The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-07

directions for stripping and skinning the dead mustang.
 Abel" said Bernard, take off those things and carry them to Mr. Nenners. If he doesn't want them keep them for yourself One thing more. I hope no one will lift his hand to mutilate this mo- ble creature. Abel. after you have taken O. the saddle and bridle bury him just as he is. Under that old beach tree will be a good place." And before the moon set the wild horse of the Panpas was at rest under the turf at the wayside, in the far village among the New England hills
 All the girls stared hard at Elsie Ven ner when she took her place in school as usual the next day, but she gave no sign, When the session was over she asked Bernard if he would walk home with her. Bernard was startled by the request, but compiled.
 T have no friend" said Elsie all at once as they walked along. Nothing loves me. l cannot love anybody. They tell me that there Is something in my eyes that draws people to me and makes them faint Look into them. will you?'
 Beautiful eyes" replied Bernard, sometimes very piercing. but soft now. 1 am your friend. Elsie Tell me what l can do to make your life happier"
 Love mel said Elsie. Bernard turned pale and tremofed. He said something aDOul DelnS nef lflend forever, enQlnS with, Give me your hand, Elsie.'
 she gave hirl her hand mechanically. It seemed as if q cold aura shot from it along his arm and chilled the blood run. ming through his heart.
 The next day Elsie was ill., There seemed nothing specially the matter with her, but her vital forces seemed ebbirg 1 away. There was none of the old fierce ness about her now. IIet eyes had < .4.H. gsf. r.F On the fourth day she asked that Helen | Darley be sent to her, and Helen came and stayed with her till the end, whlah | came peacefully after weeks of sinking.
 The wild unhuman principle which had | poisoned her nature before her birth had died out in Elsie. but had taken lie itset 1 along with it Even the birthmark ! around her neck had vanished when she | lay dead
 It had been a great comfort to Dudley ] Nenner to have Helen in the house dur in; his daughters illness. and now when she proposed to return to the institute he made her proposition that she return as Mrs. Venner after fitting time should have elapsed. He longed for sympathy and companonship after the perpetual ter-ors of eighteen years. And Helen, who had been strongly drawn toward Duuley from the first. consented. A week or two later Bernard Langdon resumed his medical studies, and eventually 'De- came the eminent Boston physician of | that name. with a wife who once wrote l her name Lefty Forester.
 l One of the most notable achievements was thesis 'Unresolved Nebulae in Vital s,cience" which attracted immense at- tention and quickened medical thought throughout the world. And the founda- tion for this thesis was the old story of Rockland whose horror time could not lessen-the story of the rattlesnake that had come down from "The Mountain" one day and crawled into the hallway Of a mansion house and there had bitten young wife Powerful remedies saved her life for time: but soon thereafter she died, after giving birth to a daughter And that daughter was Elsie Venner.