Iron County register., 1891-11-12

You're knocked over by this affair. {"
he went on. Leave every thing to me.
There" and he forced his interIocuter
into a near seat. Rest yourself little {"
Gerald obeyed him, and it now seemed
to the young mans own mind that he
was on the verge of swooning away.
The room appeared to fill with whitish
mist. Through It he presently saw the
dull. fattish, genteel visage of his land
lady. Was there ever such stupid face,
he thought, as that of this poor Mrs.
Brawne? Clyde spoke with her. did he
not? Yes; some of the words came to
Gerald's ears like those ghosts of words
we call echos. His friend was talking
about Ter. We're he and Mrs. Brawne
taking her away? Well, at least they
were leading her from the room, sup
porting her between them.
Herewith, Gerald yielded to the lam
guor which overcame him. He dimly
realized that it was caused by reaction
after the strain he had endured. He
had no idea how long time passed be-
fore Clyde again stood near him.
'sShe's all right for the present, nv
boy. That landlady of yours is very
accommodating, and l don't thinls she
has intelligence enough to feel in the
least scandalized by-But Gerald: Look
here, now: what's the matter? Why,
you're in cold sweat. You're ill.,
sI-Iwas returned Gerald, trying to
smile.
He felt Clyde's fingers at his pulse.
ssYou must have stimulant; I think
that's all you need. It's only excite
ment. Have you any thing to drink
here?"
Yes" breathed Gerald. ''Yonder
there's brandy. But I'm getting better,
now It's passing over"
SIS it?'' said Clyde shortly. "We1l
help it to pass quicker" He went to the
spot toward which weak gesture OF
his companion had pointed.
Suddenly Gerald heard a crashing
sound. One keen ray of recollection
here shot through his mind. He rose
grasping the back of his chair.
''Clyde," he called, what have you
broken?"
"a bottle of some sort" came the
answer 1T was horribly awkward of
me, | know; but dare say the thing
only held some chemical you no longer
needed"
Gerald hurried across the room, beset
by an ugly doubt which acted clearingly
on his already frightened brain. He
saw certain glass fragments lying on
the floor, and picked one of them up.
"Ah," he faltered, lit was the flask
that contained the elixir!''
.'Too bad,' exclaimed Clyde. please
forgive me, Gerald"
..Oh, / do, of course!' came the re-
ply. 1T was an accident, know"
Dear fellow, I'll swear to you it was
only that. You don't-you can't sus-
pect-"
mo, no.
''The lights little dim over in this
corner. My elbow struck the thing be-
fore I knew. But never mind, you've
got the formula yet, though it did cost
you such lot of labor to secure just
this little amount of liquid
''Oh, yes, I've the formula" muir
INJURED Gerald in dreamy tones. BE
sides, 1 don't care SO much now"
He was thinking of the woman whom
he had resurrected from death.
Clyde's voice again sounded, crisp and
resonant ''Ah. here's the stuff 1 was
after. Now, Gerald, you must take a
big swallow of it. You're Internally
played out by this whole proceeding
and you need a good, long sleep to pull
you round again. There sit down
once more. We must get you to bed
presently, and if this commonplace
dose doesn't quiet you We'll try some
thing little more scientific"