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Northern Advance, 21 Aug 1902, p. 7

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..'.AD_T\I_E%|_-'l'l"l`8E IN... All the best quality and guafanteed so to THE NEW :Ottl oraej-u aggnnve 1:-dlvered anv time: you want it. It*`A- n -;.=V.-S-.. -6- .C.1l.ier,-.t.re-% :18`, Par .1: L3v1'y:Sta'olgn, o ' uh besta h 'be6alI,S "B. in loaves! pgisfagith discounttvcx: :55 order: ~ ff 9 itdihvered nd want 't`. ,s.>._~ ~s x '22: : Ma`m'm'#.. .1--v:.s__ `rs. .y?:;.1|:..- % Jmg CI`-ill`-ZAP COAL J V WOOD OFFICES TO RENT OH LEASE. 3 Rooms for oceg. inVRoss Block. No. 97. Dunlop Street. Fara proof vault; lately occupied by Dr. Wdb. A.lI0,tWo rooms wnth vault, lately occu ied byLHood.' Jacks & Fraser, _ Batriston; imm ta Apply toC. H. ROSS, Barrie. Iahuani -1. mm. .44` exuuugtyuy no-r-vv-V wwv v_---.v-- v 2- . Hggjj, an that the reason why these had partedwas not so much of _a mysig- my after all. _ L _ - V Inside of a week everybody knew` that Dolly had discarded her lovervbe-?.. cause he was a stay at home." When the pmrvlew guards ma-rched.'awaTy to I tight in Cuba, among all the enthusiag; ac beauties who waved their handker- - chiefs after the swiftly receding train I none was more prominent than Dolly V Wprtll. .v `Although nobody could summon suf- - ncient courage to inform Dan }_Gr'a-T burn that people referred to him as a "stay at home," he knew the truth as well as if it had been cried from every _ housetop. For a time his ..mother_ _ feared that he was in danger of im-_ pressions that might prove 'lastlng- Impressions which, If permitted to be- come permanent, would mar his life. _ But some underlying force, some in- bred strength, asserted itself speedily. Dan's demeanor was again the agree; we front presented to all the world. and a very winning demeanor it was. _s_. _..1.-lL..J--11 -..I&I. ---...J.. ..I___._ Oh! I am so tired and cannot slee for tlicse horrid mosquitoes with th'eir Bis. Bis, is. I must have some of those nice Screen Doors and Windows from BUCHANAN G PENSTONE. Thev sell the best and chtanest in tnwn, Bu n PRINTING Baggage '2 Trqnsfor ` Posters, ITheMVallG8 Office Bill Heads (in pads) Statements (in pads) ' Letter Heads (in pads) Note Heads (in pads) Programmes Folders, Announcements Cards, Tags, Envelopes, etc. Have`a|| Your Goods I-|.D.~JAlV||E`SC)N ____... --...._ v. -j_-.., ---. The heqtflaee to 5: drugs is at a DRUG `STOR . The gF-Est knows more about `lungs: 6|:-n nblunga unnu- m1:1~v'erybody was wet, dirty, soggygnd cold. Night was coming on rapidly when a motley crowd gathered around the Immense re the boys had kindled .... H..- `1..A. 1.. g__-_;_ _n LI_- ___.L-a:_- l\II|I3o lll IIYIIK `II KIIOWU UIOTC IX! them. than othet poop; "We keep a good drugstore Come ind askun about Kitchen Drugs. V1un.u, for Size cream. for instance: Baum: Powmm. for cakes. One is a drug.` of course ; the other a. chemical"; and than urn nll nil-In:-_.SPI'C`R nf all Fmnmmms DRUG STBBEI ram BUUFIHIVHIV up I-'I'.lVl$IUlVll They the best and cheapest in town. One door west of Barrie Hotel. ` Bee Supplies kept in stock. PARKE'lIV.-&]MOl"lREH _:oucI_Iou. l`|pplY to be 1-. , Barge. Januarv 1; zoom. V Drugs and Chemicals ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY In the Kitchen. MODERATE RATES. uumrnm x. guncx deepatcn. rrompt delivery. Rates reasonable. in can quote SPECIAL ;RA'1`EB on certain articles. ....n. 3.... V E t.i1.;a`.T1Vot in frc;;i: ;h.`;3O.;t;`&10* . where the farmers hitched their hori V. when the ood was not. - ' Ski nn Every Description {C II 8 Clfllg. OI COIITSO ; (DC Olllcf I. "cueuucal 3 and there are still othera-SPICES of all \ kindycneazn of tartalyetc. j INT NEATEST STYLE AT Window Cards, V Dodge! s, Coal is going. bu; isy c'>rdering from .;>-n-.