Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-08-06

cold smile on his bIoodless thin lips,
stepped outside and the key was turned
in the lock again
Beauchampe sat on the side Of
the bed and put his hands over
his eyes. The thoughts that crowded
his brain at that moment rendered him
frantic BE tossed his hands upward
and beat the air impOtently. He did
not know that tears were streaming
down his cheeks until his hand acci-
dentally touched his face. Then he
tossed himself on the bed and moaned
in his helplessness and rage,
He did not remove his clothes.
He lay on the bed hours; then he paced
the room At intervals he heard IN
earthly cries and sobs. One poor woman
-Beauchampe was startled with her
first shriek-uttered cries that made his
flesh creep.
The broad light streamed into his room
through the window, but no one came
near him. He heard many footsteps.
derisive laughter, shrieks and blows,
but he was forgotten
When he was sure half the day had
passed. ne struck his door with his hand
At last an attendant man-opened
it, and stood looking at him
What do you want? What are you
making a noise abOut?"
Il want to see DIR. Varek. Don't you
give people victuals? Am 1 TO be
starved?"
@You will be attended to in time"
%When do you call it time? Half the
day is gone now.
1T is just o'clock
%My Godi3 exclaimed Beauchampe,
@and 1 was sure it was noon at least.
| Please tell DR.. Varek l want TO speak
| to him-or Mr.. Hawkins"
The door was closed with bang and
locked.
At the end of half an hour seemingly
but in fact, eight minutes, Hawkins
/ confronted him.
Beauchampe said: @Give me some
thing TO eat, Mr.. Hawkins, and"-Hawk-
ins stood glazing at him-@give me pa
per and ink and pen-pencil-som
to occupy my time Do, for Gods sake,
/ Hawkins. 1 must do something
~Certainly-you can have reams Of
paper. And all you can eat"
Then Hawkins disappeared, and the
/ first attendant returned with a large
/ bowl, in which Beauchampe beheld a
| large piece Of meat, two boiled potatoes,
and two slices Of buttered bread There
was neither knife nor fork. Presently,
Hawkins entered with paper and lead
pencil
Must I eat like an animal?" Beau
champe asked
@YOu must comply with our rules"
Hawkins stood staring steadily at his
| poor victim.
Treat me like man." said Beau
/ champe. q am not beast
Hawkins did not deign an answer, and
the artist suddenly seized the bowl that
was placed on the floor, and ere the at
tendants could interpose flung il with all
his might on the floor.
The pieces few in every direction.
@Very WELL said Hawkins without
| pewter now. Dan, go and get the pail
and mop, and clean up the room. You
/ can make out on one meal to-day. You
can starve tomorrow if you want to. &"
| Then Hawkins and the attendant left
| him alone again. When he was alone,
/ Beauchampe stopped suddenly, eying
/ the door furitively all the while, picked
up three pieces Of the broken dish, and
thrust them at random under the bed
/ clothes.
| In a little while the attendant named
| Dan re-entered his room with pewter
| dish large enough to hold a quart
on which was placed piece of meat, a
single potato, and half slice of unbut-
/ tered bread,
SAm l to have nothing to drink, not
/ even Water?" Beauchampe demanded
Dan did not even look at him.
He walked out and locked the door be-
hind him.
Beauchampe looked at the meat.
Then he ate the bread. Next he ate the
potato. Finally he took the meat in
his hands, and devonred it eagerly.
He was half famished. He had never
| experienced such hunger. Having
cleaned the pewter dish, he paced the
floor a score of times.
Then he took up the paper Hawkins
| had placed on the bed, and the pencil,
! and proceeded to draw a human head
| Spite of himself this head had a re-
semblance to Hawkins. At least it was
Hawkins nose. He drew another, and
it too was like Hawkins. 1t had Hawk
ms eyes. He drew house, and then
he sketched half a dozen chimneys.
what was it made his mind run on
chimneys?
He scattered the drawings made
quickly over the bed. Then he thrust
his hand under the clothes, brought
forth the pieces of broken delf, and bent
over each in turn industriously.
While thus engaged he listened in
| tently. Several times when footsteps
! approached the door he thrust the piece
| of delft under the bed clothes and picked
up piece of paper. Apparently he was
not to be disturbed in his drawing.
When he had finished the work on the
| last fragment of the bowl, he thrust il
under his bed clothes and began draw
ing dogs heads on paper.
All the dogs eyes resembled DIR.
! Varek's just as all the noses on the
human heads somehow resembled
| Hawkins
While thus engaged, the door was
| opened without warning. and DR..
| Varek entered the room, followed by
Hawkins.
Hawkins went down on all tours with
out speaking, and looked under the bed.
| Meanwhile Beauchampe was scrutinized
closely by the Doctor.
His efforts 70 preserve an air Of uncon-
Germ he realized were futile. DR..
Varek's eyes pierced him through and
through.
TRY the bed, said DR.. Varek, calmly
End Hawkins lifted the cover, sheet, and
rolled the hard mattress up.
AS he rolled, something fell. The
Doctor stopped now, and picked up the
! three pieces of the broken bowl. After
scrutiniZing each in turn, he handed
them TO Hawkins, whose -brows met in
anger as he contemplated them,
"YOu are very clever. indeed, said
| DR.. Varek HYOu have a genius for
this business, Carrick."
Beauchampe had seated himself on
| the side OF the bed, and covered his face
with his hand
@You doubtless intended to roll these
up in piece Of a garment, strip OF
! bed-sheet, or sOck-anything that would
make q cover-and throw them out on
the road You would perhaps break a
pane of glass If necessary. and the per
son finding these clever drawings would
read the story. A man dubbed, and