The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
Our Daily Sport Story

tePssE Are you much of a toxoloxistY We'll. am going to show you something La spara or Brinvilliers would have--' TT am not the doetors said
 In that case he said, will show vou something of h"nnan interest. am in, ,ny 1 right mlnd now. as 1 said. but fear my mental balance has been recently disturbed am going to prevent that happening aeain Mad one moment sane the next: alive one instant-Permit me to rise-No, I won't leave the bed.'
 He reached to q shelf over the berth anu his hand closed over something and wen, to his mouth, before could stop him. or in fact realize his intention.
 "'-And dead the next he said with q smile. and fell back on the pillow.
 T yelled for the doctor, but before he could get 10 me Gaston was dead What the poison was we couldn't tell The aoctos couldn't get furtheP than guess at an al. kaloid. But 1t was swift. That's all | kno wabout 1t, vann." 4F T heard there was A suSpioio, Al amt eide" said Yann. after a pause. ',ut 1,evSJ knew exactly He had been gone A year when we heard of his death and then i came in and took possession. There uas nothing but some old furniture, dried ciav and sack of plaster beside the statua. ana paid Higson the back rent for the Iot. we'll can't say I knew much of him my .
 "NA iS AAEeA came ne was woTker-alwAys something big and no more pot boiiers than he had to. Hut be went daft on Lisetta. Rhe5 Oh. sine was Lisette think she cared for hin, fin I, way too Cared for him enough tn live With him and to mako life hell or narsd,sS Tor him according to her mood. .talr rsd-haired woman with blue eyes and a, a,s,n As "hite as milk. Gaston wasn't the firEt who was crazy over her by sofne seores ssNs. kept dozen of them danglipe aftsr ha. while she was with Gaston. That wss where his hell came in He badn,. .s strength to throw her off. rage as he mich, And she laughed at him and wound b,r, about her finger. goaded him to tbe noJn, or murder and then had him craving ar ner rect. Finally-he had just finisbe.t dozen or so
 What 0aston went through. e,aston ana God only know. He barred hls door gor month after she disappeared I rernsy3S S.. the tlrst Hme he opened .it even t6 ma hardly knew him. He showed ma ths1 statue then. Lorry. I wish you'd look a, that again. It's morbid. yes, but it'a a .a-I ,sllraeIe or art In my judgment it beats Proserpine hollow Comet"
 He turned on the light once mora ana Parker reluctantly arose and followed him 70 the massive figure supported on its trestled scaffoid in the corner of the room The' two men looked at 1t. Parker with a fascinated distaste and vann with the critt. car appreciation of the sculptor
 Isn't 1t grand!' exclaimed Yam .,roo,, at her; she seems to writhe See the aor- sal muscles and the doubled arm ans elsnohed hand. How did he get 1t, I wonder? The upper face Is like I,lsette;s think The mouth Isn't finished. vo,, notice It runs Into the base little more this way. Be careful! The scaffold,s a little ricketty. Don't lean on the edge; vol, --Ah" S~"
 The two men leaped backward as the giant figure slid towards them. The next Instant there was a crash and a cloud of punsent dust arose from where the statns lay shattered on the floor. As it cleared away Parker put his hand before his eyes and screamed.
 For the statue was a thick sheet of plaster of clay. whose core was yellow bonea and dry brown skin, and at the back of inc head plaster and clay was shfvered from strands. of long red hair that even then glistened in the light. --5+.@ And between wide stretched rows of small white teeth was a. gag of the hard brown clay.