St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-15
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

etOppluS DIT Tile w est LOT several DAYS
past. was an intimate friend of Judge
Normlle, of the criminal court, who re-
Gently committed suicide in that city
over the publication in the Post-Dis-
patch of statements alleging official
malfeasance. Mr.. Webb says the death
of Judge Normile created a profound
sensation in st. Louis. He was de-
cided social favorite, and for quarter
of century has been one of the most
conspicuous figures in the city.
handsome man, being more than
six feet two inches in height
and weighing so much as 295 pounds.
He was a man of generous impulses,
and chung to his friends with hooks of
steel. Mr.. Webb adds that 1t Is gener-
ally believed in st. Louis that the
foundation for the charges made by the
Post-DiSpatch can be attributed to
Judge NorInile's desire to shield per-
sons in whom he was personally inter
ested. Florence White, managing ed
itor of that paper, and who is said to
have directed the warfare against Judge
Normile, is young man of excellent
professional and social position, and he
is not likely to have attacked Judge
NOrmile's official acts without having
had apparent cause.
The following touching tale was SUBJ
mitted for publication by L. Bucking-
ham Mccormick, of the Bijou theater.
MIR. Mccormick Is fitting himself for the
profession Of dramatic writer. The
powerful situations" and dramatic
action'' with which this sketch is re-
plete tend to show I. Buckingham Nc
Cormick TO be possessed of no mean
literary merit:
Archibald Harrlngton'S red necktie
cast soft, mellow glimmer throughout
the luXuriously furnished apartments in
Harmon place, ana af he sat before the
smouldering embers of an old RenaiS-
sance fireplace he could not help MOTTO
ing the look of sublime contentment
Swallowed in those beautiful eyes of
hers as she nestled closer in his
embrace. Their dreamy thoughts
flOated and fitted hlther and
thither, in blissful realm. as they en-
jOyed the rapture Of the moment. The
tail, old-fashioned clock on the stairs
suddenly chimed out the mystic hour of
midnight and heaved a sigh of content
ment as it realized that another days
work had been faithfully and punct-
ually performed. AS the last tremulous
tones slid gracefully down the polished
oak baniSteT and died away under
the hall carpet. Archibald listened
with tingling nerves for fear the sound
had disturbed the peaceful slumbers of
the parental element in their apart
ments above, but the sonorouS duet
that at that moment was waited to his
sensitive auditory nerve Gained his
filghty Imagination. and permitted him
TO rest Gnce more with feeling OF
safety. Presently the smouldering EN-
berS burned themselves through. and
fell with melancholy rustic into the
grating below. Startled by The noise,
Archibald held the object of his
fond devotion nearer his heart and
breathed soft caress upon her brow.
As she felt his embrace tighten itself
around her beautiful form look of
sublime contentment passed over her
innocent countenance. and her dreamy
eyes once more closed as she sank SUM
boring on his heaving bosom. Not a
word was spoken. They plighted not
their vows. Only look. a single glance
told that all was well. AS he beheld
her sleeping so peacefully in his arms
before the faded freight, strange and
passionate thoughts began to whirl i'll
his weary brain.
She was in his power. If he bat so
decreed it. a single stroke, a violent
thrust, and all would be over. From
whence came these evil fancies? Could
it be that the bonds of friendship which
had so long united their souls had at
last been severed by some invisible
trickery? That they should part after
SO many months of intimacy seemed
thought OF almost deviliSh origin. Yet
strange impulse seemed now to take
possession of him. an uncomfortable de-
sire to do physical harnl-to torture, to
lacerate, to Tuin-with such subtle force
that he was pOwerless under its awful
influence. The pupils of his eyes
dilated with strange and weird eX-
preston as he gaZed in savage ecstasy
at the white throat and neck
Of the slumbering young creature
so truStfully confiding herself to
him. With his brain still whirling
and his heart beating strong thump,
thump. thump, within his agitated breast
Archibald arose, passed into the hall
and began to ascend the winding stair
case to his own apartments. What did
this mean? Was he mad? Had he be-
come the victim OF some horrible dream
which Wauld lead him to some unpar-
dOnabie act?
As he reached the last step his breath
was coming in quick. short pants. He
paused to see if they bagged at the
knees, and as he did so the sleeping
beauty moved under his trembling
grasp. Would she awaken? He hoped
not: yet, as he stood there in imminent
danger of being discovered, he hoped
that something might happen that
would pilot him through his lament
able situation. The parental ele-
ment was still Slumbering soundly, but
being able no longer to stand the terri
BILE strain upon his already weakened
nerves. Archibald passed his long slim
fingers around the alabaster contour of
her caudal appendage and held it with a
firm grasp. A loud M-e-e-e-ow arose in
the stiffness of the mansion, followed
by dull thud as the body struck the
floor below, and ali was over.
Presently the snoring ceased. and
mamma, i'll her kind voice, called out,
us that you, Archie dear?''
Yes. ma" replied the precocious
youth, trying to smother a giggle.
well, come. dearie, its very late for
little boy like you. Put the kitty out
of doors and come to bed; that's a nice
boy"