Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-02-03

conscious Of only two t%hings-shc IN
derstood what had befallen him and
she cared.
The long summer vacation was over,
and DR.. Austin was looking over an
accumulation OF letters. Gazing
through the door he could see from
where he sat a group Of students
%lounging under the trees. and the
sound of the college song they we're
singing mingled with the noise of ham
mering at the laboratory near by. lie
frowned and sighed, thinking of the
superstitions that had grown up around
that building. The %janitor, Scott, had
absolutely refused to enter the place,
and It had remained a wreck all sum-
mer. Mccarthy, who had been bribed
to do some scrubbing, now walked
across the field OF vision, bucket In
hand, and the doctor. again signing.
opened the next letter In the pile. AS
he read, his face grew stern; he
glanced at the signature, John War
wick" at the postmark, Boston.
Mass" His face was pale with In
dignation. This vas no subject for Q
silly hoax. The writer explained how,
in the course of his Investigations he
had either discovered a new element
land this he could only verify by fur
ther expcriments), or had stumbled
| upon q combination which united with
| the familiar quality of self-lumlnosity
the power of imparting transparency
to opaque objects. He had himself
been rendered invisible by n sudden
| explosion due to his ignorance OF the
substances which he was investigat-
ing, and had spent the past three
months in finding an antidote to the
mysterious elements which had been
| absorbed into his system. lie now
begged permission to return to his du-
ties as, in spite of his painful expert
| ences, his faculties were unimpaired.
At this moment DR.. Austin became
conscious OF an uproar in the campus.
An excited throng was surging about
the laboratory. AS he stepped out on
TO the porch to investigate the cause
the crowd broke into a run, headed by
Mccarthy, who, armless and lesless,
came flying toward him, followed by
workmen and students.
"Why! Why" exclaimed the doc
tor, "what on earth has happcned?'
IT'S bewitched, l ami" Mccarthy
vociferated. "Whin | was scrubbing
the shpot on the flure, me arms and
legs cam off,"
Every one felt of him; his arms and
legs were as tangible as ever, but to-
tally invisible. There was a confu-
sion OF voices. and the hubbub was
earthly, breaking away. fed homeward,
spreading panic at every step.
DR.. Austin sent his answer immedi-
ately by the oOn mail.
One week later everybody was at the
railroad station, the president and
faculty. the trustees and students, the
mayor and city council, waiting with
addresses of welcome, while the plat
form was crowded with representative
citizens. and all about the station were
carriages filed with ladies. Only lisa
bel West was at home, reading for the
h%undredth time the letter she had re-
ccived from John Warwick the day
before.
A whistle was heard in the dis
lance, a rumbling. as the train crossed
the bridge, the engine swept into view
around the curve, rushed past the sta
ton, slowed up and stopped, painting
heavily. The band began playing
People broke into cheers, and ladiec
waved their handkcrchicfs, The pas,
scngers, stretching their nccks out OF
the train windows, wondered why peo-
pie were mObbing the tall. athletic
young fellow who stood blushing like
a schoolboy and smiling TREMENDOUSLY
Then, AS the train moved off. there was
a mighty "a OF students voices:
"Rah! Rah! Rah! Sis-boom rah!
What's the matter with Warwick
He's all right! Who's all right? War.
wlck!"-N. o. Timcs-Democrat.