The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-02-02

Touched, also, in his professional pride,
he cursed the bells and those who had
refused his appeals. "But for those
BELLS" he said, "you might now be ne
ioicing in the rapid recovery of your
wife"
The sobs died away, and the now
fearless eye of the bereaved man grew
dilated and wild. He slowly repeated
the curse that had fallen from the lips
of the physician, and added: "God do
SO to me, and more, also, if do not
avenge my loss" He rose from the
bed, on which he had thrown himself
in the outburst of his grief, and, gently
smoothing the tossed and tangled hair
from the brow of the dead, said quietly:
my poor murdered wifer Turning
to the physician, he said: mo more
tears, doctor: an avenger must have
clear vision The physician was
startled, but, as he looked up, he saw
only pale, quiet. patient face. He
did not see that, with the tears of that
poor. tired, tried man had passed away
his reason. Kind words of grateful
thanks seemed to come freely and
naturally from the lips that had taken
on smile of patient resignation.
All through the sad hours of the
funeral the physician ministered as to
brother. and when, after the return
from the grave, he stood for moment
at the door, il was the same patient
smile that graced the lips. as the be-
reaved man repeated more fully his
heartfelt thanks. But when the man
closed the door and stood alone in his
deSolate rooms, the smile died away,
and, crossing the room TO the window,
he look out at the cathedral tower, and
his face settled into a stern, rigid look,
as he slowly repeated the curse whose
his tears and set his brain On fire in the
thought of revenge.
Days passed, and the other tenants
of the large hotel saw only pale
faced, bereaved man, who came and
went at irregular hours. He had been
a successful inventor. His inventions
had been dOubly dear to him because
they had been helpful TO his fellow
men, as well as remuneratiye TO him
self. One day, after weeks of painful
brooding. he opened his desk and tool
out the drawings, over which he and
his loved wife had often communed, as
he had explained TO her the reason anG
purpose of his inventions. He laiC
them on the glowing Goals and waited
till even the ashes had disappeared il
the heat of the flame. He then turned
deliberately TO his desk, and with |;
trained, able brain, supernatural,
quickened by the cunning of madness,
began TO solve the problem of secnring
Ms revenge.
While he sat thinking, the bells rang
out their noisy clamor, as if to defy hin
to do his worst, and with the peculiarit,
OF maddened brain his fate fastened
On them, as though they had been per-
sonalities. The current of his hate wa
turned from those who had refused t.
silence the bells at his request, anC
crystaliZed into resolve to destroy the
bells. The problem now began TO as
sumo a definite shape. The objects OF
stone fortress of the cathedral, defend
ed by the common law of the city and
guarded by the officers of public safety.
All seemed to be combined against
him 10 prevent the execution of his
purpose But obstacles increased his
determination. and so he pondered un-
til with the morning light came to
his mind the outlined plan, that ia its
execution should not only destroy the
bells but make their destruction seem
TO be penalty inflicted by supernatur-
al power. His effort should be not ONLY
to secure his own revenge, but to Sc
cure in the future, for other sufferers.
the quiet and pity that had been denied |
to him.
He first made careful study of the |
cathedral and its surroundings. and as
a result of his observations he gave up |
his suite of rooms and took two rooms |
in the upper-story of large tenement |
house on the same side of the street |
and next 10 the cathedral. In these |
rooms he found himself on level with |
the openings in the tower above which |
the bells were hung. Through these |
openings he could see the heavy beams |
that served as braces to the tower and |
as supports to the frame work of the |
bells. After settling his rooms he be-
gan the solution of the problem. He
first constructed powerful cross-bow
and attached a strong though fine silk
en- cord TO the arrow. For several /
nights he practiced with this weapon,
until he could without fail, fasten the
arrow firmly in the wooden beam of the
tower and yet pull it back with the
silken cord into the window.
His next experiment was TO take q
heavier arrow with q pulley-wheel
sunken in the shaft, so that by means
of an endless cord running through
the pulley he could convey a package
from his window to the beam in the
tower. After considerable practice he
found himself able to send the arrow
without fail into the beam and work
the cord, He had thus secured q GER
tain means of communication with the
tower. He then prepared six arrows
with the pulley and cord attachment
His unbalanced mind found intense
Ea Sfacfiop in thaca axnariroonfa and /