The Meeker herald., 1892-09-17


tried in vain to win hi. conf ieDes
and find out all al the Il TX hallueina-
lion under which lis whole lie WAS
pa-se.i. tut ! could not do 10. 10
not think it aa- l.faiis. las dar,-i
not iiust me-. but 1t sreuie-i as II lie
could ..ot bear Ia SPEAK niofe'lriinite-
Is of ia. hrood,ns horror l.ai haunt
ri him perieinally.
| end-aVor.,i 10 reason him out OF
his eauseies. .ir- al oil heavens Ven.
s-nnee Icy Iolntin. out Tho many
-nee,-sfui and apparently happy
villains all around, bat lie only shook
his head.
| "Ihrir wicls,iness is no, Ike m me-"
| - lionn-,l. II u never h. h ,ppy
| as-ln. snl reason a- son like. lao
| blow will fall aud HAT speedily. Ven
s-ane- i. Ills. aud can you doubt thrt
| ilo WILL rpny rrimr, sn,i ns mine
with Ill, r.Vefss, eln-ii-eml mr. No:
,lii tie deed AMI | must endure thu
punt, mont, When L-ay,n's tlo~
| IA iallrn You viii bell Ne and under
stand me; and fall IL will. know
H."
Towards the last Johns nal dy in
erased with ainrmin. fnpilily. 70
rapidly ilht had 10 ioTbid IA, try
IN To Hti.nd 10 business any ion:.r-
H. va, ia only n sni had ia ths
world. anl n.u,nr aud murossi
though Ia was. could not bar tn
loss i'm; hL- gnl,s. ~, nin'i could ba
diverted into 9th channels ! RaW
that II uns insV table.
lie ol-.Ncsl mr a. child misht hny.
hone. AMI putting our iti-in"-s into
the hnnl- al - camp-ieni 70 Uan.
look NY partner Hnl llrl into tito
country for r.-t nud rssI.a ion, W"
could Hiianl Ia 10 80. Tor our Affairs
were fairly prosperous, gnI ~ ~.
weir both one IN lr world We had
satci considerable money.
IL was - Lonely aud picturesque
farming locality anon: III" mighty
hills that last from everlasting 10
everlasting Ia which John M,ui-y
anil I sought rrncNr,l -tT.i ia OF body
Hud mind. For lev days ii, h.Hith
improved wonderfully ~ ilu par.
Himo Iihrrc OF that quiet con Try
town nnd his gloomy for.hoiliurr wan
i-t. like d.w bciorr lhe sum ioIdly
hop'l forever.
lie i yclo FL mn cSul.rnnco al
| rpiiii- that had never before r-cn
him display. and ny own rose Hcror'!'
insly Tor I thought TINT thu WORT
WIS over. 4 r more than WEEK
lil not sec the slightest Initiation Of
the trace o. insanity I irlt that hs
had once hal Hnd lie proved to ba
one of the most "nt-riH.niu. men
hni ever NIT. Dur NJ NIL our ne
quaintnncc had never oncr-u-l--
tho existence of such rare couNcr-H-
tionnl powers. mud I ut that our
! e. H.. 4 q.
pleasant tAnn tho past had been V
,oulI only u event Inn lrom fvup,.n.
in o lii- old gloomy hnhts nsnin,
one lovely -v"ning We left be urrtiy
white farm, house Mt which W. wrrr
temporarily stopping and ~ oui ON
. tong X doNnthc winding country
road. III, moon had not y . ri-rn
hut the rlimm.r OF the star, WIS
rnilic mt ip dimly illuminate the
lovely landscape. II was a night ot
cam anl holy i-canty.
John lad lcgu almost wildly rnyinr
the " ole Hii. moon. bat ~ wu rtrrt-
cl ont upon our FaiHh'- hc sui'l,nly
u came ~ moody 49, Of old. Try ~ I
would could not ,ucng- linn IN con
v"rrnf ION. ii-oniy answered IN mono.
svllnhl-- nni finally crn-,'i to trun.
be HIM. 30 for som. time We walked
along through that SCENE al dus Y
loneliness IN perfect -ilcmcc. At length
my companion spoke.
william. my pi's.ntim n, Inns r..
tuturd with t,nfold lorrr. nnd ! know
ih- on. delayed Vengeance oi heaven
IL ut hand. | icv! that am goin; TO
my doom"
tried 10 rcnssurr him. hut found /,
WITS Impossible. His Wild Gin.y had
come nsnin with Increased strength.
aud had tax, such n strong hold ol
his imnginn ion that was powrFlrss
to di-plncr il.
MY will is deposited with Lawyer
True. William, aud everything | hrvo
in the world Will bcyours," he wen; on
litflr later.
"Nonscnsc, lohn. you will GUILTY.,
me 10y ten years, Cor you are moro
than That much younger than l,
answered with forced LAUGH.
"Don't laugh NJ nae, WilliHm, for
nm in solemn earliest. The hand OF
heaven is raised Just above me in nw-
iul threatening, and tn. hour OF my
M onenent is at band. ljs deadly
blow will illll and nnnihiln,c me. per.
hnps this very night. aud try ~ will
! cannot avoid 1t. My God What
| THAR"
A sharp kissing sound broke tho
peaceful silence Of that mellow sum
mcr night. and there was n sudden
flash OF almost binding intensity.
John Mnnley gave II single
bound to one side just ns = ball of
livil white FIRE shot downward mud
struck h,H squa'ely upon his massive
chest. lie sprang wildly into the mir
and fell by the roadside in n tumhled
henp-stonc dead. Tine blow had
fallen md heavens vengeance was ac.
complished at last.
lncvcr learned anything about my
strange partner except what | have
narrated above. mud whether the
darl; secret to which he so often nllu-
ded had any existence except in his
own disoriercd imagination ! nm ut
tcrly unable to say. only know that
his heart was completely Hnnihilatcd
by n white hot mass of meteoric iron
the size OF n croquet.ball as it pierced
his broad bosom. and few DAYS aft
err the aerolte was found Undecided
fifteen feet in the solid earth. That
is how the blow iell. why is more than
l am able to say.-Chicaao Sun.
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