Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-20
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ject to its legitimate conclusion. But
stay! Hush! Here they come"
AS the professor spoke, I became
aware of q dim and shadowy form
shaping itself within the bell. AS it
gained shape 1 discerned, with what
feelings Of awe can be imagined, that
there was not one form but tao. Slowly
but gradually the dim form assumed q
more bodily and distinct aspect. Icame
in q very few seconds to realize that
the forms which stood before me in tho
bell were those of Gerald Ashley and
his affianced bride, Julia Radcliffe.
There could be no doubt about the
matter. There they stood in distinct
bodily form, but still with q bewildered,
dreamy look upon them, as though
scarcely awakened from sleep.
"We have triumphed!' said the pro-
lessor, in low tones, as he mounted on
a chair to .disconnect the insulated
feeding-wire from the rod at the top of
the bell, at the same time motioning
me to do the same for the other wire.
l proceeded to do SO as fast as [ could,
when suddenly a binding flash passed
before my eyes, and a report sounded
in my ears like that of a cannon. The
last thing l remember seeing was the
great glass bell with Gerald Ashley
and Julia Radcliffe inside, and Prof.
Vehr standing IN a chair beside it, the
whole picture lllumined by the brilliant
light of an electric flash, and the facade
of Market street distinctly visible
through the windows of the apartment.
A week afterward, when I recovered
sbHsag.'''f First. th nseSf Profe veh beVs Sad
left the city, the lessee of the Palace
Hotel vowing that he would never re.
ceive another scientist, or permit an
other private wire from the Electric
Lighting Company to enter the build
ing. Secondly, that Doctor Gerald
Ashley had not been seen since the
e%ventful night, the strange experiences
y, that on that very day Miss Julia
Radcliffe had disappeared from New
Orleans, the last time that she had been
seen being in a certain kiosk
in the Exposition grounds with.
a Mr.. Arthur Livingstone, though
that gentleman AYERS that he saw
her approached by some stranger, who
claimed an acqualntanceship with her.
and with whom she disappeared in the
crowd a short time afterward. When
Mr.. Livingstone was pressed for a de-
scription of the gentleman in question,
Mr.. and Mrs. Radcliffe were at once
convinced that it could be no one else
but DR.. Gerald Ashley; and while
sadly recriminating him for such a
hasty and unadvised step as clipping
with their daughter, have no sdoubt
that the pair will turn up when it be-
comes e%Spedient to do so.
As for me, l have taken pains to
verify the date OF the disappearance Of
Miss Julia Radcliffe at New Orleans,
and find it to be the same day and hour
a. DR.. Gerald Ashley's and my own
visit to Prof. Vehr's apartments, on
the night of the grand explosion at the
Palace Hotel. Ihave arrived at a GER
tain conclusion on the facts, and con.
slider that the most judicious as we'll as
the most sympathetic course l can pur-
sue, under the circumstances, is tc
place the foregoing facts before the
public just as they are; thereby, per.
haps, aaeoriing that poor solace to the
afflicted which consists in the remova
of an ill-grounded hope of ever seeing
their lost and loved ones again.-Ro6.
ert Duncan Milne, IN San Francisco
Aryonaut.