Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-04-08

some former State-Hau coIhuitleo W
be doomed 10 such n life, when one
morning | received a note from my OLD
friend, Tommy Cameron, of Clinton.
He begged me to come and stay viii
him for a month.
Cameron met me at the station, anc
after an hours drive through most
beautiful country we reached Clinton.
Here a surprise awaited me, for two
young ladies' came forward to greet us;
they were the Misses Cameron, and
kept house for their brother.
got on fairly well during the hrst
week. as kept with Cameron most OF
the time.
Whether he gave me away or not l
cannot say, but they seemed TO KNOW
was stunning them, and they trleu
every dodge-as only women know how
Ito draw me out.
/ struggled hard against what now
considered my natural self, but II was
too strong for me. One by one all the
theories and arguments l had fed on
disappeared. melted by the sunny eyes
Of these girls.
As said, there were two OF them,
Madge and Floss. Madge was the
younger and prettier; she represented
the musical and artistic Instincts;
Floss, on the other hand, was the man.
nger: she had the brains OF the estaD
Ishment.
She was very nice, but she went In
for such awful things; she had some
fayorite toads in the conservatory. ana
she would go rambling about the couh-
try and bring home all sorts OF animals
insects and other unthinkable things
and cut them up.-imagine girl doing
thati
The other one, as I said, was not SO
heavy, and went in for art; and, as you
know. ] have a little learning In thht
direction myself. 1t was natural, there
fore that when she told me she was
going TO paint n little river scene near
the house should ask If l might be or
use. l obtained permission to wait oD
her and we started the picture.
In this pleasant way the days passed
until Cameron's return-he was away
the second week-when, of course.
there were innovations. We would
have n days fishing. and then day OF
shooting, or long tramp over the Hills
When out on one of these early morn
ing tramps we met young fellow
whom Tommy introduced as Arthur
Clisby, friend of his.
He was the son OF a large ship owner
of Dundee and was the family failure:
his chief failure, as far as i could
gather, being that he couldn't knuci.le
under
He had been n student at Glasgow
University and had promised to come
off well, but his indIyiduality-whic
always came to the top at the mos
awkward mOments-asserted itself.
As result lie left Glasgow and soon
after had a quarrel with his father.
and. having decided that they could
not get on together. they agreed to
differ-and part. He had come out
here into the wilds to live and devoted
his time to abstract scientific problems
chiefly in the electrical line.
Dinner time came and with il our
guest. but instead of the jolly good fell
low of the morning he was row quiet.
OnDFtS~lNtiN 80. new - NtltssAh Ahilir- Aii''''
directly addressed, and only then an
swering with few quiet, direct words.
A few days after having nothing
particular in view, l determined to
avail myself of his invitation, and set
off in the direction of the Hermitage"
The house was an unpretentious con-
Germ, but was eloquent of the indi-
Of IL ma floor
had been turned into one large room,
and this he used as n laboratory; it was
q literal armory of scientific appar-
1tus.
After n time the talk veered round tc
electrical executions, and he said:
You may remember, perhaps, the
FIRST man they executed in this way In
New York State, and what n fearful
hash they made of it? / was there and
saw 1t all; 1t was simply awful. Re
Toltingl
THE doctors. bah! they're fools.
They thought they understood 1t all,
and applied the death current at what
they considered were the nerve CEN
ters, the top of the head and the base-of
.hc spine.
"If they had only used their common
sense and powers of observation, they
would at once found that In ninety
cases in every 100 of the fatal accidents
In New York alone, the fatal shock was
received through the hands, for the
hands and arms being muscular, ARE
full of blood. and. therefore, good con
duCtOrs.
Il set to work to devise an appliance
that would administer the death pen
atty with the minimum amount Oe tor
ture. both bodily and mental, TO the
criminal We will now take a look at
the apparatus itself"
We left the house, and he led the
way across the open until we stopped
at n door. He entered, and after crop
Ing for moment found the switch,
and Immediately the place was full OF
light
l noticed that this room was partly
cut out from the rock and partly built,
rs We're the others that ] afterwards
saw. Passing through a passage We
entered n larger room.
This Is 4 turbine house, said LIE.
li"I" are sauces running from here
to the stream 100 yard away, and
when 1t has done its work the water
leaves by two tunnels beneath the floor
and joins IL" main stream lowe. down
This is the dynamo specially designed
for execution purposes"
And he pointed to 4 piece of appar-
Atus that rcsemblrI somewhat Il large,
sicndyr wheel. with numerous spokes.
See. | will set he thing r,lnuin. and
let you see it working" He unscrcwed
the valves, the governors began 10 spin
and the dynamo to hum, Sd quickly did
1t run.
He opened door and brought into
view small room in wiicn stood Ie-