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praised and seemed to be his favorite
character in fiction.
In this way he trained my mind.
and when he suggested to me that |
kill him. the idea was not as horrible
as it would have been had my mind
not been prepared by the training
through which l had passed. In fact
the suggestion seemed To come as n
matter of course and was not near so
horrible as il undoubtedly seems to an
outsider that is, TO one who hears il
for the first time.
Tho doctor had determined to die
lie had told me that so often that |
had hegun to look upon his death as a
matter of course and the fact that he
could not commit suicide without his
family losing his life insurance was
also impressed upon me-
"I guess I'll have to get some one
TO kill me- said Dr.. Rustin one night
after we had been talking about his
death.
THAT was all he said then. Some
time later he made the same state
ment-I guess I'll have to get some
one to kill me
"'If you die, I'll die, too | said
THAT seemed to please him, and
still again he said to me, I guess III
have to get some one to Kill me-
"But at the last minute found that
/ could not do Il, The training had
not been complete, and | failed him.
Insurance Men in Case.
The insurance companies have
taken a hand in the mdrder mystery,
and three different companies filed pc.
titions in the district court asking
that the testimony of both Charles
Davis and Mrs. Rice be perpetuated,
A list of questions which was attached
TO The petition is proposed To Davis
and Mrs. Rice the questions covering
practically the same ground as that
covered at the inquest The purpose
is 10 have the testimony of these two
witnesses in proper legal form TO pro
sent as evidence In case either should
leave the jurisdiction of the Omaha
courts.
The insurance companies signing
the petltion are the Aetna Life of
Hartford. which had $1,000 policy
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tetanus germs forced itself into his
mind. But his two attempts had
failed-and still there was the clause
In his insurance policy forbiddlng sui.
eide. lie must die by the hand of
some one else. Into the half-crazed
mind of the physician there slipped as
shrewd and diabolical an idea as any
one had ever known.
DO you love me?' he asked Abbie
Rice.
You know do" she responded.
Then If you love me, kill me, -
calmly suggested the physician.
The woman shrank back in horror.
IL will live for you. but | will not
kill you,' she told him.
IF you love me as you say. kill
yourself afterward. | will arrange
that, but you must not kill yourself
so as to make any scandal want
to spare my wife as much of that as
possible"
The woman pleaded with him. but
he was obdurate. He was drinking
heavily and taking drugs. too, so he
was not responsible for what he did.
I'm going TO kill myself" he de-
clared bluntly, but | have to have
some one to do it. Now it IL you or
come one else"
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CHAPTER n.

