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From that day I had always my pill boxes about with me, and the time had now come when I was to use them. FROM THAT DAY I HAD ALWAYS MY PILL BOXES ABOUT WITH ME AND THE TIME HAD NOW COME WHEN I WAS TO USE THEM
ong 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. 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. 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. T 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 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 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
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