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One day the professor was lecturing on poisons, and he showed his 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. ONE DAY THE PROFESSOR WAS 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
jumped so with joy that I feared lest at this last moment my aneurism might go wrong. I drove along slowly, weighing in my own mind what it was best to do. I might take him right out into the country, and there in some deserted lane have my last interview with him. I had almost decided upon this, when he solved the problem for me. The craze for drink had seized him again, and he ordered me to pull up outside a gin palace. He went in, leaving word that I should wait for him. There he remained until closing time, and when he came out he was so far gone that I knew the game was in my own hands. “Don’t imagine that I intended to kill him in cold blood. It would only have been rigid justice if I had done so, but I could not bring myself to do it. I had long determined that he should have a show for his life if he chose to take advantage of it. Among the many billets which I have filled in America during my wandering life, I was once janitor and sweeper out of the laboratory at York College. DE MY CAB MY HEART JUMPED SO WITH JOY THAT I FEARED LEST AT THIS LAST MOMENT MY ANEURISM MIGHT GO WRONG I DROVE ALONG SLOWLY WEIGHING IN MY OWN MIND WHAT IT WAS BEST TO DO I MIGHT TAKE HIM RIGHT OUT INTO THE COUNTRY AND THERE IN SOME DESERTED LANE HAVE MY LAST INTERVIEW WITH HIM I HAD ALMOST DECIDED UPON THIS WHEN HE SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR ME THE CRAZE FOR DRINK HAD SEIZED HIM AGAIN AND HE ORDERED ME TO PULL UP OUTSIDE THE JIM PALACE HE WENT IN LEAVING WORD THAT I SHOULD WAIT FOR HIM THERE HE REMAINED UNTIL CLOSING TIME AND WHEN HE CAME OUT HE WAS SO FAR GONE THAT I KNEW THE GAME WAS IN MY OWN HANDS DON'T IMAGINE THAT I INTENDED TO KILL HIM IN COLD BLOOD IT WOULD ONLY HAVE BEEN RIGID JUSTICE IF I HAD DONE SO BUT I COULD NOT BRING MYSELF TO DO IT I HAD LONG DETERMINED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE A SHOW FOR HIS LIFE IF HE CHOSE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AMONG THE MANY BILLETS WHICH I HAVE FILLED IN AMERICA DURING MY WANDERING LIFE I WAS ONCE JANITOR AND SWEEPER OUT OF THE LABARTARY AT YORK COLLEGE
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