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"The blood had been streaming from my nose, but I had taken no notice of it. I don't know what it was that put it into my head to write upon the wall with it. Perhaps it was some mischievous idea of setting the police upon a wrong track, for I felt light hearted and cheerful. I remembered a German being found in New York with RACHE written up above him, and it was argued at the time in the newspapers that the secret societies must have done it. I guessed that what puzzled the New Yorkers would puzzle the Londoners, so I dipped my finger in my own blood and printed it on a convenient place on the wall. THE BLOOD HAD BEEN STREAMING FROM MY NOSE BUT I HAD TAKEN NO NOTICE OF IT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS THAT PUT IT INTO MY HEAD TO RIDE UPON THE WALL WITH IT PERHAPS IT WAS SOME MISCHIEVOUS IDEA OF SENDING THE POLICE UPON A WRONG TRACK FOR I FELT LIGHTHEARTED AND CHEERFUL I REMEMBERED A GERMAN BEING FOUND IN NEW YORK WITH RUSH WRITTEN UP ABOVE HIM AND IT WAS ARGUED AT THE TIME IN THE NEWSPAPERS THAT THE SECRET SOCIETIES MUST HAVE DONE IT I GUESS THAT WHAT PUZZLED THE NEW YORKERS WOULD PUZZLE THE LONDONERS SO I DIPPED MY FINGER IN MY OWN BLOOD AND PRINTED IT ON A CONVENIENT PLACE ON THE WALL
m. ‘Let the high God judge between us. Choose and eat. There is death in one and life in the other. I shall take what you leave. Let us see if there is justice upon the earth, or if we are ruled by chance.’ “He cowered away with wild cries and prayers for mercy, but I drew my knife and held it to his throat until he had obeyed me. Then I swallowed the other, and we stood facing one another in silence for a minute or more, waiting to see which was to live and which was to die. Shall I ever forget the look which came over his face when the first warning pangs told him that the poison was in his system? I laughed as I saw it, and held Lucy’s marriage ring in front of his eyes. It was but for a moment, for the action of the alkaloid is rapid. A spasm of pain contorted his features; he threw his hands out in front of him, staggered, and then, with a hoarse cry, fell heavily upon the floor. I turned him over with my foot, and placed my hand upon his heart. There was no movement. He was dead! HRUSTING THE BOX BEFORE HIM LET THE HIGH GOD JUDGE BETWEEN US CHOOSE AND EAT THERE IS DEATH IN ONE AND LIFE IN THE OTHER I SHALL TAKE WHAT YOU LEAVE LET US SEE IF THERE IS ANY JUSTICE UPON THE EARTH OR IF WE ARE RULED BY CHANCE HE COWERED AWAY WITH WILD CRIES AND PRAYERS FOR MERCY BUT I DREW MY KNIFE AND HELD IT TO HIS THROAT UNTIL HE HAD OBEYED ME THEN I SWALLOWED THE OTHER AND WE STOOD FACING ONE ANOTHER IN SILENCE FOR A MINUTE OR MORE WAITING TO SEE WHICH WAS TO LIVE AND WHICH WAS TO DIE SHALL I EVER FORGET THE LOOK WHICH CAME OVER HIS FACE WHEN THE FIRST WARNING PANGS TOLD HIM THAT THE POISON WAS IN HIS SYSTEM I LAUGHED AS I SAW IT AND HELD LUCY'S MARRIAGE RING IN FRONT OF HIS EYES IT WAS BUT FOR A MOMENT FOR THE ACTION OF THE ALKALOID IS RAPID A SPASM OF PAIN CONTORTED HIS FEATURES HE THREW HIS HANDS OUT IN FRONT OF HIM STAGGERED AND THEN WITH A HOARSE CRY FELL HEAVILY UPON THE FLOOR I TURNED HIM OVER WITH MY FOOT AND PLACED MY HAND UPON HIS HEART THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT HE WAS DEAD
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