The Delta independent., 1889-06-18

execution. Manage it your own
way. Smith and will see the young
man tomorrow with the professor, and
If there is absolutely no hope for him,
and IL he continues in the state Of mind
+ he is in to-day, why, saen, we will be
ready for him."
At IL o'clock the next morning the
| professor was in my room waiting for
his patient. A few minutes after tie
hour the young man entered. The
moment he did SO the professor recog-
nized him.
'.Ah," he said, "you have returned
from Germanyp''
"Yes." answered the young man, 81
have returned. have also been in
England. All the physicians I have
seen agree with you in tho diagnosis :"
The professor shook his head and
spoke sympathetically to the young
man.
"You seem to know each other, f"
said to the professor.
"Oh, yes," answered that gentleman.
'Mr. Stevens did me tho honor OF call
ing on me as soon as he arrived in
Paris. Unfortunately could give him
other specialists, both in Germany and
England"
With this the professor left us.
"Your name is Stevens, them" I said
to the young man.
Eyes, and my home is in New York.
Have you gone any further with the
matter which l proposed yesterday"
"Well, my friend, Mr.. Brown has
that in charge and presume he will
wish to see if you still persist in your
intention"
"My dear sir, Of course I persist; in
fact, look upon myself as dead man.
expected to have committed suicide
before this time; perhaps last night,
probably this morning. All l ask is
that there shall be as little delay as
possible and shall know nothing
whatever of the arrangements"
"Very good, then. Supposing we
say tomorrow at IL at this placeP''
''Thank you. Now, as o token of
my earnestness I wish to leave you
this check. Ask Mr.. Brown to see
| that everything is done properly, SO
that there will be no mistake. Don't
spare money. 1 in particular am snx-
ious for complete success"
Next morning by II we had all ar
rangements completed. Brown had
taken IA room next his own, which was
unfurnished as far as carpet was con-
cerned, the floor being the usual pol
ished floor Of the Partisan lodging-room
in the Latin quarter. Brown had at
tached the electric wires to the gas
| fixtures which depended from the cell
ing in the center of the room, SO ar
ranged that if man touched the fix
lures at any point or attempted to
| light the gas he would receive the
strongest shock Of electricity that it
was possible for the Dynamo company
OF Paris to supply.
| MIR. stevens came up ut II o'clock.
We asked him II he would have any
objections to occupying this room, which
was next to that OF Mr.. Brown.
| He replied that he was perfectly at
our disposal, and said that he would be
ready to occupy the room by o'clock
turned on the electricity so that we
could watch the lone tenant OF the room
as we sat next to the wall in Browns
room, through holes made for that pur-
pose. Brown kept his hand upon the
switch SO that If any one else entered
the room he would be ready at q mo-
ment to turn off the current. We
watched with palpitating hearts for an
hour. Stevens was reading by the win
dow. As the evening grew darker he
put down his book and sat looking out
the window for q few minutes; then he
arose, whistling an air, went to the
match safe and struck match, which
he held in his fingers until it flared up
and lighted the room, then he reached
up to turn on the gas. The next mo-
ment he was a heap upon the floor. We
rushed in and found him quite dead.
The electric appliances were removed
and coroner called in. The verdict
was that the young man han died from
a stroke of apoplexy.-Detroit Free
Press.