Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-27
CHAPTER VI-(Continuedo

Judge between us. Choose and eat.
There is death in one and life in the
other. / shall take what YOU leave.
Let us see If there is justice upon the
earth. or If we are ruled by chance
He covered away with wild cries
and prayers for mercy, but / drew my
knife and held it to his throat until he
had obeyed me. Then / swallowed the
other, and we stood facing one another
In silence for a minute or more, wait
ing to see which was to live and which
was to die. Shall | ever forget the look
which came over his face when the first
warning pangs told him that the poison
was in his system? l laughed as l
saw it, and held Lucy's marriage ring
In front of his eyes. 81 was but for
a moment, for the action of the aka
loid is rapid. \ spasm of pain comfort
ed his features. He threw his hands
out in front of him, staggered, and
then with a hoarse cry, fell heavily
upon the floor. / turned him over with
my foot, and placed my hand upon his
heart. There was no movement. He
was dead.
The blood had been streaming from
my nose, but l had taken no notice OF
it. l don't know what it was that put
1t into my head to write upon the VIII
with it. Perhaps It was some mischiev-
Gus idea Of setting the police upon
a wrong track, for / felt lght-hearted
and cheerful. ! remembered a German
being found in New York with 'Rache'
written up above him, and 1t was ar
gued at the time in the newspapers
that the secret societies must have
done II. I guessed that what puzzled
the New Workers would puzzle the
Londoners. So l dipped my finger In
nv own blood and printed it on a con-
yenient place on the wall. Then l
walked down to my cab and found
that there was nobody about, and that
the night was still very wild. l a
driven some distance, when l put my
hand into the pocket in which l usually
kept Lucy's ring, and found h a 1t
was not there. / was thunderStruck at
this, for it was the only memanto that
! had of her. Thinking that L might
have dropped it when | stopped over
Drebber's body, ! drove back; and leaV-
ing my cab in n side street, L went
boldly up to the house, for l was ready
10 dare anything rather than lose Ihe
ring. When | arrived there, l walked
right INTO the arms Of a police ofncer
who was coming out, and only mahds-
ed TO disarm his suspicious by pre-
tending TO be helpleSsly drunk. .
THAT was how Enoch Drebber came
10 his death. All l had to DO the'l was
10 do as much for Stangerson, anu 81
nav off John Terriers L Knew
that he was staying at Halhday > III
yate hotel, and 1 hung about al gay
hut he never came out. l fancy he sus
pected something when Drepper laleo
TO nut In an appearance. he was Gun
ming. was StangerSon, ana Always u
his s,ard. If he thought he could Keel
mo off by staying indoors he was very
much mistaken. / soon found ou
which was the window Of his bedroom
ond narlv next morning / took advan
taga of some ladders which were lylns
I'm the lane behind the hotel, ana 81
made nv way into his room in the gra!
~ the dawn. I woke him up ah'
told him that the hour had come whel
ba was 10 answer for the lie ne ha'
token en- long before. | described Drep
ber's death to him, and L gave mn
tba same choice Of the poisoned pllls
instead of grasping at the clahce o
sofetv which that offered him, II
snrong from his bed and flew at IN
tbroat In s~elf-defenSe l stabOeu MI
20 tho heart. 1t would have been IN
same in any case. for Provfi ance Wout
naver have allowed his guilty hand l
nick cut anything but the poison
"I have little more to say, n 1t
&C we'll. for | am about done up.
mi On cabling 1t for a day Or 81
Intending TO keep at it until l coul
sara enough TO take me to Amerlc'
!, u,os standing in the yard when 4 ras
rod yornpster asked If there was a ca
. Sv fbere called jefferson Hope, an
/ s3id that his cab was wanted by a gel
: tiomon at 221b Baker street. WEI
; no,nd susnecting no harm; n Ut
: next thing I knew this young niai ne =
: had the bracelets on my Wrls.s, anu "
l neatly shackled as ever 1 was ntnr
. life. That's the whole o. my SUI !
. gentlemen. You may consiher me 10
Y a murderer, but | hold tnat 1 am Ju
n as much an officer OF Jusuce do "
:. are"
! Co thrilling had the mans narratl'
: heeu. and his manner was SO ln,ple
O Give that we had sat silent u a
sarhod Even the professional de'ee
=: ;Uas hlose as they were In every aets
;, o,in,e appeared to be keenly lnte
n nsted IN the mans story. When ne III
ass Snisbed we sat for some mihut
I. Stiffness. which was only proken
:. S~cratching of Lestrade's pencii as
&c Doyo the finishing touches 10 MS sho'
!. hand account.
"Tbere is only n point on when
wo,,ld like n little more informauon
SborIock Holmes said at last W
,yas our accomplice who came ior Z
nd zinc which / advertisedT -
'i y prisoner winked at my 1rienu
. ,osa,y 81 can tell my W scorers
4 no said. 'but ] don't get otnes psti
Fl into trouble. l saw your au.eru
a Ion and / thought it might be . pi,
~ n y a. MIGHT he the ring ! wanted. J
. friend volunteered to 60 anu .
> think youn own he did IL smat SEor,o
!. MOT a doubt of that SAD Sne
4 Holmes heartily.
~Now. gentlemen" the inspector ;,
=. marked gravely, "the forms OF T ,m 4
81 n,st no complied with. ON Ihursa
.. ha nr,soner viii be brought before ,
ocistrates. and your attenaan'S ~.
ssnn Ina required. Until then ! "nA
10. sponsible for him" n.,a md ]
Ha rang the bell as he spoke, a,u,s
Ilc ierre -, lod off by q Coupe