The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-03-06
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oh, monsieur, so aWIuIIyl
81 trembled. really this time, for IL
wal SO fearful to BE Shut up with such
a wretch Then an Inspiration came to
me, and / said: See, l have no cognac,
bat 1 take a medicine sometimes which
Ia a spirit, and I poured some of the
ether into his bottle and shook it. II ran
beautifully, became a clear, brown liq-
uid. He scarcely looked a thank you,'
but rapidly painted his hands, using his
left as cleverly as his right. Then he
tried his face, and then 1 laughed again,
this time with JOY, for I had regained
my courage, and / felt I should capture
him. ea
"'Why do you laugh now?' he said
fercely.
because you are making your
cheeks too dark, your eyelids are quite
white, and you have left a rim round
your lipsl' l said in as steady a voice as
I could command. ...
Good heavens!' he exclaimed, and
then he said to me, Take the brush and
paint me-.
81 took it and pretended to tremble
as / touched his face. e
'Fooli' he shrieked. I will not
hurt you-see how the train rushes--
lose no time!
"'Bien, monsieur I replied; you
must do as ! tell you them I caught
up his cloak and put it round him, asia
barber puts his cloth, and, telling him
to shut his eyes, l began to paint the
lids. Thu next moment l transferred the
brush to my left hand, and. with my
right, l took out the stopper from the
',hloroform bottle and poured half the
contents OF the wadding that had been
round it. Happily it was a large piece,
and, dropping the brush, I pressed 1t
suddenly over his nose and mouth and
saturated it with the ether.
"The suddenness Of the action took
him so much by surprise that for one
second he was quite quiet, and I dashed
the bottle Of dye right at his eyes as he
opened them, still pressing the pad over
his nose. He was blinded for the mo-
ment, his arms were entangled in the
cloak, and if only the chloroform did it's
work and 1 could hold him DOWN. The
agony Of those few seconds will never
be effaced. He tried to reach the knife,
monsieur, but / kicked 1t off the seat
away just as I perceived that his fran
tic efforts were becoming fainter, and
one more violent struggle on my part
kept the wadding in it's place, and he
succumbed. His head dropped back and
his arms fell powerlessly beside him.
81 had no knowledge Of the action Of
an@sthetics. and now a dread possessed
me lest l had killed him. l remembered
having heard somewhere that slight
people Of qdick brains were specially
susceptible to these influences, and !
thought perhaps I should only take a
dead body into Toulon.
"He looked so CHASTITY, with the
streaks of paint on his livid skin. II
placed my hand ON his heart and felt
his wrist. Most thankful was l to find
a pulsation. Then I seated myself on
the floor, keeping my fingers on his
wrist and having in my lap the bottle
of chloroform to pour on the pad if ]
felt his pulses quicken too much.
II have had many trying journeys,
but never another to match this. / am
not cruel by nature, and, sitting there
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journey that remained, I wondered how
I could have acted as l did. It seemed
as if / could not be Marta Leolero. l.
"At length the train slaokened, ant
then drew up at the platform for exam
lining tickets. Two guards opened the
E door, and I jumped up and rushed from
3 the carriage, and in my excitement
shrieked: 'Durettel Durettei'
"'What of Durette?' exclaimed a tai
man who advanced from the carriag'
behind. 4
"'He is there-it Is he!' I said ant
{. tainted in the arms of the man besid
/ me. l remembered no more till I awok
in the room of the superintendent. )
r found the chief of the station, some po
licemen and the tall man standinI
round me. ,--
: This is Jean Louvain. warder o
the prison at Toulon, said the superin
&c tendent. 'Durette escaped from hir
yesterday, and he was clever enough /
suspect he would return to Toulon, Blu
d he did not look for him dressed as
! woman
g "'Nor did 1 expect to find hir
70 caught by q woman said the dee
voice Of Jean Louvain. And that wa
how l met my husband. London Tit
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