Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 9, Number 37, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 March 1879 — Page 6

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

A PRRFECTL Y, A WFULL LOVELY POEM,

There was once a perfectly modern girl,' With perfectly modern ways, .i? Who saw perfection In everything

That happened to meet her gaze.

Such perfectly lovely thlngsshe saw, And perfectly awiul, too. That none would have dared to doubt hor word,

Ho perfectly, perfectly true.

The weather, she said, In auratner time, Was perfectly, awfully warm The winter was perfect, too, when there camt

Some perfectly terrible storm.

She went to a perfectly horrid sclioo., Ia a perfectly horrid town vt And the perfectly horrid tochers there

Did things up perfectly brown.

Her lessons were perfectly, fearfully long, But never were perfectly said. And when she failed, as often she did,

Her face grew perfectly red.

The chnrch she attends Is perfectly mag— With a perfectly, heavenly spire, •And perfect crowds go there to hear

A perfectly stunniLg choir.

Tho latest style is perfectly sweet— The last tho perlectest out The books she reads are perfectly good (Just here we raise a doubt)

A ride she took was perfectly grand, On a perfectly gorgeous day, With a perfectly nobby friend of hers,,

Who happened to pass that way. .*

The perfect elegant falls she'd seen, When on her way to the lake And the graphic description she gave us all

Was simply a modern mistake. „...

The perfectly splendid foam dashed np In a perfectly killing style And the perfectly terrible waves came down

In a perfectly lovely £ile.

I might gD on with this "perfectly" poenj* And write to the end of tijihe But fearing to wear yout patieuce out

Will bring to an end my rhyme. —M. 4. B.lil Chicago Herald.

MADGE'S COUSIN. I

a a 3 A LOVE STORY.

Madge was sitting upon the hearth rug, pulling to pieces a white camellia, and excusing herself to her kind old guardian by saying it was "only Jack's." "My dear," said Mr. Selwyn, walking up and down, and stroking his gray beard in perplexity, "I want to talk to you about Jack." "O! please, not now, Papa Selwyn!'' She called him Papa Selwyn when she meant to be coaxing, and that was nearly always. "But, my dear, this is all nonsense, must talk about Jack someMine. Yesterday it was, O! please don't—my bead is aching and the day before, '0! please don't—I want to go oat with Gerty Come, let us face this affair," And, sitting in ths easy chair bebiud the hassock, he drew «p on his knees the hand that held the broken llower, and proceeded to lecture his untnanagable charge on the endless subject of "Jack."

Madge was a charming charge for any kind old man's heart tu.~have. Naone could look into her large gray eyes without seeing the great, warm heart, whose tale they told every moment and yet the bright, quick glances and the saucy set of the slips showed that Madge had a will of her own, and wit and cleverness enough to carry it out.

This lecture on Jack: was the same as many others had been. It consisted of two parts, the first being devoted to proving that she oaghfc to ti^owfcttt o?fru whims and pleasure# rfside, and a!s a dutiful girl, fulfill her dying father's request and marry her cousin and the second was a •uiogjJuQ^OQ the many good qualities of J*ck Ha# kesbury. "Do, Mr. Selwyn," laughed Madge, after he had been making out that even Jack's awkwardness came from an overplus of good natitre, "do throw him at Gerty's head as you throw him at mine, and I shall make him over to her, and they will be happy for life."

Gerty was Mr. Selwyn'S own daughter, and at the mention o£ i^r nanr*9,

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strange expression crossed hU race, which Madge could'uot read. "Throw him at Gerty's bead words you use, child r* he his autioyance, for a moment, escaping his control. "I wish you had half Gertrude's good sense. You fancy Jack thinks of her-is that it? He ia the soul of honor, and as far as it depends on him, your father's word will be kept." "O! Papa Selwyn, don't be vexed with rne I am so sorrj!" and her face was hidden on his Urge, rough hands in a burst of sorrow, quite childish in its passing inteusitv«» "Cheer up, rrfy (wrHng he*atd "you made a mistake—that's all. Why, one of these days you will forget poor Papa Selwyn altogether, wbeu you fall

lap in love with your cousin "That I won't!" cried Madge, with all the strength of her hot heart.

