The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-04

| 10 us IdSJ resting pIdce uHueI Illc
pines. Did they think l would let
you go away from me like that, my
love, my life? All, no! l brought
| you back to the home which was to
have been yours, and by the aid of
some rare old remedies which | had
learned from my master, DR.. Faus-
| tus, who was a postmaster in these
same magic arts, | kept you as you
were the day you died, as young and
! fair as the girlish bride whose beau
! ty was to have frightened my an
cient gloomy house, who loved me
and me alone-though l had passed
| the half-century stone and my hair
was turning white even then. And
all these years | have studied and
| labOred TO discover an elixir which
should bring you back to me again
| (the one bit of brightness my dull
| life had ever known), which should
make your young heart beat quickly
as of yOre, and send your blood dane
ing through your veins. And have
/ found it-this wonderful elixir of
| life and youth, for which the old
| philosophers sought in vain, which
! combines with its chemical proper
| ties the intangible essence of life
/ found it at last after all these weary
/ years without you. And tonight you
/ shall come back to me. my bride that
was, my wife that is to be, as young
| and lovely as you were on that never
/ to-be-forgotten day"
/ He rose to his feet and stood be-
| side her his tall figure seeming to
/ have become more erect and the fire
of youth flashing again in his deep
| set eyes. Though apparently calm,
he was in reality strung up to the
/ highest pitch of excitement. Draw
| ing from his pocket tiny measur-
| ing vial, he poured into it with diff
| ficulty owing to the unsteadiness of
his hand) small Quantity of the
! liquid from the flask he still held in
his hand. Then placing the precious
| flask on the floor near him, he turned
to the quiet figure before him.
! Gently, with a little ivory instru-
ment, he pressed the closed lips
apart and poured the contents of the
vial between them, then breathless-
| ly. with eyes riveted to her face, he
watched to see the elixir take eff
feet. Gradually, so gradually than
any eyes less keen and loving than
his would have failed to notice the
almost imperceptible change, a tinge,
as faint as that of a blush rose, stole
into her white cheeks, her lips part
ed slightly, and her bosom began to
rise and fall regularly as the heart
that had lain so long dormant took
up its work again.
"Ah, it was not for nothing I
pored over those old black-letter
folios so faithfully" he cried, eXult-
ingly. AT last, my long years of
labor are crowned with a great sue
cess"
Then leaning over her, he called
softly: "Yanna.'
The long lashes quivered on the
soft cheeks. and round her lips stole
a happy smile, as if she dreamed of
him and found the dream passing
sweet.
'Yanna," he called more loudly, as
if to reach the ear dulled by so long
| a Slumber.
Then came the realization of all
his dreams and desires. The long
lashes were lifted and the large dark
eyes smiled back gladly into his
waiting ones.
"Heinrich,' she murmured, cares
singly. and held her white arms out
lovingly toward him.
With wild burst of passion he
raised her in his arms and strained
her to him. But even as he held her
against his own, and realizing the
contamination of all his hopes, a
strange sensation passed through
him. The slender form he held
seemed to be growing lighter and
lighter, and shrinking within his
eager embrace.
Laying her gently down, he
watched with anguish the awful
change which was coming over the
beautiful face.
"Ah, Yanna, my little one, my
love! What is it that has come tc
you! What fatal mistake have
made in the elixir that it is bringing
death, not life, to you!"
Then he sprang desperately to his
feet and stood looking down at the
woman for whom he had toiled fol-
so long years. Before his horror
stricken eyes the beautiful face ano
supple form with it's graceful curves
shrank ever smaller and smaller, til
nothing was left but yellow shriv
eled skin and shrunken bones, like
some mummy of old Egypt.
And then-oh, We gods, that he
should have lived to behold sucf
= horrors. AS he watched her will
brain on fire and breaking heart (fol
, try as he might he could not teal
his fascinated gaze away from herr
, there came the last most awful
change of all; and dissolution Cha
, great organic force that works 81
, much more rapidly than GROWTH re
q duced to nothingness before his yer.
: ewes that which had once been tn,
q love of his life.
Z With a wild cry of "Yanna, Yam