---3 g __A____A_. acd r CANADIAN EXPRESS AP NY. Quick despatch. Prompt arv. reasonable. in can auom _ opp DUNLOP-ST.` BARRIVE. TANi(.m' ' and Repalrsggo to Suddenly somebody mentioned old Gabe Somers. A BEDSPRINGS. MATRESSES, % PUMPS, Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers. W. H._JBjl_NKER, IBARRIE. BRADFORD STREET. 98-1 BARRIE. ' OAN_A.DIAN Cf W nuuunb Annnnbnlu Duncan! TO ALL PARTS OF 'I`O\VN. gout` urn u u - m A q - n Lu (`Q-n,l:n- lvhh L'I`llC.l. LII` LUV'V1`n Send your money bv Caudiau Exprcss Money Orders-safest and Cheapest way. OF "sale Bills, Catalogues, u4vavuD..-u... .. - --.- v The next day a calamity overtook Fairview.` The valley sank in waters gathered in a great storm. Its elds were swept; fresh gleaned harvest were lost; the fences for miles crum- bled into the rising waters like the- tringe or a doll's dress in a blaze, leav- ing the valley desolate. The muddy waters pressed through crevices and crannies, lling every cellar in Fair- view; then they rose tothe rst and secondgoors. A general hegira was inevitable. Furniture was pulled and` hauled and lifted by main strength from oor to oor, Only such articles were left oating as might serve for`; precarious footing for the drowning`-A rats. * G. CO- I-tf. [nu u. v\.._, . . . _ . --.. The air palpitatecd ;S":_l; ; _t;I:"g-11}!-1:38, . People talked of nothing but the=wa`r- until one dz1y'a garrulous old man contrived between his daily doze: to Inform Dan that he at least did not nd any fault with him for not going to the` war. That was six or eight months after Dolly Worth had coolly parted from him on the most public,` thoroughfare in Fairvlew. - A T `- ._ __L .1-.. .. ....1........IJ.__ -_.__A._-I_ cu5|b\.uo Fm,111y, when speculation seenied.fo . be exhausted,` somebody conceived the, ..-- Hmf Hm reason why these Dan Graham was the most unhgppygg young 111" 1 Hmut 9t.. " bald fact had been announced '_1n'"a,i4. many words, nobody would have (med the absolute cornectness__ot;;;j statement. . " _ ` I .. D011, Worth `had taken pnrtlcntnx-,5`; pains to manifest her inditfetjenee ,qp;= cewmg Dan's actions, htl saylngs.`mv** keg or dlsl1kes--hisp future, Npthlpg that afected Dan. Graham could In: thj; sugntest manner concern {Dolly Worth, / And everybody thought that they were engaged! , . . .,.-.nx.v when sneculatlon seemed I-n. 3_-'.AiIous1~ " h()E.5 "and Dari Graham 1l A Kentucky Summer Outt. Many years ago Senator Blackburn of Kentucky was summoned to Wash- ington in the middle of June to look after a small matter or patronage. His departure was so- sudden and the prospect` of his `staying more than a ' day.or two away from home so remote ` that the -`carried. with_._him -only a handv bags, 3,11.bUm39 h9_aP.d D 0 him ' utter. arrlvall at the capital. and he .waa obliged to telegraph back a re- ting. Hi little daughter happened to be the only member of the family at `home when his` dispatch at-r1ved.'and. :th1nk1ng.:lt aher; dutjigto respond , promptly. she packed a trunk a-nd.sh_ip`- f ollow`-szl I. ,4 quest -for a trunkful of summer cloth- - ed :1..t.,t::I.1r9t vslipvlaz ll. xpote. inside. .as ` i. , I p . . 3 . ` I. _i.t;g;.x,..l...; is tutu: LUV Lanq EUR; 5;, tawny vv us When" Dolly_.Worth stepped out of the at, she virus? greeted with a cheer. Torches were .` aming now; women were there, too-gwolnen with tears in their eyeseand t_b1g,`~rough men were there, whose eyes were moist as they grasped Dan Graham's hands. They were proud of the _"stay at home." uungry Wuu:1`p uuj ulu uuqca uu:. Save yourself, ._- said Gabe. But Dan A compressed his lips_a'-rid swam tovDol- ly s side. Dollyheld her pole outeuntil he had a rm grasp on it. With won- dertulv presenofor mind he swam be- low the waterlogged at Dolly had- pushed out ytroin` the shore. ` Now oth- ers were near at hand, crying. out to , them to, tale heart; help was at hand. -1`... If1-..LI.' ml-Aosonnz` A11` 15' vow no -so-A ""And now` ituwas 5: 3311 for` iife. The _ blackness of a_ cloudy night enveloped? him. His sole guide was the light on the lot in front of the postomce. And how could he gauge distance by that? , He might be above. `opposite or far be - low the .breakwat_er. `Wa he halt . way out in the river? Everything de- -shore. pended upon his distance from the av, noun.