All her life, even so far back as her childhood, sh(vtfa3VlreaJed tfie /*te'th^t bound her to marry her cousin. When Jack Hawkesbnry came on the scene and stayed on visits at the house, she disliked and ridiculed him without mercv. Another, one like fair-haired Gertrude for instance, might have accepted the inevitable and been happy but Madge's active and independent nature mado her ran against fate. And now there was onlr one month left before her twentv-Arst birthday and the betrothal. Ofteh told Gertrude she wished lie would go home, and stay there and Gertrude would ortty laagnj with a deeper tinge Ol color on her fair face.

The girls wont oat bdt ffttle, an arrange men against which Madge often rebelled, believingjrit w» in some way connected with th-« safe management of her cousin. But there were two pleasures in prospect now, tin afterno6rt*s boating with Jack and a friend of his and Gertrude, and a party that the Pon-

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easv-gomg* "way. Madge, bright with ozcitennent, was talking—not with Jac but with the dark bearded, travel bronzed man, who was resting from bis turn at the sculls. He was charmed with the way she chatted and listened to his tales of half the world with a re* freshing absence of self consciousness.

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What would he have said if he bad known the thought that strove tor entrance into her" heart? O! if Jack— awkward, blundering, good-uatpred Jack—could be changed into thia stranger tbat she tiiuidly called Mr, Fitz-iilaa, and Jack and her guardian bad greeted at the house as Herbert.

At last there was a pause tu her talk. She itave a geep sigh, prompted by a sad longing to do right, a vage fear, a first suspicion of tb'e change that was coming over her impetuous heart. "Are you cold, Mad«e?" asked Jack, pulling away anil bending to his strong sroke. "Keep your shawl well about your shoulders. And, rny dear girl, look to your steering. You have been sending the boat in curves like a cork screw—OLly I did not want to disturo your tete-a-tete."

Poor Cousin Jack! She drew the white shawl closely around her, chilled not by the wind, but by a suddeu pang of remorse, the foundation of which was very small, but enough to trouble her peace.

What need to tell the inner history of Madge's life during the next few weeks? More and more she longed for freedom. Fitzallan was staying in the neighborhood, and was frequently at the house, and in the thousand little incidents of every-day life she knew he oared ter her and honest Jack grew yet more distasteful in her sight.

In due timecamo the second promised pleasure. The family that distinguished the name of Jones by the prefix of Ponsonby gave their party. Madge was in her glory that night. One looker on called her charming another, the mother of fair daughters, admitted her expression was charming, but voted her features plain. Mrs. Ponsonby Jones, weighed uown with bright colored silk and jewelry, said in her finest tone that Mr. Selwvn's ward would ba quite a female d'esprit. Madge had no lack of society, but she kept a place in the conversation for JaokHawkesbury, and her love of mischief was gratified to the full by his making of it what he called "a hawible muddle." Bjt the trivial triumphs and pleasures of the. night were long forgotten by Madge before she lost one rememberance of a scene that pass ed in the conservatory, where the music was hushed by heavy curtains, and there was only the scrft light of a lew dim lamps among the masses of bjts soms and dark green leaves. Sa^had lost the flower from her hair-^one Of ljfer favorite camellias—as she s'aid, *?witb a darling bud,1''and Fitzillan j»ad ptofl# ised, with Ponsonby-Jones' permission^ to get her auotber, with a ddrttpg bud| too: She had placed his gift in Eei|^tai» and she sat near the dewy glass, sayiui it was cool there, and she would yes® Fitzallan stood at a little distanoe/ jpeflf knife in hand still, swinging oarefl6S9lj» the fanlike leaf of a dwarf pine "If tbisw^re nearer I oouyi ji^n jpo,' he said. "Thank you I am tired rather than bot." •, .v it :u._

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Never in her Ufa before had Madge been so" seriwus or so troubled as she was now, in the son light among the cool plants, within sound of the half-hushed music "Will yon do me a favor?" she inquired, raising the gray eyes that shone for a momont with liquid brightness.

