The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-05-17

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'Only twice, as this is an Cxpross train
once at NJ, ct two o'clock, and the sec
ond time at p, at Ave-"
"And whsn nfy we duv at t'-z-i"
AT halt-past SIX, | believe"
"Thank yo0."
Thus, for time, our conversation ended,
but we often renewed IL again, aud began
to regard my CcnpmioN "a clever, kind
hearted, thohgh rather eorehtllc Old man.
Soon after We passed M-------, my com.
panion composed himself for n sleep, aud
was soon snoring, and il was not long be.
fore followed lfis cXampleI Int my dreams
we're troubled. First of all, drcainpt that
was being hung; then that was being
handcuded; and, last Of all, that great
weight was upon me, and that sometlhhg
was pressing heavily on my chest. then
woke with start, TO find myself bound
hand and foot, with ropo passed ronnd
my neck and fastened to an umbrella rack
behind, in such a manner that, if | strug.
gled in the least, should inevitably choke
myself; and my iellow-travcler was stand.
ing over me, with one knee on my chest.
"Whatl are you going" but my seu-
teRce was cut short by a gag, which my
eccentric friend thrust into my mouth aid
tied behind my head. He then stood
away to look at his handiwolk, with eyes
glaring like those of q will beast, and bis
whole frame trembling with excitement.
"Now," ho said, with q wild laugh, NOV
| shall he ahlo to try my grand experiment.
now shull be nhlo to find out whether tho
heart can 10 extracted while man is aive,
without killing him Twice have failed,
but the stars have told mo that the third
time shall not fail Oh, fame, glory, i'm
mortality. have yon in my grasp! What.
pitilul fool! do you turn pale and trcmble
If you do die, you will be u glorious mar.
tyr to sciencei and il you live, you and |
will share the glory OF this grand discov-
cry ~ ~
From this ridiculous rhodomontade.
perceived that my eccentric travelling com.
panion was u raving maniac. What was
to du2 could not move hand or foot, OIL
even speak and the madman was arrang
ing on the scat in front ofme collection
of bright steel Instruments, which he took
from tho mahogany box | have mentioned
before. Was there any hope for meY
tried to remember how long il was after
we lett NJ, before | went to sleep, AZ
thought if we only got 10 F. the ma
MAC would be discovered, and shnull be
| ISntNCh va tue iaittlAiAN QGhNU MHlCu uON
seemed imminent, but as | had been doing
some time before went regularly oil IL
sleep. found that | could not in the Least
remember what time had passed.
After me timo spont IN preparing his
instruments. my perstcu began to pare
me, by unbnttoning my waistcoat and bar
| ing my breast. At length everything
seemed to he to his satisfaction, and he took
| 81, 4 lI,lal l,,;fo I II
| er forget my SENSATIONS when | saw tha
| glittering instrument, 80 soon TO he dyed
with my blood. ! felt n cold shudder run
| all through my body. and longed to clos,
! my eyes, but they seemed to be kept opei
by sort of horrible fascination. After
trying the edge Of the knife. and preparing
clstl,, and giving one inl look at his in
strumentR, my eccentric friend PRESSED biz
finger ,l,se above my hcalt, and said;
| " This is how ain going to manage il
my friend; am going to cut circle in tn
the flesh ahout the heart, with this knife
it will not hurt much, as | shall only jus
cut through the skin, and the KIN f. is ex
ceedingly sharp, shall then proceed 10 dil
deeper with this instrument, and final,
ex ract the heart with this"
| The reader may imagine my sensatinns
during this coll-hlooded recital, for | an
utterly una ll, to describe them; but whei
tho sharp steel first pierced my flo sli, and
felt the warm blood flowing out, all my
past life seemed to pass before my mind il
u moment Of time, only to mike my desire o
still wing and the horror of all ignomin
ions death tenfrld.
Slowly the sharp knife plowed in IN,
flesh, making my blood freeze in my veins
and my eycballs burn and seem ready t.
burst from their sockets; and now | fel
my reason gradually deserting mo; tn
strain upon my nerves was too much-the,
must give way; but considered that !
they did, my only hope would be gone fo
il moved should be ,chokcd with III,
rope around my neck.
Slowly the sharp knife, im2cleJ by the
steady hand, continued it's ,leadlycourse; an,
now the circle was nearly accomplished
when If,lt that the speed of the trail
was being gradually diminished. A ray o
hope ilumined my breast. looked int
my companions eyes to sec ifhe, too, 40
iiced that We were nearing F.; but he
was too intent on his horrible work A
length he leaned back and said
There, now, only about an inch more
and shall commence the deep cutting
Only about an inch And the statioI
was yet some way off. Ouly about All inch
My life hung upon the merest thread.
It was not long that the experiments
adm red his diabolical work, he soon fell t.
work again; but I saw the lights of th'
F. station fash by the windows of Tin
carriage. ! saw strange arm seize M
tormeutor; heard loud and APPALLING cry
like tha. Of Will bcast, and became
insensible.
For weeks after this lay between lif,
and death in brain fever brought on 10y
tho intense excitement of those twenty
minutes
! afterward learned that my pleasan
companion had been doctor and sur
geon. but that when lie was a young mai
aud just married, having performed an OF
Grafton upon his wife to remove cancer
Of which she afterwards died, he went on
OF mind, and had been ever since attempt
ing to escape, in order that he might per
form the dreadful experiment which s.
nearly resulted in horrible death.
WAC WAS RIGnT!-James was a happy