Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-06-01

;G FROM SHOCK"
'Oh, there are so many men," she said
| in plaintive monotone.
What are they doing?"
They are soldiers. They are run
ming in all directions"
"Yes, yes," said the doctor. do you
see any women?"
"Now-they are gone out of the air
1t is dark and light Yes, they come
| together All, it is the fatal place.
There is the rail around it. The ground
shakes What is that awful throb? 1t
/ Is not pleasant here. choke. The
light hurts my eyes, but it is dark"
"Do you not see a woman?" asked
the doctor "Look well. There is q
woman-you must see her."
$50 many men," said the girl Per
haps they will look for my father.
There is the sound Of the train-there
are more men coming" Her face as
sumed painful immobility. She
gasped, threw up her arms, uttered
shrek and fell forward. The doctor,
who sprang to catch her, found both
her hands over her ears and her arms
were rigid One of her hands still
clasped the hair and he could not ex-
tricate it from her fingers.
For quite an hour he worked with
restoratives over her. Hendricks
walked up and down in the arena and
waited.
At last the doctor appeared. I've
got her around" he said; but it's the
most extraordinary thing ever heard
of. She is suffering from shock"
What do you make of her talk?"
asked Hendricks, somewhat impatient
ly.
my dear SIR" said the doctor, 81
don't know what to make of it. But |
! am bound to tell You that these ex-
traordinary creatures not only have
| clear sight but at times prescience. 1t
may be that she saw and described
| something that has not yet taken
| place. The great Zchokke often did
| it In very much the same way"
THAT may be very interesting to
science" replied. Hendricks; "but
what we want described is the thing
that is happening at present; that
ought to be a much easier matter. The
hair trick did not work"
There is no infallibility about it,"
said the doctor. 'It may work four
times and fail on the fifth"
"Then by all means make the other
four experiments Immediately"
Impossible. | wouldn't guarantee
her life if she doesn't recover from
the shock. She acts like creature
who has been in terrible explosion"
Finding that there was no moving
the doctor from this decision Hem
bricks, with his usual tact, immediate
ly turned his mind to other matters.
Close confinement underground was
telling upon all the inmates and even
upon Hendricks himself. He noticed
that the long deprivation of sunlight
made everybody gloomy and doubtful.
Up to within week his men had all
taken regular turns in the air. In this
respect they had nothing to complain
of. They had gone out at the western
exit in groups-had hunted and tished
and enjoyed themselves and he had
lost none of them. The privilege had
been shut off as soon as the regiment
got away and the one hundred men
left behind, although made up of the
workmen and help of the establish
ment, were becoming restive under the
restraint. In spite of the fact that the
ventilation had been improved very
much and the variations of temperature
were scarcely appreciable in the ro
tunda, which was not only the most
spacious, but the most enjoyable part
of the Laran, the doctor found that he
was encountering n new group of com
plants and he had the good sense to
attribute them to the condition of con.
finement.
The day after the failure of the doc
tors experiment with Miss Endicott,
the general, who had been away on a
mission of Importance, suddenly re-
turned. He came in at the bayou en-
trance late at night, but he reported to
Hendricks, who got out of bed and the
two sat in consultation until morning.
Whatever the nature of their confer
ence was, it's Importance and the ur-
gency of events were made apparent
by the generals words at its close.
1--WE have just three days to get the
rest of our men out-that leaves them
nNt udNS W doStAnplC- htN OC
in st. Mary's on the 5th. You have
no suspicion, have you, that the new
move is known in any way to these
officers above ground?"
ST know absolutely nothing as to
what these men suspect For some
reason Mrs. Hendricks is reticent The
only thing to do is to go ahead and dis
regard them. They have got no posse
in the neighborhood, for ! have been
over the ground"
At this point the doctor came in and
announced that Miss Endicott, who had
not been out of her bed since the shock,
was in one of her frances and they
might, he thought, renew the expert
ment in a guarded way.
Hendricks excused himself to the
general and went to Miss Endicott's
bedside, where, after turning out the
negress, the two men sat down. The
doctor then proceeded as before, and
when the girls eyes were fixed upon
vacancy, he said: Tell me what you
see"
Eyes, | will tell you," she replied,
as if in some terror of the doctor.
LET me be sure. | see a woman.
know her. She is standing in the cur
tains at the window-she-yes, she has
the curtain pulled about her-she is
listening"
Look we'll What is she listen
ing to?"
81 cannot tell Yes-some one is
walking on the balcony-the window
is open-itis is Miss Laport and a young
man. They sit down on a bench near
the window"
Can you hear what they say?"
mo, l cannot hear. Some one Is COM
ing into the ROOM"