II was so subtle at first that his
friends did not know what to make of
H. They first noticed the difference
after he had lost particularly trying
case. The doctor could not explain
lie became depressed.
"Fred's losing his nerve" his friends
.aid, and IN a few weeks the secret
was out Not only was the young doc.
tor losing his nerve, but he had taken
to drink.
Rustn saw his practice go; he saw
financial ruin staring him in the face.
Long the doctor thought, and then
he took mysterious trip To Chicago.
Professional business, he pleaded. But
on his return he showed to several in.
innate friends two little yials and he
iold them in deepest confidence that
one vial contained the germs of ty-
rhoid fever and the other germs of
tctanus.
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will kill me II I will give him drugs
with which he can kill himself. Come
down TO the office to meet him"
Abbie Rice accompanied the doctor
to his office. A shaky, nervous wreck
OF man was there waiting them. It
was evident that he was on the verge
OF lunacy from shattered nerves. He
could scarcely speak coherently. And
there between these three the
strangest suicide pact in the history
OF American crime was arranged.
Davis was to do the killing, and for
this service the doctor was to give
him a bottle OF chloride of gold and q
bottle of morphine tablets After
shooting the doctor he was to take the
morphine, and then next day when she
heard the others attempt had been
successful Abbie Rice was to kill her.
self.
Ten minutes after the time that DIR.
Rustin had left Abbie Rice at the cor
ner Mrs. Rustin in her own room was
awakened by a shot. She hurried
downstairs to find her husband lying
Ou lut pOICH. re Hdu DceH SHOJ
through the stomach.
"A man shot me-" he said, and that
was all the information they got.
In half an hour he was dead.
The next morning when It was
learned that DIR. Rustln had been
killed there was tremendous excite
ment in Omaha.
And following the first excitement
came the news that one OF DR.. Rus.
tins patients, Charles Edward Davis,
brother of one of the leading bankers
in the city, had attempted suicide.
The police arrested the woman with
whom II was known Rustlu had been
friendly. Abbie Rice. She had no
! chance to carry out her part of the
| agreement, for they caught her early
in the morning following the shooting.
For three days the police were in
the air. Then somebody remarked so
Abbie Rice could hear:
THE Doctors wife gets her insur-
ance, anyhow"
And then the full story came out.
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on Rustin's life, and the Travellers
Insurance Company of Hartford. and
the Employers Liability of London.
Each Of the latter companies have
$4,000 on Rustin's life.
In each policy is a clause declaring
void the insurance In case the insured
died Of intoyicants or while undcr the
influence of intoxicants.
Here Is the story told In detail:
CHAPTER 1.
mansion on the fashionable street
in Omaha WAS ablaze with lights. The
street in front was crowded with car.
riages. Others were dashing up and
leaving. Handsomely dressed women
were being assisted up the steps. The
sound of tho music and the gay con
versatlon floated out to the street.
Big doings,' said one cabby to an.
other.
Bet your life" agreed his friend.
but Im glad to see il. Doc Rustin's
Il fine fellow. He'll mako a good hus.
band for any girl That fellow is a
conner, all right. lie Is a good fellow
YOU bot"
And SO he was. Almost anybody in
Omaha asked casually that night
would have told the Questioner that
DR. Frederick T. Rustin, oX-Yale ath-
lcte, good fellow and one of the rising
young surgeons in the west, was a
man OF whom Omaha was proud. And
they were glad to see him marry a
leading society girl 1t insured him a
fine practice. and If he would only
stick to business in a few years he
would be rich.
A few years after that night DR..
Rustin, established with his wife In a
little home of their own, had started
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only men of multi-millions may ven.
ture to order It?
This may depend largely upon the
results of an experiment which is be-
ing made by the state of Pennsylvania,
through its fisheries department, at
the Torresdale hatchery, on the banks
OF the Delaware. The genuine "dia-
mond,back terrapin" is getting to be
rare product in Pennsylvania and
very scarce in the south, it's more
abounding habitat.
From one end TO the other of Penn
sylvania have come reports TO the
fisheries department that the rivers
and ponds are being fast depopulated
of terrapin. II can be easily under
stood that with Mr.. Terrapin in such
demand TO supply the tables of the
fastidious everywhere an ordinary
member OF the terrapin family in fair
state of health and preservation can
be readily exchanged for big money.
This offers an irresistible temptation
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Once well, for n while he tried to
work and get back his practice, but
the effort seemed TO do little good. lie
made money, but the good-felow in.
stinct was too strongly developed. All
that he had went, and more. too, I'm the
gay life about town and with evil com.
Partnerships.
And just at this stage there came
into his life the other woman.
The wife TO whom he owed allegi.
ance was forgotten The new woman
held him in wise And then the
money went faster than ever and the
debts piled higher.
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Omaha, Neb-Most coclly and calm.
ly Mrs. Ahbie Il. Rice. the woman
ia the case" in the Rustn murder mys.
terry, said that Dr Rustiu had trained
her UP to the point OF killing him, first
familiarlzing her with hospital scenes
and then by working on the hero wor.
ship and sympathy In her nature had
gradually worked toward the point
where she could fire the shot which
would kill him. Hooks of fiction in
which one man died for another. and
books In which great sacrifices were
made for friendships sake were read
by DR.. Rustin to Mrs. Rice and com.
mcnied upon by him until the woman
saw the killing OF Rustin by herself In
IA kind of a halo.
"F'or weeks and weeks DR.. Rustin
trained me to murder him." said Mrs.
Rice First, nc trained me to the sight
of bloodshed. lie used 10 take me
around with him when he performed
operations On these trips | dressed
as nurse in clothing he furnished me.
Gradually | got used TO seeing the OPP
erations, and there was no more nau
sea on my part. In time an operation
did not aifect me in the least.
"NobIeress and Self Sacrifice"
After | became well advanced in
that portion Of his plan, DR. Rustin be.
gan talking to me about the noblcness
of self sacrifice. Books in which one
friend sacrificed his life for another
were read to me by the doctor. and
their beauties pointed out to me. "A
Tale OF Two Cities" was one of his
fayortes. and he read that to me Il
number of times. The character OF
Sydney Carton was eulogized and
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MAKES A TIDY SUM

