Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-26

thrown back, her face was clearly re-
Elected above me, her eyes were shining,
her breath came quickly Tho silence OF
death was in the room; / felt the painful
excitement Of the scientist pending .
dangerous experiment,
could have shrieked aloud In nervous
horror, but seemed 10 have lost the
power Of articulation. felt sure that
this ultra etheric matter was vital fluid,
the very essence Of life. II must be con-
veyed by odic force engendered by the
Unreasonable power of the actinic rays
Then foul murder was being committed
in this room by a process Of uncomfortable
tortured AS | stood there, powerless,
penetrating 10 the depths, the secret in
tende to be hid from all the world, mem
CRY pictured each scene OF the trag
edy which had been enacted before me,
from the one which the curtain had long
aimee rung down on to this last one 30
nearly at n close.
recalled the beautiful, blooming,
senseless woman who had come in the
early winter 10 California, and the little,
/ delicate, dying sister, and the disap-
/ pointed, tortured, unloving husband.
! remembered the process of change so
subtly, so delicately treated by which the
condition Of these two women had been
reversed. I remembered the feverish
anxiety with which the man had watched
and guarded the change. his mysterious
and bnffiing nature, his surprising fond
ness for my society and the greed with
which he had drawn from me and de
youred my theories upon such very sub
jects, My God! Had !, indeed suggested
to him the means by which 10 work hi,
hellish purpose Like fire in my blood
this thought burned me at last To action
| forced open the door Miss Carlyor
raised her eyes, wide, staring, horrible
and saw me. She made no SQUAD In he
terror. Westhayen was completely en-
crossed Ia his CHASTITY work. his heat
was turned away suddenly he uttcret
an awful cry. There was n quick shud
der through the helpless figure in tn
glass case; the little glass tubes over tn
heart glowed with an intensified crimson
light which iiickered an instant, thel
went out. 4 violent shock agitated TIN
battery beneath Westhavens hands
there was a sudden SCATTERING If glass,
swift, binding flash Of brilliant, incan
descent light. When Enclosed my da2
zled eyes Miss Carlyon lay, face down
ward upon the floor knew what ha
happened The last vital spark had bee
exhausted and the vampire who sucke
this life had drawn death with it. West
haven stared at me with terrible, yacan
eyes. lie seemed stunned. / unlocke
the door. spurning the figure of til
woman ON the floor with my foot as
; passed.
She was quite dead.
! | went down to the office.
l "S3mething is wrong in Mr. West
{ Ravens ROOM | said to the hotel pr,
: prietnr. rs quietly as could, "You wi
: do well 10 20 and see about itn
The next time that / met Mr. Wes
! haven | was called ms witness for III
J state In his trial. / repeated substantial
y the testimony which | have given aboy,
but did not state my belief that Nj
Westhaven had been IN love with h
: wifcfs sister. There were hosts Of wi
nesses to testify to the afTectionate solic
;. tule which he had ever shown for III
y health nf both ladies since their arrivl
y in California. He was acquitted, ii
y jury probably holding the opinion thu
, Mr. Wcsthaycn had merely gratiiied b
!, love Of scientific experiment with II
best intentions, though with fatal result
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