Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-01-20


vor In her hero's ey>e No one will
ever know just how !xr sho reasoned.
One day in the late fall Berkly and
myself came TO supper late The
street lamps were already lighted.
Just as We asoe lded the steps OF the
hotel little Mr. Kilfoyle came rushing
out
oh. doctor he gasped. Il am so
glad TO have met YOU My wife is
violently ill-taken Immediately after
supper. Come at once"
We passed in aud the doctor as
cended the broad stairway as rapidly
as his bulk would permit followed
into the hallway above and waited for
him in the parlor. Fortunately the
room was deserted and NO one below
hal noticed anything wrong.
Berkeley was only gone a moment
then he came into the parlor moving
more rapidly than have ever known
him TO move before or since.
'.Run over. quick. to the Office nzd
get my stomach pump he whispered
hurriedly 'the woman has got some
thing down somehow that's got to
come up or she II die in few min
utes. stop at the d"ugstOre and get
some sweet oil-abo Il a pint say
nothing to anybody and hurry"
| knew the run OF tho office and
was gone like shot In five MIN
utes was back Berkly met me ct
tho door
Come Ia and help" he said I'VE
don't want any outsiders.
For half an hour we worked with
the woman and it see;aed every mo-
ment as II she would die under our
banda Nobody as yet knew OF her
illness; all had happened so quickly.
By.and by she grew easier aud we
suspended vigorous treatment while
retired into the hall 70 await fur
ther orders
The rooms occupied by the Kill
foyleS were about % feet from where
the hack stairway made q narrow
wind ng descent into the trunk room
below. AS | paced up aud down the
EalL waiting | saw some one come
once To the head OF these stairs. 1t
WIS woman. and in the dim light
looked like Nettie Seeing me she
retreated-a little hastily | thought
but forgot all about 1t a moment
later for just then the door near me
opened and DR. Eerkly came out
Well" 1 whispered. ''how is
she?"
Easier out not entirely out Of
danger cant understand it.
Must have been some poison in the
can ed fruit Such things happen.
I'm going for some Iestoratives.
Keep it quiet Well go down the
back,way he added. so rs not TO
attract attention
He started down the steps and /
followed walking softly SO as to not
make disturbance. As the doctor
got To where the stairs made turn
he filed up almost the entire open
ing and in the very dim light 1
could not see beyond him but heard
him suddenly stop then voice VIII ich
recognized "a Nettie's
lis she dead?' asked tho voice in
a loud whisper
The doctor was staggered at this
unexpected question
Dead he repeated; who dead |?
who told you anybody was sick3'
I'D stepped still AMI was listen.
ing W tn brcathle's eageruess. Evil
IDENTITY she thought Berky was alone
Becoz give it to her." she said
savagey. ii know becoz it was me
thet-the. done it, thet killed her for
yeh.
You killed her-you killed her
/ for mee What do you mean~
The doctor spoke low but his voice
was excited and hurried
''Becoz she went back on yeh one t
fer a richer TELLER thets why. I
heerd all about L. swore i lay 'er
out an d it."
Tho doctor was supplied for a mo.
meut at this astonishing confession,
then he found words fi.,
'You fool he burst out hoarsely;
you loot! You have committed a
murder on account OF lie. It's all
lie / tell you-a- lie. ] never
knew her until she was married. aud
you have murdered her for It. You
4 will be hung do you hear? You will
1 10 nunb Ou oiO ~
Then he pushed past her | follow
, ing down into the deserted trunk
room below. | saw her crouched
down on the steps rs passed her
face hidden. She did not seem TO
notice that there were two OF Us. and
that | had overheard. pushed on
throrgn a narrow passageway that
led 10 the rear into the alley and fires h
air outside. The doctor was more
arousel thaa | would nave supposed
was possible.
4 did you ever hear o. such deviltry
as that" he groaned. Il think tho
woman will get through all right but
j wanted tn scare that she devil SO
she'll leave the country. For God s
sake don't breathe word to any
body. I'll see you by and-by. I've
got TO get some 70 storatives now and
hurry back Stay down in the Office;
II anything saould 60 wrong / may
want to send you 10 help"
Two hours later as | sat trying to
read Berkly came down. l arose.
and we went outs de.
T.. Ill ~ n