The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-10
Copyright 1906 by w. c. chapn,.

guessed his secret, and on the spsa,
Sunday evening about which / an,
ing 10 tell YOU I asked him to COM ~,
visit me al our house. He had neg,ssaa'.
ed me terribly of late, leaving nv 5,lll-s
ters unanswered, seeming indifferert
my presence He had ceased altoeat
10 speak or our marriage, and the ~
things which really interested him N.y
his law work and his evenings in rsi.
DANES set When l pressed him. ba'al'
ever, he promised faithfully to corr 7
see me on that special Sunday. ana 0,
sat for long time in this room ma. q
ing for him. He did not arrive. ana,
grew restless. I put on my bat ~
went along down the road TO meet b,-l
He did not appear. I felt desner..
then. and determined to DO 49,
thing. / took the next train to ton.
! arrived in London between ana =
o'clock and took a ransom straight .,
his rooms. The landlady whom 7 bos
already seen once or twice. told -
that he was in. I went upstairs AZ
knocked at his sitting room door
heard his voice say. Come in ana
entered. He was sitting on the sof.
and did not show the least surprise ..
seeing me. He asked me IN a Ion
languid voice what ] had come about
his appointment with me. had come ~
HIM. AS 1 spoke / looked around tbs
room. 1 noticed that be had in his
hand a long pipe, and that there was
peculiar, Sickly OdOr in the air. A small
spirit lamp of uncommon shape Stood
burning on the table. I immediatelv
guessed what was happening. When
interrupted him he was INDUCING IN
opium smoke. He was drawing I'm the
pernicjous. the awful drug. and did nor
care that J should interfere with him
| was determined. however, to probs
this matter to the bitter end. resolved
AT any risk to save him. I knew that
there was only one way To do this
must learn the truth must find out
what that thing was which was casting
it's awful shadow over him. Like a flash
it occurred to me that in his present
condition il would be easy to wrest So
creJs from his lips. ] would. therefore
encourage him to smoke. Instead OF
blaming him. therefore. for smoking
the opium, 1 sat down by him and
asked some questions with regard tn
it. ! requested him TO continue the
pleasure which I had interrupted. and
showed him that ] was much interest
ed in the effects of opium. Low as he
had fallen, he evidently did not like to
llQulSt III TIE LoIIlBtc ndDll lu my
presence: but I would not hear to his
denying himself. I even helped him 10
put some more of the prepared opium
into the bowl of the pipe. ] smiled
gently at him as the heavy aromatic
smoke curled up round his nOstrils.
soothing and calming him. He began
TO enter into the fun of the thing as he
called il. and asked me to seat myself
by his side. ! felt sick and trembling
but never for a moment did my resO-
luton fail me. AS he got more and
more under the influence Of the opium
and I noticed the pin-pOint pupils Of
his eyes, / began to question him. Ny
! questions were asked with eXtremt
care and deliberately. step by step,
wormed his secrets from him. 4 ghast
ly plot was revealed TO me. a plot s,
horrible, so certain i'm lis issues, tina
l could scarcely restrain myself Will,