Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-07-19

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W. Mercler, and ] made
mI such a hole in It that
on rising from the table, we le't
vague sensation OF sleepiness ana
congestion. -,
"Win you take walk with me.
asked Robert. "Let US go 70 my
rooms. want to showyoutwo new
pictures.
IAN right"
We we're walking very fast, Cypress
Cd by the cold, smoking our cigars
with rapid puts and not saying mneh'
when with common movement We
stopped to look at superb bay COB
harnessed to n tilbury, who was
coming in our direction az a gate
that showed supple strength and per-
feet rhythm. just then We we're OPP
posite the Palais 90 Plndustrie, al
most at the corner Of the Avenue
Marigny. At the precise moment
when the horse was passing By us no
slipped with all four feet and fell to
the ground heavily. There he lay.
entangled in the shafts and traces
with an air OF bewildered abandon.
Passprs-by came running up. soon
there was a group, talking and ges-
1 ticulating. 40 last the horse wns ex-
treated, raised up and lea away BY
/ the bride. The carriage, one Of the
shafts 81 (which was broken washaul-
I Ell tothe nearest carriage huus" by =
team of otllcious by ISLANDERS, among
the,l, 81 course, d Kitchen maid.
AZ Ne moved OH saidtamy friend.
"a fine invention. decidedly, this
wooden pavement Al tile least frost,
the slightest drizzle, these poor
horses uro unable 70 stand ~.
hayeseen seven or eight acrldrutsmy.
self. on this very spot, withinn YEAR
I Robert, turning very pale, answer
ed me ina strange voice that was AZ
80 "A little hard
III so many accidents happen Oh
this spot, il Is my fault "
Your fault? You nrg mad.
"No; but morally nm innocent.
And no continued, Tor my mir .
umazemeut implied al possible IN
terrogations for enlightm"nt;
"Ahl my dear fellow, how incidents
OF no apparent Importance some
times upset our whole lives, loi
must have asked yourselfwhy hny
changed my way OF living. am 80
ing to tell YOU the story which bu
opened my eyes 70 the invistbl
world.
This phrase. md especially It's con
clusion, filed ms with some uuxiet !
Whether il was the duck pie, OF th
tear OF seeing Robert 20 mad, | u
not know. but I II u disngrecnbl
fcrnmp in mystomnch With wander
ing eyes and contracted brow ne col
tinued:
, "You remember George Snuvinici
! and his tnrgic death about two year
and il half ago. On reaching hon
one night, | found q lctter in whie
,, he announced 10 me his intention
: killing himself immediately no
/, ried To the little hotel in the Rue u
= Sau@saies, dismal den where he la
: lived since his misfortune. | nrriv,
: too late; he hanged himself VIII
u the servant went in search ofu uselc
doctor md to notify the police
= remained there, alone with the DO,
I which We bad stretched upt
2 the bed, Around the neck ve
2 slight violet streak, countcuan
/, that was almost smiling. the ch
Y thrown little forward. AZ | to,
q n few steps toward the mantel-pia
to light two candles, my foot caug
" in the rope that we had cut III
= thrown upontheground. Acuriosi
"a seized me-a curiosity that was mi
y gled with u sort of timid respect ~
= get closer view, to examine and /,
this thing that had killed. IL was
curtain cord, covered with red va
10 sted, and looking bourgeois al
d harmless enough, and. while W
handling IL, thinking What il "
10 this!and filed with thatastonishme
G. which always come from finding
G. ,paltry md simply the factors Of /
r. problem OF death, which seems to ug
T. gigantic, there came tony mind til
id old superstition which makes /
n rope with which n man has be
m hanged an infallible talisman OF 20
!. luck
sy "Well, you took the rope. Blu
Id do not see the relation"
i. "Waitl No, did not toke
IS. rope. Tho police officer who "
IL coming would ask TO see Il, nm
ed would blush a little Mt this fIt
no superstition. But cut off a IN
he piece 1t, two or three inches
d. length, which ON reaching HON,
mo- carefully placed in my poekethool
III And them"
,r. Then, starting from tho MON,
We when | had this bit Of rome in
ew possession, | began to digest had
nd had constantnightmares that 81
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