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'soon was indeed very much better. 'Its
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Mus. KIrrIE SMITH, 326 Dane Street, Wa-
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HALF AN HOUR (re LIVE.
Last summer I was stewing away in
the office and; wondering what crime I
——or my rcprescniative in some former
state—had committed to be doomed to
such a life, when one morning I re-
ceived a note from my old friend,
Tommy _ Cameron, of Clinton. Hie
begged me to come and stay with him
for a month.
Cameron met me at the station, and
after an hour's drive through a most
beautiful country we reached Clinton.
I-Iere'a. surprise awaited me, fior two
young ladies came forward to greet
us; they were the Misses Cameron, and
kept house for their brother.
I got on fairly well during the first
week, as I kept with Cameron most of
the time. ’ '
Whether he gave me away or not I
cannot-say, but they seemed to know I
was shunning them, and they tried
every dodg‘eeas only women know how
—to draw me out.
I struggled hard against what I now
considered my natural self, but it was
too strong for me. One by one all the
theories and arguments I had fed on
disappeared, melted by the sunny eyes.
of these girls.
As I said, there were two of them,
Madge and Floss. Madge was the
younger and prettier; she represented
the musical and artistic instincts;
Floss, on the other hand, was the man-
ager; she had the brains of the estab-
lishment. ‘ w .
She was very nice, but she went in
for such awful things; she had some
favorite toads in the conservatory, and
she would go rambling about the coun-
try and bring home all sorts of ani-
mals, insects and other unthinkable
things—and cut- them upl—imagine a
girl doing that! '
The other one, as I said, was not so
heavy, and went in for art; and, as you
know, I. have a little learning in that
direct-ion myself. It was natural,
therefore, that when she told me she
was going to paint a little river scene
near the house I should ask if I might
be of use. I obtained permission. to
'wait on her and we started the picture.
In this pleasant way the days passed
until Cameron’s return—lie was away
the second week—when, of oour ,
there were inn-ovations. “'9. would
have a day’s fishing, and then a day of
shooting, or a long tramp over the
hills.
When out on one of these early morn-
ing trumps we met a young fellow
whom Tommy introduced as Arthur
Clisby, a friend of his.
Ilc was the son of a large ship owner
of Dundee and was the family failure;
his chief failure, as far as I could
gather, being that he couldn’t knuckle
under.
llc had been a. student at Glasgow
universii y and had promised to come
off well, but his individuality—which
always came to the top at the. most
awkward moments—asserted itself.
As a result he left Glasgow and soon
after had a quarrel with his father,
and, having decided that they could not
get on tog-ether. they agreed to differ——
and part. lle had come out here into
the wilds to live and devoted his time
to abstract. scientific problems, chiefly
in the electrical line.
Dinner time came and with it our
guest, but. instead of the jolly good fel-
low of the morning he was now quiet.
oppressively so; never speaking unless
directly addressed. and only then an—
s“ cring with a few quiet, direct words.
A few days after, having nothing par-
ticular in view, I determined to avail
myself of his imitation, and set off in
the direct-ion of the “Hermitage.”
The house was an unpretentious con-
cern, butwas eloquent of the individ—
uality of its master. The top floor had
been .turned into one large room, and
this he used as a laboratory; it was
a literal armory of scientific apparatus.
After a time the talk veered round
to electrical executions, and he said:
“You may remember, perhaps, the
first man they executed in this way in
New York state, and what a fearful
hash they made of it? I wasthere and
saw it all; it was simply awful. Re-
volting!
“The doctors, bah! they're fools.
They thought they understood it all.
and applied the death current at what
they considered were the nerve. cen-
ters, the top of the head and the base of
the spine.
“If they had only used their com-
mon sense and powers of observation.
they would at once have found that
in 90 cases in every’lOO of the fatal
accidents in New York alone, the fatal'
shock was received through the hands,
for the hands and arms being muscular.
are full of blood, and, therefore, good
conductors.
“I set to work to devise an appliance
that would administer the death pen-
alty with the minimum amount of tor-
ture, both bodily and mental, to the.
criminal. We will now take a look at
the apparatus itself.”