The causes in this case are several.
In the first place these states are sup
piled with more abundant forage.
largely on account of more plentiful
precipitation. In some eases the
ranges will support a sheep to the
acre. whereas the ranges elsewhere
will often support no more than one
sheep to from four to six acres. Again
the grazing methods are, as rule.
more intensive in these states, a high
er class of herders is employed, and
a better grade of stock is kept. Man
agement, moreover, is more intensive.
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showed her where he wanted her to
fire the bullet into him.
when | have fallen" he said, you
must slip away from the house. Get
on a car, go to the end of the line,
take out the empty cartridge from the
pistol and throw it away. Then put in
fresh cartridge and shoot yourself :"
u cannot" she sobbed. Il cannot.
love you and I cannot kill you"
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in to justify the expectations OF his
friends. Two children were born. and
by that time the young surgeon had
become known as one of the best men
in his profession throughout the entire
west. Only "a years old happily mar.
ried and rapidly becoming wealthy,
the young doctor apparently had every.
thing TO live for
And then. suddenly. his friends be.
san to notice a slight change.
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CHAPTER M.

Mrs Rustin was heart-broken. but
sao knew what 10 do. The idea that
the cause of her husbands troubles
night be himself never entered her
head. Day and night she nursed him,
and even when his brother physicians
gave up hope the wife held on.
"I!e shall not die" she told the doc
tors. II will save him"
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Sheep are handled in small bands.
and the herders in running them are
able to keep them in scattered order
so that they do not do so much DAM
age to the range as does the large
band which can be controlled only
when closely herded. Idaho's share OF
the receipts is over $4,000.
California leads in special use busi-
ness, partly because of the large
amount of water power developed and
partly because OF the larger popula-
tion adjacent to the forests and draw
ing upon their resources. The state
will receive as its share of the nation.
al forest proceeds about $4,000.
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a Natural consequences.

II have an account of rattle.
snakes getting loose at the ZOO and
biting three men" cried the young re-
porter, in breathless excitement.
you have?" said the city editor.
THAT ought to be a rattling good
story. ."-Baltimore American.
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CHAPTER ~.

People had begun to say What a
pity it is about young Rustin.' Ills
actions were common gossip and his
reputation as a surgeon was black.
encd. People did not want man who
might come TO them with shaking
hands and unsteady nerves. And
again the idea which had led him TO
inoculate himself with typhoid and
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-30
CHAPTER VI.

A wave of rage swept over Rustin.
He stepped forward, caught the wo.
man and shock her.
You have got to do ii. You said
YOU would, and you have got to do it,"
he cried fieTcely.
She tried to plead, to argue, but It
was no use.
II have got to die for the sake Of
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a few days after that the doctor
complained to his wife that he had
been bitten by dog while on night
visit to patient. He told her that
he had cauterized the wound, but bad
results might follow. The next day, TO
make matters worse. he was taken
down with typhoid fever.
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PENNSYLVANIA MAY ENGAGE IN
NEW INDUSTRY.
Fisheries Department Begins Expert
ments Which, II Successful, Will
Prove Source of Wealth to
Keystone State.

Is the day coming before long when
such seductive items as 'stewed ter
rapin" will no longer be found upon
the bill OF fare in the places where the
great American public satisfies the
wants of the inner man?
Is the time approaching when such
a delectable dish will be found only
in the gilded epicurean palaces where
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-30
CHAPTER VII.

