The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-28
THE GHOST LYMPH.
Robert Yulee Toombs Tells How the
Article is Manufactured.

Article IL Manufactured.
From the Chicago Ledger.
IL is rather a Notwithstanding thing TO
come suddenly upon a man with whom one
has deem in friendly relation and always
considered sane, but eccentric, sitting at
midnight dangling his feet in fresh-opened
grave and muttering over and ever dread
full, ghOulisn meant atIons in rusty Greek
So found Bruno Guyheimer, the medical
student.
"Great heavens, Guy what business has
anyone, not q grave-robber, here at this
hourm a cried with chatteriug Teeth.
Ditto, ditto-to you.n he replied his
tone implying huge, black-letter question
marks after each SYLLABLE.
"Oh, I'm on business" l said, shortly. /,
too was a medical student.
Dit, again, said Guyheimer.
"Hh here are your tools"
He drew a large hypodermic syringe
loaded with queer-looking, foul-smelllng
substance that made me think at once Of a
local public man, and long hair lariat from
his breast, saying:
Here. Where are yoursF"
Back in the shrubbery near that new
made grave. l was afraid it might be
watched tonight. and"
mo, there Is nobody around. I've been
here since supper. | wanted TO make sure
that he" tapping his foot on the top Of the
coffin in the bottom of the grave, went out
as usual at IL. So l came early and
watched"
Are you era"
See here" he struck in. "honors are
easy between us. ou're about to snatch a
body and | am about to rope in a ghost-if
i can't catch him without. | am "a western
man, you know, and handy with the lariat,
and am interested in these recent lymph
and bacilh discoveries. The germ idea
solves all LIES secrets, i" he went on with the
air Of an enthusiast, his eyes rolling and
cleaning in the starlight. "To-night am
going farther than any other living man
has ever dared TO 60. Tomorrow my fame
will extinguish that of Koch, Darwin, Edi-
son, Mary Walker, Wanamaker, John
l.. -"
"Howa Tell me-"
81 hypnotized q ghost, you know" he
continued, one night last summer-but
could not utilize him. For ghost at rest
is simply naught Like cyclone, for in
stance, A cyclone at rest is nothing at all
but dead wind. Seer
| nodded, interested.
"Well, tonight am going to capture
old Judge Equivoker's ghost here,n again
tapping with his foot on the coflin, when
he returns, and inject this into him. This"
taking up the hypodermic syringe, "is some
0CSNO
from the avoirdupois of the editor OF the
Universal Reform Journal last week dur
ing professional visit. Now, you
know, there never was more airy,
elusive, brighter man than Judge EduI~
voker; what an artful dodger his
ghost must bel And you know
no more wooden-headed obtuse, old fossil
ever lived than is this same Universal Re-
form Journal editor. II [ can only lasso
Equivoker's ghost long enough to admin
lister to him this reform lymph and can get
some of the ghosts lymph of wit and en-
ergy in this other syringe to inject into the
Reformer, l will stake my life and profess
slonal reputation on there being some Won
darful manifestations on both sides
"Guyheimer,o said ], impre5sivelv, "you
are the craziest fool at the Atlanta Medical
Institute. More | cannot say"
"All right he replied. looking at his
watch, "but you run along now. 1t will
soon be time for old Judge Equivoker TO
return
left him.
He sppea ed IN the lecture room the next
day end for many days thereafter, wan,
worn aud hollow-eyed. / knew he was
keeping long, unsuccessful night vigils
among the tombs, but did notquestion ham
Then came the day when he wore a look
or triumph and mystery. Still [ asked no
questions, but, except himself, | was the
only man who understood the true cause OF
the events re ated in these paragraphs from
the Atlanta Daiiy Constitution:
IAN emaciated Rhostly lunatic was dis
covered in the West End cemetery last
night, and when the police attempted his
capture fled to Judge Equivoker's grave
and took refuge i'll his shattered coffin,
from which the judges body had evidently
just been removed by medical ghou!s. The
case is being Investigated. The captured
lunatic raves wildly and incoherently of
life beyond the grave, but can give 10 lucid
account OF himself. He claims to DO spirit
called back against his will. He will tie
sent to the asylum
Another paragraph week later
the editor of the Universal Reform
Journal has evidently employed a first
grade funny man to write his reform
editorials. If this continues our hitherto
heavyweight weekly will become a close
rival TO the celebrated Arizona Kicker"
Ny friend Guyheimer is a genius. He
evidently succeeded n his plans as narrated
to me beside LDR5 midnight Orava