Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-11-27
,hs, !. capable Of doing = hundrdfoli
more damage than any now Ia use"
"It would b. . big thing"

and when the shell bursts . deadly vapof
spreads over sn sres Of 100 ysrds. kill.
ing every living thing. One shell IL
capable Of killing an entire regiment"
"why. ny God. man." exclaimed the
major. "thn would be murder '"
"And what I. war;" asked Pellieo.
in hi. low, soft voice.
The .uhj-e, did not drop there. The
man In black had 90 much 10 say about
biz invention ths, the major found him.
self deeply interested.
"Thi. little thing" said Pellico. eIhi.
biting soms,hing ,ha, looked like . pill
covered with ,infoil. "~ould kill house
full Of people"
"lt IL hard 20 believe
"L-, me convince you," urged the
chemist. III you will walk . square
With me I ~ill show you some,hing."
The major objected but the Italian
assured him that bis intended victims
~,re several hogs In the rear Of the edi-
fee.
when they reached the place they
found the hogs quietly snoring 10 .
fence corner.
Then they retired hfty yard, or 90 and
Pellieo blew bis little pill through . hol.
low cane.
"w.it three minutes" he said.
Al the expiration Of the time the ,-o
approached the fence corner.
-Four large hogs lay stretched on the
ground. I, required only = glance to
see thu, they ~,re all dead.
"No~." said the ehsmis, . they
walked away. "thi. experiment, Is on =
very small scale bu, you can form an
idea from VIA, you have seen"
"It .. astonishing" commented the
m'j'r
"NO,hing TO VIA, I have dOne." said
the man 10 black "ln Caba | took .
sling and threw ball Of that stuff s
big q. my t.t in,o village. The ne,t
nothing IL va. found ,h., ell the inh.b-
i;sn,., some 500 OF 400. ~sre dead.
People oa, sid, supposed ,hs, !, vi.
,oms my.,sriou, epidemic. bu, 1, vi.
not"
M.j. Dalton drew him .loOf from his
companion.
"And you killed those innOesn, peo-
pie for nothing ," he asked Indignantly.
"ln the intsrs,, of science. my dear
m.j1r. Bs.id,.. they we're native Gu
bans. would no, have treated genuine
spsnisrd. the, way"
The m.jor pulled hi. mu,,aehe and
walked on IN silence for fs- minutes.
"whs, DO you ptoPO.s ?" be asked.
after some reflection.
My scheme IL q bis one." replied
Pellioo. ~ few little pellets ,hro.n
into Libby. Salisbury and And'ron'ilIe
~ill nd u. Of al the Y.nks. pri.ore,
and save our government, no end Of en-.
pen.e. Then they mus, u.e my inven.
iio1 in the field. The armies Of shef.
man and Grant will mel, away before
/, aud a few hundred proj'ciile' fired
from long.ranse guns into New York
will turn that metropolis into . city Of
the dead. What do you say p
"Hsllo. corporal come here :" yelled
the m.jor
Several soldiers ran to the 'PO, in a
hurry.
's,irs him :" shouted the officer. "snd
take him TO the gu.rd.hou.e lie !. an
enemy. . murderer. the devil himself, !
believe. but hold on-.sareh him"
"only some papers aud these pills"
said the corporal.
"rll take tbsm." said the msjor.
"No- hustle him off to the guard.hoa'e."
The major walked with rapid .,ride'
TO the office Of the commander Of the
po-,. The proves, msr.h.l W. sum.
moned az . party TO the conference. and
other officer, we're called in.
The council lasted until very late
hour. Never in their whole military
,,periene, had the officer. been eonffon,.
ed With 30 .eriou. = problem.
When they dispersed the sentinel oV,-
side heard one Of them say:
ale j. . monster. an enemy 20 the
whole human race. We eanno, accept
hi. aid. and II we let bin 20. he may q,
any time turn sgsin.i u. and ssAin., our
people"
"Thsre !. bu, one thing to do" said
the m.jor.
The ne,, day the m.n Ia black Vas
found dead on the floor Of the guard.
house. Ny bis side lay shred Of tin foil.
81 searched him." said che corporal.
".nd took ell those shiny pill. away from
him. How did that se, there ] wonder.
aud wha, In the mischief is IL, snyho~ p
The commander Of the post, the pro.
,o.,. marshal and Maj Dalton showed
little surprise when they heard Of Pei
lieo's death. The corporal. however.
heard the provos,-msshsl speak in an
under,oue TO the major.
"whs, did you do with the other
pellen'' be said.
III rode on, TO the river and threw
them In" answered the major
"All h.h,," responded the marshal.
"rhis has been . strange piece Of busi.
ness from fr, to last. but / don't think
,hs, our eon.eienees will ever hurt US for
our par, in IT,"
Long years sfief~srd . gray.hsifed
confederate veteran mentioned some Of
the facts Of the case to = circle Of inter-
ested listeners.
IL have always though, that he Was
the devil" remarked the veteran.
"Did the major really kill him p in
quired lady.
The veteran shut one eye aud twisted
bis mousisehe.
eve bad better not talk about that"
be said. "But you may rest assured
that II be did kill the wretch he has
never regretted i,."-A,l.n,a Cons,iiu-
ton.
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