Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-28

'Not so fast, madam. Not so fast. You
will be required to meet graver charges
than even these / have mentioned"
Tia, ha, graver charges! laughed the
widow contemptuously. pray recite
them. OF what else am l guilty?'
First, Of the murder of Andrew Kel
logg, whom you ruthlessly, slowly, but
surely done to death by poison"
"Ahw The single syllable escaped
through the madam's set teeth like a de-
spairing wall.
Second, Banker KellOgg's wife, |
doubt not, you helped to the grave. Third,
you were numbering Mr.. IIelogg's young
err daughter through the same agency that
you had used in numbering her uncle. l
know you, madam; you are a second Lu-
cretia Borgia. Within your trunk is
scientific treatise on posons Of more than
two hundred pages. There, also, is an
ebony casl1et containing deadly poisons of
hundred kinds. Your doom is sealed"
'"Ths man can scarce live ten minutes,
said the doctor. eff you obtain a state
ment from him, it must be at once.'
Il can only say that in all matters per-
tanning to me- said the almost dying man,
''Selars has spoken the truth. | was sat
istied that Pearl had that money. She
required me to remove the cashier and the
bankers son. | thought to remove one
and let the law remove the other. | do
not regret my failure. l am only sorry
for the boy. He-he is my son. The shot
was fatal. | forgive you, boy. Come,
Gomez
All glanced at Earl.
He sat shackled in his chair, jabbering
like an idiot.
His mind has completely broken
down. said the physician. He is a
mental wreck"
"Perhaps," said the dying man, cit is
better So Goodbye, Pearl. I so wrong
ed you, but you have had your revenge,
even though you swing from the gallows.
Ha ha! The gallows"
These were the last words of Juan Ia
yoIa A few gaSps and he had ceased to
breathe.
so you ell think that for enacting my
role in the drama of life and death, l
should die on the gallOWB? Ha, ha! Little
you know Pearl Almegro. l should new
err have had another name. May & thou
sand curses rest on the very corpse Of that
wretch. You told the truth once, Mr.
Selars. My nature became changed from
the moment | ascertained that | had been
deceived. Why should say more? Dick
Newberry you have not mentioned. lie,
at least, | did not murder. | left him,
and he blew out his brains. He was of
small loss to the world. What you sur
mise in regard to Andrews death, you
may surmisa. You know nothing. | took
good care that his body should quickly be
embalmed Ha, ha Embalming fluid
is sometimes a great convenience"
''Merciful God!' exclaimed the bank
err 'And | loved this woman-Would
have made her my wife,
"In regard to the taking off of Ihalla
Kellogg" continued the widow, paying no
attention to the bankers words, Il only
gave her more freely of the remedy pre-
scribed by her learned attendant, DIR.
Hewitt, here If | must hang for that,
hang him, too
God have mercy" exclaimed the doc
tor.
What troubles you, doctor? Your
knees are quaking under you. You are
not the first physician wko has prescrlb-
ed that which led his patient to the
grave
"Oh, woman, WOman.
81 know-thy name is frailty. Well,
now we come to Janette's illness. What
YOU know. you know. Perhaps | had con-
Guided that there were too many members
of my brother-in-law' S family. Especially
rs | was expecting to become his WIFE
For years l have dreamed Of acquiring
great wealth..
''Oh. Godr' groaned the banker. And
on the first OF September would have led
this woman to the altar.
How soon love fades and withers into
nothingness Oh. but this other matter.
Mr.. Sellars is correct-the money is in the
trunk. Zuyola did my bidding. but he
would not have received one dollar of it.
He would have been as he is now, only a
body would have been found i'll the park
4 rarity filed bottle of wine-and death
enough! in it to have materially lessened
the number of park policemen. l never
cared specially for Earl. l thought he
would be 4 convenience some day, and
educated hia accordingly. lie knew no
will but mine. and think l had more feel
ing for him than anyone else. Tie has
committed no crime aside from eXchang-
inc those packages. That managed. 10
he sure he killed his father, but it was in
nv defense. / think l am sorry for Earl.
trust he will not regain his reason"
"A most remarkable woman observed
the detective.
And one. Mr.. Sellars, you may now
bring to the galows. as soon as is con-
sistent with your inclination,' said the
widow, arising to her feet.
There was quiet movement of her left
arm.
Scllars sprang forward, but too late.
She cast phial that had contained prus-
sic acid at his feet, and with the words.
II have escaped you. Mr.. Sellars, and a
derisive laugh. fell to the floor.
She was quickly borne into the adJoln-
inc room and laid upon the couch.
.'Thcre is no hope here!' exclaimed the
physician ''Prussic acid! The contents
of that phial would have killed fifty men.
Commissions are Selling her already. The
pupils of her eyes are cOntracting-her
teeth set"
30 Godr walled the banker. THAT