-g .-oa-no nu, unrw-on. Then `he :_knew;,'he'_vwas above the breakwater; He looked around. ' He `could barely discern Dolly in the dark`- eness".h~ Voices were heard on the shore. _. Catch the pole, Dan--quick. Another pull, then Dan reached out a hand and grasped the pole. As he .,graspediit a_ heavy log struck the skiff. The nextimornent he was in the water. `Dolly shrieked. Dan_put his left arm under old Gabe anfii: `struck out with his right, conteu'Qin"g:i now , with the hungry waters fjor_old'Gab,e s~ life. un _ . _ _ . . . _ _-1 9!, -4.1 ! `Anti D114 Tlnn ---'-.--5,-.-.1 - .~ x .1! Dan` suoceeded`. heumight manage \ to hel!d=-h18,'k1 in above . the break- a water. ; It was -one.:chance= in a;-thou-* sand", one in a million. '1`hepeopie`on the shore. ran headlong ,toward the: breakwater. With the darkness of night settling around him Dan- Gra- ham gathered up, his strength for one supreme effort. . i J - Old Gab_e s_cabin was stro,nger_than anybody could have credited. The framework held together amazingly. The oor crumbled and oated away beneath his feet, but the sinews of age still enabled Gabe to grasp with a drowning man's clutch the -frame of the window. 6:7 17 OAl\D9 VVI u A In vain Dan urged him to draw him- self up-and drop into the bow of the 1 skirt. Afterward Gabe told how, see- ing the old man . either could.` not or would not loosen hi grasp on the "win-. dow sill. `Dan dropped his oars, reach- ed rorward. and . lifted ' old Gabe by main strength out of the window and deposited him in the bottom of the sk'it_f.r . ' 9 "`.;e'm inoment 5 tree trunk struck the skiff. The jar . almost knocked Dan-xinto the river; He recovered his balance. however; and turned the _.boat s head shoreward. . ' T A_.'I -1- -v-v- '- ~ He felt as it every moment must be his last effort His temples throbbed. .His muscles, now so rigid, might relax any moment. Human endurance -could not last much longer. Then avolce shouted his name. ` Dan! Dan!" ` He dared not answer 1: he `could. All his breath was required to make the breakwater. ` 1 . .-. . r- . _. -9.. an vvvuiu '71o-oo-333.. Dan}, This '&a.y.%,T I'm` here`-_-Dolly! Dan!" , T A a-_. '..4u..- -..~;...-:--".. ....a 1.. 1.-.....u. - nere-_-uouy: uunrf .. or , A few mbra .troke s,and he heard;a laugh that made him shudder. ` aux`. 4_1.-_.1_ 11-: .L\_-;.i. (1.3: Y)... '-<`3i1,"i;`i{aI;` o"&ItB2Bi;'oaz I'm here, Dan. This way, Dan. nu.-- *u.-' u_..-.__-'|...'- ._.'... `.|.-__ LL- -~ -- -,-v~-~~+sr=t-=-h V'"'-T!`.P!.1t1`18.::.1 .b9- The swomng crowd on the shore had A barely..8,11tcient lightnow to discern - Dan `Graham jammlnrhie skit! against ' `Gabe : cabin. some cried that they gay old Gabe; then darkness swal-\ {lowed cabin and skiff. The fate of the ` rescuer and the man` for whom he 4 risked his lirewas inthe hands of the Almighty. .. ' `I'C1\n..-_----- ` ` ` , tlThere e_no boat l_1:andy._ f.Tf1ere?s. no "time-to do ariytmng. *"Gab e s ca'.b1n s in - thecurrent now. V 1 ' V Aeupple gure shot` away from the `crowd; sped swiftly along the __.shore. - Fa -r down, near the breakwater, `whlchv jutted out a considerable distance into the river, lay ysome boats--sk'i1fs' {that were ~r.egarded`as wotthlee, small, `ats. waterlogged. now. lflda `p1,anke` with 1 . ' ~ :. . r '._- - - who used,_.th;em` when hugngprdbs waterlog-ed? wltl; cleats; nailed 'a`'ro'ss `theyin ` by. the 3 boys. The Ewllinli nrnuiil }n. 41... ..I._--~ I a --1 _ ,.. . . . `V ,. . . . I s . `g-`-_;._ ~- 4.3.. `-1 ,;I` `fa n 5 D.