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away. his face working P5sifaily. and
hiS hands eisspl1< each ether IN fr-r-
Eis-i manner
Then ozc~ uo-- h- turns - hi~ Sor<-
II b had expeete-. - 80 th~ ravz=eS
eruel death h21 worked zpoz the bowed
form before him he il r-i~sak~n-
Calmly resting apparently In qaiet
r-pns~. li-S The TREAD who - r--~ztir
fell GA sleep Th< h4nra~ozn~ fac- j.
essnp-s@-si- And wear a suil. So
heavy -il<ra -szS-Arh- covers the sal
iz< lip~ an1 the wAit-. hlur-r~zrs-i
lia~ tal aAtnrzlly oser The vvell xnsszr
kindly sye~
Tou Wr1Ftaz ho.sS< a. hiu- r~x~r-
~utiy- Th~n he takes f-vua has t-1v~l-
iz< eA~e battery snsi appsiznc~s- vita
severn TIM h.a.fle~- 2zs1 Placing ta-nn
IN an svalenzly Pr~4rrzzwed zanu-r-
proceeds by The Aii q The zfnzfs d.
rv<tiozs xtv~n ca thAt m-zza-zh5e
zi<hs-@ @hieA seems 50 bag a-o-so
atus; th- 2ppsr.rns Wfrh r-v~rrnt
SINGER uP-o1 ta= eoa1 clay h~.ore hiz
Thaz-h Easarr .haz life : al st@xe
h = eo-alIy P-'eses<saaaL lruozinx TIA:
weakness no7v wo1.1 spoil al
kut The calm tAc~ often bids deep
emotion as1 sh~ suffering % tku~-
frw minutes w4s 10 Tom Nravton A
eternity % anguish
After al hiS arrangements are eu1n-
pl-te- 4 strange serie feeling creeps over
him and be h~sstate~ TO add that sin
gle toaeh- which. though once - slxep-
teal abczt- he now feels assured will
send the rrvivitying electric current
rushing and pGlsing through the form
OF his friend
At length pulling himself up with
start. he places his finger on the knob
Of his battery and 50 completes the
circuit. Counting the seconds he
.Ares On the quiet face before him
Then h- waits few seconds. and once
more applies the wonderful power
Quietly. dinlv. 2S the frst pale
str-aks % dawn FASH zthwart tn.
eastern SKY, = change comes over the
sleeping countenanee before him Is
F = a. u seua- master hand had brezthed
into the seulPtar~d stone and made il
live.
The white shro5za Of death gives
place sle'Ely 20 the tinxe OF crimson
T iaE life AL this time Tom wravton
stands vsith set face gazing upoz his
T friend
I Dos one thouxht Of what ni<ht b.
bat fo- this. insrude itself apon him
Dos one single wish 20 leave hi-
wcr& tneo@plese occur TO hira7
f NJ. No, from that manly. hou~s,
heart rissS nothing but thankful pra aise
- the ouanipotent for - mura sus.-
cess
I Bat s-e, Slowly. very slowly. the
lips % er-twhile dead urelo~e. and a
weak sigh issues therefrorn-
/ No tine must be lost now. AMI With
out n moments delay Tor1 wrzyroz
adninisterS a cordial from one Of the
bottles with which he has provided
himself
Then the blue-vefned eyelfdS twftch
and futter, there is = short. gzspinx.
I fight for breath. and for the first time
traveller has returned from -beyond
the gates Of death Electricity has
achieved one more triumph--cieuee /.
once more victorious. and James Ben
ron lives again
Tom There Is triumph and thank
fulness as well in the voice thu.
& eEraAss aA@cA - Ao1L q size nee
Tears stand in Tom wrzyton's eyes.
as he replies Jimmy. we have con-
guer~d
Thank Cod replies the other.
leaning on his friend. for this sweet
hour. Tom l wish could tell you all
the solemn mystery-but I cannot I
do not regret it. il was worth the loss =
Then silence fell upon the friends.
and nothing but the Wild tu-ult OF
the storm outside disturbed the quiet
Of the tomb Then Ton spoke. James,
the world viii not believe this
"Nh hen did the world ever believe
anything out of the ordinary course OF
events7 No. II viii not I shall 20
back into the world under another
name The strange secret of my
double exissence will be buried be
tween Us and
And Gwendolel7 She Is still faith-
, fuL-