Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-12

that ignorance could conjure up had
made him maniac.
y have worked at this scheme for
year, and am now only awaiting the
carrying out OF certain legal form
alidcs before submitting my plans to
the authorities. We viii now take
look al the apparatus itself
We left the house and he LED the wa ?
across the open till we stopped at
door. lie entered and, after cropping
for q moment, found the switch. ana
Immediately the place was full oil lsnJ.
At this moment I was conscious OF an
irritating sensation in my throat 1
c0ugheL; he noticed ii, laughed anC
said
It's The gas from the batteries you
can feel-this is the battery room
these cells are now running the lights OF
: the house and those mere. AccUmula-
tors are q great convenience, as they
make night labor unnecessary.
noticed that this room was partly
cut ont from the rock and partly DuAt'
as were the others that I afterWard saw.
Passing through a passage We enter
ed q larger room.
This is the Turbine house, said be,
there are sluices running from here 10
the stream one hundred yards away,
and when il has done It's WORK the
water leaves by two tunnels DeueatA
the floor and joins the main stream
lower down. This is the dynamo spec
tally designed for execution purposes.
and he pointel to a piece Of apparatus
that resembled somewhat large slen-
der wheel. with numerous hne sDoKes.
See. l will set the thing running and
let YOU see it working lie unscrewed
the valves. the governors began TO
spin and the dynamo TO hum, 50 quick
" did il run. mot much noise, is
there?" was his next remark, and
there is 200 horse power latent in this
anoaratus. Let us now examine the
lethal chamber ana the seat OF justice. D
He opened O door and brought into
view a small room, in which stood
remarkable piece OF furniture He was
about to enter when he stopped sudden
ly. Half a moment. though; / must
slacken those valves q bit, he sad, and
stepped over to the turbines. ] entered
and began curiOusly TO examine his in
veution. next moment there was
sharp click, and. turning, / found the
door closed on me.
a moment more and ! was clutch.ng
wildly at my throat and fell to the
grCund-ch0king. / didn't choke, how
ever Tor some time afterwards. [ be-
came conscious. and when I had collect
Oh my scattered wits I found myself
seated in his horrible chair-strapped
III. This is little joke OF his" l
thought: "but this COMPOUNDED chair IS
not at all comfortable.
tried to free myself, but l was firmA
ly held. my hands were each fixed in
kind of wise, leather outside and metal
within. as l could tell by feeling.
These things were hollow and large
ike mitens. and within them and in
closing my hands was some liquid
mercury, I afterwards discovered. My
LEGS and body were fastened by straps,
and my arms were inclosed in a kind q
tube at each side of the chair. AS
| took in these details the door opened
and Clisby appeared.
"Ha ha, my fine bird, you're Gagged az
last, are yOu?'
Don't stand fooling there l NUT
tered your Internal chair is breaking
my back.
"Oh, is it? Wen soon alter that
He stepped to my side, but instead o.
/ releasing me, he simply lo0sened the
straps at my back. This was 100 much
for me: I yelled at him that unless he
freed me instantly I would simply
smash him when ] did get free.
Nice way to treat @ guest, wasn't it,
For answer he laughed, shrugged his
shoulders and said: when you have
/ finished your abuse I'll favor YOU with
my intentions and continuing You
fancy l am your friend, don't you? /
am not 1 am your enemy. hate YOU.
You thought to win Madge Cameron
from me, and so far you have succeeded.
L have seen you, have watched you,
when YOU and her We're out, on the pre-
tence of painting. Perhaps you did not
know loved her, and / hate you for 1T,
1 am glad didn't hurt you with that
piece of rock, as now I shall be able to
see how You can die. l might nave
killed YOU a while ago, before | turned
on the oxygen and you revived; l had
nv hand on the switch, too, but, no, /
let YOU revive to tell YOU this, 10 tor
tire YOU the more. Tor have not you
stolen my Nadge's love from me?'
He then commenced muttering and
cursing me under his breath, and walk
ed round me, after which he came and
stood at my feet, folded his arms and
stared at me.
DO YOU think I am going to be an
outcast from society for notbinG?' he
Kissed. Think you / have spent %
whole year in making this thing for
nothing? No! no. 1 viii be reyenged
ON some one. and why not on you? Be-
sides. hate you, for what have you
done? I have waited Ions for a sub
iect. but at last ! can operate. and on
Won No, no, I don't invent things for
nothing, not ].
with horrible cbuckle he left me-
Again / struggled tiercely to free my
| self. but no. those horrible miCtens held
me. After while he returned.
You have half an hour TO llVe. IL ~
half-past eleven now. On the stroke OF
twelve I complete the circuit ana you
will iizzle up. ,,,.,-
Again he left me, n prey TO horrible
thorchts. Was there no way OF esc3pet
Would no one come In time? And me
time uassed on. The best Of US don I
/ care to die before our time, and had
| moi bcen. any of the bcst-and what q
I horrible death had 10 die, More than
| tbis-I loved Madge-l wanted 10 hVe
/ for her. and this mCGuan would make
me die for her The time was almost
mn and CHsby returned He was all
! smiles. He asked me if had any Wish