The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-01
Tie Elixir Of Life.
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At the Dilwortl-I'aIrchild wedding
met my old college clum Disbrow. We
hadn't net since we left college. tween.
ty-five years lcforc. and would not
have known eleh other had we not
been introduced Dlsbrow was known
to me by reputation. for he had become
eminent In physics. also followed
science and have achieved some repu-
tation III baeteriology When the bride
hnd groom entered the drawing room
for the ceremony, Disbrow and / FOL,
lowed.
What perfect picture of youthful
beauty!'' l whispered to Disbrow, re-
ferring to the bride.
How old would you take her to be?"
be asked.
twenty-five or twenty-three."
A singular expression passed over
his face.
DO you think her older than that?"
Suppose should tell you she Is
over forty"
Il would doubt your sanity"
At this point the marriage service
commenced. and our remarks ceased.
When 1t was over aud we had offered
our congratulations, Disbrow ana /
went to the supper room to partake of
the delicactes displayed there. Help
ing ourselves, we found coy corner
and sat down to chat and eat.
"Estwick," said Disbrow to me. "I'm
going to celebrate our meeting after SO
many years by letting you into a Sc
cret. We are brother scientists: there
fore don't consider what am about
to tell you n breach of confidence, or.
rather. consider the professional con
fldence superior to the individual obIi-
Cation no yen understand
perfectly"
Wei, the girl We have just seen
married Is forty.two years old"
| gave a gGsp Of astonishment.
But l must go back to the begin
ming. Yon know when I left college
something was expected of me"
!"4You were considered a prodigy"
interrupted. r3
ut wasn't the prodigy; 1t was luck.
just as it was with Roentgen, only my
luck came long before his. / made n
similar discovery years ago. have
applied 1t as no one else has applied
it. Now. you know that from the mo
ment we begin to live we are attacked
by microbes. Cancel the microbe, ana
you cancel old age. From experiments
on insects found that by exposing the
larvae to a ray since called radlum
arrested decay. But at the same time
arrested growth. From insects ex-
perimented on frogs. kittens. dogs and
other animals. | have pet collie If
teen years old as lively as puppy"
'Disbrow, has your learning made
you mad =
mo; I am ss sane as you. But /
knew that If offered any such illeas
to the world I'd he put In limbo, and
as dread llInatic asyiums and value
my freedom have kept my mouth
shut"
For heavens sake. go on"
This is no place to give you any
thing more than preface to what l
have proposed to tell you about the
bride. did make my discoveries
known TO one man, old vollmar, our
professor Of chemistry at college. That
was just as had made up my mind to
try to arrest decay In human beings.
Not long after that vollmar came to
me and told me that two multimilllon-
aires desired to join their vast for
tunes by the marriage Of a son Of the
one to a daughter Of the other, but the
boy was-but two years Of age, while
the girl was twenty.four. II they wait
ed till the boy became Of age, the
girl would be too old to produce an
heir. At least such an event would
not be likely. Besides, the difference OF
age would be great obstacle to their
marriage The old man asked me Il /
would make an effort to arrest decay
on the phre'of the girlF
Come come Dlsbfow. what non
'senseiisahisse B