We left the house, and he led the way
across the open until we stopped at a
door. He entered, and after groping
for a moment found the switch, and
immediately the place was full of light.
I noticed that this room was partly
cut out from the rock and partly built,
as were the others that I afterward
saw. Passing through a passage, we
entered a larger room.
“This is a turbine house,{’ said he.
“There are sluices running from here
to the stream 100 yards away, and when
it has done its work the water leaves
by two tunnels beneath the floor and
joins the main stream lower down.
This is the dynamo specially designed
for execution purposes.”
And he pointed to a piece of apparatus
that resembled somewhat a large,
slender wheel, with numerous spokes.
“See, I will set the thing running and
let you see it working.” I—Ie unscrewed
the valveskthe governors began to spin
and the dynamo to hum, so quickly did
it turn.
He opened a. door and brought into
view a small room in which stood a re-
denly. - ~
slacken those. valves a. bit,” 'he said, and
stepped over to the turbines. I entered
and began curiously to examine his in-
vention; next moment there was a
sharp click, and, turning, I found the
door closed on me. '
A moment more and I was clutching
wildly at my throat and fell to the
ground, choking. I didn’t choke, how-
camc conscious and when I had col-
lected my scattered wits I found my-
self seated in his horrible chair——
strapped in.
I tried to free myself, but I was firm-
1 y held; my hands were each fixed in a
kind of vise, leather outside and metal
within, as I could tell by the feel. These
things were hollow 'and like large mit-
tens, ‘and within them and inclosing
my hands was some liquid—mercury,
I afterward discovered. As I took in
these details the door opened and Clis-
by appeared.
“Ha! ha! my fine bird, you’re caged
at last, are you?”
“Don‘t' stand fooling there,” I mut-
tered. “Your infernal chair is breal"
ing my back.” ‘
“Oh, is it? We’ll soon alter that."
He stepped” to my side, but instead of
releasing me he simply loosened the
straps at my back. This was too much
for me; I simply yelled at him that un—
less he freed me instantly I would sim-
ply smash him when I did get free. .
“When you have finished your abuse
I will favor you with my intentions,"
and continuing: “You fancy I am your
friend, don’t you? I am not. I am your
enemy. I hate you. You thought to
win Madge Cameron from me, and so
far you have succeeded.
“Perhaps you did not know I loved
her, but all the same you tried to win
her. and I hate you for it. I might have
killed you awhile ago, before I turned
on the oxygen and you revived; I had
my hand on the switch, but no. I let you
revive .to full you this, to torture you the
more, for have you not stolen my
Madgc’s love from me? Oh, Madge,
Madge!” he-criod. “Oh, why will you
not love me ?"
“Do you think I am going to be an
outcast from society for nothing?” he
hissed. “Think you I have spent a
whole year in making this thing for
nothing? I have waited long for :1
subject, but at last I can operate, and
on you. No! No! I don’t invent things
for nothing; not I!
“You have just half an hour to live:
it is 11:30 now; on the stroke of 1?. I
complete the circuit and you will fizzle
up. ’
He. left me, a prey to horrible thoughts.
Was there no way of escape? Would
no one come in time? And the time
pnmed on.
The time was almost up, and Clisl)y
returned. He was all smiles. He
asked me if I had any wish he might
carry out for me. I shook my head.
He offered me brandy, and I gdlpcd it
down, and more, and I drank that also.
“01118 minute more.” he. yelled, “and
I send you to Jericho.”
Ile walked. toward the switch—to
kill me and I sat there looking at
him. I could not remove my eyes; I
was fascinated.
And then I saw—~I saw his feet catch
in the wires that led from the switch
to my hands, and he foil. Ashe did
so he clutched the air, and both his
hands came down on the switch con-
tacts.
A dreadful scream broke fm’m his
lips, and he bounded up quite six feet
in the air. and then fell backward
right in the niddle of a large. ilntdis-
tribution table. Then I saw a quick
succession of blue flashes, and immo-
diutely after this the band came of?
the dynamo pulley and the humming
cc used .
