
mergiug into July The London season was
waning, though to all appearance it was in
its i;ey,!ey. st. Pau!s was booming the
hour of four as his single horse brougham,
which lie usal for city work. pushed its way
through the vehicu'ar traffic of Ludgate
Eill and Flee street to wards the West end.
The ja.ed tanker anl member OF paclia-
ment noted, LII dreamy way, the languid
manner OF the pedestrians, SO unusual in
London; but eighty degrees in the shade
was a seriou, tax upon street energy. At
Charing Cross he saw two parliamentary
colleagues walking leisurely to the house,
and in Regent street cabinet minister re
turned his MOI and inwardly thanked his
official stars that MI. Needham was not
quite on! OF the political running, for the
government could not afford to make seri
Gus mistakes of any kind.
At Piccadiily circns Mr.. Needham pulled
the check string at a druggists, and enter
ing the store sskei for speedy means OF
death. Il, Romeo had asked Of the apothe-
cary in Mantua. But there was nothing
picturesque III the bankers approach to the
Lont:on drug seller; nor did he contide to
tn, modern tradesnian the need he had
for the mortal drugs. It was very pro-
sale request that Mr.. Needham preferred
a large bottle OF essential oil OF Almonds"
He said his groom wanted it for the
horses ie presumed. The chemist sug-
gested that arsenic was the only drug he
knew Of that was given to horses and then
only III very small quantities. Il think my
groom says it is for dressing,' said Need
ham, but sinai! sac to that myself; my
stud groom is very clever fellow and is
advised by an experienced vet 1t is a
deadly poison" said the druggist. Not
more SO than arsenic answered Needham.
''They are both severe enough said the
druggist, "Eut how large a bottle do Won
wish tor: About halt pint, said the
customer The shop keeper conferred with
some other person for few minutes. The
customer seeing. as he thought, some hesita-
ton in regard to serving so large guam
THY. said. Make it up and send it to my
house-~Mr Neeaha1u, Portland place. The
name and address had their due weight
'Send 1t this evening. am going to Leigh
ton Buzzard in the morning and want to
take it with me-"
The druggist was "a bit OF a SPORTING
man." had ridden to hounds now and then,
and had heard Of the Need ham stud He
with his new customer and said the drug
should I've sent al once. ''Mar1 it loison,':
said MIR. Necdham. ''Of course. Sir" said
the druggist; ''thank you, sir" And Mr.
Needham drove home. Portland place was
more or less Ell fete with afternoon recep-
tons, as it would be later with dinner mar.
ties, and later still with yayer thrones at
evening ''routs and Dances Tor the season
q 3,.;y
place was the headquarters OF one Of tho
most snowy and interesting of Oriental a,,'.
Dassies.
"A messenger, SIR" said the hut,o,
shortly after Mr. Needham had entere,, h.
study, with parcel he must deliver only
to YOU
"A parcel!'
1T is from the chemists
ID yes; show him in" said Mr.. Need
nam. Dick wants some oil Of almonds
for the horses | called to order il and =
Is strong poison, and there is SO m,,ch ~
it they don't like to deliver it in a ,,o,aroI
kind of way. Show the younc man ~ -
u was only to deliver Il to M, No.,
ham," said the messenger.
Quite right" said the hankar .u
pose there is enough to poison tho rhcie
street, W. "eoio
Eyes sir, said the massar... ~
brought it myself that there mieht - -,
mistake" y w
Thank you very much" said NJ ",
ham, taking the bottle: and th.,, .,.1 49,
to the butler be remarked, I'VE viii ,an d =
up, eh, John!' 'ocA e
''Yes, SIR
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