You have only to name it—I am at your service." His manner, unromantic to a studied degree, made ber feel all the more safe in taking heart to speak, while she gave him at the same time iu generous measure that most prtiCjoba offering to* which every noble hearted man entitles himself—a woman's respect. "I have seemed very happy to-nig lit, Mr. Fitznllan," she begau in a quiet, low tone, the torn leaf trembling hand, and the color dying out of her face "but I am in great trouble." "Indeed! I am sorry to hear it." He drew a little nearer, listening attentively, and helping now and again by a ^ord of encouragement.

Her atory was a simple one. She was to be married next mojith to her cousin, Mr. Hawkesbury. She had dreaded it all ber life, but it was her fate. And then, taking courage from the respectful and almojt patewial daweaqer^of thtf listener, she made the frank confession that she disliked bercpusin just because she was forced to mari-yhim and to this she added such a childlike entreaty not to be thought "too bad," that it must have required more than ordinary selfcontrol for Fitzalltan not to say something that would have allowed the scene to become a tender one but this he seemed determined to avoid, and so in

jad !—what,Lher simple way did the sadly perplexed Exclaimed, fgirl that was pouring out her heart's trouble to him. "Will you speak for me to Mr.Sel aryn," she 8aid,rHas he is an old friend of his? not ea*on at men do, bat I want you to try if there is any way of eleaAe for me* Bray forgiire me if I |m wrong in asking your interference, but liaria wretatshed"—»hftre burst of tears tbpt tried th^ listener sorei^itej* I myself hive so often spoken to Mr. Salwyn, and,it is of jjse. *Ho «i£i*s Mjrk my father's wffl* must be carried out and, 01 bow I wish

I could do it." "It ftfnst bo done,!? p6ssible," Fitz-il-lan said. "Bat it' would not be your father's will to mar the happiness of Your life, oc to put you in bondage., "Ot If Mft'ftetwjii w6?ldjonly spefck like thit^^id the gfrl gacf?y. •A'Well, I ahail have-a talk with him," said Fitzallan, "aud-do oay beet for your happiness, though I would be,sorry to injurt a##ke?»uijr'8 proipetiU.* iJbt U« now: there -is .a new pleqe be-

go b*c ginni is it pci? I tided notsfyjycm have dona me a fkvor io denre.^ I

That is on» 'of ftubenstein's,

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ffcjry .to hear tha result of Fitzlljaa'p parle^with her* feilf-ir^fitn. Thrfcfc daVs irase'di *od a aotedpime from bi#p. only

Tew'Words, saying tbat.be had £uceeed&l4tlfrtmfc«as uihn a promIfte tliMt the matter should beeonsidored. But Mad^e saw little good cofpihg o( ^ir. Selwvn's "considering" whfclflwtn4 eid to be bedded irrevocably long ago.

At last it was tho eve of the birthday totnojffo VNiW' yH h»-il tsadtd day?

feonbv-Joneses were going to give, to and which the Selwyn family were sure to said t__ .... be invited. First came boating. Ah! "M^chiTd, it has been the work of that ever-memorable day—how manv many vears, for me to see to the fulfillyears it would take Madge to &rget U! There were four in the boat that passed, «md dear^at friend, Mid bi» life was with the measured Jack's pair of sculls ahal lows and gre«n „pp«r Th.u.«, the" cushioned seat at the stern, their white woolen ahawla guarding tbetn from the chill of the autumn wind. Ger-

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jltytai vvln in S&& Franci«oo* ^rifonatttr few weeks ago some workman enigod in removing an old manaioo on corner of California atyl Mason streets were considerably puzzled at folding a nuiriber of copper Wires ooifuectiug the bath room with a room abovS. The owners of the property were fgriially puzzled, having never before wn or their existence. The 'Wiffei re removed, and nothing more

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trade was watching the shores and theii ir XIr. Selwyn bad returned home, running ripples, thinking in her quieMi,L«»fo«M4 »«le«P the «m qkair '-hitn the dark dining room. But little

daylight eatne in between the cartalfis, and it was only the glow of the fire that showed her his white hair ami long Ward. "She knelt beside him, as she often did for a talk when he was in that oh air, and she woke htm by stealing ber hand Into his.

thfeugbt of tjie matter., This recalls to toy mlna an incident which many will lemember: the 14th of July, 1882, a Professor Croftly was found dead in the bath awml bare just mentioned. Croftly iiMlfeweil known among scientific men professor of oliemistry, and, besides, had a large oircle or acquaintance in this city. He was supposed at the time, to bave oommitted suicide, and his death furnished a three days' sensation fpe the press. The accounts In four leadiug newspapers materially conflicted, which made the matter all the mo tarfsting to the public. All agreed. ever, with asingnlar unanimity of KJUL tbat he was dead. Even the %Mle not positively admitting his de uslae in the article, virtually conceded it ia the head lines.

