The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-02-25
By M. QUAD

rom her actions, and three months
<u similar offense and owned ND to
Tho first theft. However. the crime
vas laid on me, and because | made
Malignant and perhaps impudent pro
fe4t l was flung out Of the house ut
half an hours notice and refused
ci1aracter. was idle for the next
fhree months. The first thing demand.
"a when ! applied for place was
ozlAracter As soon as 1t was learned
fIznt had none II. was useless to talk
further. 1t was for this reason that 4
60ally paid fee to an Intelligence
once In Margate street and was at
length sent for to take place at gen
&ral housework. 1t was an old man
named Dyson who wanted me- He
vas willing to take me without a
cbaracter because he would have to
p4y less wages and because. as he
ET1mly asserted. there was nothing ly-
Ing around loose in his house for me
To- steal. As we sat face to face
sled him up as mean and penurious.
but | did not see any evil In him He
Ind an aged and intirm wife. he told
me, and would be the only servant.
e was not for me to pick and choose
a must have II place and hold 1t long
enough to get character again.
went with him miles and miles out on
the Holborn road. and we at last ar
rived at the cheaply built and cheap
Iooking cottage he occupied. Ii was a
niace devoid OF almost all conveniences
and had been selected for its cheap
rent found the old wife deaf. almost
blind and palsied. and 1t was apparent
that she had no care whatever.
soon had evidence that he was in
love with widow In the neighborhood.
Or at least he desired to be free so that
be could marry her. My natural i'm
pulse on finding out how he felt toward
MS wife was to fee the house. but
have explained how l was situated.
In the course Of couple of weeks
ne declared that the cellar was full of
rats and gave me money and command
cd me to buy arsenic. He recommend
Cd me to 60 to store miles away and
% say that l wanted 1t for my COM
plexi0n and to give my own name.
went to drug store only two blocks
away and gave his name. and when he
uncovered this he was highly indig-
nant for day. and rather expected
20 be thrown out However. In the
course OF three or four days he devel
Qped another plan. After coaching the
old wife he left me alone with her for
tre nrst time. and she begged me to
net her some laudanum for toothache
and not to mention the matter to him
lt was easy to tell that she had been
coached what to say. and | refused to
buy the drug. A few days later as
was preparing her n soup had to leave
the kitchen for a minute When | re-
Wrned the soup was giving out
strange odor. and being satisfied that
her husband had poisoned 1t 1. of
course. threw It away He scolded
about nay waste, but when | looked
him squarely In the eyes he dropped his
and had no more to say.
1884, ndN OCCh win thC ~ TOuS i've NCttS
when the climax came. The old wo-
man was holding her own If not get.
ting better, and the husbands impa-
tience had savage edge to 1t. Their
bedroom was on the north side Of the
house. All along on that side was a
deep excavation for factory.
at 10 o'clock one night lay wonder
ing II he really meant to take her life
and how he would finally accomplish
IT when ! heard n half suppressed
scream from his room. got softly out
Of bed and went to the farther door.
and, looking through crack. ] saw
that the window was up and that he
stood before II with his wife in his
arms. She was hanging on to him with
GnEers of steel and making great
struggle. heard him breathing heav
1ly and snarling and growing as he
tore her fingers loose. but | did not
know what he planned to do till of
sudden he staggered to the open win
dow md flung her out She screamed
as she went to her death. and in my
fright | echoed the scream | remem-
Der the man rushing across the room
at me. of his dashing oren the door. OF
his striking me down and then came
darkness which lasted for weeks. He
had struck me with piece OF iron and
fractured my skull He then carried
my body downstairs and bore ii
quarter Of a mile away and flung it
into another excavation. Before TAX
Ing me from the house he put on my
hat and cloak. and thus 1t appeared to
those who found my unconscious body
next morning that | had been coming
home the night before and fallen into
the pit. As TO his wife. he gave the
alarm and brought the police and made
ont that il was case of suicide While
be was fast asleep. as he claimed. she
Ind stolen to the window and leaped
20 Der death
His story went. and II was several
months before there was any contra