Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 28, 1900, Page 9

IO RO IO Y P R X X THE LAST ADVENTURE, By HOWARD FIELDING [CX JORK JOF JOX JOF JO% 208 JOR JOY 3O (Copyright, . by Howard Fle A brief note summoned me Hollis- ter's apartments. He live at that time la & bullding whose tenants pever mad one arother's acquaintance and wher: one might indulge pistol practice 1t the corridor without violating any known fule. I had & suspected that Hollister was the owner, Kccounted for any tlonalities iing.) indifterence to conven- 1 thrust my card under his door and pres- | ently [ heard his cold and steady volce ding me enter “You are chan Band. “You have these few months Hollisten sion i his gray eyes 13 always th He has not a line the more upon his fa 20F & hair less upon his head for the fifteer pears that I have known him. His tal Bgure has always the same lightness co slow grace of movement T have notified Colwin,’ he continued ‘‘and when he comes 1| will tell you wh i8 1o my mind. It is a plan to take your tancy and his." We three had periences together In various quarters of the globe and the mutual enjoyment of desparate hazards was the bond that united us, for there pretense of friend ship. Returning ordinary mode of lite after such adventures we had al ways separated with no show of feeling There was, however, an agreement that whenever one of us should conceive a pro Ject sufficiently reckless he would com municate with the others. I had rightly taken Hollister's message for such a noti fication As 1 beyond him into the room 1 perceived upon a long table of black oak the body of a spaniel and I remembered Baving seen the croature often. Hollister bad shown for it as much affection ‘as was ia him, a truer sentiment, 1 bel than Be had ever felt for or woman 1 expressed sorrow that the brute dead, a fact that was patent to me, though the manner of its end not app 1 had a suspicion that Hollist had poisoned the dog In the of one of bis experl The ke & chemical laboratory, ns did but in this instanc comples barmony of familiar and sgrecable varylug 4. claimed primary attention. ‘ome from the streets,’ I “might have coswered the purpose of a man with a heart." “I hired our plted Hollleter come in time.'" I remembered the ferred, a shifty-eyed ployed in the building “Why dido’t you engineer 1 asked, & change of fone eyelash 1 have. With the thing eried. With the same thing” he answered, | “and the same dose, reckoned in the pro- portions of the welghts of the two animals. Yet the man Is not dead, nor is th dog This creature has merely gone where you | and Colwill and 1 are gotng. It will return."” | T had had instructions in medicine and surgery, and had even made some special #tudy of conditions =imulating death. Ther fore I felt competent to form my own opin lon upon this matter. 1 examined the dog losely. Every vital process scemed to be totally suspended. 1 would have had some | bid 4," he grown sald much taking my older i ever changes. The ros same had scme gular ex passed man was n i smelled usually the subtle a nts, »om it above reagents like a odor, m our to steal but he engineer blandly one aid man to whom he re fellow, who was em with the he replied without movement of an experiment that killed this dog?" 1| which would bave | {unfit him for, scientific | have, BL 0L JUR JOL JOR JOR JOR JOR JOF 38 s . * * [OLJOR JOF FOX YOPYOP YOF JOX JOF JOM! find an form of excitement the ight for it. He made h Hollister's cold pes with my own varlety which was that of a spoiled possessing energy without se and tesire without ambition While Hollister was admitting Colwin nd my attention was naturally directed ard them Halpin slipped nimbly to one )t Holllster's cabinets, from which he ex- racted a glass-stoppered flask half full | ‘tsome colorless liquid. I caught his image | ‘@& mirror just as he was raising the flask | » his 1ps and my sudden cry arrested his wnd, but d1d not check his purpose. “I have got it," he said, dogge m golng to drink it Hollister cast a keen glance at the flask 1 then laughed all you it's nothing but water. | <low. I don't keop that dy can find it.’ Halpin set down the Without paying any furiher | tion the engineer Hollister address Colwin and mysel I have discovered,” said he, “a substance that produces effects of | pended animation, impossible, as I | to attain otherwise. 