` \` - . -' ` ` hi?;Aj;:oi`g1" :ha;tigI '_V?a`1`a;d'i1pon tivjf6s;i ;mI!8terf-2 He ~ h3rnedf:`hmn_x ac__l;;tg l'tr6nt ,lJ..` ;o it . ._'_nj_`J( Jan_'t {yoq neip-c amt _3' `main'h do anything? ' Must he- -x`n'ust _` they ` "both _ dro,.wn an you standing here looking Wong! - `V L. v. \ `9l`here s no boat handy. _ ]!l`here s no t1me~to do "Gabe the current now, . A - A ...-.__I- A 4 '+:irOonwiia. bu.lr.-,o.oumml _insf 1 ` _ s '10:: ' Ihoaqitoqpaoaheaocapaoa y r _ When. Protessor `Aloysius Holbrolt" e._;l:!' as head oi.` the de- L_ p'ar`tment"ot'synthetic chemistry in a . ; famous American college, his friends` : Y wondered, for? `they; well" knew that , his greatest. pleasure in ,-life _lay ._in` | original chemical` investigations. hen y ; two `7*'weheks` later ~the papers V `that. "the". learned chemist had been _ gtakento `the Rathburn Asylum For . .. the Insane, wonder changed to inordi-V ; nate curiosity.` . i - Although nothing denite was pub-. A lished inthe papers, there were hints ` ~ xot strange things which had, taken place in the private laboratory on Brimmel: street, and before long a st'o-- ry was current that as a result of dab`-_~ bling in the mysteries oi.` psychology in i man had been killed while undergoing ~ one of Professor Holbrok s experi- ments. ' - cuuxulpw UL, ,l_l.l_1 in pa. uuv vvuvs v 9 than e'a11`. F 1 rrhougn` A` ave analyzed `Kits or %1fth9sh' wotildj .i1 L1`m :?mr ` __:it .retu}}y. wneg I -have..pijought"t9g ` . }8'ti.I_l" .1`<?'.`i1`Vi:W.*.,1.'.`-.`Vi .v`f'!%_",`1_`t9 ; _xu..v f, 1 _ er ;._.`.-.A.r`.\ x.-.'.4.;2.u':i....'..;.m~ . ; |.-.a.;:i. wry-.. nu 5-vvv uyvu no unvvc }-:"I' have been analyzing and then :making again every common thing ;which you seem nature. but I was - only practicing. I have had an end in view. Finally I took a human body which I obtained from Dr. Bicknell at the medical college, and I analyzed the _esh. the. bones`. the blood-in ' short, "every part oi. it. :What did I find? Of ,that body, weighing 165 pounds, 106 K pounds were nothing but water, pure 3 water. such as you may draw at-the tap over yonder, and the blood which ; an _the man s -life had gone coursing i through his veins. bri`ng'ingj.nourish- _ n_i_ent to every part-what; was that? '-Nothing but a serum lled with `little cellular red corpucles, . which in their. 7, were only 'coxrib_fuationsij oft c'?lr?- bon.rox80ns sulphur and a` raw ;thei- to , uiniple elements." 3. '91 h3ir'takh iiis6i:e`iri-om; fa dead xIi dh?s}:`,chest,-'. ahalyid?:Ii$:~;then _~brought~i together aisimllar . elements.` phetkthern in wrmoldaam. x . 1t.?rz<>;.;~t,hix.Izgs;j!n' nature , . 5 duced ..a; bone which was `just V r.` ..",~, ',, . {'.?r_ r- , 2.1- ` 1,; `M .. , l. 3.. (H31: uclu yvuq|u_ uuI.u.ua._n.u_. ` - , '; vif?(3hemtstssu1l:'over 1 two`. world .ha;v;_e _ beey able" toiitesloiv.-thereshrrinto-proe` --w up.---a us`: .I- Vtvitndsosad nn-vs .. During the last six months I have been working with these elements, making diirerent -substances. I have taken a pieceof wood, decomposed it with acids, analyzed it quantltively and qualitatively, "nding the propor-. tions in which its elements were com-` - bined. Then I have taken similar ele ments, brought them together in the same proportion, and I have produced a piece of wood so natural you would have sworn it grew upon a'tre'e. | at 1.--- 1.__._ ___-u___;_._ __..1 LI__',_ ...v`- -V ..vv '\-~qx-1an V.-_-.-u, But let me explain. 