The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-08-25

settle here as a young man; so he re-
CARDS me as one Of his few friends
My dear count, l will send for him
at once
Il should tell you that he is rather
eccentric, and is greatly feared. He
has q reputation, a singular reputa-
ton
Is he so wicked?" Lady Bysshe
asked, arching her brows inquiringly.
ON the contrary, he is most chart
table, leads he life OF d hermit, and
pfeSCrlbes without reCompenSc to any
poor people who consult him. But they
believe him to be q wizard, partly be-
cause of his dress and appearance,
partly because of the cures he makes,
but chiefly because when they see the
red and green lights burning through
the Windows of his laboratory at mid
night or early morning, they cross
themselves and tell each other that he
is having a conference with his satanic
majesty. You know how SuperStitiouS
our people are" he added, with a low
pleasant laugh.
But is he a chemist?' Lady Bysshe
asked.
He is an a~lchenist. For nearly half
q century he has been seeking for the
secret which shall turn base metals
into pure &OlQ,' Sasali told her quite
EeriOuSly.
"What?" Does anyone believe in
such things in this century,
"Oh, several, l assure You. The clev-
crest men sometimes follow the most
absurd hobbies. l laugh at Or. Iof-
t"lIi tyr his Credulity, and he pities me
It ing lShol"Ale' ne can ld!1ie q HoZ-
:, alri'e,ilslS VITO v tEfhed ieaa
lntp sot" ~ amC5stt '!Ny5' ~ Mt
nS'lS' re i@9 ""Hteu nan q century
ana a large fortune in experimenting"
Have his fees brought him this large
fortuE - Lacy RyssAc asked.
NJ Tor ne h%S he'@r rad many
Me"lIHy pallGl!tS' ana ! nave never
heaf0 from am where he gets the
money 10 rent ms palace keep up ms
laboratory, BUY expensive chelnlcals 2ud
Instruments ana give Freely 70 tle
POOR not TO SPEAK OF me silver lug
gets / nave seen MN crop INTO the
o~LutlDIe as II lIey were so many
stones
re must pc interesting as an midi
E'@GaI, Sald LADY LysShe with a
couhtLui any 'hnl us a uCctof-
VAN pleQge mNSe!f Ion MS SKILL
lhen L Will send Tor hln,' she de-
tIIed.
1 rear you VIII nave to take the pa
heht TO- NM Tor ne has not left his
pIi&ce lGI years. Nothing Nlil tempt
iii1 10 90 l&E ifoth ms ~aboVatoTy
where a tire has been kept burning
iNsht ana Cay loF Il quarter Oh d cen
Jury.
me Will take Edith to him the
first day she is able to be out. Perhaps
you would come WITH us
with pleasure answered the count,
And meanwhile, Will prepare him for
your visit
a Week later ana they drove through
inc Poria NuoVa llaiI a mile beyond
Wh1cH theF came 10 a uafk ana DESC
la'e looking place whose thick, rough
stoned walls stood close BY the road
( S.Ge, from WHltn It's lower WINDOWS
were protected by thick iron bars. A
Jew chlpped II broken stairs led to
a MGn-aIcled doorway, beside
which hung the rusty handle of a bell,
whose sounds presently went echolng
lhrough empty nails ana corridors in
inteTminable revcrberations.
A few minutes later they caught the
sounds Of shutting feet approaching,
then a door Edith had not previously
noticed was pushed open and Or. Zof-
FAM stood on the threshold. His Heb
rev origin was Instantly perceptible in
his withered yellow face, with its prom
lnent nose and UNDERLYING lower lip.
his gray beard was unkempt, his high
dome-shaped forehead swept by wisps
of White hair, while the crown of his
head was covered by a little purple
cap. The chief features in his sage
n kindly cOuntenance was his eyes
dark, sunken, 1ull of underlying sad
ness, yet extraordinarily luminous and
with IN intelligence that made itself
Visible like light. l4Si tall, thin figure
vas slightly stopped and clad in q loose
brown ~gnberdine, the garment worn by
his people in the east.
He lifted his little skull cap and bow
ed with dignity and courtesy to Lady
BySShe and Edith, then warmly greeted
Sasari. who at once explained that he
had brought the patient of whom he
had already spoken. At this the doctor
A%ed ms eyes on l1dlth and begged that
she n her friends would follow him.
With SLOW steps he conducted them
to the apartment where he saw the few
patleAts VINO consulted hlnl--an octag-
onai room whose atmosphere was heat
ed by charcoal burning in a great bra
zier. 1t was lighted by the midday
sun streaming through its deep set
"lndoWS.
Eulth was impressed with the doc
tots grave YET klrdiy manner, by his
venerable ana uhc~ohVenIonal appear
ahee' out apoNe an ny an l~nde1lnable
ar OF insight ana knowledge which the
expression OF ms eyes guaranteed him
10 posSe""'
AS she walked BESIDE MIN she had
auoresseu MN IN ms w language,
Whlch ner siepiather mad taught her.
When win aehsnted surprise he began
70 aske hef various questions about
nefselb ana 'Ne country from which she
ht4 CONT
Sasari-Who a been showing Lady