Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-29

oSouH IdH lHIOuSu my brain and my
stomach seemed to understand its
import, for it sent forth a rumbling
sound that might have meant a sup
pllcation to me to accept the terms.
Il do not know what you require,
SIR said, but l accept your offer"
Without a word he turned to the
side of the room and pressing mis-
finger on the wall, a panel slowly
slid along and revealed a dark cavity,
reaching in his arm drew forth bag
after bag of some kind of metal and
placing them on the floor, then re-
moving the strings which bound them
he turned the contents on the table.
Great heaps of the shining metal APP
peared, and at last he said: There
is 100000 dollars, all of which is
yours, when you have fulfilled your
part of the contract
Nov, | will tell you what require
from you in return for this.
Know then, that for years have
made a study of bacateriology, and
have so far perfected by investiga-
tons that have produced a new kind
of bacteria, so-called by various ways
and means, which l, for want of a
better name, have called mile
bacterium, for the reason if what the
result is reached which l believe will
be, the moment they are released, the
end of all things will come, man and
animal life will cease to exist and the
millennium will have arrived so far as
mankind is concerned What l want
you to do is simply enter room and
witness the workings of these mile
bacterium on another person. You
will, in all probability, escape contact
with them. My reason for not doing
this myself is that there may be a
chance Of the observer becoming in
fected with them in spite of all my
precautions, and it would result fatal
ly to him. l wish to know just how
they attack and what the effect is on
human system.
81 have tried them an animals of
almost every kind, and in all cases
has died in from 10 to Is seconds.
The millebacterium causing the blood
to CONCEAL in that time. / have a
human subject now, and want you to
go to that room and witness the work
ings. They will be confined in a
glass case, but nothing is impervious
to them-they GO through everything
even I have nearly lost my life IN
this on several occasions. The glass
case may hold them and it may not.
If it does, you are $4,000 ahead, and
if it does not-why you have no
relatives or friends to be alarmed at
your disappearance.
"Come, then, and will show you
the subject"
Horror-struck at this recital, l
strove to speak,. but my tongue Glove
to the roof of my mouth and no
sound could l make.
Large drops of Precipitation stood
out on my forehead and at last after
mighty effort | managed to recover
my speech and fiercely denounced his
scheme of trying his devilish idea on
human person, much less Of releas-
ing them and sending them forth
broadcast over the world. With q
calm and impassive face, but eyes
that fairly shone in the intensity of
their look, he calmly listened until |
finally stopped from sheer exhaustion,
when he again said, come, we will
now CO." | sought to fight his touch,
but to no avail. l seemed to be COM
pletely under his control.
Leading the way from the room ne
passed into another, much the same
as the one we had just quilted.
There | observed a large glass case,
about six feet in length, three feet
high and two feet wide, and in it,
one OF the most beautiful women that
| ever had seen, apparently asleep,
her arms resting at her side.
Fascinated, / gazed at the subject"
and wondered at the murderous
thoughts of him who stood calmly
by, closely watching every movement
l made.
"This you see," he said, 'is the case
and the subject. She is my daughter.
| have tried TO secure others. but
none wee as perfect as she. II
those millebacterium affect her as
they surely will. what must be the
effect on those whose blood is already
tainted by some of the many kinds of