Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26

For ten minutes l waited while the house
was silent as the grave. Not board
creaked. not curtain rustled. Then, draw.
inr off my shoes, made softly across to {
window which reasoned must look out upor
the place where the ferocious BLOODHOUND
lurked. Inch by nch like trained house
breaker, raised the sash, my heart stopping
| dead still at the faintest creak then rushing
on with congestive jerks at an easy slide,
until finally it was propped up at a height
to admit of putting out my head and shoul'
ders.
! Cautiously / peered forth into the dark
ness, for dark it was, with only star gim-
| mering here and there, and nothing but
! faint outlines of the jagged mountain peaks
showing themselves against the sky. The
/ air was keen and cold, and the ground COW
| cred with a skim of hard, dry snow. A nice
| night indeed for people to be launching
themselves from second hand windows and
taking to their heels through unknown
! frozen districts.
We'll end up at the bottom of canyon
with fractured bone or two for company"
l muttered as l let my gaze roam despond-
emily about. There's the dog sure enough"
as my eyes, becoming more accustomed to
the darkness, made out moving, black body
on the snow beneath
1t is one thing to look down at a dog from
second-story window and another and
quite different thing, to rid yourself quietly
of him. On any other night i should have
exclaimed, "Impossible" and tamely closed
the window. But on this special night my
mind seemed fairly lurid with bright
thought. l suddenly sped back to the table.
clutched the napkin from my lunch tray,
and found that l had not exhausted the gen.
erous supply of cold meat sent up for my
refreshment With trembling fingers
spread out the contents of the medicine chest
upon chair close by and began in pur-
blind fashion to study the different labels.
Confusion seized upon my mind at the
first row. How could medical men pretend
to understand such gibberish? My mind
had not been neglected in my youth, and yet
could make nothing of it, Defeat stared
me in the face, but with a cold, proud smile
l counted the number of bottles had before
me- Then with a few bold sashes, ! had
the meat quartered and lying ready to my
hand.
This done and the bottles divided into four
different sets and ranged conveniently above
me- my real work began. The first relay Of
bottles came to me in the form of powders
/ dipped section No. OF my meat supply in
the milk jug before ! attempted to smear
1t over with as much of my powdery stuff as
j could make hang on, being careful to take
fair amount from each bottle in hopes
that in some Of them lay the deadly drug
sought. 1t was remarkable how much
made that piece of cold beef hold. When
not another grain would stick ! gathered it
up gingerly, crept to the window, took ac-
curate aim and flung 1t straight at the feet
of the restles animal.
They must have kept the brute half
starved, for with a plunge and snap, he
seemed TO catch the morsel while 1t was yet
in the air. But nothing happened; his
restless walk went on, and impatiently l
rushed back to my ghastly work This time
it was liquids with which ! had to deal,
and my work was easier, but how they
smelled! The house seemed reeking with
their biting fumes, and 1t was with stream
ing eyes / again sought the window and
stood with my second prescription suspended
over the hazy space below. No need to peer
about in the darkness now In search of my
restless prey. The animal expected me and
crouched directly beneath my window, where
the light from the lamp showed upon his
gaunt frame, revealing him with his huge
Jaws distended; a pretty sight for one who
might at any moment be pitched forth to
become his midnight lunch, Out went my
second lot. / could see him plainly this
time. He met 1t, his full length from the
ground, with an appetite perfectly disheart-
ening Not even it's horrid smell faxed him.
and down il went with a dreadful champing
sound.
While completely discouraged turned