The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-09-28

the unreal tempest 81 sinister
dream. Or. Norder was nearing his
home. Bouligny's resolve was taken.
Suddenly he drew his pistol from its
concealment. but jus, at this mo.
ment DIR. Nordier turned abruptly
and. rapidly ascending the steps Of
his residence. entered his home a
muttered oath burst from Bouligny's
lips ne he crouched for a moment in
a doorway. Some passers-by. think.
ing to forestall the act ~ a seeming
mad man. reached forth hands to seize
his pistol. but he knocked them aside
and, leaping up the steps ~ the Nor.
der mansion like a tiger. he bounded
thru the open doorway into the hall
behind the physician. Almost inn
mediately his revolver exploded
twice in quick succession. one ~ the
bullets grazing Nortier's head. The
other wen, wild
A woman's screams were heard;
then Nordier's heavier gun barked
hoarsely. \ moment later Bouligny.
his face blanched with terror, rushed
wildly out Of the street entrance with
his right arm dangling and blood
streaming from his sleeve The
member was fractured lie had
dropped his revolver \ heavy ex-
plosion again reverberajed in the hall
and splinters few from the wood.
work Of the doorway The shot miss
ed. \ moment afterwards Dr. Nor.
der. flaming with volcanic fury hurl.
ed himself toward the hall entrance
and again lcyclcd has cleaning re-
volver. \ cry was heard. bu, before
the frantic fugitive had covered FIVE
PAGES along the sidewalk Nordier's re
volver doomed with terrific deiona-
ton and Boulgny pitched forward on
his face Ia the pavement with blood
pouring from his open mouth. Some
one ran forwa. and gently pulled the
PROSTATE form over until the face
could be seen A look was sufficient
The bullet had entered his body near
the lef; armpit causing mortal
wound. lie never once moved or
spoke. \ thrill Of horror ran thru
the throng attracted TO the spot as
the words. "Ic is dead" passed from
one 20 another. A, this juncturc a
fair but agonized face. seen for a
moment az a window Of the Nordier
mansion. was withdrawn from view
Dr. Nordier. still clutching his smok-
ing revolver. turned upon his heel
and re-cntercd his home The door
closed behind him. This terrible
tragedy threw the city into a fever
81 excitement. A few days later the
physician was duly arraigned and tri.
ed in the City Court. procedure
which was purely formal. since j, was
inevitable from the outset that he
would be acquitted and discharged
from custody. And when this oc-
CURED a demonstration Of approval
broke out IN the crowded courtroom
which j. said to have been without a
parallel In the administration Il jur-
isprudence in the courts Of the South
Atho Or. Nordlcr went forth a
free man. this tragic misfortune soon
wrought in him melancholy change
Something in the soul Of every man
shrinks aifrighted from the taking 81
human life And when this il done.
even in aggravated conditions. a
stalking spcctcr frequently rises on
the horizon Of the slayer's mind as a
menace 10 his happiness DR.. Nor
der was pursued by this strange and
terrible phantom. He fell into "a
state Of gloomy anxiety and, in order
70 induce forgetfulncss and drive
from his mind the haunting shadow.
he began the immodcrate use ~ CO.
caine. highly exciting alkaloid not
extensively used at that time except
by medical men Of scientific attain.
ments.
The fine intuitiye perception ~
Madam Nordier was not al fault IN
the Interpretation she gave 90 the
strange moods ~ the physician.
Searching closely those gloomy eyes.
she had caught certain terrifying
glmpses of that steep moral decliy.
ity down whose slopes this splendid
man was slipping towards the dense
shadows Of a lethal night. Her fu-
tile efforts To arrest his fatal descent
were sad indeed. Henceforth she
was condemned to tread pathway
s,rewn with the wrcekage Of forsaken
ideals and Of hopes PROSTATE and
abandoned Such was the undcserv-
"a sentence which she received un-
complainingly from the pitiless hand
Of destiny,
The cocaine vice is modern. Once
fixed ON a person its work is sure and
deadly. Its insidious encroachment
a,...Ja. hallueinatiop. and mental