St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-28

next day and was coIdly received.
Had the two heard a remark of Pro-
.fessoa Sweigler when Omnium was be-
ing Eut together they would have un-
derstood the strange action. This is
a portion of the BRAIN" the professor
had said, 'sof Sam Tucker, the most
daring fireman in the department. He
has taken twenty medals for bravery
at fres.' And the professor inserted
some gray matter in the Uranium be-
fore him.
Omnium explained to Miss Thomp-
son that when he heard the fire alarm
and saw the truck dash by he felt an
unconquerable impulse to get on the
truck and go to the fire. He regretted
leaving her alone, but could not help
1t. Whereupon she forgave him.
Reconciliations are always danger
Gus, and 1t proved so in this instance.
Omnium told her that he loved her,
clasped her in his arms and begged
her to marry him.
Her answer was that, first, he must
make known who he was; second, his
means, and If these were satisfactory
to her she would consent to trial en-
gagement.
Omnium after a few moments
thought told her that he would pre-
pare a statement for her embodying
the information she asked for. The
truth is he knew nothing about HIM
self and thought it necessary to do
Job Of thinking on the matter. He
left her, promising to bring the facts
the next evening. He had hired a
room and went there from Miss
Thompson. Throwing himself into an
easy chair, he began to think.
The first person he remembered be-
ing was Evan Drake. He recalled
working in a counting room as man
of that name Then being addressed
as DR.. Harwood came glimmering in
his brain. Corporal Horgan was the
next identity he felt, and this gave
way to julius, colored man.
"Great heavens he exclaimed, sis
there negro blood in my veins?"
He examined his nails and the palms
of his hands, but could see no traces
of such an inheritance. This comfort
ed him.
How it happened Omnium himself
could never explain. He remembered
iotting down the names as they oc-
Cured to him of persons he seemed to
have been, and he recalled addressing
a note to Miss Thompson beginning,
'The information as to myself prom
ised you is Then followed the name
Omnium, after which he had written
the word alias, adding six other names.
He had evidently got confused at
consciousness Of having been so many
different persons and did not know
what he was doing, for the next morn
ing Miss Thompson received the list
of his names through the mail.
"What is it?' asked a friend who
was with her at the time, seeing her
turn pale.
Don't ask mew moaned the poor
girl.
'Do tell me-"
'My lover confesses to six aliases.
He's a crook"
Miss Thompson's friend after labor
ing with her for hours finally induced
her to promise that she would never
see her lover again and that she would
send his note to the police.
The escape of Omnium from the in
stitute occasioned CONSERVATION among
the professors who had constructed
him. They could not know what he
would do and feared some trouble
would result from his being at liberty
for which they would be held respOn-
sible. One morning DR.. Tunshutter,
Phi D., while looking at the morn
ing paper noticed that man had been
arrested with half a dozen aliases to
his name He was a puzzle to the po-
lice. Neither the name Omnium nor
any of the aliases except that of
murderer who had been sentenced to
be executed and of whose execution
there was no record was known to the
authorities. No one knew what to do
with him.
DR.. Tunshutter threw down his pa
per, called a carriage and drove at
once to the office of the superintend-
ent of police. To his request that
Omnium be returned at once to the
institute, the superintendent said that
the return must be made legally and
asked for the mans identity.
GLOW can I tell you that?" cried the
professor. There are parts of more
than fifty people in him"
do you mean that you can't give
me his legal name"
'FHe has none"
as he white or black"
'I can't say; there is a faint trace
of black in him."
''He is a man, isn't hep
mot entirely. There are carriages
of several dogs, the skins of two rats,
and much sewing was done with cat
gut"
''For heavens sake, take him awayl"
cried the superintendent. 81 wouldn't
have the responsibility of either hold
ing or giving up such a monster for
the world. I'll turn him loose, and
you must have some one from your
COMPOUNDED institute here to take him.
If he gets loose again he'll get into
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