Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-06-19
Robert uttered this word with 49,

Robert uttered this word with
;ndescribable expsession of anxiona
respect.
"But the rope? Where did th,.
"rhen this cook had Saggi consul.
the cards for her. Marthe wanted ~
sec him, and advise me to consn,,
him. Let me tell you that this Sn"a;
is astonishing-.rig htful, even. Yon
have never paid any attention to
sorcery?"
very little"
"You nre wrong You ser pcon,.
laugh withoutrealizing that they ars
playing with terrible things"
"But the rope, the Irope!' cried
"Ah, yes, the rope-l am COMING
back to it. For n year studied with
Saggi, and all that time misfortuna
continued to rain upon me- broke
my leg in falling from a horse; Mar.
the left me; l quarreled with three
old friends, and was neglected in tho
will of my uncle, who had made mo
play chess with him twice week for
Is years, Everything, in short, every.
thing!"
but the rope? Where did that
come in?"
"The rope! Exactly; it was tie
rope!''
"What; it brought i'll luck?'
eyes, my dear fellow. You would
never have believed it. But that's
because yon dc not know. And at
that time did not know either But
now!"
And with IN air that was at once
triumphant and sorrowful, Robert
added:
II was always dreaming of the
hanged man. had a nervous dis.
ease. have it yet, for that matter.
Unable to stand it longer, l deter.
mined to tell MI to Saggi, and he ex.
planned everything to me. Very bad.
my rope! DepiOrable! An absolute
toked OF i'll luck!'
"Oh no! Another illusion wiped
out! Painful, very painful" l said
in a conciliating tone.
"Do not Joke; it is a very serious
matter This was Saggi's eXplana.
ton. The rope with which man has
been hanged does indeed bring luck,
but on the express condition that the
man hanged did not commit suicide,
but was executed by a public hang.
man."
Precious information! But the
horse that we saw just now"
~ am coming to that. The rope
that has hanged Il suicide brings. on
the contrary, i'll luck. Enlightened
by this revelation, l wanted to get
rid Immediately of the rope which |
had been keeping SO carefully, and
which was unquestionably the cause
of all my misfortunes. But how to
do it? 1t was not n thing to be done
lightly. The talismnn might fall in
to other hands and become the mis-
fortune OF some one else. In that
case the responsibility would be
mine, and, you see. nothing obstructs
the flow of the fluid portion of the
} soul like
"Thank you, l prefer to remain in
i. ignorance. But what course did you
take?"
, 81 resolved to throw this cursed
, rope into the water. With that in
, view l left my house one night,
: holding the piece of red rope.
: which seemed to me to have II de.
moniacal tint. As l was crossing
> the Champs Elysees, at the place
> where we just saw the accident, |
8 stumbled into a heap of sand-they
F., were just then laying the wooden
t pavement-and fell 80 nwkwardIy
: that again broke the leg which had
8 suffered by my previous accident:
! In my tall l dropped the rope. |
/ tainted they carried me to my
9 house and l lay there fiat on my
. back, for three months. The rope
I remained in the hole and they laid
Y the pavement over it. And since
\ that time all the horses fall at that
Y spot, and there have been fatal ac'
e cidents. 1t is frightful and queer, i
n it not?"
k terrifying" said !, with an al
e of conviction. "But how abou
t yourself? Have you got rid OF you
d evil genius?"
Y "Oh, you may be sure. bough
l. the whole rope with which Stramford
O the English assassin, was hange
Il last Summer in London. l went t
a get it myself. 1t cost me dear, bu
r I do not regret it. Now, l am
d luck; and, in fact-I may announ'
IS it to you'll am goingto bemarrled'
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It Thumped Him for a Fool.