Three days later when Abble Rice
saw Dr. Rustln he greeted her gaily
II have found the man to do it," he
said. His name is Charles Edward
Davis and he wants to die, too lie
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-30
TRAGIC STORY
OF DIR. RUSTIN
Happening in Modern Life That
PaieS the Widest Fiction Ever
EUoiUed from Brain of
Novelist

Al the weness Of fiction has been odOne by the wonderful
OF Frederick
shot
which the he
all The
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-30
CHAPTER vii.

Charles Il. Davis was leaving the po-
lice station where the woman in the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22
Needles and Pins

The Lancet tells of peculiar case in
London hospital The patient,
healthy Scotch girl. aged twenty years,
was in the habit of putting pins in her
mouth and sometimes had been known
to fall asleep without removing them
She was admitted to the. hospital. hav-
ing swallowed five pins accidentally
while fixing clothes. and by the help
of emetics she was relieved Of them.
Returning home. she began regularly
to vomit pins and got rid of twenty
three in the course of a month. She
then began to produce needles, and in
a fortnight thirteen came out from the
following situations: The left nostril
the origin Of the sternomastoid behind
the left ear and spot ON the front Of
the right forearm. At the same time
she continued vomiting pins until sew
enty-fve had appeared. The needles
were blackened and slightly eroded,
and two of them were threaded with
about three inches OF thread.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22
Singing and Garalina.

Singers do not give away their SO.
crets OF The voice. l know. however.
that sonie of the tenors and prina
d donna use an astringent gargle when
ever their vocal cords become so re-
Taxed that very high notes are difficult
to emit. One famous little tenor used
cold tea that had drawn long time.
Such gargle, though. does not i'm
prove the quality Of the voice. even tf
It does raise the pitch temporarily.
d The populas gargle among opera art
lists is the solvent. 1t loosens crusts
which form in the throat and nasal
cavities and removes mucous which
cannot be got rid Of by coughing and
A common wash is twelve
grains of chlorate Of potash to wine
giassful of warm water. Many singers
and orators in order to render their
voices clear and mellow use a gargle
containing one teaspoonful of common
salt and one of baking soda in tum-
blerful of water. These &lrgles are i'm
proved by further adding some arc
matte substances to stimulate the mu-
cous membrane with which they come
In contact.-New York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22

stand abash, but jump to the front
and do things that will bring results.
1t matters not who will do the things
SO long as they are done.
a# These are moments of golden op
sportunities, and no man should sleep
as they are passing. The people in
Oliver county across the river from
Washburn are realizing this, and arr,
taking active steps to get the govern.
ment interested in an irrigation pro
ject for them. While Messrs. Savage
and Stratton, the government en-
gineers, were here Wednesday, an in
formal meeting Of Oliver county citi-
zens in town that day was held, and
the ball started rolling, and 5000
acres of irrigatable land was signed
This looks well for our friends across
the river, and they are going after it
in the right spirit every residen
and land owner is enthusiastic for irs
rigation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22
Fire Escape on a Steamer

l"We're used to odd questions" SAID
the skipper Of river steamer as he
stood on the wharf in the center of a
crowd of querying passengers. "and
when | get this bunch aboard I'll
breathe. easier and tell you the latest
All aboard? Very good This Is it
The other day as we left the pier and
swung into the stream a woman ap.
preached with her two children. !
saw l was it and waited. Where's the
fire escape?' she demanded. My hus
band told me never to travel withou,
finding out where the fire escape was.
knew it would never do to tell hel
we had no fire escape, but had tc
study bit for an answer. Finally !
pointed to the rigging ladder RUNNING
up our solitary and never used mast
There it is / told her, and if fire
breaks out You just run up that She
appeared quite satisfied. but l hope
she'll never be aboard ship when fire
breaks out. If she is and runs up a
mast there'll be trouble e."-Phila.
delphia Record.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22
MansfieId's Fancy Collar.