1: -ou knowuenou;l_i._. chemistry to realize that all thlngs-- water. air,; food, everything which we use in everyday life--.are "merely com- binations of certain simple elements. As you have seen me by means of an electric current `decompose a jar of pure water `into its two component parts. two molecules of hydrogen to `every molecule of oxygen, so you can bring these same elements together in the gaseous state, and it the correct proportions are observed when an elec- tric spark or a" ame is brought into. contact with the mixture you" will ob- . .tain again the liquid water. This is only_ a simple case, but the chemical laws which govern it hold equally well for every known substance ; found in` nature. Thereare only about seventy- .ve known elements, and of these `less than thirty compose the` majority of the things roundin everyday life. , t u1'\.'-._.|._... mu... 1...; ...u_. _.-_A.1__ r u_-_- ` `awn soup-v\_v In. I. wanna: ll-I\p0 "Zion lrnow, Frederick, he began} that I have been working and exper- imenting for a long time on a new problem, and I have not told you or anyone else the object of my toil. But now I have come to -a point where .I must take some one into my confi- dence. I need an assistant, and I know 01: no one I can trust more than you," who have been with me now for nearly a dozen years. I `was naturally attered. Frederick. he continued, rising and I placing his handon my shoulder, this.- experlment is the greatest one of my ` life. I am going to do what has never 1 L before -been done in the history of the world except by God himself. I shall make a. man! --uo-up -1.. ago`...- I did not realize at 1'.stwhat he. meant. .1 waaistartleyd not only by his wild statement, but -also by the in-f tense tone in_which he .had spoken. ; .4117--- .3- __4. --._.:.__..L'....: n |-- ....:.~|' `had noticedtor the. year previoiisl that `Professor Holbrok was much `prev occupied, -but I knew that he was working. over some new experiment.` Many times when I came to his door` at 5 o'clock to -clean up as usual- for the next day I" found` a notice pinned on the door telling me that he was in the midst of _im'portant.work and would not need me again that day. I thought nothing about it- at the time, for when-' he was experimenting with Dr. Bic}:- nell, performing operations with hyp- notism. instead or anaesthetics, there. were weeks ata time when I was not allowed even aglimpse of the inside of , the laboratories} "One day, however, as I came in to report the professor called me aside and told me that he wanted to have a talk with me. 11vv_ , `M It to clear up this mystery and fa` refute the -charges of murder that I, _who served for ten years as his assist- ` _ant, am `about'toh write this account", wh1ch,~to .the"best of, my knowledge _and belief, contains. the facts of th . case. I . :. . ense tone 1n_wn1cn he .11ad spoken. 'You do: not..undersfand. he said. l*l\.-LI_A_-_-_ ___4I-n,, `7___I ,_ I3: onnin clnimxs. ` 21* 7. MUCJ \ _luy `|..;u.;` . V A`D"t%.Whn I .1e:~fsoA<{'/ f vacggqgga-?+Nqw rim`-):, x Xqllll I-III `I-0 V 1% `ns`+e"no rni% st.w,i,%Tt+` 9' I.` V` _. Prplltl Finn: Bimei. , ' The econ;1x;y _ .which' .13 .practi in thee ave.razeV ..b9ardnsl?.h3.1se..hu$ W3 come proverbial. .-but '1,tg is. gxtraiva-4 ganceto th%;s_ta ndard,:ot economy .prI,1-N ticed at 7a. 3bo_ne} m11l._. .'. ,The;.ch1et: mod- .._I. .5...-._. I._.L-.. 1.. _I.._ `..J `..._.-.._ . I[E'::I~5 S{sT3'7'Ng1a?aE7;$Jg other? materials` .which are obtained v tromtthem glycerin and fer-' * Nothing` wiited. L -Even ztha-V ` -moist economicdif`boardin_g h"ot_1s`e`ha'-s a` raw Tam! ' make` to away. `fl.fIiei`n;v`J:1.1,'!, tf1`g`s" ujunm mtne `.1.~x!.s'1t4t2n.v5 t1a.e.%bs5i! %- \oanaU\t\o V- When came to myself, I was lying half across the slab of slate. and the room` wz_1sf`lled with a sickening stench, an odor` of burning esh. I looked for the writhing _form whiqh I had last seen one the table, but those wires, with their deadly current. which -' I tried to _tear. awayas Ifalnted. must havej_been dlzeeted` back by '.a __ higherf hand; for. there only remained on the _ slab a charred :`_md_ `cln_de1-like mass.` -u-your up ugnuongwwu gang`. `-0 u.