| Show emmeta presence of blind A story is told of robert emmet aluch proved his secretive power and resola tion he was fond of studying chemistry and one night late after the family had gone to bed he swallowed a large quantity of corrosive sublimate in mistake for some acid cooling powder he immediately discovered bis mistake and knew that death must shortly ensue unless he instantly swallowed the only antidote chalk timid men would have torn at the bell roused all the family and sent for a stomach pump emmet called no one made no noise but stealing down stairs and unlocking the front door went into the stable scraped some chalk which he know to be there and took sufficient doses of it to neutralize the poison new york world |
