Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-23

The Man Who
Made a Man
by HARLE OREN CUMMINs.
Copvright, IN H. 0. Cumn,ins
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When Professor Aloysius Holbrok
resigned his chair as head of the de-
partment OF synthetic chemistry In
famous American college, his friends
wondered, for they we'll knew that
bis greatest pleasure In life lay in
original chemical Investigations When
TWO weeks later the papers stated
that the learned chemist had been
taken to the Rathburn Asylum For
the Insane wonder changed to nord-
nate curiosity.
Although nothing definite was pub
llshcu IN the papers, there were hints
OF strange things which had taken
place in the private laboratory on
Brimmer street, and before long a sto-
ry was current that as a result of dab
bling in the mysteries Of psychology
man had been killed while undergoing
one of Professor Holbrok's expert
ments.
1t is to clear up this mystery and to
refute the charges of murder that |,
who served for ten years as his assist
ant. am about to write this account,
which, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, contains the facts Of the
| case.
had noticed for the year previous
that Professor IIolbrok was much pre-
occupied. but | knew that he was
working over some new experiments,
/ Many times when | came to his door
at O'Clock to clean up as usual for
| the next day | found notice pinned
on tie door telling me that he was in
the midst of important work and would
not need me again that day. l thought
nothing about it at the time, for when
he was experimenting with DR.. Bick-
nell, performing operations with hyp-
notism instead Of anpsthetcs. there
We're weeks at time when | was not
allowed even glimpse of the inside of
the laboratories. One day, however
as came in to report the professor
called me aside and told me that he
wanted to have a talk with me.
"You know. Frederick" he began,
"that | have been working and eXpcr
imcnting for long time on a new
problem. and | have not told YOU or
any one else the OBJECT of my toll But
now I have come to point where
must take some one into my conf
| dencc. I need an assistant, and
know of no one can trust more than
you, who have been with me now for
nearly dozen years.
was naturally hattered.
"E'rederick," he continued, rising and
placing his hand on my shoulder, "this
experiment is the greatest one of my
life. am going to do what has never
before been done in the history of the
world excepxty God himself. l shall
make a man.
l did not realize at first what he
meant. | was startled not only by his
wild statement but also by the In.
tense tone in which he had spoken.
"You do not understand" he said.
"Rut let me explain You know enough
chemistry to realize that all things
water, air. food, everything which we
use in everyday life-are merely COM
binations of certain simple elements.
AS you have seen me by means of an
electric current decompOSe a jar of
pure water into its two component
parts, two molecules of hydrogen to
every molecule of oxygen, so you can
bring these came elements together in
the gaseous state, and if the correct
proportions are observed when an cleo
trio spark or a flame is brought into
contact with the mixture you will OBJ
tain again the liquid water. This is
only simple case, but the chemical
laws which govern it hold equally well
for every known substance found in
nature There are only about seventy
five known elements, and of these less
than thirty compose the majority of
the things found in everyday life.
During the last six months | have
been working with these elements,
making different substances. have
taken piece Of wood, decomposed it
with acids, analysed it quantitively
and qualitatively, finding the proper
tons in which its elements were COM
bined. Then have taken similar ele-
ments. brought them together in the
same proportion, and have produced
a piece of wood so natural you would
have sworn it grew upon Il tree.
II have been aualyZiM4 and then
making again every common thing
which you sec in nature, but | WaS
only prHcticinG. | have mad all end in
view. Finally took It hNmHn body
which obtained from Nr. Hickll'll at
the medical cOll 20, and | d,!alNH"u the
flesh, the bones. TIN N!'ud IL short
every part of it What GiI find: .,
that body, weighlI 10 pounds, lu.i
pounds were nothing but water. pure
water, such as you may tl.W II! tn
tap over yondcr. and the i,.0 Il Wn.ri!
in the mans life had "o!ie conrsi."
through his veins. hrA2i!.% "uriS,'-
mcnt to every part what > thIt:
Nothing but II serum filled with itl|
cellular red cOrpusclcs. h!ch y, tier
turn were only combinations IF car
bon, oxygen sulphur and Il few oth