A grating sound drew my eyes in the
direction of the turbines. Something
was wrong evidently, for the offside
bearing of one of them was literally
red hot: the governor was wrecked and
the wheel was racing away and in-
creasing in speed every moment.
It was not long before something
happened. There was a loud snap, and
then a. crash, and I LII-\V the steel oas-
ing ripped up like paper and the water
came pouring into the room, thousands
of gallons per minute.
Slowly the water rose, until, when it
was about six feet deep, the light went
out. 1 Was floating about in the chair.
but I was anchored to the switchboard
by the wires.
Beneath me I could still hear the un-
damaged turbine thrashing away, and
I rose until my head, or rather the top
of the chair, was scraping the roof,
when suddenly I felt that I wzis falling,
and 'I was rapidly curried toward the
door. .
The wires held for a moment, but the
jerk snapped them, and I sailed along
the passage, through the battery-room
and out into the open, where, after
being whirled around a few times, I
was Left high and dry till the morning.
The weight of the water had burst
Open the outer door, hence my sudden
exit.
I was rescued from my unpleasant
position by Cameron himself, who had
come to‘ look for me. We found poor,
mad Clisby quite close to where he had
died, tangled up in some wire, and the
same ghastly smile was on his face.
lN'o one but. Cameron ever knew what
had really happened on that awful
night. We told the girls that an acci-
dent had happened and that the hermit
was dead. ‘
For a week I lost the proper use of
my limbs, owing to my cramped-up
state when in that chair of his, but be-
fore Isleft Clinton Madge and I found
time to finish. our picture and to ur-
range a little matter that. is to come off
in the summer—Strand Magazine.
—'I‘he secrets of seri~culture are said
to Consist in a. proper management of
temperature, dryness, a regular and
l sufficient supply of food and perfectly
1 pure air. ,
markable piece of furniture. He was
about to enter when he stopped suds"
’ "“Iialf a'moment, though; I must
ever, for some time afterward I be:
AROUND THE'GLOBE. , ,xifl . .. y ’ ‘ fl ., ' ’ _ i i
ow is re lime
' In RuSsia a young man does not at-
tain his majority until he is 26.
A mortar composed of brick powder
mixedrwith .quicklime is now largely
used in France.
Russia is going to 'spend 10,000,000
roubles a year for 40 years on a system
of local railroads. '
.An ethnographical mapof Europe by
Prof. von Haardt is nearly ready for
publication. It will be in 16 sheets,
measuring 20x17 inches.
The lowest known species of human-
ity are the Aborigines of Australia.
'l‘hcyhave little or no reasoning pow-
ers, and they are only controlled
through fear. '
On some of the steamers which sail
on the Rhine, the passengers are sup‘
plied with various kinds of table wine
from one cask. You ask for Stein-
burger Cabinet, or .Johannisberg, or
any other cheap wine, and it is placed
before you. The label is put on just be
fore you receive it. ' _
Near the bed of Prince Bismarck, in
his room at Freidrichsruh. is a. pair of
scales on which the ex-chancellor
weighs himselfpevery morning. He
keeps an account of the changes in his
avoirdupois in a notebook attached to
the machine. Becently he has weighed
about 215 pounds.
The British Society for the Protec-
tion of Birds has issued a leaflet on the
bird of paradise, containing an appeal
' to woman throughout the world to dis-
countenance the sacrifice of this mar-
velous and beautiful bird, which is daily
becoming rarer, by refusing to wear or
purchase its feathers.
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Ky., announces that people who have
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A Brooklyn housekeeper compels her
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herself in bloomers. She claims that
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A merchant of Cassopolis, Mich,
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who would consent to be married in
his show-window. The dress was
secured by a colored girl, and a giggling
crowd witnessed the marriage cere- .
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E. E. Lander, of South Paris, Me. can
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book 130 years old, and a gun about the
same age, and ride on a wagon wheel 75
years old.
James Fish, of Beaver, Ore., became
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his suicide a sure thing. He put a
mass of giant powder under his bed,
stretched himself as, if lying down to '
pleasant dreams, and then touched ofi’
the powder. All the coroner could find
to hold an inquest upon was one foot.
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