8o far as my | periments have proceeded I have been un ablo to extend the trance beyond an hour's luration, but an hour is a long time, If rightly employed. I have a curious theory about this drug and It was with a view of | establishing it that I have asked two gentlemen to come here Up to this time.” he continued only human being who has ever | subject of an experiment is our fr imism and equally t reckleseness | | ¢ sharp contrast w nd Drink want of that,” he sald No, 0o, my good it where every flask, muttering an n atten to proceeded euri- | ex [ you the the re been nd h ; HE GRAPPLED |ana the even to describe to me that tully no de upon what he I regret to inform |you, 1s a man of exceedingly bad moral | character. He is and has been for soms | years a fugitive from justice and has ac- quired habits of deception which, I fear, uses. What do you| unfortunately effects. It i pendence ght say he refuses has occurred lescribe them be placed Halpin cou m Mr. say, Halpin?" I say that I'm no worse than you or any man would be if he'd been h unded up 1 down the world as long for as I have * replied the engineer. “It's true I'm a fugitive, though I don't know how you found it out.” | falat bope of restoring animation by me- chanical means, but none whatever that the | animal would develop vital encrgy by its | own internal processes. From previous experience 1 would #ald that death always proclaims ence, though (he method 1s not scribed 1n the exact terms of flight of the soul hur be percelved, though by what sens not surely say, and n in the ¢ lower animal there should be some takable change when it has run thio period of organic ba, again toward the dust “The dog is dead, move again. ' “Before your « is Hillister, “‘you will know better A peculiar rattling sound upon the door {nterrupted us. “That's the engincer,” The private rap he uses s protably a sur vival of the days when stealing was hls regular business, He has brought another dog, 1 suppose The guess proved accurate. Halpin engineer, brought with him in a gunny a yellow mongrel obviously long inure 11" usage, but withal an engaging b whose affectionate and nfiding nature made it easy prey for the spoiler, as nat- urally as fl it had been human Released from imprisonment, it shook It- self, looked nquiringly around and then ap- proached mo with timid demonstration good will. Almost immediately, however, it turned toward the tabl where it stood snifing the air and whining faintly for a littlo while; then it slunk behind my chair and lay down. Halpin meanwhile had received his price and Holllster had intimated to him that his presence was no longer necessary to our happiness. The man seewed dislnclined to take the ultra-polite hint. He stood by th door nervously twirling and twisting his hat while his furtiye eyes shifted from one ob- Ject to another in the room T didn’t know but you'd ke to try with me again,” he satd at last Hollister, laughing softly, said to me: I had to fight with this fellow the other day to prevent his taking a second dose after he recovered from the first one. If he knew where the stuff was kept he'd steal it.” 'What is there about it that is so attrac- tive?" T inquired sk him,” replied Hollister, “he wouldu't toll me." “I the effect agreeablo “There ain't effect,” waid he, 'y Just go to sleep. At first you swell up around the chest, and breathe deep to fill yourself full of air. But before you know It, you're gone.” Auy drean Not a dream, he culia¥ expression, the could not comprehend That the man hud acquired an overmas tering passion for the drug, as the result of. a single trial of its power, could not be doubted. Yet he persisted In denying thal 1t produced any vislon, ballucination or tions of an agreeable character. ‘How do you feel when you come out ¢ 162 1 asked at last . And he answered with flerce sincerity “Worse than you'd belleve if T told you While 1 was endeavoring to formulat anoth line of inquiry that should pe etra'~ the my~tery of this man's desire t a drug whose sole appreciable effect wa by his own story, painful, there was knock on the door and then a card appeare on the carpet “Colwin,” said Holliste card The third member of our little coter entered. He was & man under 40, of mediu stature and w n thin by nervous activity The long-continued ‘pursult of porson gratification had produced in him none the lassitude supposed to attend upon dis: Ulusionment. The oftener he falled 1 have its pres- to b ence The may an- se of a unmis from u N body ov existence, and sald L It will never ar Is burned out,” said | said Hollister. | the bag it I asked Hilpin any veplied, meaning with a pe of which picking up | I've of | You have told me more than you sup- | pose,” sald Holliston. “Well, what of 1t?" replied Halpin, sul- lenly. might as well talk to scmeb 7. kept the secret inside of me and d trusted every man woman I met. 1 haven't had a friend or dared to have one. | But n't care about that. What you | want is to have me tell you what happe when a man takes this stuff that you hav invented. Now, then,” he drew a long breath, tremulons, sobbing inhalaticn | chara of nery n | “if you'll let me try it once more I swear | to you that when 1 1 will tell you | the truth | What do you say | lister, turning to us “Let him try it, it he wants to," an-| | swered Colwin | | “You don’t know what saying!" I exclaimed. “Look at this dog.” | “Well," said Holllster, calmly, “lock | bim." | At | tabte, | had . or you d the eristic extreme us tensi gentlemen?" said Hol- | you're at his words we all gathered reund | and as we did so the animal cemed stark and dead began to stl Reepiration, slow, but easy and regu ar, began to be observable, The eyes opened seemingly sightless at first, but rapidly taking on a look of Intelligence. In ten | miputes the actlon of heart and lungs was nearly normal, the creature was able to stand and there was no sign of any in- jury resulting from its brief descent fnto the shadow. 