San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1890-05-22

tlo QutdiIty VI WihCh io fSuuCou hiom
day to day.
"The l4th Of December last, ut 8
o'clock in the evening, we were present
here all five of rs. The last conditions
Of the wager Were made known by.me
In plain terms and the stipulated en-
gagements Of the agreement signed by
both parties. Chapuzot was to remain
two months incloeed in tho box, COM
pletely deprived Of air, light and nour-
ishment.
II now commit to our friend DR.. Pour
pardot, whose medical status renders
him moro competent for the task, to do
tail to you what further was done.r
"And in doing 30 will be rs brief as
possible" said Pourpardot. "Athanase
Chapuzot seated himself upon the floor,
upon square of linen, his limbs crossed.
his face turned to the east. Then he Us.
gan to squint, forcing tho pupils Of his
eyes to converge by steadily fixing them
on the point Of his nose, inducing. as 1t
were, q state Of artificial strabismus In
q very few minutes magnetic catalepsy
began to show itself. His eyes closed
and his extremities became rigid. While
this was occurring he distinctively gave
utterance to tho following words, which
we all recognize rs one limo Of verse
and the beginning OF another,
Triosnphes done enfin caboles ennemles.
J'entrez spontanenent--
He did not finish, but fell ut once In u
deep sleep. drew near and plugged up
both his nostrils with pieces Of linen
dipped In melted wax. This dono IN
closed his whole person in the linen cloth
on which he sat and tied tho four corners
over his head. like u sack. Tho knot
made In this way was carefully scaled
and stamped with tho signet ring Of the
house Of Stockfish s. Co., Of Boston. Fl
nally we placed the body Of our friend in
the box prepared for Its reception, which
WAS closed and locked, and which Messvs-
Stockfish also se,,led and stamped with
the signet ring, ns before mentioned.
after this we all left, carefully secur-
ing the door, or which the Boston Incr-
chant retained the key.
"For every person but ourselves, the
artist Athanaso Chapuzot Ind departed
for America. We havo today reached
the 10Th Of February. 1900. The hour of
10 is about to strike. Our friend Chapu-
zot has been inclosed in this box exactly
two months, and we propose now to pro-
ceed to release him."
"Where is this boxT demanded.
"Under the piece Of Oriental tapestry
on which you sit," said Pourpardot.
arose with bound.
"You see. gentlemen" added the doc
tor. on removing the piece Of tapestry,
"the seals are intact as far rs the box Is
concerned"
The box was now opened, and In a
moment tho body Of Chapuzot, still en-
veloped in tho sack, was placed in large
tub which stood in the middle Of the
room. A vessel filled with water sim
mered on the stove. Pourpardot filled u
can with this warm water and poured 1t
slowly on the top of the sack. He then
broke the seal cautiously and revealed to
our sight as he removed the linen cloth
the corpse Of Athanaso Chapuzot, emu
ciated and shrunken like an apple ex-
posed to the SHOWS and frosts Of the past
winter.
"You can satisfy yourselves, gentle
men," said Pourpardot, "thnt the body is
cold, that no pulse can be felt at the
wrists, nor even in tho region Of the
heart"
He then poured q large quantity of hot
water on him, and commenced vigor-
Gus friction or massage from head to
foot. This done he applied thick paste
of almost burning temperature to the top
of his head and removed tho waxed tam
pons from his nostrlls, opened Chapuzots
mouth and replaced his tongue to Its nor
NAL position 30 rs to admit air In the
larynx.
After the application of the third hot
poultice to his head Chapuzot moved
and feeble pulse was percepti-
BILE ut tho wrist. Soon after he opened
his eyes and slowly gave utterance to
these four words In distinct voice:
'au pays des molnes."
HE completes his distichl" cried Ro-
ger Lacost, "after sixty days interval.
This Is marvelousr'
NJ. Stockfsh had already drawn his
plethoric check book from his pocket.
Here Is your check. monsieur" said
he, handing q piece Of blush paper TO
Durocher.
"we have lost. We pay
Stockfsh junior touched the elbow Of
his brother and drew him TO the corner
Of the studio. where they oonversed
moment In q low voice. After q few
they returned TO US. when the
elder said:
''Gentlcmen. your excellent friend NJ
Chapuzot must be at present. very much
fAtieued. When he has sufficiently re
covered VIII you kindly make 20 him 4
proposition from the house Of Stockfish /
q 90. for his immediate consideration |
'-Certsinly.- said Durocher. PLEASE
state 1T
"This-that n be viii consent 20 repeat I
IN America tins cuTiO1s and Interesting /
performance we ofeT him the sun q
I've hundred thousand frz7os Tor its pres
sntafiOn under the sane conditions
AthznAse Chapuzot. completely reoov- 1
srsd. has scoeyted the Oifer. and dOubt- .
Iess VII before long present. himself Be
fo-s AZ American a1iie1ce tn View York /
d.. P1trzsk. q OTqeln. desczibos his-
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