The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-07-25

1 ~ NAA tfitUN VIII UNLIKELY w
ing. aud who had made !, his especial
delight TO torment me because Of my
esfeminate appearance aud bashful
manner, brought his prosecutions 30
climax by leading crowd Of
schoolmates 10 catch me, throw me
down and pile on top of me. was
severely hurt, but my physical In
iuries were insignificant compared
with the humiliation. And NJ lay.
ground into the rarth under that
wrigEling mass of boys, the hot blecd
surged through my head, carrying
/ win " Srur- of courage. and bit
ter hatred which had never guessed
l was capable Of possessing.
"when they piled of of me and let
me rise. iimping and nearly smoth.
cred while they ran away laughing. ]
picked up big Jagged stone and fol-
lowed them remember II was
some hours before succeeded In get
tiag squarely In front of the big
Peter Werner, who had led the AS
sauls. aud who had by this time for
gotten II. LEI drive my stone with
all the force I possessed, and re-
member well the wild Joy which pos-
sesssd my soul when saw the blood
Spurt from his head, snd beheld him
lying unconscious on the ground. In
the days that followed while he lin
gered between life and death, I never
could be brought 20 ace wherein |
had done wrong, although after the
excitement had passed away, and my
ba aahfuluess had rrasscrtcd itself,
realized the terrific force of my paH'
sion.
Only two or three times after that
was u aroused. but those few times
served 30 demonstrate more clearly
my utter inability 10 restrain myself
! when injustice or abuse set loose the
torrents of my temper. cent ON
through boyhood and youth with my
! sensitive. reserved and lonely nature.
had few pleasures and no eompan'
ions after my mother died.
The one bright ray that came into
my life. was Alice Wilson. As i S"y
| I worshipcd her As youth made
her the goddess of my dreams, and
builded her into air castlrE which can
only come to persons who live the
lonely and companionlrss life that I
led. After ] was well along into
young manhood, and had made some.
thing ot success IN my vocation.
after contact with the world had
brushed the gloss of my dreams and
had hluuted somewhat the edge Of
my shrinking sensitiveness ! pluckcd
mp courage 10 propose TO her. She
refused me, but II was with tender
ness and with evident distress. She
told mc that she had never dreamed
that ! admired her. and was fu.t ot
pity and regret She was engaged 10
Philip sherry, she told me, and loved
him with all her heart.
"Shc married him. and cruwied
back into myself again, and went en-
In my lonely life Philip Sherry was
rake and n cur. He broke her heart.
dis sipated what little fortune she had
and became involved In n notorious
scandal 70 badly that he was dragged
into court. In divorce ease brought
Ivy another man against his wife.
II happened 20 be In the Mrtropoi'
tan hotel one day, where ! had been
summoned 10 figure on some changes
20 he made In rrmodeling n. and he.
came the accidental aud unseen wit.
ness Of an interview between Sherry
and his wife. II was In the public
psrlor. hut they thought themselves
] 81.
him TO leave the country and save
their children from further disgrace,
surely 10 ls cntalled by his presence
al the Forthcoming suit, She was
dry-eyed and calm. bu' I pray God
will never let me see face into
which Is written broken heart 30
vividIy as was in hers. He wns some.
what in liquor. brutal and sneerine
She did not talk angrily. but very
plainly, He became insolenf insult.
ing and abusive. lie said things that
filed me with horror that they should
be spoken to any woman, but most
of Hll TO her.
'And then. governor" and walkea
directly IN front of the governor, and
looked him -quarcly In the eye. "he
struck her. Yen, as tod is my judge,
he struck her, and reelrd out OF the
room. With that blow ! started for
ward from where I had stood trans.
fixed during the brief interview. IA
she saw me she flushed deeply, and ms
she caught the expression on my
face, cried out as turned to leave
the room;
mir. Drummond, be careful; oh
b. careful
1T was late that night when
found him. He was in the hotel
lobby. laughing and joking with
party Of friends. struck him down
with his own cane. Tine biuw was
mortal. meant II 10 be. l was glad
of IL when ! saw him dying ihvre on
the floor. have been glad OF u ever
since. am glad of i now. | would
do II again this minute " all the fires
of hell roared In front Of me and
awaited me. And II behind me were
all the joys ever hoped for"
The governor sat for some min.
utes with those intruspeetiye eyes
turned Inward. and wondered II he
had heard me. Then he arose, put
out his hand for mine. placed his 9th
er hand on my shoulder and said;
"And I would pardon you with the
same conditions facIng me. You viii
be a free man before night"
L -
I.srs Salisbury. ssiairr Son.
Lord Cecil, Lord saiigbury's soldier