Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04
The Flower Of Death.


Anatole.
,,,toe staggered He haa come 20
s''' aDaprfuI evening with his old
y ~ Bardais, the savant whose
ds jp poisonous substances are 50
r m and favorably known put one
vel aD ',,plIppce Of heart and almost
sl% kindness Anatole had been
%! apsv appreciate more than any one.
VIZ Dow all of a sudden, without re-
1.1 1 for his feelings, without being pre-
jaw ~ W boar it. the terrible prognostic
!, 'I Dttared 6y 50 great an authority.
unfortunate fellow" continued the
,,otnr ,wbat have you done|
"Nothing that know or" stammered
Anatole, greatly troubled.
~Try to recoIIect Tell me what you
bova drank. what you have eaten, and
what you have bleathed."
THE last word spoken by the doctor
was ray of light to Anatole. That
,orv morning he had received a letter
t,om onp of his friends who was trav-
dino in India. In this letter had been a
flower pIucked on the shores OF the
Gauges by the traveler-a flower, red,
warned and of bizarre shape, the odor
drbicl, he remembered well now, had
seemed to him strangely penetrating.
Amtole searched in his pocketbook and
tsk therefrom the letter and flower in
npstioD, which he showed to the sa-
Tant
without doubt" exclaimed the doc
tr lit is the Pyramenensis Indica-
The fatal flower, the flower of death"
"DO you really think sop
lam sure Of it."
"But it is not possible. / am only %
rear old. | feel myself full of life and
health
when did you open that fatal let
teri
AT Q o'clock this morning."
well, tomorrow morning at the
same hour, indeed at the same mo-
nent, you feel a sharp anguish at the
heart, and it will be all over with you"
And do you not know any remedy,
lny means Of"
None" said the doctor, and hiding
bis face in his hands he sank backward
In an arm chair. choked with grief.
! From the emotion displayed by his
Old friend, Anatole realized that there
vas no hope. He departed in a dazed
manner
With beads of cold perspiration on
bis brow and his thoughts confused,
AnatOle moved along unconscious of
what was passing around him, and not
Een suSpecting that the streets were
hcOming deserted. He wandered a
Mg time thus; but at length, coming
na bench, he sat down.
The rest did him good. Until then
be had been like a man who has been
struck on the head with a club. The
effects of the shock were disappearing,
and he began now to collect his vagrant
thoughts.
My plight" thought he, sis that of
person condemned to death. Yet |
can still hope for mercy. By the way,
low much longer have l to live?"
he looked at his watch.
1T lacks three hours of morning. 1t
Is time was in bed. l go to bed, in
ueed. To devote the last sad hours of
uy life to sleep! No. can certainly
70 Better than that But. what? Par
uea' have it. l will draw up my
% will and testament"
a restaurant which remained open
al night was near by. Anatole enter
and sat down.
waiter, bottle of champagne and
sOottle of ink"
ne crank a glass and looked at his
%'uns-paper, rejecting: 'To whom
s4'l' leave my six thousand francs
uvOule! | have neither father nor
aO1'e'-a fact which is lucky for
a IN And among the persons who
NHeue." " A 0' -
~|eoe was one of his forty second
a, ,s'HS' charming young girl of 10
s~s WIN falr tresses and large, black
mn ma =. Like himself she was an orphan,
So 'liS community of fate had long
s,, eS"oi'Shed a bond of sympathy
k, VEL them. His will was speedily
Ns... up He left everything to
o aae e it was finished he drank a sec
~ glass of champagne.
c, aSvr Nicette," thought he. "Her
so,ls '"li' Who knows little of the
Nh S,Aeept his class, which he teach
Cooso pl"y on brass instruments at the
d nro, ,a'ofy' has bethought himself
amnr her hand to brute, sort
bias ~ Mhom she detests, because she
IlaonrS 0'ilef, as she has avowed to me.
brssssnn with reticence and an en-
b: P ,a ar Who is this happy NOR
aee Sp lie must be worthy of her,
IN g has fixed her affection on
Saata w. W. gentle, comedy, and affec-
aad tVelte deserves an ideal hus-
ai,s1 n AN, how we'll would she have
esapr : lot a wife. 1t is an infamous
sabrptw. spoil her life by giving her
akef,o,. nut why should / not he
IN ehamnion2 haro sa;a 4.