Hewentin，leavingwordthatIshouldwaitforhim。Thereheremaineduntilclosingtime，andwhenhecameouthewassofargonethatIknewthegamewasinmyownhands。
\"Don\'timaginethatIintendedtokillhimincoldblood。
ItwouldonlyhavebeenrigidjusticeifIhaddoneso，butIcouldnotbringmyselftodoit。Ihadlongdeterminedthatheshouldhaveashowforhislifeifhechosetotakeadvantageofit。AmongthemanybilletswhichIhavefilledinAmericaduringmywanderinglife，IwasoncejanitorandsweeperoutofthelaboratoryatYorkCollege。Onedaytheprofessorwaslecturingonpoisions，{25}andheshowedhisstudentssomealkaloid，ashecalledit，whichhehadextractedfromsomeSouthAmericanarrowpoison，andwhichwassopowerfulthattheleastgrainmeantinstantdeath。
Ispottedthebottleinwhichthispreparationwaskept，andwhentheywereallgone，Ihelpedmyselftoalittleofit。
Iwasafairlygooddispenser，soIworkedthisalkaloidintosmall，solublepills，andeachpillIputinaboxwithasimilarpillmadewithoutthepoison。IdeterminedatthetimethatwhenIhadmychance，mygentlemenshouldeachhaveadrawoutofoneoftheseboxes，whileIatethepillthatremained。Itwouldbequiteasdeadly，andagooddeallessnoisythanfiringacrossahandkerchief。FromthatdayIhadalwaysmypillboxesaboutwithme，andthetimehadnowcomewhenIwastousethem。