The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-09-29

absurd. Not for sir year, NJ.
seen that impossible young re-
or course, there IL but ono ,hin, !.
do. ignore her aud her letter,
Makes Open Threat
Hut this 10 not 80 easy. Mar. ,,,
lows up her letter with a per,o,',
call She comes again and -
Her demands are more insistent H.
"oFcs more violent. Finally a. II,
nounces with bitterness which ,l.,.t
carry lie hideous warnlnK-s1f -
any enc made me miserable. No.,
poison him. Il would not BE- s.s.
cult" -''''
That II abominabie. Never CON.
70 see me again." is A. Doudisa4,
stern response.
And the now prominently resre-,.
able husband returns to his tor.
dismisslng Marie from his mind ~
Marie. though unseen. Il stn ~
much In bis life. And Marie IL Ma.
ting. contriving. scheming.
year later. October "a. 1905
servant nnds 10 the Doudieu1 Fart.s
packet which be carries 70 b. nd.
irefs She opens u ard ands ssrs-d
drugs Enclosed. antiryrine roude.s
camomile nowern and saits o. ri-f,
each packet carefully labeled az
decides that they have been lefi %
mistake. ard druggists cisrs
call Tor them. she LAYS them ~
on shelf and forEeis them.
A week later. ~ and NM
pondicus are irsifet % dino al uo
home of neighbor A susss e so-u-
y N GODDARD. ne tenor of ne ors-s
HOUSE, The idol OF fashionable Pa-'t
Who has just signed q contract 20
SO an months IN America Or
$4,000
After dihner. the quests are tatsa
70 tuvisy 70 see the aviation sspsri.
menis The motor ride against ns
='sd ssuros n GODDARD 10 suffer 10 a
a severe headache Hs asks the rYiti-
leEe o. remaining over night N ua
Doudieur home a. verinss. feeling TO
~ % return 10 his residences IN az
tan, part o. the city
Al once Nine Doudieur recalls tfs
unclaimed parcel from ne chemists
shop. she suggests an artityfifs
powder, br NJ 0odsrt teciinsa Ne
VII - better ~ wcruinE Attam
- =ss~s the nousshnid. TIE IL su1sr.
ina intensely Ne accepts the powder
and tAfes two o. them.
AZ ! the pain has become irsoiera-
Bile A. : n the afternoon. ne roe
Into convulsiona Acute indiErsfioi.
he physician pronouuces a. Attis
IL deaf His deafh IL certified a. b.
ma due 20 acute urasmia
No one connects the powders Win
bic death and the body Il sent %
Belgium FOR infarmanf
No one connects Marie With tts
powders or vith the death. IN fat
he volatile n Duadieur has forgot
'sn her very existence nut Mare
aoureiie hss noi forgotten. and re
ieath Of n GODDARD represents oniy
frustrated vengeance.
In NoTsrnbsr n. Doufieux receives
basket % nuaseis. sent. according
o its tsE. nom an Old friend. ~
Arue o. caen. For several years TIE
no friends havs not eorresponded.
md u nnnAiea. ss-zs EatdsniT
Harmed. turns suspicious iust IN tine
o save his life lie communicates
rith NJ iarue and learns that the
nusssis we're not sent By his friend
The gifi "a taken 70 tho city laborn-
DRY. Each mnssei Ia found 70 contain
nough arsenic 70 An nan
Nov Il Il tis@ FOR N. Doudieur 10,
ummon the police. Thsy trace the
aroei 20 q messenger once IN tho
lne 81 Petersburg. where Il was left
y Marie Bouretts Marie noureftss
nartmeni IL searched ard yields up
u sorts Of poisons. IN papers. botties
nd ho1es. trestises on the admins.
RATION o. poisons. and scrsrs 81
nonymous letters. hidcous thoughts
Inch only an abnormal mind could
onceivs
And. caught IN the web OF circum-
tsntnl evidence. Marie nourotfs
Ices trial for numbering a man who
~ never crossed her path. All
trough that trial she denies every
litigation. every statement made By
very witness She has an answer for
very question hurled a. her by tho
Justice That these answers
each other matters moth
IL 10 her And always she smiles.
miles. the broad. placid. empty smile
hich for years has oloaked the riot
IL Of the blood beneath her calm
Sterior She IL fat now. with the
asty fairness Of oncoming old age.
er small eyes seem lost In her
ldgy checks her tip-tllted nose "a
'arse. her mouth 10 perpetual
nile
A. the End o. n All.
life imprisonment at hard labor "a
70 sentence. and 100000 francs are
Tarded 10 the heirs Of her victim.
aries small estate amounts 10 To-