Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-15
MERE CHANCE.

Yos. my friend. Killed thc man, hut !
would not hntr boom doiCriUl iu No " &c
wcrr not FOR some worry extraordinary CIV.
uumaauccs. bod long considered This
deed, but am % delicate and sensitive ror.
e0n. you undc stand. and 7 hr..tatod over
81 ne tho diver hosItltrs ou the brink of 10
dark and icy mountain POOL s Thought %
Tho shock " contact holds one back.
AsIwns rnssiur Dis house ono morning
fHaid t1 myself "Wrll. ut any rptr. DO aiu
loves him 30 will NOT ba fas l0ur" Aud
after that decision I was not myself, but
sort off % machine.
rang thr boil md thcsorynut admitted
me Co. tho drawing room. ! waited there
while tho tall old clock uls.iliy licked iJs
speech Uf time. The rig'l and uusigro
chairs retained tholr singular imrcrurha.
biiity--plthuugh. uf course. tHry wofu
aware uf my rurr0aU--hui thu llitlU white
tiles Of fbo n1or whHrofcd ono 90 another
aud l00sUJ at mo-
Presently ho entered Tho room aud 7.
drawing my revolver shot him. Nu
sgreamo1-you know that scream. mostly
ninnrcmunt-nr1 as Doc foll forward bic
blood was upon thu llttin white tiles They
huddiod and covered their eyes from This
rain. 10 seemed 10 mo that thr old clock
stopped ticking. ~ % man may gasp ln tho
middle OF % sentence, and n chair threw 10.
self Ia my way al / spsang toward tho
door.
4 moment later / was walking down
the uruHi-tmuglll, sou undrrtand-nud
] sold CO. myself. 900 De- duuo' Long years
from thIs day 1 will f1y Co hDr that 10 was
] who Billed him. Altar time has eaton
the oUnsgicucoof tho thing showiii admire
my cuunFn'
WIS olntcd thnt tho nGair had rono or
rosm01thly tfoItllkr uturning humuuud
taking long. foil Flrep, Ike q t.rrdwort
inrman When people passed mc. I CON.
tempnird their stupidity with q sense ~
satisfaction.
But those nrcur.rd ilitlo white tiicsi
heard fhriil crying and ulNttHrlnr
bohind NO. aud, looking hnci, ] saw thcni,
blood stained md imraHonoi, missing
their little hands and scrumluri Mur
dcri 10 was LoV" / have said THAT thHF
had lIttlo hands. nm not tl sutu ui it
but they had s1mo means of Indicating mo
~ uucrFlngly ~ pointing nuggu. AZ fur
their movement, tbcy swept nIonRns easily
~ dry, Hight leaves AFRO carried BY th0
wind. Always They were thrilly piping
thulr song o' my guilt.
Ny irl0nd may 90 mover hoyour fortune
60 DO pursued by n crowd e.. little blood
stained tIlrs. used thuuuud mems
a. be- iruu from tho clash. clash ~ tIus1
tiny ffof. ran through tho world nt my
best speed, bat 10 was no bOt'gr than that
of nn OK, while they my puuucFa, were
nlwny, fresh, eager, relentless
am nn Ingenious porson and I used
every trick that n desperately fortlln iuan
can invent. hundreds ~ times ! hHd ul.
most cyadcd th0m, whom sumo smoijur.
ing, neglected spark would blafo ny and
discover me
iclt that tho cyu ~ conviction would
have mo- turrors FOR mo, hut tho eyes ~ sus.
pIClun which mw In city after city. on
r1nd after road. drove mo TO thr verge "
going forward AMI saying, eyes, 1 have
murdered"
People would 900 tho pursuing. clanor.
Gus tru0p uf blood stained tiles and fiyn
me piercing plurcos. 30 that these swords
played continually at my heart. hut We
hru % dcClruus rarH ',.ss-'.ss r 10 BE- very
vulgar 10 upprlhund murdurors on tho
public strccts We have learned correct
manners from the English. Besides who
cun DO surp 81 tho meaning " clhnuring
tilosi IL might be- merely a trick Of puh'
tics.
Dctoctlyosi What nrc dctcctivcsi on
yes ! hayu read ~ thom and their Deeds
whom some 90 think of a. Tho pruhis-
turio races must have hcun remarkable.
have mover boon able 90 understand how
the detectives unyigntUd Ia stone boats
Sull specimens of their pottery rxcayntCd
iu InumAlipps show % remarkable knuwl.
edge Of mechanic / remember tho lltilo
HH#| .H.HH L. aH#N. ##HHH
sny may DO true, my friend. but think
you druam
Tho litilo stained tiles My friend I
stopped In un inn 90 che end Of ibU ulrth,
and in tho morning thuy Wuro thurU lying
Ike birds and prGkiug 40 my window.
should hayo escaped. Heavens, /
should hlyo uarapcI' What Nyus mort
simpler I murdered and thun walked Into
the world, which is vido and intricate
DO you know that my own ul0Cl,us,lstcl
IN the hunt Ot mUf They asked what cline
i lrit my home that morning nud 30 rr
piled 90 once, Hall after h.' TN.
watch OF u man had onluctd o. pasuull
tho house OF tho crime told thu people
"soNon minutes ultur g." Ana ui Cuurl
the tall old oloos In tho drawing room
went about day after day repeating
Eighteen minutes uftOr o."
DO you sny that tho man who caugh
mo was yury cluygri My friend, / hnyl
lived long and hu was tho most incredible
blo0khohd ~ my experience An onslnyrd
dust eating Mexican yHqucro wuuldn'
hitch his pony % such u man. Do yol
think be- deserves credit for my capture
II he had been us UUryadlng nH tho ntmO0
phoru, hc would mover have cauGht nae. ]
be was detective as you ay, | ruul
carve better ono from ana old Table lUa
hut tho tilrs' That Is another matter. A
night, I think thoy flow in long hig
il1oks like pigeons. In tho day, llttlo ma
things, they murmurcd ON my trail hL
frOthy muuthud wUlsuls,
1 500 that you motto those great, ruuut
vivid orange spots on my coat OF cuur'
even II tho detective was really carve
from am old table leg DO could hardly IL
60 npprchond "a man thus bldgud AS sur
como upon ono in tho plague, fl can
those spots upon my coat, When idisco'
cred thum, / mado Un effort 60 FREQ myro