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I had driven some distance when I put my hand into the pocket in which I usually kept Lucy's ring, and found that it was not there. I was thunderstruck at this, for it was the only memento that I had of her. I HAD DRIVEN SOME DISTANCE WHEN I PUT MY HAND INTO THE POCKET IN WHICH I USUALLY KEPT LUCY'S RING AND FOUND THAT IT WAS NOT THERE I WAS THUNDERSTRUCK AT THIS FOR IT WAS THE ONLY MEMENTO THAT I HAD OF HER
ction 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! “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. Then I walked down to my cab and found that there was nobody about, and that the night was still very wild. S 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 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 THEN I WALKED DOWN TO MY CAB AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NOBODY ABOUT AND THAT THE NIGHT WAS STILL VERY WILD
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