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I got it from over exposure and under feeding among the Salt Lake Mountains. I've done my work now, and I don't care how soon I go, but I should like to leave some account of the business behind me. I don't want to be remembered as a common cut throat." The Inspector and the two detectives had a hurried discussion as to the advisability of allowing him to tell his story. I GOT IT FROM OVER EXPOSURE AND UNDERFEEDING AMONG THE SALT LAKE MOUNTAINS I'VE DONE MY WORK NOW AND I DON'T CARE HOW SOON I GO BUT I SHOULD LIKE TO LEAVE SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BUSINESS BEHIND ME I DON'T WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS A COMMON CUT THROW THE INSPECTOR AND THE TWO DETECTIVES HAD A HURRIED DISCUSSION AS TO THE ADVISABILITY OF ALLOWING HIM TO TELL HIS STORY
ou gentlemen all about it.” “Hadn’t you better reserve that for your trial?” asked the Inspector. “I may never be tried,” he answered. “You needn’t look startled. It isn’t suicide I am thinking of. Are you a Doctor?” He turned his fierce dark eyes upon me as he asked this last question. “Yes; I am,” I answered. “Then put your hand here,” he said, with a smile, motioning with his manacled wrists towards his chest. I did so; and became at once conscious of an extraordinary throbbing and commotion which was going on inside. The walls of his chest seemed to thrill and quiver as a frail building would do inside when some powerful engine was at work. In the silence of the room I could hear a dull humming and buzzing noise which proceeded from the same source. “Why,” I cried, “you have an aortic aneurism!” “That’s what they call it,” he said, placidly. “I went to a Doctor last week about it, and he told me that it is bound to burst before many days passed. It has been getting worse for years. TO SAY OUR PRISONER SAID SLOWLY I WANT TO TELL YOU GENTLEMEN ALL ABOUT IT HADN'T YOU BETTER RESERVE THAT FOR YOUR TRIAL ASKED THE INSPECTOR I MAY NEVER BE TRIED HE ANSWERED YOU NEEDN'T LOOK STARTLED IT ISN'T SUICIDE I AM THINKING OF ARE YOU A DOCTOR HE TURNED HIS FIERCE DARK EYES UPON ME AS HE ASKED THIS LAST QUESTION YES I AM I ANSWERED THEN PUT YOUR HAND HERE HE SAID WITH A SMILE MOTIONING WITH HIS MANACLED WRISTS TOWARDS HIS CHEST I DID SO AND BECAME AT ONCE CONSCIOUS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY THROBBING AND COMMOTION WHICH WAS GOING ON INSIDE THE WALLS OF HIS CHEST SEEMED TO THRILL AND QUIVER AS A FRAIL BUILDING WOULD DO INSIDE WHEN SOME POWERFUL ENGINE WAS AT WORK IN THE SILENCE OF THE ROOM I COULD HEAR A DULL HUMMING AND BUZZING NOISE WHICH PROCEEDED FROM THE SAME SOURCE WHY I CRIED YOU HAVE AN AOTIC ANEURISM THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT HE SAID PLACIDLY I WENT TO A DOCTOR LAST WEEK ABOUT IT AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT IS BOUND TO BURST BEFORE MANY DAYS PASSED IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE FOR YEARS
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