Croftly, whan fcujid, iving In Ukth, covered with Grounds .or so curious a natare that nobne «o»ld«xpUUn h6w they came to be inflicted. They were deep, ragged, and gaming,and there Was no instrument found in the room with which they might bave been made. Even the deteotlyea who ylsited tho

TEEIkE HAUTE S ATUKL) AY EVEN IN MAIL.'

"Who is it—Qertj? No, Madge^-oay little Madge that is to be so patriarchal to-morrow." "Papa «»Uvyn," she began, not giving him tijte to jilt** ai»y mora lest she might not be able to disclose all ber troubles. "I want to tell you something, and you won't be angry, will you, no matter what it ia?"

He took her face between hja hands, and the fire fUahejl up and showed hi.a how earnest it was. "I am quite aure," be aald, "nothing can make me anything but as deeply in love with ray second daughter as a poor old fellow like me can be. Why, child, I am uqder a oloud all day, beoauae tomorrow—as soon as to-morrow—I can be Papi Selwyn no more, and Madge will be thinking about nobody bult her cousin." "No, indeed!" cried Madge, impetuously "you will be Papa Selwyn always—always and I don't care for my oaualn a bit."

But ber guardian shook his bead gravely. "My dear, you will marry yous cousin."

The firelight had died down now, and Madget had courage enough to burt out, with ah effort, the few words—"I oan't marry Jack because I ought to love ray husband, and I can never care enough for him. Or if I must be engaged to him to-moTrow"—here there was a grert sob—"Mr. Fitzallan is very good and kind, and I don't want to hurt blm«—but—but—he must tro away."

Her herd sank upon his knees with the grqat effort of the request. "Aly poor child," he said, "I know you secret. Bravely said! my little Madge—my bonny girl! You have bad the truth out an$ done nobly. You are worthy of the trtfcn who is to have you, and that is saving a good deal." Wbdft she bad heard it, she waited with wide wondering eyes while he told it a second time, for she could not believe in her joy. "As you know, 'Madge," he began, "^oost people in this world have more cousins than one." And then he went on to exylain to her tbat Herbert Fitzallan was a very distant cousin, and it was to him her father wished her to be married. Fitzallan's father had been the companion of his labors, and Herbert himself bad tyeen loved by the dying man as his sou, for Herbert was twenty Vhen little Madge was an orphaned baby of four. "You ask what about Jack, then?' said the old man. "That was my clever trick upon Madge. I never Said you were to marry Jack. I told you of your father's wish. I brought Jack here, the only cousin you knew and I praised his good qualities—which are fine enough, 1 can tell you, and appreciated by a young lady not far from here. I know that wayward heart of yours, and I l^new that a woman should not marry without real love,-and a great store of it, tio. So I left my darling open to the idee that Jack was to be the lucky fellow and she did just what I a.gd all sensible folkfe expected—almost hated Jack and Her doom. Then took care that the man ypu were meant for—who, my dear, has the btjst and truest heart in the world—should come in the way just at ihe right time, and show an interest in you. So, have I aot succeeded, and made my Madge choose her father's choice wifch her o.w~n free heart and will? As for Fitzallan, he is all impatience for to-morrow, and he would have told you the secret at that ball the other night, when ho says he was put to a desperate trial, but he had promised me never to disclose it till we tvere quite sure of success. Well, are you happy firtw, Madge?" "My dear, good second father! how ,a I love "you enough?" was ail she lonld say, when she'felt his arms around her in that moment of fulfilled desires, and his lips pressed to her forehead ir fatherly affection, now that his long solicitude was at an end, and his hard task well done.

