Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-29

her, said that ii the Ike again Oc-
CURED he would shoe me like dog
The more inilamed was he for that
day he had stumbled on to photo
graph.
She was an ardent bicycle rider, and
We had together taken many a trip by
the river or to the coast. In one oi
these she had dressed in suit of my
clothes, and while resting | had taken
| her picture with kokac. In her hus-
bands eyes this was objectionable,
! and with the news brought by the at
tendants, his usual quiet demeanor
changed and he became furious 1t
was duel to the death. lie or |
must die. As the challenged party, |
had the choice of weapons, and | chose
one | had tried and felt sure OF.
| went that evening to the kitchen
with the potion "palmed," AS the pres
tidigateurs say, and none Of that fra
ternity ever more neatly made turn
than | deposited it in the mustache
cup, before the very eyes Of the cook.
pretended to desire cup of hot water
and putting her protestations aside,
helped myself.
1t will undoubtedly be- said that it
was impossible for any one, howeve'
hardened in crime, to sit quietly down
to breakfast the next morning with
Joe Armitage, his wife and the other
assistant physician, and knowing the
deadly contents of the cup, which
seemed to glow with its bright gold,
and be aware of the coming tragedy.
But | did so and was gay with joke
and repartee.
Armitage was in usual good humor.
His business had proved unexpectedly
successful, and he said he never felt
better in his life. The meal came to
finish. Armitagc had peculiar habit.
He drank but one cut of coffee, and
that when he had finished his repast.
He raised the cup to his lips and drank
IL all lie made remark that the
coffee was not as good as usual, and
we all arose, and, as usual the
gentlemen passed into the office, where
we read the morning papers.
In little time he remarked that he
thought something must be the matter
with him, for he could not understand
and arising. he staggered step or two
and fell on the floor.
had watched the coming symptoms,
and had my plan prepared. The
superintendent was called, and l sug-
gested that it was the result of too
hearty breakfast, did not call Mrs.
Armitage, for | did not care for the
scene, but some one did after while,
and she came, pale and resolved. |
am sure she knew that her husband
had received a potion. and that she
WAS soon to he relieved Of his presence
lie recognized her when she came,
and, raising himself on his arm, asked
her for milk. He had remaining sense
enough to think that he was poisoned,
but he thought that he had taken
arsenic, wherein he showed his ignor-
ance, for the dose | gave him there is
no antidote, and if there were, by the
time the symptoms became manifest it
would be too late. Well, the super
intentend refused milk and gave water.
1t was all the same, for the patient
soon dropped off into heavy sleep,
which deepened until he ceased to
breathe. He did not suffer in his
spasms as much as my wife had done,
but he cried agonizingly for the heat,
and that he was sweltering in hot
blood. Everything appeared to him
as DlOOu OF Haine.
The superintendent gave the cause
of death as apoplexy, which was fool
ish thing to do, and afterwards made
him deal of trouble. He telegraphed
to his father in the East that his son
WAS dead, and asking what should be
| done with the remains
My JOY was great when the message
came to send the body home. That,
above all things, was what desired.
With the body injected by the embalm-
er, death certified to as apoplexy and
sent two thousand miles away, every
trace of the cause OF death would be
concealed
Everything thus far had played into
my hands. l saw the body placed in
4 casket and encased for shipment
and accompanied Mrs. Armitage and
a lady friend to the depot, as they
were to accompany the dead to his
final resting place.
There, however, must be some dis
jointed place in the best laid plans
and in mind | had not counted the
two assistance who had informed Ar
mitage of MY familiarity with his wife
One of them, Allen Hartwell, went di
rectly to lawyer and told his story
with its inferences. The lawyer tele
graphed the father not to bury his sol
until an autopsy had been held.
As have it related, when the caet
; containing the dead was carried from
the station to the old home, the seen,
was heartrending. The father ant
mother were proud OF their son, an,
expected great things Of him, and whel
it all fell through and he was brough
home in hearse they could not bea
it. They had not learned word no,