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He ran his eye rapidly along the de
scanters fiis throat felt as though i
Eas packed with hot -four. His mouth
tasted AZ if he had been sucking {
4 brasH stap. His tongue was swoller
and His Hips were hard, cracked, and
I feverishg He sna tched the brandy bot
y tie from a spirit case, and poured AL
I that was In 1T into d heavy cilt-glass
4 tumbler Looking around for more
Tor the tantalus had only been about
one-fourth part full, he saw long
wick erscove bottle OF curacao, and
began to pour from At into the brandy
Them without water or minerals, he
began to gulp down this astonishing
B and powerful mixture, which, IN "a
Z Fourth Of Its quantity, would probably
have struck down the ordinary man
- IA tree snaps and falls In sudden
Wind
y had been Guests intention to
take enough alcohol to pnt him into
] methins like d normal condition, ana
then 70 return to the laboratory to az
stst Ct the concluding scenes Of the
demonstration, and to enjoy III his own
m@licious and sinister fashion. But
{ ne the liquor seemed to course through
hls veins and TO relieve them OF the In
tolefA 6ie strain, as ne felt his whole
4 bod respond to the dose OF poison to
#whlch he had accustomed It, thoughts
~ returning TO the laboratory became
very Mini and misty.
Here was this large, comfortable
room with lie panelled walls, It's old
family portraits In their massive gilt
frames. this fire OF wood logs In great
open hearth, sending out 30 pleasant
I and hospit abs m invitation To remain.
\ Every ,hber of the wretch's body urged
MIN % take the twilight hour and en-
! 10y it.
Guest sat down In q great arm chair,
padded with crimson leather, and gaz-
% dreamily Into the white heart OF
ne IRE He felt at peace. and for Ave
minutes sat there without movement,
booking. In the pickering freight, like
I some gr0tesque Chinese sculpture
sOIiesg0d Of darkness made by d silent,
imo0n-faced man on the far shores Of
the Yangtse.kiang.
Inen NE. Guest began TO move
+ again the fuel that ne had taken was
burning ouS, me man g organism had,
0ecome Mke one of those toy engines
Tor children which have for furnace 4
little methyl lamp. and witch must
tantiy be rem Hed n a Tie wheels cf
tne mechanism are 10 continue to res
;Sosye:
.$ rss Guest r9dsle from the arm chair
5A q NJ shamnis3 over 70 the sideboard
"a i|ns IL si curacao was still
n Almost 20 kfdlls though there did not APP
pe1sI 10 besa any more brandy.
That you'd 10, he thought, and he
poured from the bottle into his glass
% 4 he had been pouring beer The
wretched man had forgotten that In
Ais presentg stat state upon the
very verge 81 swift and hidden parox-
yam and yieath The long abstention
Sof the mOrnint and e fternoon had mod
1insd his physiolog icals condition. More.
oNet the sud denness Of these stealthy
I lions An the dining room began 40
have their way with him. He was 4
HON Y was almost impossible to
make Intoxicated, as the ordinary per-
e1n sind erstands intoxi cation. When
Guest WIS drunk his mind AZ became sew
I erai shadeS more evil; that was all
But at this moment the man sue
stumbled, and "a half an hour his brain