The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-12-08

cry to the world. Then the credit will |
be mine for having performed great |
service in the cause of science. I shall |
not permit others to anticipate me and |
rob me Of the renown which I shall
surely gain.
"But still there are only three of us
hore, aud | don't mind giving you, in
confidence, an outline of the process by
which 1 hope to accomplish my end.
1t shall be only an outline, and perhaps
not even that-rather an illustration,
which will suffice to show that I know
what l am about. We will suppose
the thoracic aorta, that grand canal Of
the human system through which the
blood pours downward, to be exposed to
view. Let an incision be made in it to
which tube is fitted tightly. Now
let'the force with which the blood
leaves the aorta be accurately measured
by delicate meter. Beneath this let
another incision be made, and let the
aorta be compressed between the two
With a strong silken thread. Into the
lower incisiou fit another tube, and
have attached to it a combined air-and.
force pump, by means of which any
fluid may be driven into the aorta with.
out allowing particle Of air to enter.
The preparations are now complete.
Have the blood of the animal ready.
take accurate measurement of the force
With which the blood leaves the upper
incision, and inject the animals blood
into the lower incision with exactly
the same force. Downward it would
60, branching off into the different
arteries and diffusiug itself through all
the tissues Of the body. A part Of it
would return through the veins to the
heart, and finally some of the animal
corpuscles would pass through the up-
per incision made in the aorta. Thus
complete circuit would be established.
You can readily see that the difference
in the size, shape or character of the
corpuseles would offer very slight OBJ
stacle, if any, to the experiment.
''But I have told you enough. The
miuut'e Of the operation must remain
known to mys"lf alone. I have not
told you hoao the thing is to be done
I'have only supposed a case which is
a tolerably fair illustration of my ideas
of proceeding in the matter. But even
this is said in strictest confidence, and
must not be boeathed to living ear"
He ceased speaking, and rising,
walked to the window and blew curling
pufs of blue smoke over his shoulder.
"But there is one greater difficulty
than any I have mentioned" I remark
ed-"the fact, namely, that no volun-
tary subject could be found on whom
! to perform the operation"
"There could not And Why, l
should like to know ?" Heindps face
was flushed and momeptary CLEAN Of
passion shot across it. 81 don't think
it so very much Improbable" he re-
marked in a more quiet tone. "Any
one who is as devoted to the cause of
science as l am would willingly take
part in an operation to prove my theory.
Or perhaps, if I can't find anybody who
will do it willingly, I may fiod it con-
venient to use force to accomplish my
purpose. For is Is my purpose-yes,
the great purpcseiot my life. l mean
to demonstrate 20 tie world the truth
OF what have been telling you, and
that before many days are past ?"
His eyes flashed and his face was
more animated than I had ever seen it
before. Enthusiasm teamed forth from
every lineament, and yet-what shall
say 7-thero was the old vacancy, that
lack ofsomething essential, the appa
rent absence of one thing needful to
complete his human nature. I gazed
at him earnestly, and at that moment
bis oft-repeated arguments to prove
that human beings were soulless came
to me, and suddenly thought, "Ha:
he no soul ?" The idea was startling
one, though not altogether new. The
theory has more than once been ad.
vanced that human beings sometimes
lose their souls, AID thereafter 60 about
the world the embodiment Of gayety
their animal life strengthened, thei,
perceptions rendered more keen, but
their inner human nature destroyed
I never believed this, and always treat
ed such talk as idle speculation and tbe
fanciful creation of minds experiment.
ing on themselves. For some human
beings seem to delight in playing with
their mental faculties, and twist end
distort them in various and grotesque
shapes, even as a chemist mixes
strange compounds, and sometimes lay.
a trsin for his own destruction.
Heindl must have detected in my
countenance some glimmering of my
| fhOuChfa for he sud1on1u ossumod .