The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-08-24
The Two Draughts
By c. T. OvERMAN

remittnnces we're sent-nnd he did not
know very much about Il all.
Well. anyway. he had Increased the
remlttances IA his income had in
creased. and the boy had had chance
80 far "a education was concerned far
beyond anything for which tho doctor
ever lad hoped for himself
Cognlzant OF the fact that this Dort
Of thing never would do II he were To
complete the experiments upon which
his great address to the Medical asso-
citation was To be based DR.. Cruwder
shook his Nwney name and arose. lie
seized glass Of water standing on the
table In front OF him and gulped IL
down and turned To his work. The wa
ter tasted rather peculiar. and he
paused moment to look at the glass.
Right noxt To II stood another glass
containing fluid as colorleas and "a
tastolosf as watcr-but deadly poison.
This was tho basis Of the experiment
he was making.
Great Cod" the thought flashed
through his mind. Could | possibly
have made a mistaken
The cold sweat stood on his temples.
n he had drank the poison he would be
a dead man within a half hour-and
there was no known antidote. Panic
seized his mind and he trembled like
leaf lnatlnotiyely he turned to run.
Then his Fplondid brain resumed its
functions and he laughed aloud.
Fool" he said bitterly TO himself.
Find out; test the other glass"
Eagerly he reached for H. But his
hand trembled and was unsteady-a
thing which had not happened In 20
| years-and the precious glass went
crushing to the floor.
DR. Crowdor stood looking at the
broken glass and the liquid trickling
ON the floor. look OF stupened horror
on his face. Now. Indeed. must he face
tho ultimate horror Of waiting. wait.
ing. waiting, for his doom, lie knew
the torture OF 1.-The who had written
10 many commanding essays upon the
attributes Of the human mind and the
unalterable and unoonquernhle infu'
enco OF fear.
My GOdl" shrieked the physician
Il will go insane In half hour OF this
sort of doubt
Thcn again his splendid brain came
10 his aid.
III am 10 die" he said, II must
prepare for H." The peculiar feeling
In his head left no doubt In his mind
that he had taken the poison.
Then his thought turned quickly TO
the wife OF his youth and his boy
whom he had never seen lie turned
quickly 10 his desk and wrote rapidly
for some minutes He wrote the secret
and the history OF his life. lie eH.
planned the change In his name and hiA
relation To Tom Billings and Ethel
Wood and-the boy And then he
wrote a will leaving all he had TO his
wife and boy. Staggering to the door
he summoned the janitor and ordered
him. m his old. imperious way. 10
find frlend-at once Which, being
done, the two signed their names M
witnesses and the document was hur.
riedly placed In AN envelope and given
10 the ianitOr 10 mail 10 Ethel-which
the ianitor did at once
Some hours later the janitor found
DR.. Crowder stiff and stark on the floor
Of his laboratory and the greatest ply
slcinns in all the great city were sum
moned
After he came TO, Dr. Crowder looked
for a moment into the face of the great
doctor who stood over his bed--a coll
league and a friend-and said: mo
use. Ned. It's the new poison"
The man bending grayely over him
smiled indulgenty.
"lta only nightmare. Fred" he
said II feared II myself whom ! saw
the stun In your laboratory. but
have tried every test and Il is not 10.
You are oyerworked; better 20 some
where and take rOst Dr."
where's the ianitor?" asked Or.
Crowder, with sudden interest.
The Janitor was found and brought
In
Did you mail that letterY" asked
Dr. Crowder
yes, SIR" replied Ole Larson.
within ten minutes OF the time you
sealed II"
"um-m-m!" remarked DR.. CroWder.
yes, Fred, J think win take rest
Find when the next train goes 20
Pottstown, i think Will 90 and SEQ
my tolks-and Fred, you deliver this
address before the international .dedi-
cal association. don't think | will be
back IN time, ! will write the commit
tee explaining H."
Copyright, 1906, by raily story Pub Coz