Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-11-16
THE POISONED POTION

jack. dear, who is Sir Robert
Ballantyne
egallantyne} oh, he's "A great
a,,,ys, and writer on chemistry,
/ hrtls,ter Known as the highest au.
,bo,ity oa the treatment Of atiec-
lions 81 tie brain.
atnd What have you been writing
b 10 him aboRti
How ID yon kdow have
4lhappaned TO look at the letters
ros ~, on Tie hall table this morn
iag
eWeIl"
-Rel. / only asked. ! wnsn't
aware tha, sou knew him,
-Oh. yys, Bnllnntyne and are
yery Oh friends.
oBu, lncyeT heard you mention
81 BIZ name before
VT "lndeed1
This dialogue hal s,ecn conducted
II vi,h ID evident anxiety on the one
ssit ant! reserve on the other by NO
neans characteristic 81 the speakers,
Iark Rivers had always bsssn
Ri autnr,- ,t4ell. and Dolly the most.
I'll lsh,.hrag,d and uusnspieions 81
II vut~
TIER married Tie indeed, had bc,n
oa d asaiIayel happiness. though
usirtaAe1 ugatuat the udyic6oI az
NJ t5sIr frraa4 aal relations.
81 uaIy lthrs hnd hs@n furious ut
nj tvpaeasamrnt ton "iaggarlE bank
nj vs. glcFt ami had rritiscslro attend
b. uwld,ng uc to give her ans as
,ai1rg ,onayls the young peoples
hltsssrpua expenses
lack. relatives. too, after lis neg.
81 ii pi,as.r solemn warnings against
marrying prnuiIcaa girl. when Miss
lgen, with her 100000 might have
lsvu had lor the asking. had wash
sltheir hands rs they put Il, 'uf the
Ehole routryu
lhspiic, however, of poverty and
ISOLATION TO- young wife hnd new
erFgw,icd hgg marriage norconsid,
eFed hsrstlt other than the hnppies,
Of uomen ,iit within the Inst few
ussss preceding the above converse.
ton.
MI The lns' Tow weeks
Nj When ani low nolly's misgivings
Ssss int aroused she scarcely knew
buint the time when she put tbs
question 70 her husband about hi,
litter 70 the specialist they had nl
n r'ady assumed definite form.
Ste feIt convinced TINT Jack had
something ON his mind, and she
moreover suspected the cnuse OF bis
trouble Il was not only that
hssablts and manner had gradually
changed, that he ommitted the Gus
1o'na7y little attentions TO his wife
mat he sat nc his meals drumming
n WIN his fingers ON the table. ant
startling or staring vacuntly wher
suddenly addressed; not only TINT h
displayed n strange irritability; that
ae locked himself up In his study nftet
ulnHer, or went out late, with the un
satisfactory explanation that h
wanted TO read at the club. IL wat
lot alone That he came 20 bed AZ
y aNgilar hours, only to toss nnt
4 ; ,ml, through the weary witches
I all thls was nothing TO the reveln
n wv inadeuncawful night when Dolly
I hsRtlng breathlessly ut his side. over
u heafd his muttercd words. She knew
a NJ M was awake and not dreaming
a5y Then, should he talk of murde
snu poison, and seem to be bnlnuc
NY ~ his mind the comparativ,
al .l of alternative modes OF death
4 "gat could it mean
eould the terrible explanation
@hleh had previously crossed he
4 l bul,u be true. and were this irrita
yulty this abstraction and thi
I @s"visplessness thesymptoma ofa weak
Sag mind, ofnpprouching insanity
sr such being the suspicion nlread,
ssaa.ertained, the result of Dollv's dis
! lily That her husband was in cot
ba'Pondence with brain doctorma.
n Iollggliagined. Evidently, she thought
i INV Knew his danger and was ask
dTS,I ,or assistance, and what was th
S amy OF wife in the circumstances
ad,y 10 ascertain the nature oi TIA
o oatice given in reply and Ca cnrry |
\ tI n. with all the discretion and devo
po ,aere wasno difficulty In the flrs
y yiosl this program. A letter, oil
usly rom Sir Robert Bollnntyn,