1+ oxhibited lassitude and of discomfort. There was no indication of | The animal seemed merely incapa- | f taking any Inftiative. Finally, how- | it strayed toward Hollis'er, rubhed t his leg and put its muzzle into his vistretched hand, while unmistakab'e onrs gathered in its ¢ Hollls'er to k| the brute into his arms, where It lay, Tick- | ng his hand, and sceming to be comfortea | “There. you sald Halpin. “The | dog is well enough,* | “Quite 80, roplied Hollistor, “and since | vou insist. I'm willing to glve you ano'hor | ‘uw But mher, the tru‘h, the whole truth, and noth'ng Fut the truth this 'm-* Halpin ratsed h's hand and promised a1 whercupon Hollister peursd from t vory flask which Halpin had taken from cabinet a draueht that 1 wanld ¥ have Alled an after-Ainn-r c- frec t the ave size. He showed no ro in measuring the dose The failbird took the g! hesitated a moment. and irank to the last drop. He t cn the table and 1 caught Ning over the This has no odor I “After It has been exposed to the air for while,”” sai1 Hollister, “It develops the| Jor that you doubtless notleed | room The taste Is faint, but Well, Halpin, how do you “Happy,” was tho answer th it all.” His volce b It w round and manly trongly contrasting with his usual surly »ne. This change became even moro marked nd was accompanied by an altered manner uite in harmony. In the closing moments o spoke with dignity and force I have given you a promise but T shall not be able to keep it ecp, but I shall not wake. Listen Mr. Holllster. You ha led with tbis drug, haven't “Several werdose “It wasn't that,”, rejoined Halpin. 1 have taken notice, for I have got most of the | creatures for you. It Is not the overdose | hat kille; it s the second dose! Tell me, you ever given this twice to any wal and had it live? 1 raw that even the imperturbable Hol ster was shaken by this question. He did | ot answer it "I know that it's the truth,” sald Halpin h that | | A queer sort bl ver, amnly ixe cup great \ the 18 quite el for T am done had s deep. undergone ' a surprising [ he sald I shall to me animals | e k you was the reply, “but I used an Iy tast | observe that I had given Hollister a new | It | doesu't THHE OMAHA DAI and that s why I wanted the se wanted to d There mildly How d ond dose 1 were other ways 1 e 1 know exclaimed Halp How do I know that an puts a bullet through his brain t dead? I've never tried it. I've never tried the polsons that druggists sell. But 1 have tried This 1 can 1t aken the soul out of my body once and time it will not bring it back. 1 am at end of this world, thank God! The extraordfnary resonance of his volee, due, 1 to the greatly mulated respiration and nervous excitation, softened in the last sentence, and became almost like music. I saw Hollister quietly take post at the man's side. In another instant he extended his powerful arm and Halpin dropped across it like a man stricken from the clouds We lald Halpin upon a couch, and I immediately proceeded to examine his con- | dition. His words, had filled me with alar and, as I bent over the unconsclous form, I asked Hollister anxfously what he thought Halpin's that animal life could | withstand two trials of this drug here may be something in it he re ed, in a dreamily speculative tone Whataver the explanation may have the fact 18 that Halpin was dead. 1 shall | mako no mystery there. Our utmost ef- | its, continued for hours, failed to restore | him. 4 o'clock in the afternoon till 10 in the evening we worked without cessa- tion, but without result. Then sum moned an ambulance trom Bellovue hospital and delivered the body into the care of a 1o whom wo declared that the engi- had taken some sort of poison in our ence, that we did not know the nature t, and that had our best to restore him. As I am a duly qualified physi- clan, the story passed inspection. 