The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24

Then l went to him and dragged him
up. Ihere was nothing to be done that
night II was getting late, ana all that
! could DO was TO set him 70 he'd This
! did with difficulty. ! put him in my own
room; ] dragged off his clothes one by
ore while he screamed and writhed and
broke every now and then into a sense
less, s-cEcning laughter.
AL night long he was delirious. ana in
the morning | sent for brain specialist
I'VE can tell nothing" the doctor said
after he had examined him. until this
del rum Is over; and there Is something
about the case which / don't al present
quite understand. What is the gray
powder he tails abOut?'
rs there such a thing I asked "as
an Indian drug when VIII destroy man s
reasOnI'
All" said the doctor shortly. what OF
I'm afraid" I went on. chat there has
been foul play here. There is man IN this
building VINO possesses some poison which
acts on the brain, and his BoWden knew"
Then / gave him some particulars con-
corning Datchford. and how he had tried
to break off the engagement between Jack
and Kitty.
ITS my serious opinion" [ concluded
that Datchford has administered the drug
himself. In Jacks room / found a guam
tity Of broken glass. and Il seems to me
that he drank the poison before he realized
what IT. was. Then he rushed In TO me-de-
lirOus.'
The doctors face was grave.
God grant that he is not madr' he said
IF this drug Is Administered In small
quantities Il produces a terrible form of
brain disease that is absolutely ncu.a-
| doses he has hsd, and that he does not re-
ceive any more log must on no account
allow him 10 see this-this-"
>, "D Dat, ! ADDED and what can
I'm afraid you can do nothing" said
the doctor. Tine poison Is stealthy n It's
work. and leaves no trace behind. 1t is
absolutely impossible tO-'tell that there
has been foul playtIt simply creates dis
ease in the brain that might originate in
a dozen ways. No; 1t can never ,)e brourht
home 10 MIN unless you can get tangible
proof"
sat N my room, thinking. 1t was grow
ing, dusk. the fire had died down and I was
From behind the closed door could
hear Jacks voice every now and then
shrieking in de,lrium, CRYING and laugh
-ng al ernately. and then une low rnur-
muir Of the nurse trying to soothe him.
remember thinking how the tone Of
strong manly tenor. il had become a
quaverIng treble, weak as woman's.
and 1 thought Of what nigh: be the ultl-
mate result, and shuddere1.
Then there came sudden knock at my
door he'd my breath and then sad:
IT was Datchford
He crept in stealthily; it seemed to me
that ne craWled i'm like a snake But per-
maps ! Wrqnse5 the man, perhap5. he had
been seized with madness Itself He came
and sat down in cnalr opposite ms with
out saying word. / stirred up he fire
nto a blaze, and when the sound Of Jack ;
quaver.ng, Reconstruction voice came
from behind the closed door 1 saw a shlv-
er pass through him
] got up and liz the lamp
1T seems 20 me that you've over-done
1t, I remarked quietly.
"WhatY' De said.
His voice was hard and iarring
81 say that you've overdOne it," I re-
peated. THE last dose You gave him was
too strong. Instead Of dropping him
gently into a state of insenslblity you
sent him down with a plunge"
saw him vince and clutch the arms OF
mis- chair
He was g Notwithstanding man He
m ght nave been a fend incarnate. I
thought. as ] placed The SHADE Of the
lamp and l cursed myself for being an
able 20 discover some plot to ehtrap him
But he sat there still and secure--secure
in his fendish triumph.
came back to my seat and we started