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If any of you gentlemen have ever pined for a thing, and longed for it during twenty long years, and then suddenly found it within your reach, you would understand my feelings. I lit a cigar, and puffed at it to steady my nerves, but my hands were trembling, and my temples throbbing with excitement. IF ANY OF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE EVER PINED FOR A THING AND LONGED FOR IT DURING TWENTY LONG YEARS AND THEN SUDDENLY FOUND IT WITHIN YOUR REACH YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND MY FEELINGS I LIT A CIGAR AND PUFFED AT IT TO STEADY MY NERVES BUT MY HANDS WERE TREMBLING AND MY TEMPLES THROBBING WITH EXCITEMENT
is students some alkaloid, as he called it, which he had extracted from some South American arrow poison, and which was so powerful that the least grain meant instant death. I spotted the bottle in which this preparation was kept, and when they were all gone, I helped myself to a little of it. I was a fairly good dispenser, so I worked this alkaloid into small, soluble pills, and each pill I put in a box with a similar pill made without the poison. I determined at the time that when I had my chance, my gentlemen should each have a draw out of one of these boxes, while I ate the pill that remained. It would be quite as deadly, and a good deal less noisy than firing across a handkerchief. From that day I had always my pill boxes about with me, and the time had now come when I was to use them. “It was nearer one than twelve, and a wild, bleak night, blowing hard and raining in torrents. Dismal as it was outside, I was glad within—so glad that I could have shouted out from pure exultation. LECTURING ON POISONS AND HE SHOWED HIS STUDENTS SOME ALKALOID AS HE CALLED IT WHICH HE HAD EXTRACTED FROM SOME SOUTH AMERICAN ARROW POISON WHICH WAS SO POWERFUL THAT THE LEAST GRAIN MEANT INSTANT DEATH I SPOTTED THE BOTTLE IN WHICH THIS PREPARATION WAS KEPT AND WHEN THEY WERE ALL GONE I HELPED MYSELF TO A LITTLE OF IT I WAS A FAIRLY GOOD DISPENSER SO I WORKED THIS ALKALOID INTO SMALL SOLUBLE PILLS AND EACH PILL I PUT IN A BOX WITH A SIMILAR PILL MADE WITHOUT THE POISON I DETERMINED AT THE TIME THAT WHEN I HAD MY CHANCE MY GENTLEMEN SHOULD EACH HAVE A DRAW OUT OF ONE OF THESE BOXES WHILE I ATE THE PILL THAT REMAINED IT WILL BE QUITE AS DEADLY AND A GOOD DEAL LESS NOISY FIRING ACROSS A HANDKERCHIEF FROM THAT DAY I HAD ALWAYS MY PILL BOXES ABOUT WITH ME AND THE TIME HAD NOW COME WHEN I WAS TO USE THEM IT WAS NEARER ONE THAN TWELVE ON A WILD BLEAK NIGHT BLOWING HARD AND RAINING IN TORRENTS DISMAL AS IT WAS OUTSIDE I WAS GLAD WITHIN SO GLAD THAT I COULD HAVE SHOUTED OUT FROM PURE EXULTATION
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