1 ured a promise that notbing should be left the hospital and, indeed, the | rdinary and persistent efforts at | uscitation then made, but vainly, | Wheu we three were left alone Hollis- | when a this trust t bas this the of theory [ been *rom we a we done undone at most extra res wer LY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1900, _—m Ho tas to leave Ainsl that p remarkir he can f for takiug made but 1 | | ¢ | | and best thing 1 am ready glass By heaven It has been exposed 8o rked Holl You don't supy ence, do you? I have not detected any in my experiments,” was the cal you must remember that my | are still in progress. The seems to be this he glass. When Colwin ralsed lips 1 heard it rattle against his teeth Few men of my acquaintance, I believe, could have shown so much emotion in this adventure and not one could have been so chance with a sald Colwin, t this & king up his ne minutes now,’ pse that makes any differ Colwin, anxiously the co n raply, 't aske; irse of it ns step next and drained his the goblet to his | surely depended upon to go through with it. Though he bel In the glass and f horses could not have trom it The draught only for a few seconds. me and besought ved that ¢ it hea pulled ath lurked ily, wiid him away ared scemed to steady him, but Then he turned to me not to neglect him when should become unconscious. A moment later he ran up to Hollister, who had seated himself on the piano stool. You don't show any effect yet,” he cried with that strangely resonant which I have already noted as a sy of the new polson What if it act on You will not 8o through with this alone? Go and lie down on the divan Hollister, calmly You're all right n 1. And, by the way, old man do you expect to The dreams or something really genuine Colwin's eyes shone With enthusiasm His mind had been suddenly turned the true interest of the adventure. 1 shall my body lying there dead,” he cried. My soul will rise out of it and I shall look down and myself Nobody ever did that befor It will be tone iptom should not you? leave me to sald and what oplum s0'a own WITH ME. asked whether anything that we had would deter us from the adventure which he had planned, the nature of which was, of course, quite clear. Belleving that | he had sec 1 a drug which—as the un fortunate Halpin had said—took the soul out of the body, it was his intent that/ we at- tempt the mysteries of mnother world to- | gether. | “It produces,” sald he, “what may be | called a temporary death. 1In the case of man, I believe that the interval is occu- pled with actual experiences of a future or at least another—state and that these experiences are fully remembered afterward, | 1 believe that this miserabie man, when ho | stood bLere before us tonight, possessed knowledge that 4id not exist elsewhere |H‘ this world, unless the fables of eastern oc- | cultlsm be true “It is a perfect tajuty,” said Colwin, | ‘that our late friend believed that he knew | what death 1s, and that he had found it | agrecable. 1 see your scheme, Holllster, and I applaud it We three will ke this drug and pass an hour together—who knows where! I am with you, body and soul, and | the phrase bas a uew meaning in this ad- | venture.'” | Hollister air he ce blew a cloud of smoke and watched it melt and threw ar threc th which Halpin draught des into the vanish. Then rising, filled same k his clgar away small gla from had furnished with the he ha ich 1 Colwin's eys sparkled with cagerness, but his body trembled with fear. He was peculiarly scusitivato perll, yer he delighted in it. His nature was such that nothing he possessed assumed a value till be fearcd its loss, and the presence of death that means the loss of all this world turned the dross of his existence (o pure gold. His frame shook with the terror and the joy of this hazard | Hollister, on the contrary, was calm, though by no means tndiffercnt. For my part, 1 was struggling with an emotlon | which neither of them could guess or ever understand “Well, Alnslee?" sharply st me. “Wait! Walt!" belonged to me “It your life belonged to you Colwin. “How long since it didn't? Not loug," said I, “and when I tell you what I mean by this, you will be more surprised than you will be by anything that | auother world can show you ntlemen, 1| am in love. I have pledged myself to a| woman, and my life longs to hei There was a faint clinking of glass. then a silence. The two men stared at with painful intepsity, It gratified me quite | suld Hollister, looking 1 exclaimed. “If my lite cried and | me | to | sensatlon, She is a * 1 said she has s0 much unc girl of beauty “She sings like the ot an angel how can 1 say it in & way t erstand? It would be to tell that I am happy is who and of cultiva- seraph her o make tirely us would ne‘es himself a king There you win, to en you ou answer, ‘so & paretic are limits as intimate the hallueiy uppos: noke her I To begin upon the You will her sald Col tions of for instance the human mind noy he low admit tha rro &8 \ vast varlet alth can grat! they exist equirements of he serve my e whom ach pleasu al, new aim me to buy be happy sald Colwin ason wh We're never vol poor I can greatly al Women, as well as n tres, and t are of the | n, hav that w importance, 1 cannot answer (he high let m grade tent, sin ery iaflords a new heart and o will with you there ast yet nature. and be cc and it zive me owr to W and a new ring for