The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-11
out the back way to get the horse and
slush off for home.
1r Took the Hatchet.

out OF tlle house III ms SUM- S'N'''' 90"
exercised me by compelling me to walk
.the rails. all the while | felt as small as
bantam chicken. When lie arranged
with me about his wedding he said he
would go to Port Huron and meet me
on the road between that place and the
church. l thought he fully meant to
get married when he engaged my ser
vices, but when we met on the road and
he was alone, | began to feel uneasy,
hut he said Il was all right, the others
would come in a carriage.
when we went into the church /
wanted to light lamp to which h"
disseD,ed, saying, NO, Elder; no light
unless they should come Presently lie
said, MAY be you'd better have little
fire So I went out and passed wood to
him through the window When ! haH
put in what thought would be enough
,he said, Now, Elder, the moon Is shin
ing right on the front door, and Il you
$50 around there TO come In some one
may see you. Just put up some wood
here and come in at this window.
Eyes nrilled Him.
81 bought few sticks and laid them
across each other, from the top Of
which he helped me into the building.
He let the window nearly down again,
and we kept looking out through the
opening to see the Others come down
the State road. Presently he took big
hearty laugh and said: There amt no
Ia To lp
no wedding He was sitting where the
seleams of light shone on his face, and
ahs eyes were SO brilliant that | was
thrilled through and through with the
lsqueerest sort of feeling.
E Under Hypnotic Spell.
~ II asked why he had made the pres
ent arrangements when he said, We'll,
Elder, just wanted to have a little
fun. You consider yourself an educated
man and look down on poor ignorant
fellow like me. And | just thought
would show him what | could do.
knowed If | could handle you could
handle other men, too, and make big
Ething out of it, Then he said, Now. If
say raise your hand, up she goes; see,
that's no dream
81 fe,t my hand raise with no ef-
fort whatever on my part Then he
a said: If | say let down your hand
adown it goes and | felt it going down
lin a singular manner. BY this time |
twas so alarmed that was in a cold
sweat then leaned over to see If
e.
began to laugh again and ! saw that
i he was holding n weapon of some sort
M his sleeve.
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wht,,. 7 used tho Ratchet until he laid
nuIe, and sim. canur. tell all that
ha,,cn,d ofter that. was wild to dis.
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gan rurirg off his garments that
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and hide II. Trsn when nv eyes fell
upon one Of those knives ! dew into a
rage and began to cut ii, when he woke
I'D and GRABBED me a1ain. Then for a
while | held that Ratchet until was
sure he was dead. Then | saw the fire.
was not enough to make the s,oyepIpe
red nearly to the elbow so | grabbed
him by the feet and dragged him down
there ana cut him TO pieces, putting in
each part as it was dismembered: then
| began to put the garments into the
, front stove when | remembered that it
had poor drat; ana the things might
! not burn.
1T Exchanged Clothing.
"Then I saw that my clothing was
/ torn and bloody, while some Of his were
/ 4 vet whole. and exchanged. and then
I took all hut a few Of mine and niled
them in along with the body. then
went up nearly TO Tunnel Station,
where turned my rig about and started
it on the back track. My coat hid my
torn and bloody garments until | got Ia