The Penn's Grove record., 1889-08-31
THE POISONED FLOW Err.

You are a dead man, said the doc
tor, looking ixedly at A~natole.
Anat0le was ast0unded.
He had come to spend the evening
with his old friend, DR.. Bardals, the
Illustrious savant, whose studies Of poi
sOnous plants had made him famous.
1t was not his fame, however. which
attracted Anatole to the doctor, but
his nobility of heart and almost pater-
nal kindness. And now suddenly,
without any preparations, the young
man heard this terrific representation
from the lips of SO great al authority.
Unhappy boy Continued the doctor,
what have you done?'
Nothing that l know Of stammered
Anatole.
think. Tell me what you have
drunk, what you have eaten, what you
have inhaledp'
This last word was like a ray of light
to Anatole. That very morning he
had received a letter from a friend who
was travelling In India. In this letter
he found . flower which the tourist
had plucked on the banks Of the
Ganges, an odd-looking little red
flower, whose odor, he remembered,
seemed TO him to be strangely puugent.
AnatOle looked in his pocketbOok and
took therefrom the letter and the
flower, which he showed to the savant.
there is not o doubtl' exclaimed the
doctor. 1t is the Pyramenensls Indica!
the fatal flower Of bloodr
l. l'You really think sop
.Alasl I IN certain" Il
But it il not possible that it should
prove fatal to me. / am only 25 years
old, am strong and in the best OF
health. 'lNlIs f.
AT what hour did you open this fatal
Ietterp' zl ,
AT 0 o'clock this morning.
We'll, tomorrow morning at the
same hour, at the same minute, In full
health, as you say. you will feel a pecu.
liar pam in your heart, and that will
end ALL ,c ..r..y
And you know Of no remedy. no
means OIL %. -..l 1906
'None,' said the doctor.
Then, clasping his head in his hands.
the savant fell into a chair. overcome
with grief.
The emotion Of his old friend con-
WINGED Anatole that he was indeed
doomed. He departed at once; he wa
almost insane.
A cold sweat on his forehead, his
ideas confused, walking mechanically,
Anatole went forth into the night, un-
conscious Of what was passing about
him. For . long time he walked thus.
then, coming to 3 bench, he sat down.
This rest did him good. Up to that
moment he had been like q man who
has suddenly received a severe blow on
the head. At last, however, his mind
seemed to clear, and he began to gather
his scattered ideas.
MY situati0n,' he thought. is like
that OF q man condemned TO death.
Such q person, however, can still hope
for mercy. But how long have 1 to
liveP'
He looked at his watch.
Three O'Clock In the morning. 1t Il
time 10 20 to bed. What! l 60 10 bedf
give TO sleep the last six hours OF my
lifep No. / have certainly something
better than that to do. But whatI
Why, l have my will to make.'
Not far away was a restaurant.
which vas open all night. Thither
AnatOle went.
Waiter, bring me q bottle Of cham
payne sand q bottle of ink he said, al
he seated himself at the table.
He drank q glass Of champagne and,
looking at the paper lying ON the table
before him, said to himself:
ITO whom shall l leave my income Of
10000 francsP ! have neither father
mol mother. Among the people In
whom I am interested there Is only ONE
to whom l care to leave my money
Nicette.'
Nicette was Anatole's second cousin,
q charming girl Of 10 years, having
golden hair and largo dark eyes. Like
him she was an orphan. and this simi
lar bereavement had long since estab
lished . bond Of sympathy between
them. @
His will was quickly drawn up. HI
left everything TO Nicette.
That done, he drank a second glas!
OF champagne.
.Poor Nicettei' ne thought, she wa
very sad the last time / saw her. He
guardian. who knows nothing beyond
the wind instruments which be teaches
pupils OF the Conservatory to play, did
not do right in promising her hand Il
u brute, u bully. whom she detests
She detests him all the more becaus,
she loves someone else, II I have beer
abba 10 understand her ~reticence Iant
her embarrassment. Who Ia this happ,
mortal? l know not. but be is certainl,
worthy Ut her since she has chosen hi
Good, sweet, beautiful, loving. Meet
observes TIE best Of husbands. ALI