her fingor It is all over And yet, old man you shouldn't coming back find about Colwin 1 rejoined are even o lower animal than 1 supposed you to be I refuse to talk with you on subjects above your But I appeal iolllster, 0 this matter, Am I not in refusing to risk my life? "“Every man is right do said Hollister ause he can’'t help it. He {s a mario. of nature, and the toy is worked single thing—gratification. If it You to be in love, who can ve It 18 infernal vay. But And what does pay? keep us you know, u it and she'll “you right ng what b Pleases ‘principally b with please ture to critt nonsense and it what fsn't nonsense’ Colwin, I guoss we'll |a sw | deceive the instinet of a dog | tomea | with | seemed not | without worth taking a chance for Holllster's hands strayed the plano. Mu lectual pursuit, ith the emotions him play were alculus than soul, and it he brought n, when over with him the keys in a0 of Ie having The wos an hing to works I had heard the formula the xpression of a & Larme more the the colde ing inary \ t, Af 1 ¢ iman that fron or the on miy ne the nerve to play at all I turned to Colw He was falling it partly carried his to had and only just in time vard him v body that I sprang and the was impact of divan I laid him an easy posture upon the dull red covering of the couch there was no sign of life bim except the warmth that lingered in the stagnant bloo “Throw couple of those cushions on the floor behind me,” sald Hollister over his shoulder. “I'll lie there comfortably enough while the wing of the dark angel shadows me. By the way, Alnsle occurs to me that you'll be in rathe embarrassing position if neither of us kes up. What will you do? “Tell the truth, tradict me?” “And what will the girl say “That she is sorry two men should have thrown away thelr lives Instead of doing good with them,” said I. “And sorry that 1 should not have been strong enough prevent it."” “That is one way to look at it,” lister, “Perhaps the volition is the more agreeable, but I could not accept it in in it w sald I “Who can con sald Hol- idea of life cven as a child Doubtless the retrospeciive suggestion in his last words influenced him more strongly than would have been poréible fn his normal condition, and with a singular result. Un- consciously to himself, 1 dare say, his fingers on the keys strayed into simple harmony of old song that he must have learned In childhood. Certainly I had not heard it in twenty ye In the midst of it I saw the soul go out of him and I caught his body as It sank backward limp and nerveless Immediately the spaniel that had shut into another room began to scratch upon the el of the door aud to howl piteously It was necessary to quiet the animal, and #0 1 brought him out into the room and let him stand beside the body of his master. His actions convinced me that the trance produced by this drug was deep enough to which is sup I bad the greatest 1g his disturbing the we posed to be very acute difficulty in preve sleep of the tenants in adjoining suites Meanwhile I had two men upon my hands whose sleep was beyond disturbing. 1 have no natural horror of the dead and hud gained in my medical studies an additional immunity, 1 found the situation i casingly disquieting After a short In- terval I began to employ ordinary restora- tive measures upon Colwin, whose uppear o somewhat more arm- ing than Hollister's It may be that the events of the had unsteadied my nerves began to be consclous of a loss of self- control. T became 8o tremulous as to almost Incapable of performing the manual labor necessary, and perspiration dripped from my forehead. Time, as measured by the clock, seemed alternately to leap ahead and to stand st 11, I thought day must be far advanced, and the next moment 1 tartled by the light of wn at the edges of the heavy curtains that covered the windows. The dog, imprisoned in a clc to whine, but I had to the sound. Yet the tremulous breath of a 1 sprang clear the wall with p terror and faced about, expecting to see I knew not what g It Hollister, the cushions. His were staring stratght his chest he moved ye ce seomed to me night Cer'anly 1 et, did not accus I hoard cenge become when sigh to anic was who was stirring upon eyes were open, and upwmd. T could see rising and falling, and presently limbs his as one who labors dream to his side »me Running Adressed 1 Ufted to him to understand. 