, 1873-06-14

the Two had long and " friendly conversation, ii
winch tho young ofl1oor took al tho b!asno Npon
hmso1f, and gavo eeptfnua m address, N Eng
land to which ho might writo, and gavo into us
charge money to bc uHod for tho relief o. INC, tno
country. His wetcl, and . silver koy he gave 70
Boptimus. together with an old menusoript.
which Ind boon handol down to him
from remote ancestor. Oyer ,,,l 's sroa n9al. ,
recognizable, as II had hoon ahattorod ly tllo
{ail from tho mushot OF septtmns. Wllilo eoptt-
mus WINS In tho not OF blrylng HIM tho old min
intor Of tho town Joined him. and agreed with
him TINT ho could neyor eeaso to regret tho ul-
t1mo}y fate Of young Cyril Norton, or hs own In
strunleutality In It, although no ws quito blame
lcsg In tito matter. From that ttmo, bopttmus
devoted himself to tito study OF tho man''ecrlpt,
discovered it to concorn rlce for prolonging life
indefinitely, and also a roclpo for aono drink,
which, together. witt, obacrvanco Of tao r'1ies.
Waa essential for tho accomplishment Of tho
upon tho grave Of Cyril Norton, and sybil Daoy
Ind come from Doston to board with
tho nothor Of Robert nagbtrn, sooking
health In tho oountry-air.. She, lad taken
BROW Of tho hlil. TOR hor own familiar haunt.
Finally. in epito OF wonderful drink which she
was In tho habit Of ooneooting from horbs, and
taklng In large quantities., Aunt Koziah a'ckone1
aud led She lad during d;. her nfot,e; nnas,,r ro ~
tlteirs, who had lived through many gonoratlone
Of follow-man, by moans Of tho Observance OF
certain rules Of life, aud tho use OF q certain
drink, whtcl, waa idontical with that which eho 81
made, with tho exception Of ono ingroaiont, the
name Of which had boon lost; but, oven without
this, tho drink was almost magical In its 1ealtll-
giving powers. Tho Indian would probably hayo
boon living 70 tho present oay, nat lie, no tlnal!y On
account Of bis experience, grow 30 wise ns 70 bes
cos,,n almost feproa0h to every ono, and Ito Ind
boor, boon :: living: 90 long, =: that tho Oldest
inhabltant could romo.lbor the oar1ioat lest 1hn9
iar with hin, from hin infancy, 30 they inter,
yiowod him, and advanood their ideas, fortified
by their reasons, aud he agreed with them that
It wns time Tor him to de- and oppressed J., ms
might bo aomo difficulty in accomplishing it, %
ho would be unable to die natural dontl,, and
owing to his long lifo, he had become 30 tough
enad that 1t would probably tako more than
after email efforts, it was accomplished, and tho
Indinu won't to. bis last roat: Previous to her
dcnth Aunt Heztah had told soptimuB tho names
| Of tho sovoral herbs which abe used for the
drink, and sho, in studying ELL tho 1T %aam ~
nauica Of all tho. Ingredients but ono
| found TINT tho two recipes corrospondod, e1-
capting In tho manuscript one additional ingre-
dient was mentioned, which ho was unable to
discover for q long time; but, at length, OBJ
tainine sonno light from the conyoraation Of =.
bill Dacv aud Dr.. P0rtHoAkCn, he concluded that
| it was certain flower which would spring from
| tho gravo Of ono who had died violent death
and, finally, ono day, he discovered q brilliant
crimson flower upon tho grave Of tho young
| Cyril, which be believed to DO tho ono. He
then after many trials, distilled tho liquid a9tc'
ceasfully, and arranged Tor himself aud syhil ts
| drink It, Just rs he WIS about to do sot Sybi
swallowed about half tho contents Of tho Vase in
| which ho had preaeryad 1t, aud then shatterod
It to. Fragments boforo hia eyes
sho told him that she had known ali the time
| TINT tho flower used had made the drink q deadl,
| md subtle poison, whilo tho ono which would
have repdefod 1t the Elixir Of Life was rarely il
| evor found. This took place immediatey alto
tho wedding Of Robert Hagburn, who had boe1
Of goptin1us. After this, Beptimua disappeared
| and the body OF Syb1l WAS found at the grave ot
Cyril Norton. slo had loved him, aud was ths
! original OF tho shnttored picture. It aeolnB tha
Boptimus waB the decendant of m Englishmar
who had come to this country and married al
Indian, md who belonged to tho came family 0
which Cyril Norton was The last Eng!ish5 repre- ?I
O small strong-box, which no hat
opened with C,yrls silver key, and found to con
| tain papers in proof Of this. After tho dlsAp
pearanco Of 8optimus, it WAS thought that h
had takon possession Of his English ostatos.
Some short uotes in brackets indicate that th
! denta and characters. IN The earlior portion c
tho story, Roso is the betrothed Of septimnt
while, at tho lost, she ia his sistor, and tho brid
Of Robert Hagburn. Had tho author lived t
finish it, lle would undoubtedly have nado som
additions and changes in this alroady 1ascinatin
and beautifully written story. (JameH 2. o.
good l. Co., Boston; ". D. Kcen, Cooke i Co
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