Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-25
EXERCISING rHr1R NORMAN FuNc.

4 never HAVE tAt
here my voice choked.
"Oh, yes; I have conquered that
prejudice against infiicting suffering
which is natural to the mind en-
feebled by civilization. For many
years 1 secretly practiced vivisection
upon animals. I once had a cat
an animal very tenacious OF life,
under my scalpel for . week. But
we have no time for conversation.
You will not be put to any needless
suffering. These instruments are
not my own, blunted for want OF
use; 1 took the precaution OF bor-
rowing the case of the gentleman
under whose care / have been
placed before making my escape"
While speaking thus he took out
the hideous little glittering instru-
ments and examined them one by
one. They were of various appali-
ing shapes and l gazed upon. them
with the horrible facination Of a
bird under the power of a snake.
OF only n could I tell the use-a
thin, trenchant blade, which cut
you almost to look at it. He knelt1
across me, arranged his implements
on the seat to the right; laid q note
book, pencil, and his watch on that
to the left, and took off his neck
cloth aed collar, murr uring, "the
clothes are
VERY MUCH IN MY WAY,
1 wish that you were properly pre-
pared for the operation.
1t flashed across me in my de-
spair, that / had heard of madmen
being fOiled by an apparent
a%cquiescene in their murderOus in
tentiOns. a
"After all,n I forced myself to
say" "what is one life to the human I
race? Since mine is demanded by
science, let me aid you. Remove
these bonds, AMI allow me to take
off my coat and waistcOat." ...i .s
He smiled and shook his head.
"Life is sweet, ] will not crush
you," he said, christening my waist
coat, and turning back the lappels
as far as he could. Then, taking a
pair of scissors, he proceeded to cut A.,
my shirt-front away, so that pes
emily my chest was barred to his ex-l
Whether l closed my ,
eyes, or was seized with vertigo, 1
do not know, but for q moment or
1 lost sight Of everything. and +,
had visions; sort of a grotesque j
1t was the figure in
which l recall but very indistinctly,
but 1 remember that the most
prominent of them was q pig, or a ?
pork, hanging up outside q butchers S
shop, the appearance Of which bore
4 mysterious resemblance to my I
,elf. These delirious fantasies were I
1ispelled by q sharp pang; the \
anatomist had made tl5A r
A FIRST sLIGHTINCIsION; a
[ saw his calm face leaning over 4
ne ; the cruel blade with which he 3
vas going to make another and Il
cut; his fingers, which were n
crimson with blood; and 1 q
frantically. My operator Q
Immediately withdrew his armed "
land, and stood erect. Then,
Watching his opportunity, he placed :.
lis right foot Oh the lower part of a
ny breast-bone, so that by pressure r.
could suffocate me :. :,
Listen, my friend" he said, al 3
viii endeavor not to injure any vital 6
Ryan, but if you wiggIe about, =,
hall not be able to avoid doing so. W
mother thing if you" t.E L.
He was interrupted by three sharp
'histles from the engine. 50 .shrill " "
nd piercing as to drown his voice.
"Impede me by those sharp, con- A,
ulsive movements, 1 shall be COM
elled to sever those muscles, ~
Thich-" 20
He never completed his sentence.
here was a mighty shock, a crash
S if all the world had rushed to-
Was shot under the seat,
here I lay uninjured and in safety,
mid the most horrible din ; break N
lg, tearing, shrieking, cries for help,
nd the roar of escaping steam.
l had strained the bonds that Sc ~,
lred my elbows in the struggle, Co
nd the jerk of the collision snapped M
(; so that when I began to get Do
~ wits together, / found my hands BIZ
zee. To liberate my legs wss then III
very easy matter, but not to ex- XII
,icate myself the next thing / set Do
bout. The whole top of the car
age from where the cushion part OF
nds was carried sheer away; and w
mid the debris which encountered
~ movements lay the n.
AND D2CAPITATED BODY Ca
{ the mailman, who, intending to ~
ssail my life, had, by keeping me D!
own at the bottom of the carriage, Bl
lved it. M
MORAL--When alone in a rail-
carriage, it may be worth your p
lille to take a look below the seats. Co