The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-20

pduQlGS 1OI use WnGn Stalking
fowl upon the water. 1 soon had her
loose, and padded over wirnout difficulty; 4
hitched the painter over a mooring post,
and started across to Frogsthorpe. L
had made up my mind to rouse rlp old
Gully and Deeap-un, and return with
them to effect the apprehension of the
Popes
The moon was getting we'll up and the
clouds were opening out. rolnng along in
split-up masses. that left plenty of
space for the white light to come through.
TT>>Te was no difficulty in following the
track. nF
The old marshmen seemed less surpris-
ed than expected. But then it takes a
lot to upset the equanimity of a marsh
man. Their only, remark was. well
tha's rum I'm. Is A. told we not to
goo alooan.'
Within two hours Of my escape from
the Ferry inn we were all three crossing
the river in the punt.
The sensations Inexperienced in open.
ing the door gave me some idea of
burglars feelings at the commencement
of his career; butIothe9 two old fellows
to ok it quite as matter of course. We
had taken the precaution to bring a
horn lantern with US. and we lit UP
against the entrance. Unfortunately, Or
perhaps fortunately, as events urned out
GQllyJ WIZ Cd1IlS III last, let 90 OF the
door before it was closed A gust of
wind whirled round the corner. and with
a kick and a rush the door banged to-
Before we could get to the staircase door
I heard sound of hurrying footsteps up
stairs I tore open the panel leading
out of the kitchen and raced up the
stairs, Gully and Deeap-un 9 following
with the best expedition of which they
were capable. AS / entered my room
ID :.
pillow off the bed. Little Dan still
lay by the bedside, still and stark by
this time. AT our entrance the hus-
band and wife turned upon us with the
evident intention of making fight for it.
Ben hurled the pillow at me- but I dodg-
edit struck the wall and fell harmless
to the floor AT once Gully and I grap-
pied with the man, while Deeap-un
tackled the wife. Ben kicked and strug-
gled till Gully tripped him, and with a
cry of terror he fell backwards on to the
pillow. A yell, such as I hope never to
hear again, burst upon his lips
s'Yew!"- he howled, 'yew ha' done me.
Run for t, missus!"
His wife burst from Deeap-un and
flung herself beside him on the pillow
saw her start spasmodicahy as she fell.
My man. she said, it'Tll come along
o'ye.'
hCy WEI QulSI liGusf 1ncY. knew we
could do nothing to bring them to JUS
tice. They had taken a shorter road.
Ben was the first to show the effect of
the poison, as helfwas the first to fall.
His face drew in. and he painfully
reached his hand out to. his wife. Best
ed at last, old gall was what he said.
He struggled a second 9or two, then lay
still The ruffian had contriyed to make
quite pathetic end. I felt half sorry
for the two.
We stood apart, watching them; action
was useless. The woman kept silence
for a little space. I saw her eyes grow
fixed; her lower jaw began to drop in
the paralysis of death With a last ef-
fort she recalled intelligence to her
look, speech to her tongue. She spoke
but her words cannot be written down:
shudder, tremulous CONFUSION, and
all was over.
"Wen," said Gully and Deeap-un, sim
ultaneously, "tha'ss rum 'un; tha'ss
- rum 'un.''
You can read the story Of the inquest;
Of the discovery of a large number of
poisoned needles stitched among the
feathers in the pillow; of the finding of
rottlng' human bones in the dyke by the
house-in the local papers of the time.
How many had been done to death by
undiscoverable means in that house will
would serve to cover innumerable bodies.
1nquests had been held on deaths in the
town; but the country general practf-
toner had wrapped himself in the mys-
tic word "syncope," and no suspicious
had been aroused The subjects of these
inquests, together with what was found
IN the dyke, make UP a terrible list. But
1t is likely enough that what was not
found, and never can be found would
make the record twice as awful
analysed the poison and found, as
expected, that it resembled curari in
many respects But the crystals of if
differed in size, and from experiments
/ made at the time think it must have
been been a very highly-concentrated
preparation Of venom taken from the
poisoned bags of English vipers, and
worked up with some form of vegetable
poison, which greatly Increased it's viru-.
lence.
1t was probably concocted according to
some formula handed down among gfpsfes
and their cross-bred offspring for genera
tons A small pot Of the sticky color
less stuff was found in cupboard of the
inn-enough to poison a township.
You will know now why think that a
knowing marshman may be too know
ing; and why I decline to regard dogs
as inferior animals. -e-.
My poor little spaniel did his best to
warn me. He tasted, and he gave his
own life to save mine from the conse
quences of my disregard of his warning.
Greater love hath no man. and deuced
lew nave so much. Tt. causes me to think
that If had not shown that watch the
httle chap might still be- alive, for he was
ohiy young dog. But until the masters
get as sensitive and sensible as the dogs,
the more valuable lives are sure to he
sacrificed occasionally.