Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-30

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would CORE t the monotony of married
life 1t does, but there is just the trou-
BILE. A man finds out that he wants his
married life to be monotonous. He gets
enough of the other outside. The unex-
pected in matrimony is not desirable. 1t
keeps him jumping around like a toad
under a harrow.
Il am very sorry" said Grace sim
ply, "but 1 don't see how it can be
helped"
In dim way, though, Jack did. The
thought seethed, and he worked in the
wire meshod laboratory of the electrical
building down town days and nights
too
He came home one day with blaze
in his eyes and triumph in his face.
"Grace," he said Il hold the millen-
mum in my hand. l have discovered
something which will adjust the world.
In studying way to 0lualize your tenn
peramental peculiarities the thing has
revealed itself III ali its magnificence. l
will take yUu down to the laboratory
tonight and explain it. "
In the electric gemmed laboratory
that night Jack explained.
"The foundation of it all, " he said,
sis the X ray. Well, science is begin
ming dimly to realize the wonderful
powers of that ray. They have found
that, turned ON the parts of the body in
which they swarm, it will kill the mi
crobes of disease. Now, have reasoned
this way. There are fluids filling the
brain cells which are charged with all
the human passions as they predominant
in the individual They are a part of
life. All life must have organism. All
organism is composed of microbes. There
you have it. Isn't it simple? Be care
full; don't touch the machine. You
might hurt it, There is a secret in it,
in the manipulation of the ray, which
have barely caught. 1t is what does the
business and will make me famous.
"You don't understand it? Why, it
is this way: You turn it on person s
head and you kill the predominant mi
crobes. For instance, there is big
brutal truck driver about here; swears
like pirate all the while. 1 got him
in here, fixed him in the chair and
turned the ray on him. When he got
up, his whole countenance was changed
He looked like Quaker. Then there S
old Rogers. He'd skin a flea for its
hide and tallOw. Gets a > cent glass of
milk for lunch every day. L fixed his
head this morning, and he bought 80
cent lunch. l saw him get it. Then !
tried Miss May, our typewriter. She's a
mighty pretty, vain, fiirtatious little
girl "
"She is interposed Mrs. Kerens.
"Now, my darling, as regards your
self, when one Of you is III | will turn
on the ray and reduce your extreme
characteristics a trifle. Then l will
serve the other in its turn in the same
way. In that way you will become one
very charming person, and fellow will
have little idea what to expect when
he comes home to dinner.
yes that will be very nice, - said
Mrs. Kerens. will you show me how
it works?'
1T is very simple, " Jack explained.
"But be careful; it is so delicate. d.
you see now how it is handled? Thi:
chair the patient sits in is another little
;
but a person sits down this way. The
head naturally falls into this place fol-
it. Now, very often they may be un
willing to take the test when they
know what it is but just hook thai
wire behind on the back Of the chair
and they are belted around with such {
strong electric current no mortar coulC
break through, so they nave to stay un
til you fix them. Did you hook it on
Oh, say, Grace, unlock it. What art
you going to do with the machine?"
Mrs. Kerens leveled it at him deliber
ately.
Il am going to kill off few o
those microbes of oonceit for you an(
see if cannot reduce your head littl,
too. "
Jack writhed in agony.
"Grace, for heavens sake, stop
DON'T have no predominant microbes
That's the fault with the machine
Turn it on "a perfectly we'll BALANCED
person, and it might reduce him Il
either idiOcy or leave him i'll a comatos
state. y
Il don't think myself there'll b
much left when l kill the microbes
mentioned. And she calmly continued
her manipulations.
"Grace, don't, DON'T What can
say"
She regarded him coolly.
You might say that you are ant
will continue to be perfectly Statistic,
with me as am, whatever way it is
and you might say that 1 can mash thi
old machine. "
He started up, then fell back, with
shrek of agony.