The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-01-16

again 10 say That II am through with
my World he would like to see it. l
give Il to him. After awhile Mr.. Ri
ley comes in from the smoking car
and secs that bysa good deal of schem-
ling he has bribed the boy to get him
| a World Would I like to look at it?
Rfhei boy has sold him my World.
F. TheHeAre, good many tragedies go
fing Ap alMost beneath our very eyes
I IF which we know little till the papers
tell us the, 'denouement. think it is
tdehb hbtiement, is it not?
L faheasd afhe sobs of woman in the
rPom next to my own at a hotel last
t.week, and was going to ring for boy
and ask him to find out about the
cause of the trouble. but Just then
7 heard the low voice Of man who was
esiaentiya trying to hush her up. I
thought then, of course, if it resolved
into domestic spat or curtain lecture
RI would not. interfere. I would also
FRY not to listen. So I went on with
fmy book, entitled, Light, More Light,
There's Danger in the Dark
T Pretty soon the woman gave little
spothfred shrek. But the man tried
tdq quiet her, though I could only get
Fhb tone and not his words, ,;.,.s., -,
F. ftYou are drunk" she walled, "and
ydu are gong to kill me. Oh, have
nfIcyt Please do not kill me p
fli He n1ambled something or OF her
t1and could hear him step to the
fdrfsser, I thou ght. and open it. .s,. /,
r. Nov she cried more pitifnlly Dut
tnot soieudly!. t had my finger on the
belPin my room, but hesitated. Then
she screamed agsin, and 1 heard a
chhit: fail over, I thought. I expected
fao bear shot, but was not sure that
bel would not stab her in his drunken
Es / Fans fang issI -ieoe feldDo9f st
lad Two 81 three three years sant afterward, it
seemed to me, the boy; came, but by
chat time it was all still in the next
room, 80 | sent q letter down to mail
| BY the boy and said nothing. Then l
theard q muffied groan come over the
etransoln jdst as one might groan after
I along, hard struggle as life went out
| and the tortured soul few away to
fad resi- and change Of scene.
aHI could not bear it any longer, for
/ could hear the man sigh and drop a
metallic weapon on the marble top OF
the dresser
II At that time I got chair up to the
trapsom and then laid my travelling
bag on top Of that so as to make il
high enough. I never looked over 8
i fro IxrE0
ly that l did not care to be considered
fellow assassin. Then took little
sip Of spoopju, so that l would no
faint and fail over backwards. Their
climbed the dizzy valise slowly. A:
rose the bloody hand OF a man, with
some kind of steel weapon, flashed in
to view and was again out of sight
got down and took a full breath
Then I took glass OF moxie and won
dered what had better do.
What would you have done, gentl,
reader?
| i did not want to scare the mar
away entirely. l wanted to capture
him. before he killed any more help
| less people. e.e-
just touching my lips to the spoopj,
again I slowly tried once more t,
climb the chair, with my own revolv
| er ut full cock, for I had determined
! that if waited I would be no longe
| innocent. AS l got up little highe
| / could see the face of the brute. 1
hardly betrayed the true nature of tn
man, though the lips were tight,
| compressed and three was a slight pal
! lor On the brow. ..f
7 As I rose little higher l saw
| placArd op the door Of the room, ,whicl
EWent on to state as solluMs: