, 1879-01-12

fore commit his body to the ground" etc.
| etc.,-and offset them By 1anlations OF thu
| virtues of tine antispcptic treatment used tt
| preserve the preparations in the College mu
| scum:
What was 1t he had somewhere recently
no, not "recently'' nothing was recent which
! occurred prior to his visit TO the dend-h011se il
| Camp Douglas, bewildering ages ago? True
| his clinical record and the hospital autopsy
book would show that this was really of yester
day as to date. But, as to his actual lite.
| DUET BT ONE PERFORMER.
What nas this passage. fugitive phrases ol
| which, from out the fading, shadowv pdst, now
! haunted his whirling brain, thrusting them.
selves pcrtiuaciously forward for articuate
| osnition,- Insisting On being repeated be.
tween the 1nuttercd sentences with which the
| rapid repairs Of the upturned harness were ac-
| companicds
simultaneously these two distinct trains OF
thought went Oh, now one and then tue other,-
| like Greek chorus, with its stropbc and anti
strophe,-swelljny into speech, though inaudible
in the rush and swirl Of the surf upon the
sbingly beach.
SrRopnE-sEyents grow old in ones memo
r. in direct ratio 10 the squares of their ilnpor
tance.''
ASr1srRoPHE-Both tugs brokcnt Well, the
rope Will u0lu LuEtu, auu Lut[C'S picu&l VI lts
STRoPHE-''A great calamity is as old as the
triobites an hour after it has happened, and
stains backward through the leaves already
turned in the book Of life before its blot of tears
or OF blood is dry on the page We are yet turn
ing"
too! Lucky you learned that trck Of sinching
Mexican fashion. THEY'LL be stirring in the
pest-housc Up there before loug.
STRopnE-s'A 4 person suddenly thrust into
any new, strange position Of trial finds
the place fits him as if he had been measured
for it. He has committed great crime, for
instance, and is sent to State Prison."
FULL CuoRus-"B By the shade Of Vesalius,
that's Oliver Wendell Holmes you've been try
ing to quote! Another anatumist. Arcades
anibo. Wonder if he wrote that out OF one OF
his own resurrectionizlng experiences. There,
1guess that'l hold. Git!'
tsPusuEG THE LINES OVER 4 FAST HORSE"
That's exactly what Dave did,-after having
with rope, check-rein, and htching-strao, knot,
and thong, and buckle, made fast his horse again
to the wagon, and the inverted funeral process
sion once more got Under way.
Even after reaching the paved street, until
which he dared not venture to mount the wagon
seat, be found himself from time to time With
clenched hands and tense muscles holding out
the loose reins at rigid arms length,-pushipg
on them with might aud main.
North Of Chicago avenue, for some distance,
the practicable roadway was barely one wagons
width, the reeently-lad and unfinished street.
railway presenting on either side au impossible
cheyaux-de-frise OF projecting ends Of railway
ties.
.'Just nv luck," was his dcspairine remark
as he overlook heaviiy-ladcn uarkct-wagon
whose sleepy owner nad taken 10 the sidewalk
and was plodding along in an exasperatiDgly
deliberate fashion.
Dreadine to excite comment or inquiry, Dave
drove on behind in silence; but if the molecu-
lar disturbance in the gray matter Of his
cerebral substance could nave been converted
into motor force, phenonenally
Granger would have been left stauuing III opeu-
mouthcd wonder as he watched the swift-yan-
ishing vision, of his gardcn-truck. .
s AND FEARS An OFFICER IN EVERY BUsu:''
As they neared Chicago avenue Dave noted
three men standing under the glare of the
gas-lamp, evidently awaiting the approach Of
teams.
What agonizing speculatlous racled his breast
as be eagerly watched their every movement!
He could see that they were talking to each
other, and obviously arranging the plan of cap
ture.
Disconnected by. the appearance Of two
wagons where they had been led to expect only
one, they divide their forces; two OF them step
out on to the roadway to intercept thc foremost
vehicle, while the remaining one moves lew
PAGES up the street towards them, ready, eyi-
IDENTIFY, to check any attempt at light by the |
1r1ver OF the rear team. !
~ .ia ,5 t' tI t.a ..
unon l,im-the real object of their |
quest. Resistance would be uscless,-escapc
impossible.
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