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an, ,,,rath. his face WAS white. He held some
,,,;ny in his right hand which could not see
,Io caught nv mothers arm with his left hano'
IIe did not sreal he stood for rev secohos
h,oothnc SO that could hear him breathe
Leopold - gasped my mother thinl> uia'
,yos nj, she said ; if she spoke another WORD can
NOT recall it, l still clutched her hand Anu
then with my flesh like ice. sa"
him strike at her with what he held.
RAW no fash of knife. He struck towaru ner
throat on the left side The blow meant uea'n
n had severed a great vein; the blood gusheu al
torrsnts Nv mother tore her fingers from lily
mad hold In an instant the sidewalk aoo". 10
was a horrid crimson pool. She reeled anu S''e
cored hut rs She did so he kept her with one arm
from falling. and then L perceived 'ila' ho now
s,,n, icon knife. for he suddenly plunged IL
several times into his own breast. MY no'"
md nc fell an instant later. '"i Nv
80, o,x, what ! now did The street swan spo"'
me d.: the noises Of tho passing carts gre" :.
thunder People thronged up on every '1 =,
eeemed TO me as If their number was al ~
legion The tumult, the clamor' hao III H. ~
distracted sense. an almost lnihi'e i"S
,,,ho,c experience was like some ghasty dream OF
IN striyc now calmly to review it ALL ana
,,hor,v fail TO pierce the lurid fog OF my own
,nconscio,,s II / had really tainted the iii'
,,rv,sson NJ uproar. of pressing faces ana Jos.lh5
so,,,s ~ excited shrieks and garish puphciV
u,ou,d have proved far less distinct Nho"
chat 7 sanl, upon my knees hunneo quo'
fons in a hundred different voices beset me- pu'
7 could neither answer nor understand one No'
that 7 failed to realize what had pascal ]"
o,;zed H. indeed with so thrilling an acutencSs
that all other sense was for the time blurred anu
weak Mine was the very paralysis oi HUI.
And vet strangely enough, my thoueh'' ~ an,
potept in other ways. flashed oack"aru '"io"-'
certain previous events This frshuui uh''T
seemed the fulfilment OF dire prophecy, inc con
summation 20 which horrid omen' had polh'cu-
Az rscret became one terrific enormlty IL ceasco
merely tn fill consciousness it was CONSCIOUSNESS
ftse,f-the air breathed, the surrounding H'u''i.
fude. the sunshine, the day, the busy Guy l
fancy that words of wild and walllnG sor' mus
have left my lips. The unearthly CRIME rn't"'
have been averted l had known and dica'lco 'ho
all f,ur of us had kno it and drea led IL;
this formulated the anguish OF my despair
mood not have happened In that ono sentence
might have been condensed the whole uarh 'or
ume of my suffering We constantly speak oil
main as something wholly separabe from ourselves
like a scorpion or insect that clings to us but OF
interval had no such feeling Between my
torture and myself there lay no boundary All
was one incarnate agony every pulse or my
heart meant a pang every thTob of my Drain
dealt q blow.
II ia marvellous that lived II this tensity
of mental strain had lasted few minutes Iohser
have DOW no doubt that death would have en'eu
It, But torpors like these, which are oea'h-
IN life. tax and goad each nerve, fibre and organ
10 fling them off, and it is when we fal IN tlhs
That we die My own relief came In storm OF
tears When / began to sob and trembe was
saved Nature had fought for me and saved me
But until later did not know a, what costl
Some one tried to raise me, but struggled and
would not stand. My mothers white face ceace-
M ana with closed eyes, lad oawncd upon me
= ,ooned toward it and touched its cheek still
warm In death Then l drew backward with
horrible cry Ny own hand. from contact with
nv ensanguined garments, had left blood-red
mark. heard my own Shrek can near
n now sTaLc him aAayl' shouted voice
"No M exclaimed other voices. wait for
,be pol;oe- he knows who they all three arc
keu 20 needed sounded next from tie close
packed bystanders.
Then a pellmell Of questions once moro as
sailcd mo- l answered some Of them as best
could ] had now risen. To left and right OF
mo stretched one great sea OF heads TWO OF
three sturdy men kept the crowd BACK from Tie
fallen bodies. Paintvo voices rang from many
of the women Ny fathers facc was obscured
ne Law so that it came In contact with the pave
mcnt / don't know how many times hearu
Il called and shIieked and moaned and muttered
all about mo that he had killed her first and then
killed hnsclf Now and again bit OF humor
would lend its baleful discord to the din OF th'
mob and a kind OF laughter greeted IT, that was
like q shudder put into sound. These outbuIsts
were perhaps less barbarous than hysterlcai
ninth il sometimes a sort of treble note to the
deeper bass Of sorrow and alright can moi
be,ioye that there was a single spirit no matter
how hardened in all this motley congress OF
pazers. untouched by pity for myself and her
1t seemed an eternity before the police came.
Several women had begun not only to murmu'
fresh queries in my ears but to cares and offer
me soothing words. l mus. have told one of
{bcsc my address, though / do not recall what
responses i made anv OF them AT lehgth Two
policemen pushed roughly through the d1tldln-
crowd The sheen of their buttons and their up
lifted clubs made me start AMI cover: the com
ing OF these men turned new and merclless glare
upon my i heard gruf tones quite near me
saw something in which j caught the word am
bulancen but even then IA singing had
crept into my ears that grew louder each instant
and The pavement seemed TO drop away from inc
-
mon and women began to whirl giddiy in vague
turmoil Then came a blank l had
tainted.
awoke in nv chamber at home. Martha was
bending over me. / at once recognized her
There was a light in the room as OF waning after
noon She spoke my name softly in her familiar
voice. l had no memory OF what had happened
10 nv mother. but was under a vague CON lctlon
that I myself had met some sharp injury.
"Where is mammal | asked docs She
know that l am hurt?'
Ind seemed
Michael took her place at my bedside Possibly
this was all real enough. But after l had watched
Michael few moments, his gaunt form ana
dear grim face vanished. and / clearly saw my
mother She hummsd air, and appeared quite
her wontcd self But there was reddish mark
on one of her checks. and / reached forth my
hand to brush it away Then her share receded
and great drowsiness came uron me.
But after that / had many episodes Of wake