Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-04-18

gave him shove and kick which sent
him half across the road You houndr
be cried. shaking his stick at him. I'll
teach you to insult an honest girll' He
was so hot that think he would have
thrashed Drebber with his cudgel. only
that the cur staggered away down the
road as fast as his legs would carry him.
He ran as far as the corner, and then,
seeing my cab, he hailed me and jumped
in. Drive me to Halliday's Private hos
tel. said he
"When had him fairly inside my
cab. my heart jumped so with Joy that
feared lest at this last moment my
aneurism might go wrong. Idroye along
slowly, weighing in my own mind what
it was best TO do. l might take him
right ont into the country. and there in
some deserted lane have my last inter-
view with him. ] had almost decided
upon this when he solved the problem
for me. The craze for drink had seized
him again. and he ordered me TO pull up
outside gin palace, He went in. leay.
ing word that | should wait for him.
There he remained until closing time,
and when he came out no was so far
gone that l knew the game was in my
own hands.
"Don't imagine that I intended to
kill him in cold blood. It would only
have been rigid justice IL had done so.
but could not bring myself to do 1t. I
had long determined that he should
have show for his life If he chose to
take advantage of it, Among the many
billets which I have filled in America
during my wandering life, was once a
janitor and sweeper ont Of the laboratory
at York college. One day the professor
was lecturiug on poisons. and he show
cd his students some alkaloid, as he
called it, which he had extracted from
some South American arrow poison, and
which was so powerful that the least
grain meant instant death. spotted
the bottle in which this preparation was
kept, and when they were all gone
helped myself TO little of it. was
fairly good dispenser, so worked this
alkaloid into small, soluble pills, and
each pill ! put in box with similar
pill made without poison l determined
at .he 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 handkerchief.
From that day l had always my pill
boxes about with me, and the time had
now come when l was to use them.
''lt was nearer l than 10, and wild,
bleak night, blowing hard and raining
in torrents Dismal as it was outside, /
was glad within-so glad that could
have shouted out from pure exultatiun
If any of you gentlemen have ever pined
for thing and longed for it during 70
long years and then suddenly found it
within your reach, you would under
stand my feelings l lit cigar and
putfed at it to steady my nerves, but my
hands were trembling and my temples
throbbing with excitement As drove,
could set old John Ferrier and sweet
Lucy looking at me out Of the darkness
and smiling at me just as plain as see
yon all in this room. All the way they
were ahead of me, one ON each side Of
the horse, until pulled up at the house
III the Brixton road.
| There was not "a soul to be seen, nor
| sound to be- heard, except the dripping
OF the rain. When / looked in at the
| window, 1 found Drebber all hnddled
together in II drunken sleep. / shook
him by the arm, Its time to go out. l
said
| All right, cabhy, said be-
Il suppose he thought We had come to
| the hotel that no had mentioned, for he
| got out without another word and fol-
lowed me down the garden. had to
walk beside him TO keep him steady. for
he was still little top heavy. When
we came to the door, Iopened it and led
him into the front room. ! giveyou my
word that. all the way, the father and
daughter were walking Ii front of u.s.
Its Internally dark. said he stamp
ing about
Wen soon have light, / said
striking match and putting it to a
wax candle which / had brought with
me- Now, Enoch Drebber, continued,
turning to him and holding the light to
my own face, who ain II
He gazed al me with bleared, drunk
ELI eyes for moment. and then saw a
horror spring up in them and convnlse
his whole features, which showed me
that he knew me. He staggered back
with livid face, and saw the perspi,
ration, break out upon his brow. while
his teeth chartered. AT the sightI lean
cd my back against the door and laugh
I'd loud and long. / had always known
that vengeance would be sweet, but had
never hoped for the oontentment OF
soul which now possessed me.
You dogl said. II have hunted
yon from Salt Lake City to St. Peters.
burg and you have always escaped Inc.
Now at last your wanderings have CONT
to an end, for either you or shall new.
er see tomorrow's sun rise He shrank
still farther away as spoke, and could
see on his face that he thought war
mdI. DO WAS LUZ tl0 tAAuO' AHo PuAS0S
il my temples beat like sledge hammers,
and | believe / would have had fit oi
some sort if the blood had not gushe6
! from my nose and relieved me.
What do you think Of Lucy Fer
rier now?' / cried. locking the door ant
} shaking the key in his face. Punish
! ment has been slow in coming, but il
has overtaken you at last. saw hi
coward lips trenble as I spoke. H'
would have begged for his life. but h'
knew we'll that it was useless.
"tWould you murder me2' he STAN
mered.