Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-11-30

the boat Its great bat-like wings
once more beat me and scattered the
flaming brands, and the thing made a
desperate effort to get past me back in
to the gloom. 1t had seen the daylight
approaching, and rather than face the
sun, preferred to fight.
'Its ferocity was that of maddened
dog, but kept it off with my pole,
and seeing my opportunity as it chung,
Tapping its wings upon the bow, gave
1t such thrust as made it drop off. 1t
began to swim Il then for the first
time noticed its long neclS), but with
my pole struck it on the head and
drifting on the current into daylight
"What relief it was to be out in
the open air! 1t was noon, and as we
passed out from under the entrance of
the cave, the river blazed so in the
sunlight that after the two days of al
most total darkness l was blinded for
time. turned my canoe to the shore,
to the shade of trees, and throwing a
moose over the floating body, let it tow
behind.
"Once more on firm land-and in pos
session of the vampire!
81 dragged it out of the water. What
hideous beast it looked, this winged
kangaroo with python's neck! twas
not dead; so made muzzle with a
strip of skin, then firmly bound its
wings together round it's body. l lay
down and slept When l awoke, the
next day was breaking; 80, having
breakfasted, dragged my captive in
to the canoe and went on down the
river. Where was | had no idea; but
knew that / was going to the sea
going to Germany, and that was
enough.
For two months have been drift
ing with the current down this never
ending river OF my adventures, o.
hostile natives, of rapids, of alligator.
and jaguars need say nothing. They
are the common property of all trav
elers. But my vampire! 1t is alive
And now l am deyoured by only one
ambition-to keep 1t alive; to let Eu
rope actually gaze upon the living
breathing survivor of the great rep
tiles known to the human race befor,
the days Of Noah-the missing link be
tween the reptile and the bird. T,
this end l denied myself food; denied
myself even precious medicine. II
spite of itself gave it all my quinin
and when the miasma crept up tn
river at night covered it with my rul
and lay exposed myself. If the blacl
fever should seize mel
"Three months, and still upon thi
hateful river! win it never end?
have been ill-so i'll that for two day
| could not feed it. l had not tn
strength to go ashore to find food, an
fear that will die; die before l ca
get it home.
Been Ill again-the black fever
But 1t is alive l caught vicun
swimming in the river, and it sncke
it dry-gallons of blood. 1t had bee
unfed three days. In its hungr
haste it broke its muzzle. / was a
most too feeble to put it on again.
horrible thought possesses me. SUI
pose it breaks its muzzle again, whe
, l am lying III, delirious, and it is "a,
enous' Oh, the horror of 1t! To see
eating Is serrible. 1t links the claw
of its wings together and covers Owe
, the body, lbs head under the wings OF
/ of sight. But the victim never move
{ AS soon as the vampire touches it ther
seems 10 be paralysis Once thos
wings are linked there is absolut
quiet. Only the grating of teeth upo
bone. Horrible! horriblel But
r Germany shall be famous. In &c
l many with my vampirel
"Am very feeble. 1t broke its mu
|, zle again, but it was in the dayligl
. when 1t is blind. It's great eyes al
= blind in the sunlight. 1t was Ion
: struggle. This black fever and IL
? horror of this thing! 1 am too wea
to kill 1t if l would. / must get
home alive. Soon-surely soon-tl
river will end. Oh, God! does 1t new,
) reach the sea, reach white men, reac
= home? But if it attacks me l wi
i throttle 1t. If we cannot go back
Germany alive, we will go togeth
y dead. / will throttle it with my tv
d hands and fix my teeth in its horrib
y neck and our bones shall lie togeth
D. on the bank of this accursed river"
o This is nearly all that was RECEIVERS
d of the professors diary. But it
t, enough to tell us of the final TRACED
d The two skeletons were found t
it gether on the very edge of the riv
e bank. Half of each, in the lapse
d years, had been washed away at su
l. cessive food tides. The rest, VIII,
d put together, made up the man repti
Is that, to use Rabelaisan phras
g "metagrobolized all to nothing" &
Y University of Bierundwurst - Co
g temporary Review.
Two Kinds of Blondes.