Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-30

should have a show for his life, if he
chose to take advantage Of it. Among
the many billets which / have filed
in America during my wandering life,
I was once janitor and sweeper out
of the laboratory at York College
One day the professor was lecturing
on poisons, and he showed his students
some alkaloid, as he called it, which
he had extracted from South Ameri-
can arrow poison, and which was SO
powerful that the least grain meant
instant death I spotted the bottle in
which the preparation was kept, and
when they were all gone l helped my
self to a little Of it. I was fairly
good dispenser, so worked this aka
loid into small soluble pills, and each
pill I put in a box with similar pill
made without the poison. | determin-
ed at the time that when / had my
chance my gentlemen should each have
draw out of one Of these boxes, while
I ate the pill that remained. 1t would
be quite as deadly and good deal
less noisy than firing across a hand
kerchief. From that had always my
dill boxes about me, and the time nad
''It was nearer ] than -, and a wild
bleak night, blowing hard and raining
in torrents Dismal as it was outside
I was glad within-so glad that I cols'S
have shouted OUT from pure eXultatlOn.
If any of you gentlemen have ever
pinned for q thing, and lODged for it
during twenty years, and then sudden
ly found it within your reach, you
would understand my feelings l lit a
cigar and puffed at it to steady my
nerves, but my hands were trembling,
and my temples throbbing with excite
nent. AS I drove [ could see old John
Farrier and sweet Lucy looking at me
out Of the darkness and smiling at me,
just as plain as [ see you all in this
room All the way they were ahead
Of me, one on each side of the horse,
until I pulled up at the house in Erik
ton Road.
''There was not asoul to be seen nor
a sound to be heard, except the drip
ping of the rain. When / looked in at
the window, I found Drebber all hud-
died together in q drunken sleep. [
shook him by the arM. It's time to get
out, I said sfs-i
" All right, cabby,' said he.
II suppose he thought we had come
to The hotel that he had mentioned, for
he got out without another word ard
followed me Gown the garden. / had
to walk beside him to keep him
steady, for he was still little top
heavy. When we came to the door |
opened it ard led him into the front
room. | give you my word that all
the way the father and daughter were
walking in front Of us.
It's Internally dark he said,
stamping about
+" Wen soon have a light I said,
striking .amarch, and, putting it to. a
me. Now, Enoch Dcebber,' [ contiG-
uod turning to him, and holding the
light to my own face, who am ~
He gazed at me with bleared,
drunken eyes for a moment and then
I saw horror spring UP in them and
conyulse his whole features, which
showed me that he knew me. He
staggered back with livid face. and |
saw the perspiration break out upon
his brow. while his teeth chartered.
At the sight, leaned my back against
the door and laughed long and loud.
I had always known that ven
geance would be sweet but had never
hoped for the contentment of soul
which now possessed me.
" You dogw I said, Il have hunted
you from Salt Lake City to st. Peters
burg, and you have always escaped
me. Now, at last, your wanderi1gs
have come to an end for either you or
I shall never see to-mOrrow'S sun rise
He shrunk still further away as | spoke
and I could see on his face that he
thought / was mad. So I was for the
time. The pulses in my temples beat
like sledge-hammers, and / believe l
would have had a fit of some sort if
the blood had not gushed from my
nose and relieved me.
'What do you think Of Lucy Ferrier
now?" I cried, locking the door and
shaking the key in his face. Pun
ishment has been slow in coming, but
it has overtaken you at last | saw
his coward lips tremble as I spoke.
He would have begged for his life, but
he knew well that it was useless.
:" Would you murder meY he STAN
mered.
There is no murder I answered.
who talks Of numbering a mad dog?
What mercy had you upon my poor
darling when you dragged her from
her slaughtered father, and bore her
away to your accused and shameless
harem"
1T was not I who killed her faith
err he cried.
Go Be Continued)