1 got air and offered him the glass out of my but unteeling as it there 1 han words which he n easy « He struck nril had co brandy hand, not the glass al proc nman agenc For several minutes big chalr, while T words that him than Intelligence expression He (%) od y hea befor, m wall ily him impressi behind hi wake, a showed plalnly but not 1 physfcal pain, 1 ght of s-me in th in upon made re n howe his e suffert the of was n one Al nor trange burden pur of pain sontly h men mere heaviness without th 118 countenance hegan \ mreate n ific in sion n his eyes that presaged action vindow wide alr 1o &h sp light W antmat its ex something more \ere was a fig t it was A rus unprepared for T ward the and dart stood the too quick s hand upon | the fragile gla floor or th one h suddenly cabinet held the drug. [ just as he laid b t violently, and Agalnst the hest pon ard that him the where ered A moment's e, trylng w that he mi al with the not fully returned Lis purpose by net other. His P strength able exertion ana 1 A great as him up and | bim into | moment | smells like | gecmed to be | | enfoyed by one | the | were | aistressing should be | think they yielded through weal | ratlol be | | Colwin's attention by a ru | rose | lips - [ have known 1 locked and put th Limsclf def chair With bis the Festorin sank the 1gh differ at t and t Feeling myselt eficrs secure for to Colwin had little the result, but wi seeming dead man was upon clamoring for the drug. He was ex whereas Hollister had been calm, but b men's minds were upon the sam Each wished with indescribable in to return Into that sleep from which he had Just awakened Neithor would utter one word in expl tion; not that they refused in set but rather that they seemed wholly indit ferent to my de to nd th desire became stronger and stronger within me as I valnly strove to extort from the the secrat of their adventure Surely there was nothing entl I had witnessod that nigh. and at the fmpulse that impelled me the path these men had trod. Perhaps th same subtle Influence emanated from air, now heavily charged with the odor of the drug that had been spilled haps th of other men's desire for something wholly beyond my fancy awoke Whatever the cause, 1 felt th feat of my resolution should try the hazard of th Aslde from my desire tempt venture, another consideration pressed upon my mind. It was evident that I could not much longer hold out against t1 ness of my companions. They woul be masters of their usual strength could then easily ower away the key of cabinet kept it from the could ¢ sccure the drug for though cabinet of strong know ng in wha I marveled sight s my envy comi ove ne the i entually th they stherwise was onk and as HE EXT LIKB NDED A MAN HIS POWERFUL STRICKEN FROM ARM THE sale long, 1 hiad th come to any from destr doubted the fatal ef! It might be ble a time by means of a compror a small delay might be enough to turn the scale, for whatever was the influence that moved thom, it wa in the uature of mortality that it should hold its power un diminished. It might that from my own trial I should derive the decisive ar gument against their purpose 1 did not belleve myself cavable of yield ing absolutely to the self-destructive im pulse, and it might be that the sight of my resistance would determine the action of my companions. Thus I gave desire th name of duty, as If it were for their sake that I faced the risk, but in the depths of my heart 1 knew that it was the wish, old as the race, o penetrate the mysteries of ancther life The hope fantastical words, but was A prover all the testin pleasure to odor was it co st their efforts very natural impulse that would have man to prevent my comrade »nd potion " to rest ise and even not that 1 could to every one to my mind truth. For in the ) bodily sen 1t will read that remembe seem the hour this, by this drug gave that { cable, and that could be better it. Befo the effec who in who period of un rival they ned after There perience in the the extraordinary perience I Therefore terms should give they knew miscrably tran ount fo that e 1 app wled in the Hollister and Colwin me the chance ind then that Know three, it take the what such final to o1 would step together As 1 spoke it made little Impre that them seemed to me ¥ wor and th ion upon 1 ness of ulting from the drug and not al persuasion. Whatever the motive they promised to await the result of my own trial. Upon that I unlocked the cabinet and found, by Hollister's direction, another flask containing the solution. I out enough, replacing the flask and locked the cabinet Colwin’s eyos were on me as I put the key will e poured | into my pocket and 1 read his purpose in his glance He soon as T be would have taken “helpless. 1 key as m that | T should wake, if indeed I waked at all, to dead same yleld Hollister, 1 { intent for hid key find him not the might el sure fear that distracting while doin; that I should surprise, Hollister the glass to restrain me had yot 1 the s0. He Arink at once suddenly and endeavored was not quick enough arm just too late “I am he read in his eyes the that he b disy. our compun was palpably but eager to my put to his my He orry 4, simply sign of ayed in Had 1 told n he chang Ana only endshiy a ever the years of onshiy wa he would have Seeing that 1 had ordinary eanor had > the drunk started a L A wo traln of ¢ e m her as she and mine upon a glimpse n revelation 1 to her and ready t most sacred | honor brain at Holli the ter wa i whi s own inward exper that I think th will come th Kkindly it | to follow | | remember | haa hand touched my | 1 | | burden to| | What ntly w 1id not k force in action burden of this mear t pre b me and 1 m pring of th | my eye ring to d A sense of familiar fore me. 1 know him When b my br that ster, the wonder in Ha even the without producing any telligence, until three words touched the spriug of real consclousnes This is life,” said he Then I began to understand. 