Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-12-21
WITNESS 70 THE DEED
BY M. QUAD.

deut protest | was flung out of the
house at half an hours notice and re-
fused Il character. I was idle for the
neXt three months. The first thing de-
handed when | applied for place
was a character. AS soon as 1t was
TO talk further. 1t was for this reason
that ] finally paid a fee to an intelli-
Ience office in AIargate street and was
ut length sent for to take 2 place at
general hOuscWork. 1t was an old
man named Dyson who wanted me.
He was willing to take me without Il
character because he would have to
pay less wages and because, us he
Erimly asserted, there was nothing
lying around loose in his house for one
TO steal AS we sat face to face
sized him ZIP as mean and penurious,
but | did not see any evil in him. He
had an aged and inirm wife, he told
me. and woad be the only servant.
1t was not for me to pick and choose.
] must have a place and hold it long
PIltuSll " StI IL Altll sittNI dSdih.
went with him miles and miles out on
tie IIolborne road. and we at last ar
rived at the chcaply built and cheap
looking cottage he occupied. 1t was a
place devoid Of almost AL convenicnces
and had been selected for its cheap
rent. ! found the old wife deaf, almost
blind and pnlSied, and it was apparent
that she had no care whatever She had
become childish and petulant. and be-
fore | had been in the house halr an
hour MI Dyson whipped her with q
strap Tor saving that she was hungry.
AS he whipped her | saw him look at
| her in Il way to give me chill. In the
| course Of three or four days | made ur
| my mind that he regarded her with de-
| testaiion and adherence and was hour
| " hoping for her death. | wondered
that he had not pushed her down stairs
or found other means to bring about an
| "accilental" death. but the old man
| was fun Of craft and cowardlce.
soon had evidence that he was i'll love
with a widow in the neighborhood. or
| I'll IblSt ne tItSlItti W Jt IINS 81 eAA'No ~A>
could marry her. The man had no &C.
clrpation and seldom left the house.
During my first two weeks in the place
| he never allowed me to see the wife
| except in his presence and found faul1
if | cooked anything extra for her or
expressed my sympathy. lie had a
way of whispering to himself and a
dozen times over heard him say:
1--WE waited for five years. but
won't wait much longer. III get RID OF
her and he happy
My natural impulse on finding ou'
how he felt toward his wife was 10 II!
the house but have explained how
was situated. And too, soon got tht
feeling thut ought TO stay to protec'
fine poor old woman. figured IL ou
that. while he might thirst for mel
dcath. he would not proceed TO eX
tremities while | was in the house.
seemed rs If he would have lived OF
aIonp. AS he had done for the last tW'
months. if he meditatcd anything o.
that sort didn't know the depth "
bis craft however. He had brough
mo there to work her dcath throusi
mo The first thing suSplcioned thl
way was ore morning when ne asNe'
mo 70 help her down stairs. Inc staii'
were steep and shaky. ana he lilu p.le'
ono of the steps loose, that II hlls u
s,id. from under our feet AS mat
for of fact. it did give way oul
a,u,ht myself and saved the woman
when old dyson saw the failure Oh III
Mot. he looked chagrined anu satas
and presently found excuse for cui'N
the poor wife's ears. ,,
In the course of a couple OF VIZ =,
bo declared that the cellar was LUZ
RATS and gave me money anu WV
nondrd me to buy arsenic. ne recon-
'nnnded me to 20 to store miles ava
nnd to cav that | wanted 1t TOT ~
nn,,loxjon and to give my own han'
! went to drug store only wv o ,ho
owov and gave his name anu WV y,
. no discovered this he was hlsnly :.
aI for day. and rather eApet
w ~ no thrown out. However ia ~
GU ", If three or four days ne oese
anod another plan. After coacn,ns .. o.
o ,ih vito he left me alone WIN ue no =
tha first tine. and she besseu .na an
~" n,r some laudanum for too.n"eI
~, ,nt mention the matter 70 nm. -.
a.. "s ~" casv TO tell that she haa pee
Y o "" what to say, ana l , e.em 90
, 1"~ the drug. A few days 'a'e I'D ,
w was preparing her SOUP ,,+a VINE
WAS ,,o p thn Kitchen for a minute w WV
,''. .,tur,.d tine soup was glslns "a 0t w,
a.nonae od9r, and. being sal'Su ~
s str hHus I had poisoned, IT, .oo,se
j. a an threw 1t away liz
,,. nv waste, but when 'oSI :
n n,ni had no more to say. nvsons q,
| 1 nav Il when the climax came, I NJ n n
weeks WV" was holding her own OWL, II ~
w wa,n better, and the h,'son IT, The !
s Satjence had savage ea nss sise of Il
ncnro0" All Wa along on that side ,v wat
n noun' excavation for faeto py,, w" wat,
o os1p, was full of stones l.som anu the e" d
f E,rom the bedroom wlnd .vSs NIL all Of
fFp'" vi .,,o oe,lnp bottom wAs ~ ~