The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-08

take the medicine as directed IOr the
next ten years, without fail"
What for? see it contains muriatic
acid"
Il may explain ten years from now"
eff / live"
eff you live"
Arnold pulled me down to him and
whispered: "Tell her 70 fly at once"
Noble, generous boy
/ thought I recognized a thin, pale,
bright face among the passengers who
were leaving an Australian steamer which
had Just arrived from San Francisco.
CDR. Entrefortp / called.
"Ahr' he said, peering up into my face
Il know you now, but you have changed
You remember was called away imme-
diately after performed that crazy opera
ton on your friend, and have spent the
intervening seven wears in India, China,
Siberia, the South Seas, and God knows
where not. am glad to set foot on my
native soil again, for / am tired. But
wasn't that the most absurd, hare-brained
experiment that / ever tried on your
friend! l dropped all that kind OF nom
sense long ago. Poor fellow, he bore it so
bravely! Did he suffer much? How long
did he live? A week?"
''Seven years"
"Whatn' exclaimed Entrefort. startled.
Gle is alive now, and in this city"
The man staggered. 'Incrediblew he
said.
at is true; you shall see him"
"Tell me about him." ne asked, eagerly,
his eyes glittering with the peculiar light
which noticed on the night of the oper-
alton.
"Well, the change in him is shocking.
Imagine young daredevil of twenty-one,
who had no greater fear of danger and
death than of cold, nursing his life with
pitiful tenderness, fearful that at any mo-
ment something may happen TO break the
hold of his aorta on the stiletto blade, a
a confirmed hypochondriac peevish, mel
ancholy, unhappy in the extreme. He
keeps himself confined as closely as posi-
bic, avoiding all excitement and exercise
for fear they will produce disastrous re-
suits, and reads nothing exciting. The
constant danger has worn out the last
shred of his manhood and left him pitt
full wreck. Can anything be done for
him ?"
Possibly. Let's find him. All, there
comes my wife to meet mel She arrived
on the other steamer"
| recognized her instantly, and was
overcome with establishment.
Charming woman, said Entrefort,
'and YOU will like her. We were mar
ried four years ago in Bombay. She be-
longs to a noble Italian family, and has
travelled great deal.
Then he introduced US. To my unspeak-
able relief she recognized neither my
name nor my face. | must have appeared
a peculiar person to her, but it was im-
possible to be perfectly nonchalant. We
went to Arnold's rooms, with painful
fear. left her IN the reception room and
took Entrefort within. Arnold was too
greatly absorbed with his own troubles to
be dangerously excited by meeting En-
trefort, whom he greeted with ind. erent
courtesy.
"But heard a woman's voice." he said,
and, before | could move, he had gone to
the reception-room, and he stood face to
face with the beautiful adventures, who,
wickedly desperate, had driven a stiletto
into his vitals in hotel seven years be-
fore because he refused to marry her.
They recognized each other. Both started
and turned pale, but she, quicker witted,
recovered her composure and at once adj
vanced toward him with a smile and an
extended hand. He staggered back, his
face CHASTITY with fear.
"Ohl" he cried out, ''the blade has
slipped out felt it fall-the blood is
pouring QUIT burns-I am dying" and
he fell into my arms and instantly ex-
pired.
The autopsy revealed the astonishing
fact that there was no blade in him at all.
1t had been gradually consumed by the
muriatic acid which Entrefort had pre-
scribed for that purpose. and with which
Arnold had kept his system constantly
filed, and the wounds in the aorta had
closed in steadily with the wasting blade
and were perfectly healed. All his vital
organs were sound. My Door friend, once
so reckless and brave, had died simply of
a childish, groundless fear of woman /;
and she unwittingly had accomplished
her revenge.