Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-25
THROWN FORWARD, sPRAwIIsG.

THROWN FORWARD, sPRAwLING,
I tried to rise, but my right wrist
was seized, and the arm twisted till
/ was helpless, and presently found
myself on the floor of the carriage
face downward. a sharp knee being
scientifically pressed into the small
of my back, and both arms fixed
behind me. My elbows were tied
together, and then the knee was re-
moved and my ankles were secured.
During the latter operation I kicked
and struggled.
"Humv, said a deliberate voice,
ttthat win be awkward. Let's see;
ah, these will do"
These" We're my sticks and UNI
brella, which some one proceeded to
as splints to the back of my
legs, using the straps which had
kept them in a bundle to fix" them
at the ankle and above the knee.
When he had done, i was as help
less as a dressed turkey.
Then I turned over carefully and
tenderly, and for the first time saw
afY AssATLANT. 80
He was a gentlemanly looking
man, dressed in a black coat and
waistcoat, gray trousers, and neck
cloth. His hair and whiskers were
just turning grizzly, his chin and
upper lip were clean shayen. His
forehead was high, his eyes promin-
ent and fixed in their expression,
his nose aquiline, his mouth a slit.
He was of middle height, spare, but
wiry; indeed, his muscles must
have been exceptionally elastic and
feline, for you would have never
thought, to look at him, that he
could stow himself away under the
seat of a railroad carriage 81 COM
: He contemplated me, with his
chin in his right hand, and his right
elbow on his left hanI, he said
"Just O And for
the good of society in the long run
an admirable sentiment my dear
sir; let 1t be a consolation to you, if
I should cause you any little annoy
ance." =
He took a shagreen spectacle-case
from his pocket, wiped the glasses
carefully with a silk handkerchief,
and adjusted them on his nose.
Then he produced
AN OBLoNG BOX,
he unlocked, and placed on
one of the seats. After which he
sat down quietly in the place 1 had
occupied five minutes before,-a pO-
siton which brought him close over
my head and chest, as l lay supine
and helpless at his feet.
ado you know anything of anat-
Dmy 2" he asked. 1 was completely
his power as a witness in the
crOss-examining counsel's, and pru-
ience dictated that 1 should be
ready to answer the most
and impertinent questions
with politeness. l said that 1 did
not.
"Ahw he said; "well, perhaps
you may have heard of the spleen?
Exactly. Now science has never
as yet been able to find the use of
that organ, and the man who be-
ausathsd that knowledge to posterity
would rank with the discoverer of
the circulation Of the blood, and
1rfnr nocx;p,ahla kanaft -, lr
manity for the remainder of the
worlds lease.
PROPOSE TO DISsECT YOU"
"You will not get mucn glory for
that'' said 1, forcing myself to seem
10 take this outrageous practical joke
m good part. "An ungrateful gen.
may or may not profit by
your discovery, but it will infallibly
hang your"
mot So" he blandly replied: al
I'M q surgeon; who once had a very
considerable practice, but l had to
stand my trial for an experiment,
proved fatal to one of my pa
The jury, unable to under
stand the sacrifices to which an
earnest inquirer Is ready to offer at
he shrine of science, declared me
mad, and-I was placed in confine-
You see that l act with i'm
And he opened the box. l broke
tut in a cold sweat. Was it all real?
3ould the man be in earnest? "But,"
aid I, "surely you can get dead
,odies to dissect, without having re-
,ourse to crime? And, again, if gen.
.rations of ANTAGONISTS have failed
n twenty thousand investigations
70 discover the use of the SPLEEN,
4 you yourself have always failed
hitherto, why should you suppose
hat this one attempt should be
more successful than the others.
Because, my dear sir, said the
nan, with q smile of one who had
q new idea, ''all former in
designations, including my own,
ave been made on dead subjects;
rhile I propose to examine your Wis
ri organs with q powerful magni-
wing glass, while they are