The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-23


unlikely was rapidly becoming the
probable--nay. the inevitable. He
experienced sudden relapse. and
within five days OF Dr. South's dcpar-
ture. he was quite PROSTATE. His
eyes stared vacantly at the ceiling; his
fingers twitched nervously upon the
coverlet; his mouth was tight drawn
with pain.
Poor fellow" whispered the nurse
when the young doctor visited his pa
tlent on this day. His case seems
hopeless
Il am afraid 1t is. answered Ernest
In low tones. "All that man can do for
him has been done"
II am sure II has sir But that will
DO poor consolation to his relatives
and Miss Palmer The devotion she
has shown In visiting him every day
and soothing his anguish has been
more than human. He never appears
better that when she is near"
Till four o'clock should come around
the nurse busted herself In attending
the wants and alternating the suffer-
ings OF the dying man. As the clock
struck the hour sho poured out tho
medicine and advanced with it In her
hand towards the bed. At that mo-
mont the door opened and DIR. South
appeared.
Nurse" he exclaimed .can you
toll me where Mr. Wyville tsp"
Before the question could be an.
swered he glanced at the patient
What! No betterP Mr.. Wyville can
not surely have paid heed to my in
structions."
Ho crossed the room hurredly and
bent over the bed. With hasty ex-
clamation he started lack. and then.
leaning forward again. gently parted
jacks quivering lips. The gums thus
exposed were OF an unnatural, blush
tinge
Great heavens" cried the old doc
tor The man has been poisoned!''
Poisoned" echoed the nurse
I'm possible Mr. Wyville himself
has attended to him."
.As-and that is some OF the medi-
cinep"
He took the medicine glass from the
nurses hand. and first smelling it put
the liquid TO his lips Immediately
he spat it out and dashing the recep-
tacle and its contents to t.e ground.
'Mr Wyville must be mad OR
worse" he exclaimed. 1T is aeon
ite!'
Hastily preparing an antldote, and
forcing it between Jacks clenched
teeth. Dr. South rushed from the
chamber. On the stairs he met an at
tendant
Il think there is something wrong
with Mr.. Wyville." the man said.
His room door is locked. and as
passed heard him groan awful"
land no wonder" answered the old
surgeon. '.Ill see to him. You ran
and summon policeman"
"A policeman"
Yes. Don't stand gaping there
go at once"
The man was Of like shot and
DIR. South proceeded towards Ernest's
room. The door was still bolted. but
all was now silent It was not till
the policeman broke the lock with
blow from his foot that the sudden
silence was explained.
Prone on the floor. small phial
grasped between his fingers. lay the
dead. rigid body OF Ernest Wyville!
1t looks like suicide" hazarded
the policeman
Beyond question assented DR..
South. picking up the phial and add
ing. soto voce the best thing he
could do too"
Here's document said the Off
GER turning over the papers on the
bureau. 1T is sealed and addressed
10 you SIR"
DIR. South took the letter and
opened 1t. 1t was Ernest Wyville'e
confession.
by the time you read this " it ran.
1.-The hand that wrote it will be stllled
for ever Although my love was
scorned and re. ected ! vowed that no
other man should possess Lucy Palmer
SO long US l lived. That vow l have
fulfilled. John Wilberforce was
thrown into my power and had no
mercy. At first hoped that by min
ute quantities OF vegetable poison to
oO tuuL no
would appear TO succumb solely to the
injuries he had received. This plan
j was obliged to abandon, for you had
already noted the unfavorable symp-
toms that followed. Your absence.
however gave ms free hand. Yet
the man l hated would not die-his
extreme WEALTHY wlthstood the eubrle
at last determined Il.
give him final and adequate d9se,
and. as the cause OF his death would
then be apparent to end my own life
at the same time"
The letter wound up with requests
as to the disposal OF his personal
property and other kindred matters
which do not concern our narrative
MY arrival was most opportune,
calculated Dr. South when he Ind fin
ished reading tho misslve. III my
business in town had detained me as
long AZ anticipated. the fatal draught
would have been given and John Will
berforce would now have been beyond
all human help"
As 1t was Jack did not die. For
weeks he lowered between life and
death. but. at length DR. South's skill
n 81 .sstd,,o,a On IN hro., 0ht hY m aafalv