Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-16

able fool
Two o'clockl
The bed had become disagreeably warm,
and he raised himself on his elbow that
the cool air might come under the clothes.
The attitude made him think of the way
actors die on the stage. Would man
who was shot take this position? He won
dered how it would be with himself if that
first bullet from Basil Redstocks weapon
should take effect. Poohl it was "A toy af-
fair, incapable of hitting a mark ten feet
away. There was no chance-of course
there was a chance, merely chance He
dropped back in bed Then he began to
see pictures of what might happen. He is
walking down the street-Basil comes up
from behind-calls out to him-shoots-he
falls into the gutter. He is coming out of
the front door of the house-some one calls
to hint is Basil Redstock-a shot-he
falls forward Oh his face on the steps. He
Is at his desk il the office-a noise of some
one speaking-he looks up-it is Basil Red
stock-a report-hash of light-,smoke-h
drops out of the chair in heap on the
1oor-blood on the carpet. Now the pict-
ures began to follow one another more
rapidly. He was whirled along through
the various places where business or pleas
ure might take him in the course of the
day always it was the samoa sudden cry
basil hedstock-a shot-Mostyh iails-
blood. AS they came faster tne oetaiis
grew uimmer until at laSC the wnole
seemed an indistinct haze, in the midst of
which he could see only Basil Redstock,
with arm upraiseu' ana he hlhseii failing
-IalllnR
lie was nearing sleep Ohe Iho,iienC
more ana he would nave oeen Tree from
4 L.. r..
Inc torment OF CONSCIOUSNESS
but III uhat instant he nearu cry from
the street, LOUD ana Clear the voice OIL basil
heusuock'
Mostyni coward! come out ana DE
shot!
lie sprahg up IN oeu-stuhheu INTO Ter
TOT Alter uhe laso Woru was spoken
there was stiliness-stiiihess III uhe mouse
anu IN the street-s'llihess SO compete
ohae IL roireu Ill ms ears
Ihere was no chahce 'ouhihk IL cream
( ior, on nearing MS name calleu' Mos'yh
hau lis'aliVi! snahen oii MS uroMsihess'
ana was thoroughly awake 10 Whao iol-
lowed lhere could De no question elther
ahout the origin OF ohe cry basil RED
stockIcrazeu, perhaps-stoou III Vne street
IN 'he iii'uuie vi the streeU-oelore the
house ana was calling TO MN TO come out.
EVidently he was armed ana the instant
Mostyn should appear would Degih 10
shoot'
Mostyn chmDed slowly ana nolselessly
out OF peu' ana gropeu MS way INTO the
lront room he had no uiSoihct pan OF
action, put when, by the moonlight that
struggled throug the cnlhKs OF the OH nus
ne saw 'he revolver lying on the uesh' ne
TOOK IL out OF lts sheath ana went toward
the wihuow tnat overlooked the street.
mere ne coulu see piaiiiiy' YET not De seen
ihere was no one III the street IL Was
empty ana Silent, us when Mostyh hao
looked down upon IL lew hours before.
" mere was heustock! iiad ne gone
away or was he hidlng IN the dark shad-
ows' Mostyn strained his eyes, but could
see no sign OF him.
"uuuehiy ne reuieihDereu ,na' the cry
iiiusC nave oeen hearu ny o'ners III 'ne
house' anu ioI 'siaO matter III a'i 'he helSh,
oorhoou anout' ior ~ hau rung ouo iou,i
anu sum III ,ne diie' iiSn'' ne 's'e"eu'
eNPoI'lnS W nea' .ie 9ouhu vi Pe"P'e NOV
inS ""o"'' nuu s'lenCe conI "eu' MIN,
uOe' VI 'nrce ten-p''
nv 'iSn' Va i',H'i i'o0''o0N !" '"e s'ree'
ne so.'nu ~ 'n1 nouae'
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ne "eaN MSS anu ioiiE vi ETd heu''och
n"' oo'i " SUI 'i'9e' ~ ~ '"T h''''V VI
neaNen' via. l'pSAesseu i''i'h' ~ ne ~
s"ne u'u"H ia" ne ~
'nouSn' wa, -noS'9n "oul' rcs'o'u -
euOn a I 1i' anu oonie ou' anu p'
e n, 'e".i!, ~ vas Iui'1 i"oo"i p'enen
s'pie i'u' IL was 'io,ie 'He ie9s uissr"c'
. ., u''inN, u",it r
~ eoun"eu RON 'ne ciooh'
run III III riie iiiornlhS' anu iio' "lnh U,
Steep yet' inree must nave struck "heh
was oniy nan cohSclous' III an hour more
anu WI, oo u's iSu', l mus scU W H'eei
vi shai, NC "iech 'o-iiiorro"-a "recs
a., "'e.h @,
MosIyh' Oo"aru' Coiiie OUT anu IN
sho.'
The words struck into the man, hal
dozihg III MS warm ped, with sudden ant
Icy emil. Ihey sounded very loud as l
hedstock were WITHIN Few feet OF th'
house-on the sidewalk or the steps. There
was no longer question but the cry mus
nave been heard, AT least by those who oc
cupled rooms IN the front part OF the dwell
ing ana Mostyn waited breathlessly TO