The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-16
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Its Internally dark said he'
stamping about.
"'We'n soon have a light I saidY
striking a match and putting 1t to a
~wax-candle which l had brought with
me. Now, Enoch Drebber,' 1 con-
tinued, turning to him, and holding the
light to my W face, who am l"
HE gaxed at me with bleared,
drunken eyes for a moment, n then
l saw a horror spring up in them ana
c~onvulse his whole features, Which
showed me that he knew me. He stag
gered back with a livid face, ana L
saw the perspiration break out upon
his brow, while his teeth Chartered.
At the sight, l leaned my back against
the door and laughed loud and long. l
had always known that vengeance
would be sweet, but had never hoped
for the contentment of soul which now
possessed me.
"'You dog!' I said, I have hunted
you from Salt Lake City to st. Peters,
burg, and you nave always escaped me.
| Now at last u wanderings nave
come to an end, for either you or l
shall never see tomorrow's sun rise
He shrink still further away as !
spoke, and 1 could see on his face that
he thought I was mad. So was, Tor
the time. The pulses in my temples
Beat like sledge hammers, and l be-
lieve / would nave had a fit of some
sort If the blood had not gushed from
my nose and relieved me.
"'What do you think of Lucy Fer
rier now?' | cried, locking the door and
shaking the key in his face. Punish
ment has been slow in coming, but 1t
has overtaken you at last l saw his
coward lips tremble as l spoke. He
would have begged for his life, but he
! knew well that it was useless.
"'Would you murder me?' he stam-
mered.
""There is no murder l answered.
WHO talks of numbering a mad dog?
What mercy had you upon my poor
! darling when you dragged her from her
slaughtered father and bore her away
to your accursed and shameless
harem?'
at was not l who killed her father
he cried.
"'But it was you who broke her in
nocent heart L shrieked. "thrusting the
box before him. Let the high God
Judge between us. Choose and eat.
There is death in one and life in the
other. l shall take what you leave.
Let us see If there is justice upon the
earth, or If we are ruled by chance
uIIA cnurprod nNVaU NVifGa wild cries
and prayers for mercy, but l drew my
knife and held it to his throat until
he had obeyed me. Then I swallowed
the other. and we stood facing each
other in silence for a minute or more,
waiting to see which was to live and
which was to die. Shall 1 ever forget
the look which came over his face
when the first warning pangs told him
that the poison was in his system? l
laughed as ] saw it, and held Lucy's
m%arriage-ring In front of his eyes. 1t
was but for n moment, for the action
of the alkaloid Is rapid. A spasm of
pain contorted his features; he threw
his hands nj in front OF. him, stag
Eered. and then, with a hoarse cry. fell
heavily upon the floor. 1 turned
him over with my foot and placed my
Aioiio hANAA us hNoiN+ 40
movement. He was dead!
1.-THE blood had been streaming from
my nose, but I had taken no notice Of
it. 1 don't know what it was thai put
1t into my head to write upon the wall
with it. Perhaps it was some mis-
chievous idea of setting the police upon
a wrong track, for 1 felt light-hearted
and cheerful. I remembered a Ger
mar being found in New York with
'Rache' written up above him, and it
was argued at the time in the news
papers that the secret societies must
have lone it. I guessed that what
puzzled the New Workers would puzzle
the L%ondoners, so 1 dipped my finger in
my own blood and printed it on a con-
venient place on the wall. Then I
walked down to my cab and found that
there was nobody about, n that the
night was still very wild. I had driven
some distance, when I put my hand
into the pocket In which I usually kept
Lucy's ring, and found that it was not
there. I was thunderstruck at this, for
1t was the only momento that I had of
her. Thinking that I might have
dropped 1t when I stopped over Dreb-1
ber's body, I drove back, and leaving
my cab in a side street, I went boldly
up to the house-for I was ready to
dare anything rather lose the ring.
When I arrived there I walked right
into the arms of a police officer who
was coming out, and only managed to
disarm his suspicious by pretending to
be hopelessly drunk.
THAT vas how Enoch Drebber came
to his end. All I had to do Their was
to do as much for Stargerson, and so
pay Off John Terriers debt. I knew
that he was staying at Haliday's FRI