That very night Madge, scarcely able to realize her joy, was betrothed to Herbert Fitss4ilan, who, when once the secret was disclosed, would not wait another hour. "Have I not waited years?" he said. "All my titne abroad I was waiting, and and then I came back and found tity Madge more than ever I had dared to hope."

Bat Madge, In her new freedom, did not forget poor Jack. 'Indeed, she was almost in trouble about ber unkitfdneBS to bim when she heard tbat he bad been only playing a part, bearing all her teasing, "and being purposely ungracious whenever she grew kind. But Gertrude oonsoled her effectually on that score by telling enother secret after her kiss of congratulation. "Jack w«a, indeed, doing his best to carry out the plan," she said "and he was often grieved about you but, dear Madge, you must congratulate us now—, not me, but us. Jack and I made it up between us a month ago, and we bad many a quiet laugh about you." \So Madge herself accepted the ring, and wore her golden fetters by her own jfrfce alter all nor was there ever a happier or a more:willing captive. Ar for vftzallan, if be was not another Arthur, as the gW.'a fancy bad prompted her, to, call him, he was "blamele&s" as Che Prince of the "Idylfi," and far mole blest and if he reigned over ne realm, be was at least kiug of one brave and 4ender heart—a kingdom wide enough satisfy his deal ft*, and a prizfi Which Tfme proved to be well worth his years of waiting.

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scene of Oroftly's death shook their beads and ware at sea. Those who discovered tne body found UM* door securely fastened from the inside, and were obliaed to burst it open. The room bad no other means ot egress or ingress. "Suicide," remarked one, of the reportei a. "How oatne those wounds on the back?" asked a detective. "Who else was here?" responded the Journalist. And neither man bad anything more to say.

A post mortem revealed nothing new, except that the physicians found a state of the blood which they could not satisfactorily account for. "He was frozen," said young physician, whose opinion seemed to have its foundation only in surmise. "You seem to have forgotten that this is Jftly," remarked an elderly gentle man connected with a University.

The newspapers viid with each other in building up ingenious theories ac counting for the affair, the Coroner's jury found a verdict of suicide, for want of anything better, and the remains were buried.

The reader who desires to get a more detailed acooqnt of the affair—as related at the time—can do so by referring to the files of any of the city papers of that date. In fact, I would produce them here did spaoe permit. The main thing, however, is to clear up the mystery of Croftly's remarkable death.

He came to the coast in 1860, and was reputed to be a man of sufficient mean? to live handsomely on the interest of bis mouey. He stqpped awhile at the Oriental Hotel, and there met Edward Dean, a young man, who, like himself, waa a gentleman of leisure. The two became, intimate, and finally, tired of hotel life, tbey determined to seek quarters which would bo more congenial and home like. Tbey found these quarters at the residence of Riubard Armstrong, a mutual acquaintance, who lived iu very desirable quartern on the corner ol Mason and California streets. Before tho oostly habitations of Stanford, Crocker, and othermillionaires -sprang into existence, Armstrong's bouse came very near being called a mansion. Arm strong rented Croftly and Daau tbred elegant rooms, partly because be liked the men personally, and partly because be was running on 9 pretty close margin'financially. 'The two found their new quarters as attractive as men of taste could wish. Armstrong was' a widower, and

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One day I was in his room—being an occasional visitor—and observed him biisily engaged in chemical experiments. Said he: "Did you ever realize that the conditions which result in congelation might be produced chemically?"

I confessed that I had n&ver giVen the subject much thought. "Of course, you understand that sudden evaporation causes cold."

I knew nothing of the kind at Chat time, but nodded assent rather that acknowledge ttay iguoran"e. "I c^n produce ice Insufntanedusly,1" be continued. "This Is rid' usslstanf,** pointing to an electric battery. "With a current of say one hundred omes of electricity, I can accelerate enough evaporation to freeze instantly oats' hundred gallons of water."

