St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-14
COULD RAISE THE DEAD.

| Dr. Attrapecclni.
Whence he care no one knew. His
| name indicated an Italian origin. but
from his accent in speaking one would
have supposed him to be a German,
while his long beard. grave expression
| and majestic bearing seemed suggestive
of the Orient
Whatever might be his nationality,
| however. the doctor had no sooner ar
| rived in Florence than he caused to be
announced, with grand flourish of
| trumpetS, comets and drum, that on
| Tuesday, the 1St of May, at precisely
| o'clock in the morning, he would repair
| to he city's cemetery. and there restore
| to life five persons of his own choosing.
| At last the excitement grew so intense
| that the pedestal, or chief magistrate of
| Florence. resolved to send for DR.. Attra-
| peccini and demand an explanation.
| A man who was able to restore five
| dead persons to life could have no diff
| Guilty in guessing what was passing in
! the mind of the pedestal, and, accord
| strike his gong to summon an usher
when the doctor himself was an
| nounced.
You come just in time, Doctor" said
! the maglstrate.' Il was about to send for
you"
Il knew it, my lord, and wished to
| anticipate your ORDER" was the reply,
| uttered in calm tone that filled the
podestat with amaZement.
He recovered himself, however, and
was going to interrogate the newcomer,
| when the latter exclaimed:
Il understand. my lord. that some of
| your people here have doubts of my
| science and even my honesty-in fact, |
am suspected of coming to Florence for
the purpose of making dupes."
Something Of that kind has been in
| timated," replied the magistrate.
You can understand" said the
| stranger, slowly, "that [ owe it to nv
| self to put an end to these reports. |
| have come to request Of you that
| guard of ten, twenty, thirty or more
| men be stationed around my house, so
as 10 make it impossible for me to leave
| Florence before releasing from their
| tombs five persons, as | have promised.
You cannot say that my request is an
unreasonable one, since you have de-
terRine d before seeing me to have me
| watched"
Your request is granted" he said.
Il shall have your house guarded night
and day by twenty men, until the time
comes for you to fulfill your promise,
or until you change your mind and ac-
| knowledge you were hot in earnest.
lit would, perhaps, be wise for you
| to leave the city at once; believe me, 1t
is not safe to put a whole town in COM
motion. 1 know the Florentines, and 1
believe them to he capable of falling
upon you in fury, perhaps OF hanging
you, when. they find they have been
Knocked at and tricked.
The least serious mishap that could
befall you would be sojourn of several
months in prison while you waited for
the public Indignation to subside."
81 should deserve even more severe
treatment if l failed to carry out my
programme" said the doctor.
| A week before the 1st of May man
about forty years old, and dressed COM
| pletely in black, entered the doctors
study. He was the Senator Arozzo, GEL
ebrated for the violent grief he had dis
| played on the death of his wife six
months before.
Sig Attrapeccini," said he, briskly,
81 do not wish to waste words. Although
what you promise is generally consid-
cred impossible, | admit that it may be
possible, and l have come here to beg
| you to leave my wife at rest in the
cemetery"
What" exclaimed the man of SCI
ence with a laugh; and the widoWer re-
| peated his own words earnestly.
IL beg of yOu," he cried. Il am about
| to marry again-the banns will he pub
lished next month. You would not like
to put man in such predicamenU,
would you?''
AS he spoke he placed a purse full of
| gold on the table.
The next day he received visit from
Philippine, the most famous physician
| of Florence, and indeed Of all Tuscany {:
out of every hundred Florentines at
least eighty were at one time or another
in his care.
Learned and honored brother" said
he to Attrapeccini, Il trust that you
would not do me the injury of bringing
back to the light of day any of the I'M
fortunate people who have CHANGED to
pass away while in my hands,"
"Certainy not" replied the other:
'just give me the names of the persons
you mean"
THAT would be very difficult mat
ter" said PhilIpplna: would it not be
more simple for you to exclude from
your ceremony all my former patients"
and with these words he laid OH the
table heap of gold coins.
| llC uOOl iesu ilelNiiy SlOoOu upOu lllI-
ippini when it was opened again to adj
nit two brothers named Gavazza.
The Duke Pierre GavaZza and his
brother, the Marques Paul, had risen,
partly by their own merits and partly
by good luck, to the first rank in the
Italian nobility; but their journey had
been long and difficult. as their father
had been miller. 1t was the miller
whom they did not wish to see restored
to life.
DR.. Attrapeccini was shocked ard ex-
claimed angrily that he could not be-
lieve it possible that two persons could
be so unnatural as to oppose the resus-
citation of their own father.
1t was nothing less than parricide,
and he would not connive at such bust
ness! He hadn't any intention of re-
viving the miles, but now he would
take good care to do so, and, unless he
changed his mind, the old GaYazza
would be the first person resuScitated in
the cemetery.
The dismay of the duke and marquis
may be imagined. They offered money,
but though they had brought large
sum with them, it was not sufficient to
allay the scruples of Attrapeccini. and
each of the brothers was obliged to sign
note.
Inc eve OIL TIE Isl VI Mdy drfIVeu, anu
the guards around his house were
doubled, and received the strictest or
ders, for the chief magistrate knew that
the people would blame him if the in
voker of the dead were allowed TO es-
cape.
1t was estimated that $4,000 persons
were assembled in the cemetery or its
vicinity OH the 1st of May. at in the
morning, and. as the doctor did not ap-
pear at The first stroke of the hour as he
had promised, $4,000 voices cried out
"Attrapeccini! Attrapeccinin
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