The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-09-21

old sins flad fbfnd MIN out. It Glanced
that some days before q gentleman
who Ind been engaged In looking over
some houses III the Brixton. Road had
dropped thu key Of then. u my gar,
kiaSe. It NaS claimsd That Samy ete1si
4nf and returned, but flss he intesvdf =
had taken a moulding Of 1t, and had
a duplicate constructed. BY means Of
this I had access to at least one spot,
IN atMs great city ,whora i GOULD rdlI
NI6n being fro 6o@ ntSrreptoAst I'M
tgsget -hO6seswa dsss
tlftlicult problem which I had to solve.
HE walked down the road and went
into one Qt the liquor-sh0ps, staying for
,nearlDs lln3f.a houI IN, the ,laDt Of than
Wild &escaplc out ~ staeHerd 1g9h6'
WAN, -4nd.was evideptly fstty wei
dn. There was u hnfn6m just In front
of me, and lie llnlted 1t. / followed Il
30 close that the nose Of my bora,
Mas. within sassyard sof tho siriEee stf9
Wbde NnX We rattlaA Neees4 WateE
le0@fidke ind sthrougfF miles 81 seteets'
umt1 to my establishment, we found
ourselves back In the terrace III which
he Ind boarded. could not imagine
what his intention was In returning
there, hut went on and pulled up my
cab hundred yards or 10 from the
house. He entered It, and his hanson
drove away. Give me glass OF water,
H you please. My mouth gets dry with
the talking"
a I ha6kd. IN IT, SE andhe drank
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vlited Tor III quarterNof an hour cg
rEara 1h6H s,idnenlwa the 6mogs6
nSsse NE eQfaaystrunsli.id Ne 36d.
h6&se. sNe1 nj6lnents thSs d00 49,
flung open and two men appeared,
one of whom was Drebber, and the
other was a young chap whom I
had never seen before. tbs
fellow had Drebber by the collar;
and when they came to the head Of the
steps they gave him shove and q
kick which sent him half across the
road. You hound. he cried, shaking
his stick at him, I'll teach you to In
suit IN honest girl! He was 30 hot that
think he would have thrashed Dreb-
Der with his cudgel, only that the cur
staggered away from the road 40 fast
as his legs would carry him. He ran
as fur us the corner, and then, seeing
my cab, he hailed me and jumped In.
Drive me to Halliday's Private Hotel
he said. ..s i5t
when had him fairly inside my
cab my heart jumped so with Joy TINT
feared lest ut this last moment my
aneurism might 60 wrong. / drove
along slowly, weighing In my own
mind what 1t was best to do I might
hive taken him out into the country,
and there In some deserted lane have
my last interview with him. had al.
most decided upon this, when he solv-
ed the problem for me. The craze for
drink had seized him again, and he or
ilered me to pull up outside . gin pal
nee. He went In, Leaving. word shA&tX
should wait for him. There hi
cd until closing time, and when .he
came out he was far gone that I know
the game was in my own hands, Il. I
Don't Imagine TINT intended to
XIII him in cold blood. It would only
hive been rigid Justice II had done
20, but I could not bring myself TO do
It. I had long determined that he
should have show for his life, IL he
chose to take advantage Of 1t. Among
the many billets which I have filled
In America during my wandering life,
was once janitor and sweeper out
Of the laboratory at York College.
One day the professor was lecturing
OH poisons. and he showed his students
some alkaloid. as he called 1t, which
he had extracted from South Ameri-
can arrow poison, and which was 20
powerful that the least grain meant
instant death. Ispotted the bottle in
which the preparation was kept. and
when they were all gone helped my
self to q little Of 1t. I was fairly
good dispenser. so worked this aka
l0id into small soluble pills, and each
pill I put In box with q similar pill
made without the poison. I determin-
ed ut the time that when had my
chance my gentlemen should each have
n draw out Of one Of these boxes, while
ate, the pill that remained. It would
BIO quite as deadly and q good deal
less noisy than firing across q hand.
kerchief. From that had always my
pill boxes about me. and the timo had
now come, when was to use them.
ut was nearer than 12, and wild
bleak night, blowing hard and raining
in torrents. Dismal as It was outside,
I was glad within-so glad that could
have shouted out from pure exultation.
II any Of you gentlemen have ever
pinned for a thing, and lopged for 1t
during twenty years, and then sudden.
ly found 1t within your reach, you
would understand my feelings. Lit a
cigar and pulled ut 1t to steady my
nerves, but my hands were trembling,
and my temples throbbing with excite
lnent. As drove. I could see old John
Farriers end sweet Lucy looking Mt me
out Of the darkness and smiling ut me,
just az plain as see you all in this
room. All the way, they were ahead
Of me. one ON each side Of the horse,
until pulled up at the house in Rrix.
ton Road.
There was not asoul to be seen nor
a sound to be heard, except the drip
|; ping Of the rain. When I looked In al
4 the window. found Drebber all hud
died together In o drunken sleep.
shook him By the orm. It's time to. &C.
OUT said.
IAN right, cabby,' said he.
II suppose he thought We hadseonl
to The botel that he had mentioned. fcs
be got out without another word inGt
followed me Gown the garden. llat
to walk beside him to keep hin
steady, for he was still little ton
heavy. When We came to the door
optned 1t AID led him into the from
ROOM. I, give you my word Tint nj
the way the father and daughter wer,
walking ID front Of us. -
/, ITS internally dark he said
stamping about ssa& 49,
Well soon have light said
striking nmntch and putting It to {
wax candle which had brought Will
me. Now. Enoch Drebber,' coptin
ued, turning to him, and holding th,
light to my own face, Who am IT Z
4 He gazed at. me with ble1red
drunken eyes for moment, md ther
saw horror spring up IN. them aut
convulse his whole features, which
showed me TINT, he knew me. III
staggered back with Nvid face, and
saw the Precipitation break out upol
his brow. while his teeth chartered
At the sight, I LEANED my back agains
the door and laughed long and loud
l. had always known TINT ven
geance would be sweet but Ind ueve
hoped for the contentment Of aou
which now pOsge1sed me.
7" You dog!H II said, II have hupte,
you from ssalt Lake City to st Peters
burg, and y9u have always escapes
me. Now, # last your wandering
have come to ap end, for either yoa a
shall neves zee to-nnosyoW's sun rise
H0 Stwunk etal fgrthes AWAY qAI sp9ki
and Gould Sse on hiS fdos that d,
thought ! was mad. 30 I.was TOR III
time. The pulses In my Temples hea
like aledge,hammers, and ] believe
Il ~s,os1Hd t,0 m koA a In..n Il