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

MBER 8, 1870. ...:..... =
"Just as I expected" I exclaimed )
"bIood will tell! ::5=j3 --
cab What was that you said 7" ask,
ed Helndl, eagerly. :
81 said the race had turned out as /
expected" I replied. I,
"No, no-the latter part of your re-:
mark what was that ?" .-:-.3;.=
"'Blood will tell,'" I repeated.
Heindl bowed his head as if 10 deep
thought. "That's good EXPRESSION"
| he said. "You Americans do once in:
while say something worth treasuripg g
up. Yes, blood a0iN tell,' and in a
tar deeper sense than you ever imagin-
ed. Ny friends, you do not compre-
hend the true import of those words.
I have theory that is we'll expressed by
them. I don't very often mention the
subject, but if you will come in with
me and take lunch, I will explain
what I mean. What say you?" :
Clarke lett the decision to me, and l
assepted without hesitation, being 10
just tho mood to. listen to one of Helm
dis strange haraugues-to partake Of
lager and logic.
my theory" he said when we were
all seated, "may surprise you a little,
but have given tho subject a great
deal Of attention, and have arrived at
my conclusions after due deliberation.
Your remark, blood will tell,' is tho
whole thing in nutshell. 1t Is true
that blood will tell-that peculiarities
are transmitted from one generation to
another-that the blood Of fathers and
mothers carries into sons and daughters
qualities Of good Or evil. This fact Is
= recognized one, and has been so for
ages. Nobody now requires to have it
demonstrated.
'Bot there is q different application
Of the saying. We have all heard Of
the young lady who caused a vein in
her arm to be opened, that the blood
might be convey ed from her healthy
body into that Of her dying lover. And
we know that the experiment was a
success. The young man grew strong
and lived" Now, if he partook Of the
young lady's strength by the commiug-
ling of their blood, why should he not
also partake Of her other qualities ?
Why should he not become more re-
fined, more gentle, more delicate in his
nature, moro acute in his perceptions,
more constant and truthful than he
was before ? I believe that blood is the
motive-power of our nature7the ani:
mus from which springs our daily life.
Blood permeates every nook and cor.
ner Of q human beings organism. 1t
is lite and sustenauce, giving or taking
away health and strength according as
it's pure or impure, abundant 0, scan.
ty, healthful or full of disease. Why
should not blood also be generous and
ignoble, brave and cowardly, frank
and deceptive, truthful and false? Il
is: it is all these things and many
more.
"But how can this theory be proved
Plainly in but one way, the way all
great truths are proved-by experiment
Blood must be conveyed from one indi.
vidual to another, and the two must bt
widely diverse in character and TEN
permanent. But here an obstacle per
sents itself. A small quantity of blood
passing from one being to another woula
create 90 slight a change as not to b.
perceptible, or, if perceptible, to b
readily ascribed to hundred differen,
influences. It cannot be done by ming.
ling the blood Of human beings, for to
take from man or woman a suAicien
quantity to test the matter satisfactoril,
would produce death.
"But in my mind | have resolved th'
question. If my theory be true, i
will apply as well to animals as to hu
man beings. Why not, therefore, ope1
a vein iu horse and convey bis bloc.
by tube into the life.current of .
MANI You start. The proposition
may be unprecedented, but it is feast
BILE. You, for instance, Eustace, ar
plain, blunt and honest. If you hat
any evil intentions toward a..fellow. crea
ture, you would attack him openly on
fair field. An excellent test would b,
to infuse into your veins the blood Of ,
serpent. If after that you becam
crafty, cunning, stealshy, lurking an,
merciless, my theory would belestablish
ed. And you, Clarke, are retiring
modest ard sensitive, and the revers
Of combative. Now, if the blood Of
bull could be sent coursipg tbrougl
your veins and arteries, and you shoult
thereby be transformed into al. .aggres
sive, obtuse, infuriate rufian, tha
would also establish my theory.
els it plain to you You both com
prehend me, I see. Well, what do yor
think OF it?"
Clarke's face plainly expressed dis
gust, but was simply amused.
at is all very fne," replied, ''bu
there are certain difficulties in the wa,
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