Here the Professor took a baaift of water and poured In a small q[uahtity of colorless liqtttd. "This is ammonia," said he. "Bat this"—here he added a bout.as tpuoh of some other liquid—"is something else. "WhftisftV*

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rare old times together of evenings. His celler contained good wines, and hTs library coutained books of the rarest vintage of literature

One evening a hack drove up to the door, and a woman, clad in wraps bounded up the steps with astonishing vigor and agility, like most Western girls who are blessed with good health and animal spirits. She dashed into the hall in a style tbat sent a perceptible tremor throughout the hous£, and fell into ,old Armstrong's arms. A fusillade of kisses followed.

It waa his daughter, Alice. Next morning the usual formalities of introduction were gone through, and Miss Armstrong became one of the fixtures of the place. A few daj-s before her arrival, Professor Cr6ftly had suggested the idea of living somewhere nearer the center of the flity. After Miss Armstrong entered the house, however, no farther allusion was made to the pro posed removal. ,. The Professor began to pay Miss Armstrong the most devout attentions, and, as a matter of course, she fell madly in ldve with young Dean, *ho paid her none.

It is generally conceded that, one of the most effective ways of wooing a woman is to let Some other mkh do ft. The woman tires of the indefatigable lover, and the man who treats ber with indifference is soon preferred. Some men learn this by experience Dean discovered it by accident.

He presently began to turn his knowl* edge to excelleut account, and a bitter rivalry sprang up between the two men. Croftly soon realized that lie was not the favorite, and never for the life of him could understand bow a woman could form an attachment for a man who hadn't the remotest idea of chemistry. He forgot that he was somewhat old, and that some women dislike to cast their bridal wreaths upon the snow. He finally determined to put bis" rival out of the way, and set about laying his plans.

After a couple of weeks' deliberation he concluded to murder Dean, and to doit in such a neat and scientffio thatindr that discovery would be next to impossible.

,"NJ one knows buNnyselft* I deemed it impertinent to question him further. He then attached the wires of his battery to the watei1. "When I make thepounecttngcu«r9nt the water will becoihe Ice," 1 watched, much Interested, atld he 14d bis hand on ft piece of metal which was part of the apparatus, and'the turning of whlct^ caused the^curreats to^uriect.

He ttirned the bf&ss'pleda, and Instantly a cloud of vapor rose from the sue* face of tho water, Crystals shot from the sides of the basin with pstOQisblug

rapidity, and there was a lsharp, crsfbkling sound as the Water expanding in it caused a strain upon the basin, pressed out the sides. "With five»hundred omes," continued the Professor, "I can freeze five hundred cubic feet of water."

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I left the house much impressed with the discovery made by the Professor, and a few days afterward learned of his death.

The public considered it a case of sat* ie. I made a careful examination of 6 premises, and came to a different conclusion. It was the hand of Alicd Armstrong that killed Professor Crbftly.

Let ua so back a little. After the Pro* feasor realized what could be done with his new appliance of electricity, he determined to utilize it in the murder of Dean. He hit upon the grand idea of freezing him in tne bath, "She will not love bim cold," he said, and began to arrange his plans. Dean #as fond of the bath. He retired at midnight, and always took a bath just

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before. The bathing room of Armstrong's house waa an exceptionally good one. It was situated but a short distance from the suit occupied by the Professor and Dean. The tank was of marble, eight feet wide, ten ieet long, and six feet deep, capable ot holding four hundred and eighty cubic feet of water. Croftly connected the bath with his own room by means of wires. One entered the bath by the waste pipe. He reached thia by digging in the garden under the pretext of plantinK flowers. The wire ran down the side of the house and into the ground. It was concealed from observaUon by a lilac bush. The otber was connected with the pipe which furnished the water. He bored a bole in the wall and found, the pipe, as be expected, running in the rear of the room close to the floor. He then increased the jars of bis battery, and raised its strength to five hundred omes.

No suspicion was excited by this, as be had been for months before making electrical experiments. Hls apparatus was fixed on a stand near the wall, and the wires from it counected with those leading to tbe bath. When the apparatus was removed, its wires woula be pulled away from tbe others, and no trace would be left of previous connection.

On the night of the 3rd of July all was in readiness. Croftly laid his plans with nicety and deliberation. Dean always took a bath before going to bed, which was about midnight. In tbe morning Croftly bad purchased two aeat* at tbe Metropolitan Theatre aud

iven them to Armstrong, who took bis to the play. By eight o'clock everything was quiet in the house, and Croftly knew tbat he was safe from interruption until eleven o'clock, and perhaps later.