-.. ----..n- , And the main who ha; made a inan- could not exp1a`in,`tor' he was crawling` about on "the floor counting -the nails vinithe, boards `and: laughlpg wildly. " ' -vv ---u - -v- Iv wuabwwrn u no-1.- Now all that remains is the nal 1 experiment, and that With` your help I ` propose doing tonight, _ said the pro- fessor. . What we have to do is as much of a riddle to me as it is to you. It is purely and simply an experiment. I`am going to" pass through that life i less clay the same current of electric- ity which lfsent through a living man A would produce death. Of course, with a man who had died from the giving- out of some,` vltal function I could not hope to succeed, but the organs of this man whichl have made are in a per- tectly healthy condition. It is my hope, therefore, that the currentwhich wou1d'destro'y`a living man will bring, this -thing `to life. ' try. I..___ A.IA`_L ____|__J I_-j_ ___A_ - l .1111`-.-uolv navy -av In a-s-a-u A convulgive twitching brought the body almost into a sitting position; i then the mouthopened, and there burst ` forth from the lipsga groan. I 7 I.-___ I.---.. 1.. LL- _..l.I_L Al LAJLIA- IA IQLIBZID DCJIQU Il4I\iIp II ILICLWW IL `I V II-I. LLIIQLJO "Tile horror of the thig began { L leave me, for I was fascinated by what he said, and I began to feel the same ' spirit with which he was inspired. tr- J.....'I- ....... .I...4... 1.2.. .....n_.;. 1.1.... -side. We bore that naked body, not a corpse and yet so terribly like,~ into the electric laboratory and laid it on a slab of slate. `Just at `the base of its brain wezscraped a little bare spot not larger.than' a pea, and, as I live, la` drop of blood ooaedout. Onthe right wrist` `just overtthe pulse we made another abrasion,.an_d to these spots we brought the positive and negative wires from on the mains of the street current out-' as .q n n I cn_u'n: I_ held the two bare, uninsulated bits of copper close to the. esh. Professor Holbrok switched` into circuit 2,000 volts or electricity, and ,then before our -startling eyes that thing which was only a mass of. chemical com- pounds became a man 0 --.._..-I...l._- J.'-.8LA`I.I..- Ia.-Au.4-`l`L J-I-.4 no .n. u-nu J-:IIu_vo aowruonnu Wiyhaveuheen in the midst of battles, and I have seen men dxing all around me, torn to ribbons by "shot and shell. and I have not inched; but when I tore the wires from that writhing,- gronning hape and saw*1ts chest be- gin to heave with spasmodic breathing I tainted. . A litllblh '1 ABC` IV IIIVII IJYJ VV S89 ll-IUFIL `:\I. He took me into his private labora- tory, and before my eyes, with only the contents of a few reagent bottles. a blowpipe and an electric battery, he made a\mass of human esh. I will not give you the formula, neither will I tell you in detail how it was done. God forbid thatlanylother man should see what I saw afterward. The thoughts which began to come V into my mind probably showed in my face, for the professor said: You doubt? You think that I have lost my `reasonand this thing is some man that I have killed; Well, .1 do not blame you. A year ago I myself would have scoffed at the very idea or creating such a man. But you shall see, you shall be convinced, for in the next part of. the experiment I must have your help._ I will show you how _I have made this man or [will make another before your eyes; Then you and 1, we will "go further; we will do what no one but God has ever done before-we will make that inert mass :1 living man. rn1._ I______.. _n A_I_- LI-`.I_._\__ _-..4_. I- wauca - ' `He-lifted 'a sheet, which was thrawn over a heap of something on the table. and I. started back with a strange mixture of aweand horror, for stretch- ed out on that marble slab lay a naked body,: which,-if it had never been a man, living and breathing as I .lived , and breathed, then I would have sworn ` Q _`I._--.__-.`I _-.