Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-13
LOVE AND POISON.

tice now. He y retired Upon u very
fine income, the result u long years Of
practice. very Successful too In med.
Teal point Of view, and being bachelor
loves TO gather such Of his old cronics a.
iims has spared about him, unawcd by
the presence Of pottieoata or the DON'T
neering o. grown mp children. whose
rapid modern viowa are iniolerant Of old
fashioned ways. and who, although they
do not express IL In 30 many words, show
that thoy are weary waiting tho indie
fendenes and power that money bring.
and which they know must h. their por-
hon whom hand and brain that patiently
gathered u are hidden away In the earth.
with their lying grich cut In the cold
and ropulaiye graveyard marble.
one night tho doctor and few 81 his
gray cronics were Ra'heryi around tho
blaEs of his fireplace. In his solidly com.
Portable sitting room. comparing notes
on casa Of strychninc poisoning that
had startled the town. From this special
theme they driftcd away 10 general
discussion o. the pccnliariiies OF poianns
and then TO poisoners, those who pur.
sued tho dreadful trade OF poisoning
others for lucrative gain or place or
power, In agca gono by. The doctor Of
divinity was especially well versed Ia all
Of the horrible cases Of poisoning by the
Borgias of oldcn days, especially that
far famed prclaie. Ccsaro Borgia, who,
~ many historians allogc. In CONJUNCTION
with hts father. coucostcd tho plan Of
poisoning four Of the wealthicst car,li-
nals at an evening party In the Villa
Cornetoi but by mistake tho poison.
which was mirod with wine. was al.
ninistercd 10 Alexander VI and Ccsaro
himself. But CesAre was saved, having
partaken o. but little Of the drugged
wine. All the rest died. Then Ccsaro
srired upon the papal treasures. but was
afterwari ov-rthrown and hanished.
II would -cm from what tho reverend
gentleman advanced that ho believed
that everybody connected with tho noble
classes In thoso far back days wore pois-
onera. and that every ambitious man or
woman made his OF her way 10 power
through tho medium Of the poison cup.
And then, natural sequence to tho
rroccsa ct reasoning indulgcd IN by tho
cloth. he laid all tho blame upon tho
theological tcnet- entertained by tho
peop.a IN those days. drawing from ono
Of tho retired merchants present tho
cynical observation. "Ilow strangely
like woman tho average clergyman
rcason.r
Whereat all present. inclusive Of the
good natured clergyman himself, laughed
plcasantly, white the latter continued IN
his hit and miss observations. lic was
satisfied from his reading that as rule
poisoning was originally confined among
the higher classes Of society, and frnm
this he drew the homily that ~ rula
Adversely drew families elorer together
than prosperity; he wis positive that
adversely drew friends together with
hooks OF steel.
Whom ambition stepped In the hooks
Of steel that bound friends together ~.
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mented and the glitter Of gold dried the
dcwy oye Of friendship. lie did not
think. barring insanity. that cn.e Of
poisoning ever occurred among pnple
n, humble life. lie had yet To hear OF
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lgc, who stood at tho foot OF the bed
during my Inlnisirations to her husband,
with nothing peculiar about her except
pair Of piercing black ewes. / do
not know that ! would have rcmen.
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