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upwards. AS the chill air rushed in,
the spectre, or whatever it was. bore
down upon him swiftly, and, with one
wild cry, the old man sank to the floor.
On the very second that he fell the
door was burst open and three men
dashed into the room.
''There-there it goes!" cried one of
them, and they watched the strange
white figure pass swiftly into the air
with 81 ans of triumph in their eyes.
There it melted from their sight.
1t was then that they found the old
man. He was dead and on his face
was look that turned them sick and
hurried them away.
V.
Two documents complete this
strange story. One is clipping from
a morning newspaper of November %,
1898, and reads as follows:
"An eccentric old man named Kings
ton Braith, about 10 years old, was
found dead in his room, on the second
floor of No. A Cambridge street, last
night. The discovery was made by a
number Of medical students, who were
making experiments on the lower floor
and who were attracted by the sound
of the falling body. Braith recently
came from abroad, where he had spent
number of years, and yesterday he
engaged the room. The house is an
old-fashioned, unused warehouse in the
business portion of the city, and he was
the only regular tanant, the lower floor
being occasionally rented by the stu
dents mentioned for the purpose of ex-
periments, it being a secluded place.
1t is said that Braith, who was once
speculator on the street, but was sus-
pended for crooked dealings in the ex-
change, was possessed of considerable
wealth, and efforts will, be made to 10
cate possible heirs. Death was due to
heart disease, coupled with old age"
The second document is a letter
from Sidney G. Carruthers, NJ. D., to
Professor Norton 3. Clark, and says:
My DEAR PROFESSORS: Victory is at
last ours. When first spoke to you
of our belief in the theory that GER
tain combination of chemicals, properly
utilized, would raise a vapor which
could be made to assume a human
form, you scoffed at me. But enthusi-
asts ignore scoffers. We kept at it,
determined to prove to the supersti-
tious world the hokus-pokus by which
so-called spiritualists materialize
spirits. And what avenues does it not
open to the arden, scientist? Expect
me to dinner tomorrow, when | will
give you the details. This much, how
ever, | cannot refrain from telling you
now. 1t worked admirably We hired
a big room in an old warehouse down
town to be sure of no disturbance.
There We got to work, and in two
hours the thing was done. One thing,
though, we had unfortunately not con-
sidered- the air theory-so that when
we had gained success and rails
ed the phanton-and it looked so like
a phantom that we were scared our
selves for a mOment-a current of air
from the broken boards caught the va
por and carried it upwards. We found
that it was irresistible attracted by air
as you shall see. 1t passed through
the ceiling and we rushed up stairs just
in time to see.it 90 through an open
window, with an awful rush. Of
course, once under the open sky, it
immediately dissolved. We shall
guard against this in our next trial.
By the way, a strange thing happen
ed too. Up in the second-story room we
found the dead body Of an old man,
who, the newspapers say, died ofheart
disease. | wonder if our spectre had
anything to do with it! In conclusion
| want to say right here that the
whole credit for the success we have
achieved is due the young man whom
we are pleased to call hairbrained en-
thusiast. chasing chim,ras. 1t was
his enthusiasm and determination that
kept us ut it. You know whom |
mpan-Robcrt Trent What have You
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