Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-28

lied, and ned-and George young was sen
fenced to fourteen years penal servitude.
Thief, murderer liar you have succeeded
in doing that! I have no doubt you
hoped that you were safe at last, you
short-sighted fool! The mills of God
grind slowly, but they grind exceeding
fine-your sort they grind to powder You
are already BENZ slipped between the
stones; your course has run"
The grimace which distorted his face
was rather a grin than a smile as he
asked
I'm the name Of all that's marvellous,
from what madhouse have you been per
mitted to escape7'
when you planned that grand COUP
putting the onus of all your guilt upon
an innocent man and shutting him up for
fourteen awful years. you overlooked one
small point: that all men are not devils. 4
that to. some Is given the saving grace of |
repenting their sins. And go poor
Judge of character are you that you were
unaware that your own partner. your
first victims unhappy father, was one
OF them"
He Interrupted me, speaking for tho
first time. savagely:
Have you been talking to old Hut
ton? Has he been coaching you In this
tissue of nonsense?"
AS before. / left his questions unan.
| swered; l simply went on
fortunately for himself your partner
was one of those who cannot know hap-|
! piness unless his conscience Is clear and|
he Is at peace with God. You had his SOC
In your mind. BY melting him to self.
| murder you believed yourself to have es-
| capped one danger. You hoped by induc-
| ing the father to initiate his son. you'll
| would escape another. Today-only al
, very little while aeo-you murdered him. Il
His skin became livid his lips trent
bled. words stuck In his throat. fear|
touched his heart
''What-what do you rneanr'
| 1 believe he meant to say more, but
could not. He shrank back from me a s.
If In physical terror. I gave him no
quarter. I held out my right hand. palm
| uppermost. On It was the small blue
! vial.
DO you recognize that?"
re looked at II as II Il were some dread
full thing; again he stammered his que 81
| ton:
''What-what do you mean"
This morning saw you give that vial
to your partner. Michael Hutton I saw
YOU give him this vial few hours ago.
in the public gardens He said to you.
| What Is it?' You replied. 'Mandragora. 1
lie asked. VIII it give me sleep? YOU
said. II you choose sleep which will
| NOW no waking You let him take ths
| vial between his shaking fingers and yo.,
| walked off. knowing that you had left
death Lehind you n.
Suddenly realized that he was eyeina
the tiny glass bottle with a new expires,
sion in his Glance. s.,
II don't believe It's empty" He said
it almost as II he were speaking TO him,
self. He drew closer. II don't believe
the contents have been touched
He made sudden grab at the vial. \
withdrew it Just In the nick Of time
There was the sound Of an unmus!cal bell
Who is THAR" he asked 81,
said; Had you not better go to tn.
door and see?"
He looked at me. I suppose he saw
something in my face which set his own
thoughts travelling. &
rs it some one for your
-. is some one for you-at last!" G.
"Is that so? Some one for meat last"
He stopped: there was silence. The bell
rang again. l was Just about to suggest
again that he should go and see who wal
; at the outer door when-he leaped at ma
And I was unprepared. He had me by
the throat before had even realized thai
danger threatened.
! am a woman. but no weakling. havs
always felt II my duty to keep my body
IN proper condition, trying to learn al
that physical culture can teach me.
only recently had been having lessons r
iu-titsu-the Japanese ART Of self-defense
] had been diligently practicing a trick
which was intended to be used when q
. frontal attack W 8 made upon the throat
Even as. dare say. he was thinking that
was already as good as done for. tried
that trick His fingers released my
, throat, and he was the floor without
I fancy. understanding how be got there
doubt II there ever was a more amazed
man. When he began to realize what had
happened he gaspel up at me-he wal
still on the floor: "You-you-"
While he was still endeavoring to fnc
? adjectives sufficiently strong to fit thu
; occasion the inspector for whose attend
ance ! had telegraphed to Scotland Yart
came into the room. In the note l ha(
, left at the hotel l told him to follow m,
, at once. and II he was not able to Obtain
instant admission to the house, then h
, was to use means OF his own to get IL
quickly. The inspector mad some skele
, ton keys In his pocket which had ono,
been part Of skiltu burglars outfit
! when there came no answer to his ring
, ing he promptly opened the front dool
with them.
Mr. Thomas Walker understood wha
9 the newcomers presence meant: he need
ed no explanation. In the struggle l haf
y dropped the blue vial. a fact which h,
realized quicker than l did. Before
| knew IT had fallen he. still on the floor
had snatched 1t. had the cork out wa,
3 putting the bottle to his lips.
stop him. cried IT'S poisou!"
, l cried too late; before We could reaci
r him he had empted the vial. He wa.
, dead as quickly as II he had been strucl
! by lightning The vial had contained suf
I hcient cyanide of potassium to kill ift,
partner was his instead.
I Representations were made TO the au
thorites. Michael Hutton's confession
was placed before them. together with
certain facts which came to light wher
examination was made OF Thomas Wal
ker's papers. George Young wa. par
doned-for what he had never done. Ole
3 Mr.. Hutton was arrested; he died befor,
: the magistrates examination was con
cluded. II was found that he had mao'
a will by which a.. he possessed was lef