Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30

fectly certain he was doing right.
He rang the bell as soon as he got in
I'VE want some glasses, suppose. don't
WEI" he said.s4- ~ ss,s,~g.-.!sa.z.
Thurso looked at him furtively.
But the servants mustn't know" ne
said. .-ss.s..-s=.
know. Bring a couple of, glasses. please,
he said to the man. us there any'hihs
else?" he asked Thurso. --->.>.a.-zs.s til,
II take little hot water and sugar with
it, he said. ---f..~'fsa.
Hot water and sugar. please" said
Cochran. -:
Then sudden distrust came Into
Thurso's mind.
said.
Cochran felt one moment of vast pity for
him. Ever since they had gone out ana
found him crouching in the corner CT me
hall he had felt that it was different per
sonality from the -Thurso of .he last three
| days whom they found there 1t was as II
| he was possessed-he was furlive ana sus.
thirst, thirst for that drug that had al,
ready dragged him so near to rum ana
| death, that expunged from his MIND an an
sense of honor, all the moral code py
which men were bound all sense that other
| people were bound by 1t.
NO I'm not going to cheat you ne
said. Il suppose you forged the prescrip-
| ton again."
The man had brought the glasses. hot
| water and sugar by this time. and Thurso
| eagerly undid the bottle. What exactly
was going to happen Maud d,d nov Know oss
trusted the Power which he feis sure was
| bidding him do this.
| Thurso poured some half Of the bottle
| into his own glass and passed it across to
| Cochran. -
Il wouldn't take much if were you" he
said, pouring hot water into his glass and
stirring up a lump of sugar IN 1t. :.
Greedy fellow!"' said Cochran And is
| that your dose? Why It's half the bottle.
Again Thurso giggled
| II know. It's regular big dose this
| time" he said Il never took quite SO
much before.
once more a moment of weakness came
| to Maud
ION. Thurso, Thurso" she said irnplor-
| ingly.
| But he did not seem to notice her. i
"And then / shall sit by the fire. he
went on and have six hours of Paradise
| l shouldn't take more than teaspoonful
| if l were YOU he said to Cochran that S
what / began with.
"Ah then see here" said Cochran.
| He poured the rest of the bottle into his
glass. 1t was rather more than Thurso
had taken Then without troubling about
| hot water or sugar, he drank it off. Thurso
| had just raised his glass to his mouth, but
he put it down.
"Why. it will kill you, 1t will kill you!''
| he screamed. w hat nave you uoHS: Iou
| must take an emetic at once. You'll be
| dead in a couple of hours. Maud. don't sit
! there" he cried. Send for the doctor.
Send for somebody, quick!
But Maud did not move. Cochran looked
at her once and she smiled at him, and he
seemed satisfied as If he had been waiting
for that-just her assurance of confidence
that the smile gave. Then he turned to
Thurso.
Now 1 haven't interfered with YOU he
said, land you are not going to interfere
with me- What I have drunk will not have
the smallest effect on me, because l have
done it to show you, when l could think
| of nothing else that would show you, how
YOU have been a slave to that which had
| no real power or effect of any kind. 1t
| has been your intention, your false belief,
! your self-indulgence that has brought you
| to this. And now, at last. perhaps you will
| see the unreality of it. But you have made
| 1t through errors so real to yourself that
| you have become what you are today. Just
| think for moment what you We're a year
| ago, and think what you are now
Thurso walked up and down the room,
waving his hands, gesticulating in despair
during this Once he tried to go to the
door, but Cochran had stepped in front of
it, and stood there.
Aren't you going to drink that?" said
Cochran at length, pointing to the glass
Thurso had set down untasted.
Thurso again did not seem to hear him.
"Oh, l implore you" he cried, Il i'm
| pore you to go and take emetic, and be
| quick about it. You have taken a fatal
| dose. You will be dead in a couple Of
| hours. And it's my fault. You did it to
convince me. Oh, If you'll only go, l will