- -- v-av--u.v E dreamed. uav_a-1-guovnnnz I4`or the last two months II. have been working on these lines alone. varying my temperatures from` the ex- treme coldprodueed by liquid air to the intense heat or the compound blow- pipe, and I have been repaid. A. t'ort~ night ago I discovered- how it was `that I had erred, and since` then Ihave suc- ceeded in everything. I have tried. I ? have formed the proteids. the rats and V the carbohydrates which go to make) up protoplasm. and with these_or_ my ` solid foundations I have made every minute and complicated organ of the body. I have done more than that-I have put those component parts to- gether, and now behold what I have made? a :f:.3,V~V_":'=-"-__.` `.3, 5,`. ,:'-It-f,"If.?'A:, Ni, gitalled. jay i * ` sjolide tonne `mhacnlar; ,.nerroi1e` ma 51 '*slaei!<.1!11I11:--;?c1ss1is.::-the :~!i_a`t. "the- Thiood and or-:iymph'. but no man on earth except myselt has ever been able ` `to create a; proteid. .'.l`he'y ha.ve[misaed;. the: whole secret -becans"e. they have been ; working` atgordlnary tempera- tures. Just as the drop of water will ' not form from its` two gases at 4.500 degrees F. or ;at its own lower explo- sion temperature unless the spark be added, so will protoplasm not form n except under certain electric and ther- malconditions. - e RICE- AI Old Gabe was the oldest `inhabitant, of Fairview. One of Gabe s uncles.` was captured by the Indians and tor-_j tured to death on" the island opposite the town. Gabe lived alone in a" cabin isolated from his fellows. -a rickety ai.'- o fair at best, so old that nobody was able to recall when it was erected Has anybody seen old Gabe? ~ .. The query: was repeated. ? As men " looked at each other there in` the fast failing night a silence fell upon the crowd. The silence was ominous. Gabe`s poor cabin would never survive the ood. Perhaps while they stood: there it was crumbling down into` the hungry Water. Then the spirit which ` prompts all mankind to extend a help-` 1118 hand found voice. .There- were shouts, suggestions, conicting advice.-r Suddenly one man ran toward Gabe ; , cabin. Those nearest him exclaimed; others inquired who it was. Soon the` crowd knew Dan Graham was fore.-` most in a mad race to the river's e8 9- . Dan was the swiftest skdter, SW1"!!!-`" mer and runner in Fairview and th91 best dancer. Now he distancedall oth- ; rs so far that before they could` Droach him he had leaped intoa `S,k*ijo' ; Pushed it out and was settling thep1'.[3 ` into the rowlocks when the iflllrd J ."e up to the river s edge. ;. ' Just a little beyond Dan theyvlyiwf A Gabe Somers cabin. If4_ev_er~ _Ga,be =,l -1 cabin entered the strong current-`' _.'-Wei `men looking on tossed their the air despairingly. - . aw: IT:-i lI Ann... \Y-LI_l_... -;..I.i ` Isl to clear `out this month at a trie above cost. - Our Tgoods give the best of satisfac- tion and at prices which we only can at J. ueenunuss 6n` Irand a large varviety of all z;rticles in connect.ion,with the trade. v`RexV1`1ember the place 23 Dun- _ 2_7lv Lime, T Cement, Culvert Pipe, Field Tile, 1 Lath 2 Shingles Office-91 llunlop Street, name Horse [ Clothing Bargain`s Bear in mind that we are headquar- ters for HARNESSvas we do not buy second quality leather you are certain to get good value for your money. 3 g A q q cUrrLowins-\Rom, cu-n.um.,_ v etc. frgoh y,` Bouquctu-`-Buttnm hols. I-I_sndotCona_b.` lumen) Tokaanin , and Tenant: S nE5s- ', . - T % _n.`okis'r V r.` J I55 %s+.=;-_-go's-roses; Now is your chance ; a large stock of %Duist`ers and Fl; Nets Make no mistake! This is the GREAT Scott in the abevehaes. Whips, Ball Guru Hoof] combs, ointment. Brushes. ` condition Pnwder,"` Oils, . & sec. 3 --~ all uCb'[)ulI.'lIlgly. 1-" I - ' I He ll drown. Nothing could . him now. In? - V -

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