The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-30


oh. yes. I saw an experiment q
bis on E-.11ermere = month ago An
almost invisible particle Of natter
dropped on The water produced miles
Of pink cloud. have information
thar be is on one Of the cs1srted Is
lands Of The Madeiras. Lieut. Har-
rison. the young naval ofheer Of vhon
spoke. can find H.
We started At daybreak on satur
day morning The dense pink atmoz
phere made navigation dihhcult Or
Tuesday morning the lieutenant reck-
oned that We we're within a hundred
miles OF Funchal. the capital Of the
Madeiras
The pink vspor grew denser After
We had run for haif an hour Al hair
speed II became 80 thick that We could
not see from head 70 stern Of the lit
tie vessel
We had some tea al FIVE Just as
We had finished there was a grating
noise; thfa a sound as OF silk being
ripped. only a hundred times louder
Then we stopped
She's got H." Harrison pronounced.
calmly. Shell 20 down within i've
minutes Lower the boats. boys
The boats were IN the water. and
We we're in them in less than two miu-
utes.
May hre torpedo before she
sinks. sir?" asked Harrison. 1T
might shake the vapor OF. or blow
up one Of Longs Internal apparatuses-
II wont take a minute"
4 don't want you 10 run any risk
protested. doubtfully.
He waved his cap gayly and raj
down below. Suddenly the boat reeled
over upon US. felt myself crushed
down into the wafer-doWn-down.
When ! emerged ] was almost uncon-
scious. and ! should hare drowned
after ali but a piece OF grating hoated
near me and clung 10 H. There was
no sign OF any OF my brave comrades.
] called them BY name and none an
swered. God rest them.
! was tempted 10 let myself sink
after them. but the sight OF the cursed
mist brought an angry resolve to hght
IL, and l struck out slowly for the
shore. ! was badly bruised in land
ing and could hardly stand / stole
into an empty hut In the night and
found a long knife. and some food
and water, and slept TN the morning.
The next morning came upon Long
suddenly round some bushes There
was no parley. He fired az me twice
with a revolver and missed. The sec
ond time ! struck up his arm. My knifs
went in just underneath.
I dragged him away and buried him.
The six men who were left on the
island three had perished in the ex-
plosion) were too mad to suspect me,
or even 10 miss Long
The etherine watts were fed from
piles Of yellow and gray dusty ma
terial There would be a fearfu. ex-
plosion. the attendants told me. II
gray feed we're FIVE minutes late.
fought the two attendants at each sta
tion in turn to prevent them coutlnu-
ing the gray feeds and killed them
all. God knows I was sorry, but Il
had 10 be done for the sake OF the
poor mad world. The stations blew
up as they said.
The pink mist grew falnte and
TIL al last II was only a dim
haze on the sea afar. I don't remem-
Der exactly how it went, and | did not
know that fortnight had passed tin
the Sarah Dillon took me OF. and the
captain told me
! thought the madness would have
passed by the time that reached
England. and In my vanity I pictured
myself being hailed as the rescuer OF
tae world But when I landed I found
sll the people somber and sullen. The
blessing" had gone. they said and
and sin had come back 10
he world Most OF them were very
pale sld feeble. In addition 70 the
nervous exhaustion OF the frenzy.
many Of them had been half starved
Turing the epidemic. as they neglected
he common necessities Of life; but
tArg h@tElDtu tue Evils NntCn We're.
'aused by the madness TO its cessation.
1 was out OF the question TO proclaim
ny part In removing Il. and judged
I wise TO pretend that I. too. had suf-
cred from IT,
The trains were running again. and
went up 10 London. On the way I
earned that several OF those who
erved the prime minister during the
pidemic had been assassinated.
My wife and children received me
nectionately pretended to have
uccumbed to the vapor and to mourn
or It as they did. Ny pallor and
prevented any suspicion. and
ny wife said that a weight was re-
moved from her mind now she knew
hat ! had benefited from f.
! found letter from the prime
which. luckily. she had not
pened II inclosed bank notes for
10000 ! started to 20 TO him the
ext morning: but a mob was round