Richard Mansfield, when a mere boy,
was playing the leading role In q
tragedy, in the last scene of which be
was strangled. Sometimes. however
the actor who was to simulate stran
Cling him became toqgealistic. Several
times he nearly incapacitated the prin.
cipal player for finishing his grea;
scene. 1t came to such a pass that
drastic measures had to be taken. One
evening. In the greenroom. Mansfield
sided up to the muscular player who
was to strangle hims The latter noted
q strange addition to Mansfeld's cos.
tune. Instead of the coIlaret OF lace
1t was his wont to wear. bound about
his neck was q leather band thickly
studded with prongs
And what is that for?v he asked.
"Oh, that?" replied Mansfield. with
the rising infection and smile in his
voice; sthat is merely a trifle, mere
trif1e to defer the collection of my life
insurance. Most inconveniently the
healthy condition of my neck and
throat is necessary for the pursuance
of my profession and the earning OF
my daily bread" +
The other actor saw the point ano
apologized. Mansfield took off the col
lar and never after suffered at his
companion players hands in the biz
scene.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22
He Emptied His Pockets,

The Comte de Corbieres, minister of
the interior to Louis XVIII, while
working in the kings cabinet one day
became absorbed in his work and so
far forgot himself as to place his
snufbox on the kings desk after TAX
ing snuff. The king observed this un-
heard Of familiarity from the cornet
of his eye, but said nothing. Present.
iy the minister whipped out his poke.
handkerchief and placed it beside the
snuffbox.
m. de Corbieres," remarked the
king at last, you appear to be empty
Ing your pockets" riE ,s&@-
Perhaps so, SIRE" was the calm re-
spouse, "but that is much better than
filing them"
The king smiled at the clever hit at
the corruption Of some of the minis
ter's predecessors. Corbieres was noted
for his, scrupulous integrity. H.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22
What Gives a Book World sianificanee

What Gives Book World Significance
According to reliable estimate, the
number of books published each wear
throughout the world is at the present
time about 1000. Most of these 60
into we'll merited oblivion. Some en-.
JOY temporary popularity. A very
limited number are translated into
several languages and become part of
the permanent heritage of humanity.
From the point of view Of both writer
and reader few questions can be of
greater Importance than this: What is
the quality that makes book vital,
that gives it world Importance? In
the largest sense, it may be answered
that the universal book is the book
that transcends all national boundaries
and appeals to universal emotions. But
these emotions vary in intensity from
age to age and from century to cen.
tury.-Current Literature.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22
WORK Begin
SURVEY WILL BE MADE AT ONCE.
OF THE WAsHBuRN-PAINTED5
81 WOODS IRRIGATION JRoJEcT-
OLIVER COUNTY FARMERS TO
SEEK IRRIGATION ALSO.

Washburn Leader: H. M. Savage
supervising engineer of the United
States reclamation service, and Geo
p. Stratton, project engineer on tho
Witiiston project, have spent three
days during the week examining the
Washburn irrigation project.
Last April a committee of citizens
consisting of DR.. A. NJ Hardaway
]: Theo. J.. Haugeberg, ]. T. McCulloch
and 0. B. Wing, visited Washington
in the interest of the Washburn irri
cation project, and it was at their
instance that definie survey Of the
project was ordered, and Mr.. Geo. f
Stratton is now here arranging to
start this survey Immediately.
! Up till now greater part Of the
work in connection with this PROPOSE
ton has been volunteer on the part Of
the part of citizens, and no effort has
been spared by individuals and our
Commercial club to bring this matter
to its present status. There is, how.
ever, still much more work to be
done, and concerted action is need
ed. The matter has now reached a
point where something definite he
to be done, and the question is: DO
we or do we not want irrigation?"
This question cannot now be further
delayed, but must be decided now
and it is really up to the land owners
to say what is wanted. Every land
owner, or at least a greater per cent
of them, must come in and Join the
Water Users association if this pro-
Ject Is to be a go. We look upon the
proposition as an opportunity of a
life time-an opportunity of the land
owner to enhance the value of his
lands, make them productive and give.
them market value It is an or
portunity to develop the country and
to give it permanency. Here is an
opportunity for everybody to push;
there is room for everybody; every
man, every woman and every child
can do something, and at the great
wheel of progress there is room for
every shoulder. So get in the harness
and push.
Something tangible has to be done
and done quickly. Those who are
concerned and feel an interest in
this matter should not wait for some,
one else to take the lead. Do not