He now began to work in earnest. He fiUed tbe tank with water, and then test ed his wires over and over again. Everything was-in splendid working order. He calculated tbat be could embed bis rival in ice about midnight, and then turn on hot water. Iu tiie morning there would be no trace left of tbe freez ing. He rubbed bis bands with delight tfnd then poured in tbe chemical proportions, wherein lay the secret of his discovery.

Having done this he went back to bis room and laid the two connecting wires of his apparatus side by side upon tbe instrument. It was now nine o'clock. He turned tbe gas up to a full blaze to disperse the shadows, took an easy chair and determined to read until Dean's return.

The silenoe of tbe house became unbearable, and tbe sultriness of tbe apartment Qiore and more oppressive. His excitement began to tell upon him, and be was no longer cool. The man who 19 about to kill suffers more pangs than he who knows he is about to die. Croftly paoed up and down the apartment, and then a strange fascination drew him toward the bath. He entered tbe room again, and stood gazing into the motionless water in tbe tank, and murmured to himself: "Four hundred and eighty cubic feet, five hundred omes."

There was a gas jet above the tank, and its faint slow was reflected in the water. To Croftly the atmosphere seemed to have been generated in a blast furnace. The water looked cool and refreshing. There was yet more than an hour.

Croftly turned the catch of the door fj om forc° of habit, and, throwing off his clothes, (lauged in. He could discover no disagieea&e trace of tbe chemicals, and once mare be felt the delightful sensation of bein^ cool. It was so agreeable tbat he begun to reflect in bis mind whether he would fiot continue to enjoy the bath awhile aud postpone tbe murder.

Suddenly the hall door was slammed, and be beard tbe voice of Miss Armstrong talking with her father. Tbe pair had indeed returned, having left the theatre because they did not care to be bored with Mrs. Bowers' hackneyed rendering of"Que®n Elizabeth." Passing along the ball, they saw the Professor's door open, and the gas In full blast. Armstrong hated to see anything go to waste, and told his daughter to go in and lower the gas, as tbe room was unoccupied. Miss Armstrong went in, as directed, and'her father passed up stairs. While alone the girl could notrestat the temptation to.puil a little, note from her bosom and read it again. She had received it that morning, and had already perused it more than twenty limes. It r6ad: ia*. Hiih filttSi* fw# "DJBAR AUCB Wilfyou be*my wife?

Yours, EEWARD DEAN."

Dean was a young man who, when he bad anything to say, said it at once, and immediately stopped on reaching tbe point.

She pored wver the letter about fivd minute*, and then returning It to Its place, looked about her. Her eye presently fell on the instrument connected with Croftiy's battery. She took up one of tbe wire*, and Was about to lay it on the other, and sue if there would be a Sblock, when her courage failed ber and sbe dropped it across its mate. A spark flashed oi\t, which Startled her. She drew back, lowered the gas, and went •to-bedL" tr

At the instant tbe wires wore-connect-ed, Croftly was In tbeceoterof tbe batb. A shock and a tferrlble chill passed through his frame, and he felt a cloud of vapor rising from the surface of the water and sweeping into his face. Myriads of spear like crystals shot out from the edge of the tank and converged toward him like ao many shafts of death. He realized his situation, and daalted to reach the step$ as he did so, be threw, himself against th6 jagged edges of a sheet of Ice half an Inch thick. There was a frightful gash in his side, from which blood waa streaming. He struggled madly amid the ^ice, and every throe brought fresh worinds. His limbs moved no longer in water they were enveloped in slush. Tbe ice closed about him like a vice. He was dead.

After the evaporation of the chemicals the eMWWalty nrfldriger had any ^fltecMwd the heat of the room began to tell upon the «ice.« The mass melted, and by four o'clock in the morning the corpse of Crbftly was? floating lipon the feurface of the bath. He was not missed' •urltil nine o'clock next morning, when

D«An burst open the door and found him as descrided. The rest Is known. Tbe jury gave a verdict of suidlde. and Miss Armstrong and Edward Dean were married on the 22nd of the same month.

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