The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-20
Cure Of CantyII; or,
Money and a Girl.
From the Pail Mall Budget

=lrSS-hls u3ncce only took water
Lei us drink 10 the restoration Of
1ah'yH and Dyne and the speedy clear
ln= up OF the mystery" said Tom. -vhen
ne seated himself. and We were iust
ttislAs onr glasses 10 our lips when III.
doctor startled us by callnc ont with
more excitement than I have ever seen
MN show before OF SINCE Put vour
glasses down, For heavens sake. do nos
drink"
hal ls the matter" asked Tom. and l.
TOT one was quite prepared for the an
sWer The doctor had regained his usual
calm now that We had put our wine down.
sly glass contains plenty of opium 10
XIII the lot of us. he said quietly. Il for
tunately smelled il just as I was about
10 drink. 1 suppose your glasses are both
poisoned"
Tom Deverllrs face turned as white as
a sheet.
That means that the fend is sun in
the house" he said. 4 decanted shat
Wine this morning just before the police
came"
Macpherson rose from the table.
Then / cannot afford TO leave Can
tyll alone for moment. We ought TO
take turns at sitting in his room. We
ought 10 have done so from the first
lie left the table as ne spoke, and we
three sat and stared blankly at each
other. This new discovery was terrible.
For five minutes we did not speak a
word, and then poor Lillith beean to
cry Historically. l was surprised that she
had not broken down before.
Her lover sprang up at once to try and
comfort her and, thinking that he would
be more likely TO succeed il they were
left alone together. 1 went off 10 look for
Macpherson
] walked warily, feeling that at any
moment l might be attacked By the
mNcrQri01le r1ieeraaFaf v4rHo IA 20,
make this peaceful country residence
the scene of his diabolical crimes. As I
reached the foot of the stairs. however.
leading from the hall, I changed my step,
and hurried up three stairs at a time,
for on the floor above I could hear Mac
pherson calling my name urgently, as
If he were in need Of my help. / ran
straight up to Cantylrs room. from
which the cry seemed to come; my steps
FASTENED if possible by the unmis TAXA
bic souds of "A struggle going on in the
sick man. room
What 1 expected to see when I reached
it I do not know. but certainly it was
not the sight that actually met my eyes
when / rushed into the sick chamber
the sight of Dr.. Macpherson and John
Cantyll graphing together in a life-and-
death struggle on the bed the patient
with a formidable knife in his hand,
which the physician was preventing him
from using by holding his wrist in a
vice-lke grip
The fight had been pretty even one I
believe, till ] came on the scene for
though Cantyll was still half stupid with
the drugs he had taken he was a man of
much more powerful physique than his
opponent. My arrival decided the bat
tie; in moment ] had secured the
knife, and Cantyll had given UP the hope
less struggle. He lay back on the bed,
glHTiDg his face formed n a
that of a fiend.
DR.. Macpherson drew a long breath af-
ter his eXertions, and wiped a drop of
blood from his wrist where the point of
the knife had cut him slightly.
Welt we may congratulate ourselves,
l believe, ON having cleared up the mys-
terry that has been bothering us" he said,
quietly, TO me. IF you do not mind call
ing Deverill from the top of the stairs,
we will get him to bring some rope and
help him tie up this patient of mine
until we have decided how 10 dispose of
him"
1t was not until we had left John Can
tyll bound hand and foot on the bed
that Macpherson explained to us. down
in the dining roOm exactly what had hap
pened.
1T occurred to me during the inquiry
this morning" he said, that CantylI
might be dosing himself with opium to
AfitoNt AiiiStil lIfllu the Iedtn OF SliS-
pcion, while he killed the two men who
stood between him and the enjoyment of
the whole of his grandfather fortune
and marriage with Miss Andrews. with
whom | VIII do him the credit of suppos-
ing him to be in love When ] left the
dinner table l crept up silently 10 his
room and caught him in the act of pre-
parng himself another dose of the mar
cotic. He must have considerable ac-
quaintance with opium to use it so dar-
ingly on himself. He seems to have
stock Of bottles hidden between the mat
tresses of his bed, together with the
knife with which he tried to kill Dyne
and which he drew on me when he found
that I had discovered his secret"
Lillith sprang up impusively, rev her
arms around the great physicians Leck
and kissed him.
You have saved all our lives" she
cried, gratefully; and Macpherson smiled
well pleased.
We'll 1 thing l have done what I came
down for" he said briskly. 7 have
cured Cantyll of his mysterious Illness"