The Holly chieftain., 1901-07-12
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this-it viii revive you
!, ~ .gnatchsd q bottle from The, ,shslf
hsaid9 me. ana bald Il to his lips. I
thought II was - cordial-it vas .
deadly poison! s,a a,f,
.,He drank. and fell hack-dsad this
time beyond aH hope Of revival. But.
- ~ died. he saspsd out. 'Yo1 hays
murdered, ma. and to the. day OF yeur
own death 1. viii hasn't you.a"s ~
There was = long pause, sss sa6@ ,
Z sstaentlemsns - sald Dr. Lee, soiemnly.
s'he has kept iSwiord. Heaven isl my
witness that I would not have harmed
him 'intentionany-but killed him!
and night after night he comes to me.
& can hear him speak. and those dread
''fuls eyes Took into mine wherever I
may 10. My bitter repentance avsils
me nothing. He will always be beside
me. This II the reason why my pro-
fesslon terrihes me. And yet some
strange spell binds, me here; could
not 20 IL would. 1 know we'll what
/. the end will be, Some day he will ap-
pear to me-to All OF you-as saw
| him that unhappy night. And then II
/ will be my time to 60" a-sf ,4tt
He. ceased to. speak, and it was q
relief when. = few moments after, some
one started = conversation of the most
imaginative kind. Dr.. Lee listened ~
we talked. - smoked his pipe, but said
-nothinG. .t 80 utatms
We heard NO more from. thatSday
of the vision that haunted him. His
ftssotsstlsncs and si1dih grewlSsg fro.
quent; he mingled more with the stu.
Dents, sfid seemeds In rneagufeste
lose hiS dread or the deathiy objects
by which he was surrounded.
sl One day, at the college, on my, way
to the dissectin9-rQom. opened ths
door of the great hall and looked in
1t wss empty and silent The rows toi
circular benches were deserted, but.
stray glove lay upon, one of them; q
faint and sickenins, smell Of chloro-
form pervaded the place; and the foot
of the suspended ,skeleton. whose grin.
ming face was turned toward me, dan
gled to and fro. IS II he was. kicking
1t for his own amusement, I,shut the
door and left him stosthe solitude owe,
which he seemed to chuckle. ass
+ The air Of the disascting-room was
never pure. but on that day it was pc.
culiarly fetid and nauseating. The min.
gled odor OF burnt flesh and muscles
stagnant blood, and . certain inde
scribable dead smell such as any one
may notice on entering a room that
contains corpse, greeted me as / went
in. W 3sNes' y fHihsF
Upon the table lay headless body,
the corpse Of q man in the prime Of
life. i looked at It cafelessly. WONDER
Fling why the. head had been removed.
Suddenly saw somthing that made
my blood run cold.
The right hand was clenched closely.
Upon the little finger was heavy
signet ring. and the strong pressure
had caused the stone to cut deep into
the palm beneath. 1t was q little
thing. but It brought the murdered
man before my eyes az plainly as II he
had been lying there instead Of that
unknown corpse.
L tFAA0A AAyAA8l AAoui Suo IO0ms 4 WeC u
classmste on the stairs He 1ookei
pale and excited.
2 Have you seen it," he asked eager
ly.
= ssWhatah's essss e-,s s.es s.ss
The hody?" aa4. ,ses - v,l.S
Yes" +l.a,.sq A-sai
"And the head!"
'.No." k6sb .sr1 y q,~sw4s
1T is the most singular thins--per-
fectly unaccountable. It gave me
quite q shock. In fact" .ss1s5
But why?" tss sFyH4s sa' s7&
my dear fellow. It is the very face,
| feature for feature, of the man whose
story Lee told us; and the professor,
fearing some bad, II not fatal conse-
quences from this strange resemblance.
removed the head. It IL lucky Lse
did not see It." ~
Lucky. indeed! I win keep 6im
away today. replied.
hurried to his rooms. Much to my
relief he was there. smoking and read
Ing. I pretended severe headache.
and asked him to accompany me on q
long ramble in the country. He con-
sented, and we spent, long, happy
day among the green fields and lanes.
(To be continued) ~
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