The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-12-11

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b@cause { myself reusfa : skerlc, ]
snail relate the Adventure exactly IS i
occurred e me
Thzn was s--dyl1g medicine Il ths
Scottish university q Abe-d=sa formed
TIE acquaintance q E6o7= dei S=Ilauo.z
vozn- Italian wa5 had ehossu ths
Granite City school fo- MS zsudi@ 0ur
tastes were Il many respects Identical
and CIR acq1azutarcsap sDon Developed
into ? E-ia11s1po q tire G-nesr AMI mes;
intimate description ! nay say That
th51gh re haTe long Ueea separated b
the ezigeaees Of III respective battles
EsE life. the friendship EsmziDs . this
day as cor1izl a. ever.
Dei S=Ilano and ] had many interests
II common. Das none was stronger han
cur desire 70 dip into the mysteries II
TIE Supernatural We passed cut q The
university IN The same day with Z d.
gr=s OF bachelor ot medicine and mas
te- Of szrgery, and as re separated a.
TIE great gate Of Maxichzl college re
promised % kesp each ether posted az 70
81 orr movements.
Del SiIauo went to lis home il tbs
vicinity Of MsrssiIlez, where his family
formerly possessed large Estates Ny
star I'D 1ne from one quarter OF the
wxld = the ether. forced ING % giTe Up
the practice a medicine. AMI finally
brought ne oTer to tns United States
Wnsrs presently | fanciI | hal found
my meter n .ae profession q Journal
ism. But my visits 70 England have
been frequent. and upon the occasion q
one Of thsss firing trips ABORT SIX yeaEs
ago ! again net ny Old friend
was sitting in my room in the Grand
hotel at ChariDg Gross making prepara-
tons for nv return 10 Nex YORK IL FIRE
days tine when a belD1y handed ne
the carl q i269rs Gei S&IaIo. ! pass
oTer our mutual pleasant greetings
Is51oEe tod Ire Il nal been II Lo269H
fer sc1aa t91r months. having deter.
mind up9n trg5ng his .zck = q p-ae-
tit.oner there He had grown nt3 a
steady, somewhat moroa man. r=na-
ally handsome. daTk ard steEn B1t
Us olacE eyes s5t1=la = vs. talked d
ozrod t@nzsaa Presently II toll ne
That ks had continued rs metaphysical
az3@. and aEguz ccheE EaIa@ had b.
cous : sg advocate Z. cremation
He rad eTea perfected and WAS abeut 70
PassEg 8 cEzaas5ruE - f n49 ~
w3v-5 principles
Ee hoge5 / -o1G c5zs ard see as
1=E machine H ha3 :. = his h31se 4
Ez-.ey a War saazdI act rome
. speZ1 fas eTe1irg VIII mus SrAee
- azy taaE - addition = tae feeling =
aa wa5ea e-s5d tne-= was ths ueg
Ea-e- nz1s az1ety Il So sonetai8g
E9vsL i rs therefore agreed nat ]
5zli 55He #55h Isida-e and spend TIE
sTazirg VIZ. a.1a
Ifoun5 MIN awaiting Tae We a1 an
ezczs1r d1cer Having IL cur ciza-
~ - ny hoSts request ] followed
az1 l-o3 - s-udv. there . e,5oT osE
s =: ourselves ard = talk over MS
graf aT=a93n J comfortably
A-e1 IL orr liz &sEac1alrs the light
bsa-Ee1 MANNER u ny friend changed 70
GBe Il szrz8as earnest, and I Il once Az
1aaC Ee meant . take ne completely
into lis confidence. and would insist
upon Iav doing the creTnatoriEm very
thoroughly
It was long story that he told me Of
lis arriving ~ the conviction that Gre
nation was the proper mode o. dispos-
ing q tne dead. Il have experimental
upon living and dead animals Of every
kind" be said suddenly, but neTer upon
4 human being. And before | can be
certain that my machine Is perfect in
every detail ! must Do this Moreover
and here | found that he was gradually
becoming more serious Il his manner
and was gazing with growing intent
less AZ re. | mean 70 have 4 living
human being upon whom 70 ezpeEi-
men5. and | have come . the conclusion
that 10 could more appropriately
serve me taan my oldest and dearest
friend Yen will do me this favor. viii
you not:
how shall ] describe the sensation Of
horror which crept over ne as heard
these words spoken with sony coldness
yet with an affectation Of friendship
which positively shocked ne. / was
about 70 rise from my seat, Indignant.
when, WITH q peculiar glitter in his eye
and a forward movement Of MS body
and outstretched hand, he exclaimed.
sit where you are. Yoa must DO as
l sayi You are the subject for my first
and greatest experiment..
sank BACK in my chair with d sign Of
helplessness and re~linqajshed myself t
his viii without a word Of protest. Ris-
ing from his seat he babe me follow
hin. With an uneasy sense Of PRESENT.
ment ! rose ~unsteadiiy 10 my feet and
VIC passed together from the room Up
a few steps 70 q short corridor, along
a passage and into a small room about 12
feet wide By IS feet long.
The room was dark when we entered
but as Isidore touched a little wooden
knob it was flooded with a brilliant light
from several incandescent electric lamp
Along one side Of the room stood & sort
Of trestle bed. upon which was a plank
81 rollers. In front Of the foot Of this
bed was a large box, apparently made Of
iron, but japanhed 10 represent oak IN
another corne Of the room stood i num-
Der IF cells Of a large electric battery.
and a network Of wires were conducted
from these to the under side Of the box.
Here Is my apparatus, said Dei Sell
ano Is 1t not simpler The body Ia
placed upon this t~restle, by touching a
spring the doors al the end Of this pretty
box open, and simultaneously the plank
begins rapidly 10 move forward until it
Is well inside. Then the doors close