1 knew tha I bad labored at these tasks before anc that something had freed me from them I wished to be free again The dull he had tolera 1 in in moved b aid not he was igh 1 what impression of fu mechanics of this process tha called life weighed v me in ly. My thought clothed fitself 1 word rang in my brain: “Why should I do this? Why should I do this? Hollister wa aking again. 1 could not them low him, b word elves upon my mind #o that 1 now pertectly them, and the time they partial understanding tried to find out and bave death than you reat deal complete para trom all the old 1 prejudices. The habit of Al the labor of living ht you to bear 1§ now eive that what you had involuntary processes performed with mere siruggle to n reglstered what fatled death You aid mord uncon you about know but you A of chasm broken off had tau You per that to apparent been ta You Is it w as a rth the labor HALPIN LOUDS DROPPED ACROOSS 1T 1 buried my upon the desk face hands, for 1 restir period in wy had passed my slecp in the place where it The weight of my body, even thus supported, tortured me, being toil with- A h motive. band ard a volce the key of the cabine It was Colwin. During my sleep, as I afterward lear he had tried to get the key, and had discovored, despite Hollister's resistance, that it was not in my pocket, The words brought the recollection of the events fmmediately preceding my sleep. 1 bud not previously remembered the drug or even given any real thought to the ques- tion of how I to be in the state In which I found myself. 1 had wished, bl be rid of life. Colwin's words showed the way With no thought gan to search for of repetition which sclous memory e to the place where 1 had hidden it 1 would have gone at once to the but from weakness I sank lown a moment in the chair before the desk Directly in my line of vision was a sheet of paper on which appeared, in my own hand, two words My beloved.” They all that I had written me which had seeme complete Instantly 1 saw to this dull slavery of life picture health hend that life thing from what ould T bear the veary round of was laid say upon my shoulder and “Where did you put came for I roso and be- key. The instinct the basis him, 1s me were in that 50 long and £ her condemned As a slck man 1 was unable to could be to her a dif- it was to me. How thought that she must walk life and I be free! 1 10 not have her thus to suffer it alone. What help was possible from ortal creature to another 1 was not in a con- to a did 1 care to problem. It was enough stronger than death, took bidding me to share her that fustant I forgot my annot re 0 ompr one lition under with that instinet nor st that hold our upon me And in own. 1 arose to my fect without a trace of the deadly oppression that had welghed me down. “Hollister,’ I have solved as the hills There was something in my aspect which tmpressed them. Even Colwin's mind was turned for a moment from its one idea of flig out of existencs “1 know what you are going to say,” sald Hollister, wearily. “It is in all the books man must not live for himself sald 1, “your puzzle is easy. it and the answer is as old len And to it rem prove t the life Halpin oft companionship instant th ined for it in a new wa record of this experiment that miscrable fellow his crime from human thing to be cast aride found what he helfeved What s 1t to Colwi pursuit of plea cynic like your It v, said 1 Louk was to ? A he h outrun every sober What 18 it introspec athy unceasing hich is the only par bore the Do you remember ke? 1 a8 and d laugh at 1 what your all how how he wonder the con inworthy he laid was com hat meaning u re hat arm 1 inkling of ome 1 may be right I belie said Hollister and the But trick of Shall 1 fall in ou are exy instru Ive after only revealed to u nat Ing t ruins m £ the ny & man heart 1 I thank h it plain | oty exquisite malt bev 1s of 1d the | Feputation I the envy of many. nd ) the Hure all suid Hollister I can't 1 into the nare of friend e pr the last of uncon- | for | ind of his volce annoyed me | Within Col Hollister wo had gone out returned forcing o the room and to the ¢ 1 was obliged to repor the authoritics, but 1 sible of Hollister, me. On returning to my ever, 1 found him there The man had Amasing a8 that may which 1 extorted from him w culty. 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