The morning call., 1890-06-01

be some latent subtle force With which tue other
sex is Induced, that striH ing deep INTO mems
souls holds them bound with indissoluble bonds.
So was ! bound. As 1 gazed on the glorious
being a magnetic thtill shot through M, and
half Unconscious, bowed in alteration OF god
dess.
Tie evening passed l know not how. / floaied
IN au atmosphere OF deliriOus delight. My self
identity rocked on It's pedestal and trembled IN
unstable equilibrium. But well recOilect that
on Gun departure, as the door closed behind us,
q somber shadow Of some coming event IL knew
moi what-cast Plutonian gloom upon my soul.
How many such evenings spent at his invita-
tion-aye, ana al bers-I cannot recount. lived
in paradise of ecslacy. in dleamland Of hope
and future possibilities. Woman was no new
experience TO me. had drunk deeply OF the cup
OF social immortality, aud had hitherto cOnsld-
cred myself cased in the afmOr of unsusceptibil-
lty. But when elulgence strikes The benumblng
fog OF paled experience, It's mists disperse.
DIABoLICAL PLOT.
As the day OF departure approached l could
cot bear the thought that one S, feeble In his
management OF men, one who but for mere
ST. ekes OF luck might be playing the role Of
bllliaGd-marker or driving q London cab, should
be, before me in the captivatiun OF the only being
that could have ruled my Ocsiny. With deepest
/ subtleiy L had Tested hen devotion. COMPARED
with me in tie desperate part played, ldgO was
but a.sOplIumqre IN dIuulnesS. But no innuen-
dos, no iAuOcent slips my part about the past
when conversimg with him, or about him, in her
pTesence-ail MADE In the hope of blackenlng
him IN her oItinlOn-cOu.d shake her cOnslancy
or raise a doubt In her mind. She was as true
Damascus steel With her pure mind and quick
lerceptlUu she saw through my scheme / felt
That was deSpl,ed, yet tolerated on account OF
iiS friendship. for me. Then EswoIe she should
never be bis.
>. Al my suggestion Morgan undertook TO get up
/. private teat zeal enter aIument 10 be gwen al
the:h0use of his belrOIhed, and IL was agreed
hat he and I%houd take the parts of TWO Ilvals
WhO'tigured ina play wHlch l wrote for the occa-
sr6n. Without entering into the particulars OF
HE plot, The commonplace theme OF which was
love .au Unsupported love- suffice 1t 10 say that
The despondent lover attempts 10 commit suicide
but is prevented from carrying out his rash III
b. r.ntTOu by his supposed successful rival, who
s'lalcheg tie pistol from his hand after IL had
mis- d lire once, Just as The mailman Is again
placing the muZZle against bis temple Morgan
: was 10 peIsOnaIe The detected lover, vino in Inc
END carries of the plze, and his rival and pre-
server"
I. A DRAMATIC SCENE.
r.. We held several rehearSas at lilian's home,
land Morgan no less than l was eagerly anxious
for a successful Issue of the performance We
were particularly DESTROYS that lie closing scene
should be dramatic and acted up TO the Intention
OF the piece aud We frequently pfacllced the part
together IN secret. l am 10 mean ACTOR, but
must have failed sigually III my part, for some
how OF other l could not satisfy Morgan, who
continually pointed out TO Inc That my lnteTyen-
ION was ciunlsly and unnatulauy portrayed.
Thus 1t was that II was deemed necessary for us
TO TelearSe that scene Ie eattdly and In our
frequent walks together we went over and over
again our par l., Morgan carrying with him
heavy lev Oliver, which was 10 be used on the
stage.
There was one particular secluded spot among
the dips and hOllUwS in the lttlefrequeuJed HILLS
that overlook Hollywood, entirely screened from
sight, which We more tnan once made our ren-
devious aud on the morning of tile day before
the performance l called on Morgan and made
al appointment to meet Elm there IN The alter
noon at given hourtOT lie purpose OF holding
final rehearsal l never nm III a gayer
mood in the tullneSs Of his health, and with
;he near approach OF his nuutialS, his spirits
were SO buOyant that he could not conceal the
eNuberauce of his JOY. lie was saturated with
happiness. His TapturOuS hlarlty aud juDiidut
excitement maddened me; but lie 1t not.
