The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-25

was painful. and nv yn;o out the ero,,
". sper The faithful fello was hush,
my returned consciono' oyerjoyss
un 70 table and fetcheS quicklr
eh ne gave to me to dr,nS ohe brandy
o 10 tear the membraA' The stcr
loat' out shortly it had ;.n IRON nv
ie :. ana l felt much relieva ~ Proper ef.
what have You dona NJ,
esnana e' wondering by what mn. Snyder.
escaped from the fellow miracle haa
\ DO not know what yo,
.ars ereo, with puzzled loot Ian Hans
men remembered tina,
The me- with Snyder, at ieas, b vas no,
ne man VINO was stranplins~ oy aams
p' :. .rs Did you let him asc, me l ex.
s,o,-; was no man. he sa,s.
n,; aSng ms head gravely. h. 'a aS then
~ish Or. Meyer would re,n ne ADDED; I
ne would be gone but a tan he said
am AFRAID YOU are much ~. moments
Nonsense l replied NO,
10 you mean TO tell ma .t I'M.
vas not IN my room? Thai ia. sny-
ave mpt TO choke the life OUT 80 ne ald not
nave you forgotten he me
10 la l sleep in the ADJOINING answered ~ns"ered,
.,iat no one could have entersS r 10 and
sieep without my knowing itg "He'e you
nat was so. 1t was now nv
look puzzled. Never mind iy tern to
thing ." you Know any.
lew words will tell the tala,,
piieu' mad been in bed less - "e re'
hours by the clock when ! beors nan two
Ter your room, Instead of -: you en-.
once you began to pace the a. a;
was something unusual for vo, "uleh
TIME or night. Twice | was 81 d. mat
Knock and ask if you were m ha. 70
tine remembered that If Won wan ~. saca
you would let me know. Then 49,. NE
might be that some business mots' Il
trcuoiing you, or, perhaps. soma 49,, "S
hChor, and with thoughts such - y. VI
wding on my drowsy brain sHes
uaily went off into my second s,.an e ,,
long L. slept / know not. hu, !. s nVw
that l had scarcely closed nv e,as V ,-le
l was once more disturbed by ssa
| thump, which Jared the room a. "a
lscmething heavy had fallen | rosa
my elbows and listened. Save my beos,
Whlch knocked violently at nv ribs ~
was quiet as the grave What was -,
L asked myself. After all. could /, bar,
peen only dream? l was ahop, =.
throw myself back once more ON mn, a,
low when / was again startled Inv
shui1ilng noise, followed by a groar
winch seemed to proceed from thu MA,
where you were sleeping. Bouncing a.,
o. bed, threw open the door leadinc -
your room, and was Mortified 10 discov.,
that you were lying on the floor nv.
conscious and gasping family for breath
turned the gas on full and saw ths,
you We're bleeding at the nose and month
ana that your face, swollen and dis
tcrted, was blue from suffocation Yon
must have suffered intense agony for IN
your commissions you had seized your
throat with your right hand and SO DOW.
erful was the grip that / found II neces
sary to pry open your fingers with the
handle of nut cracker before | coula
loosen the deadly hold. That grip alepe
would have ended your life in five min
utes If | had not come to your rescue
when ! did. You began to show signs
of revival the very instant that | reless.
ed your throat from
One moment cried Did you ten
this TO DR.. Meyer
Yes he answered.
THAT will do, Hans ! said. I think
the doctor will want me to remain quiet
No doubt I have been very ILL., but I
shall soon recover ] saw it all as the
truth suddenly broke upon my under
standing. 1t was not Snyder himself, but
SHyder's arm that had done the choking.
Then | understood why my right arm
seemed powerless, why / had felt as Il
Snyder's arm was no longer part Of ny
anatomy. While l slept I had lost con-
troll over it, and it had once more sue
cumbed to the influence OF that mysteri-
Gus power The arm had throttled me IN
my sleep. and when / awoke was too
much exhausted to release my throat
from the vice-like grip which 1t still re-
tanned. If Hans had not come to my re-
lief when he Gid, | should have persisted
/ shuddered and a suppressed groan cane
to my lips. The thought was dreadful
'At this juncture DR.. Meyer entered
the room with an open newspaper fut.
tering in his hand. Hans | said, yol
may walk around the square. / shall moi
want you for an hour
Well, DOCTOR l said, when Hans had
left the room.
Well, lieutenant he replied, eyeini
me strangely.
You know all, doctor; YOU know IN
cause?' 1 cried.
He nodded his head.
Doctor, cried, I am determined no
to pass another night with this arm. Oh
it comes this very day, even If IT cost
me my life
In your present condition that VII
surely be the cost, he answered cooly.
:" Nonsense" | persisted. Barring
little weakness. and very sore throat
am none the worse for my choking
II is the mind, doctor. If my mind is nc
soon relieved l fear something serlou
may happen. one more ordeal such q
that of last night would, | believe De
prive me of my wits.
Listen he said. AT present you ar
not strong enough TO undergo an Opera
ticn. To amputate your arm in you
j. present state would jeopardize your lie
Have patience, for l think | see sag
and less painful way to end your TROUPE
II have Just been looking over this mora
ing paper and it contains startling new
he old Countess Elberstein was murder
, ed last night, or rather between anu
o'clock this morning.
'Whatr i cried, starting up from ~.
/, pillow. Poor countess! Eccentrie' ~
generous and noblei Poor lady! -.
"The doctor, unheeding my remain,
went on. She was strangled IN het ~
The assassin was detected In the ac'' or
captured. His name is FREDERICK 'A'
, der -, coun
Frederick snyder-strangied.eo.un-
tess-jn bedr l repeated Slowly a.. o.
, thoughtfully. Why, DOCTOR l cree N
, is astonishing 1t is very refnaL noe
, coincidence. 1t is strange. very stISn o,,r
Lieutenant he said. you forgs ~, /,
, self. There is nothing strange aoo. a
,, 1t all goes TO show that at least VI, ,bs
, your theories are correct TO WIN Aha
there is a current of sympathy snr
,, passes between the arm and STUMP.
: der chokes the countess; your an" Ant
Snyder's arm which you nave mo
bound to do some choking also' ~ 80 n
ll-h. ~ ln,,ntncs therefore " uVts =