Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-01

| self in the chair. Frank was IN an adj
| joining room and noted the rise and fall
of the thermometers. l engaged Ida in
a conversation which referred only to
my person and our future. She did not
suspect any thing, the miserable wom-
an, and did not aim to control her
| thoughts. Soon after she left with her
| father and l fastened to Franks room,
who handed me the card containing the
observations. / saw that Ida had never
borne me any sincere love, that her
affection was but a passing within and
that. worst of all, she really was in love
with another man. Cursed be my
luck"
Dorset seemed to have again lost all
control over himself. But after | had
given him another dose of bromide, he
became more collected. although he still
groaned piteously. He informed me
that in the first moments of his despair
he had destroyed all his instruments
and most of his later inventions and
that he had concluded to join NanseDs
polar expedition and to seek death ia
the Arctic sea. In vain did | try to dis
slade him; nothing seemed to shake his
rash resolution.
| considered that the apparatus con-
structed by Dorsett would not only be
of great physiological and psychological
Importance but that / would also be
the creator of a new epoch. 1t was
clear to me that the invention was worth
millions. and | was almost overcome
when 1 thought of the changes it would
work in National and social life as soon
as the machine had become public prop
erty. All fraud, all lying, all deceit, all
mystery would cease to exist, to be fol-
lowed by an ideal age of truth, virtue
| and philanthropy.
| begged Dorset to reconstruct his
apparatus. He resisted my request, but
finally complied, with a peculiar smile
which I could not interpret.
1t had grown late. and / gladly &C
copied Dorsetts invitation to spend the
night with him. ! wanted to be with
| him early the next morning to repeat
my request with renewed vigor. When
| / left Dorsett's room to seek the cham
Der which / usually occupied when in
his house, he embraced me and wished
me solemn goodnight.
Don't give up, old boy | said to
him, leaving abruptly so as to conceal
| my emotion.
Early the next morning l was awak-
ened by repeated raps at my door. I
| jumped into my clothes and ran to the
laboratory-too late-William Dorset
| was a corpse.
! A blue spot on the forehead showed
| how my unfortunate friend had robbed
himself of his existence. He had united
| the various elements in the laboratory
into a battery and given his head shock.
Death must have been instantaneous.
A letter addressed to me read:
| Dear friend: Man should not tempt
Providence. l die, because 1 have lost
| faith in mankind but at the sar1e time
l end my existence so as to prevent the
reconstruction of my apparatus. It
would be terrible curse to the human
family. Such gigantic responsibility
l can not assume. No, rather death
than to commit so grievous wrong"
On Thursday of last week we buried
in the little park adjoining his country
home the greatest electrician of Europe
the Edison of the Old World-and L
l have lost the best and dearest friend
| | ever had. g. w. WEIP?IERT.