Discrimination, II employed with cOnSumlnate
skill, is enc Of the most perfect weapons Within
the attainment OF man III The battle OF life. Ii is
equally good as defensive Toll against assault,
and as 4 sedatiye drug, benumbing your victims
faculties ana rendering hlm helpless 10 resist
your lnsldiuus attack. 1 had exercised this no.
bic quality so successfully Ill my association
With Morgan that he, poor duPe, had no sus-
'pleon tFa: hated bun with the hatred OF Il high
:Erfest.oi Satan:
AVOID being seen III his company that day. L
.reached: tie SPOT at least an hour before the
appointed Fime, and by direction opposite 10
1hate which, knew lie would lake. lbe time
dragged YEARLY along, but al last lie came true
To IHS appOp liTent aud furnishing, in the light
ness Of his Heart, his pistol in his hand. We
.lTGceeded to work without delay. He delivered
*h1sante -fGOrtem sOllloQuy with unusual force and
ELECT, but raised some objection 10 his altitude
While Swapping tie pistol al his head, and taking
i oqt OF his hand, took his place and telling him
To go to: mine, GRATEFULLY showed him how
th6Hglt lie should perform the attempt at sui
eide. 49,;
THE. FATAL SHOT,
= Then; leislEeiy cooking the pistol again.
handed 1t back TO HIM. requesting HIM to repeat
tile final wolds and thus die for love Of thee"
and doift a gam. This lie did hut when he drew
The Iiigger+.a sharp report rang out, and lie
dt0ppeu' dead upon he grOund. Gazing al him
for few Iioments.. and recognizing that he was
beyond all. reach Of medical aid, l Baslened
quickly and cautiously away. In few minutes
twas passing down The slopes of the hills unseen
by-liumAn eye. aHd.i an nOur was IN my own
-teonl; chuckng with fendish glee at the unto
RdFd accident.
= His body was found on the following morning
There was. no: room TO doubt that Morgan had
Committed suicide. II was proved at the inquest
that lie had pun chased lie pistol only fortnight
before. and his: possession of 1t was known TO
many. PERSONS. lie had been seen going alone In
Tie direction Of lie 81 OF where his remains were
discoyeItd: The medical testimony went to
show that, judging from the horrible manner in
which the skull WAS shattered, the bullet that
had cdused Ills death had been an explosive one,
proving bow dele mined he had, been that there
sliould-be no possibility Of failure. Although no
reason could be assigned TO account for The
mysterious action OF one SO conSpicuously happy,
atfi with prospects so blight and enviable, IN
taking his own life, the CofoneIS jury was
unanimous III bringing ln a Veidlct OIL SUICIDE,
and I can .cOnscienli0usly say that they could
have rendered no other, for did 1 not see him do
lie deed With his own hand?
= His remains were conveyed 10 England and
privately buried. Few showed deeper grief at
his. unllmely end Than his oldest known and
dearest lIleuO-lpystI. 80 Keen was my sOTEOW
thai everybody sympaIhZed with me, and loah-
5g surroundings connected with so much SUI
itring and misery on my part presently left
England for more cheering clilnes aud company.
. Such are. the salient particulars regarding
MufGans death, which, at this moment OF
writing, are known only 10 myself. he only
thing that has ever caused me trouble in The
mat Ter Is the regret that his death necessa-
rtly instau taneous- On. what relish would
have been mine, had 1t been possible for him 10
have retained consciousness for one short half
minute that lie might have seen the mocklng
i0y+that iIlumiued my counienance as 1 looked
down upon nlm lying tie swaTd under the
floating summer clouds that seemed ready 10
weep upon MS dishgured head! Ii would, more
over, have given me more satisfaction II lie mad
done the deed on the stage, III the house .and i'll
the presence OF his betrutned. Bur lad & been
so, The catastrophe might Lave Fniaed danger
on some one or othef OF the individuals present.
AT any Laie, MY Outraged feelings were pretty
well retrieved on ali points; for Lillian is an III
niatc Of a luDatic asylum.
Comment OR he above horrible recital is I'M
necessary. j. j. P.
FIRE COMMISSIONERS.