The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-07
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

There are many singular processes
known in the east that are not under.
stood in the west In India we hear
of people being buried and a long
while afterward resurrected. Ordina-
rily persons shake their heads at such
stories. but there has been so much
testimony as to these strange doings
that the feeling has gained ground
that there is something In them. There
Is certainty nothing new in them.
What these Indians know has been
handed down to them through centu-
ries.
During the reign of terror In France
a young girl, Marie de Maurier. the
daughter of a nobleman, was con-
demned to death with others Of her
class whom the revolutionists desired
to eliminate She was expecting to be
taken to the guillotine and executed
when the door of her cell was opened
and a man of swarthy features. with a
fez on his head. entered. He lighted q
taper he held In his hand. and a
strange odor soon pervaded the cell.
The girl sat on pile Of straw in a
corner. but the man stood with his
face near a window, holding at the
same time vial under his nose. Mile
de Maurier sank down apparently
dead. The man took her in his arms
and carried her out to the prison
dead house. where she was put into q
coffin. The coffin was then placed In a
cart and driven away in charge of the
swarthy man. who before leaving drop
ped several gold pieces into the palm
of the jailer.
The body Of Mile. de Maurier was
carried to the laboratory of a distin-
guished French savant. Professor Chan
tan. who received it from the swarthy
man. Both entered the laboratory
with It. and the professor locked the
doors. That was the last seen Of Marie
de Maurier for hundred years.
In 1893 Paul Chantan. the great
great-grandson Of Professor Chantan,
young scientist of promise, went to
the family vault in the cemetery of
Pere Lachaise and. taking down from
an upper shelf a casket, had 1t re-
moved to his laboratory. There he
lifted from the coffin the body of a
young girl. Having laid 1t on table,
he took from his pocket manuscript
and began to read:
Record of the case Of Mile Marie de
Maurier. who was to have been guillo-
tined on the 9Th of March. 1888. Her TALLER
Indian fakir. to place her in comatose
condition. and she, being considered dead.
was taken to the laboratory Of Professor
Antoine Chantan. where the Indian In
the presence of Chantan prepared her to
lie dormant for an indefinite period One
hundred years after the application of
this process let the oldest born lineal de-
scendant OF Professor Chantan take the
body from the family vault in Pere La
chaise and determine If 1t can be resusci-
tated under the following instructions. to
wit
Then followed minute instructions.
which young Chantan read carefully
again and again Finally, when he
had thoroughly familiarized himself
with them. he began to apply them
Two hours after the commencement
of the process Mile. de Maurier show
ed a faint tinge of redness In the
cheeks, and in thirty minutes more
the operator noticed a pink tinge under
the finger nails. Placing a mirror I'M
der the nostrils. he detected slight
moisture on the glass Listening for
the heartbeat. he discovered that it
throbbed very slowly. All these symp-
toms gradually gained ground until
three hours and fifty minutes after the
young scientist had begun the resus-
citation. when the subject opened her
eyes.
sis 1t timer she moaned.
Don't excite yourself" said Chan
tan. you are in a critical condition.
but If you can avoid giving way to any
strong emotion you will come out all
right"
But why do l care. since am to be
executedT
THAT matter is past and gone. You
have been unconscious for a long
while. The revolution Is accomplished.
The republic is established on a per
manent basis. and there is no longer
need for executions"
Thank heaven
The professor had prepared lounge
and. taking the girl in his arms. lifted
her from the table on to it, covering
her with an afghan. He noticed that
the body was quite warm.
fhn o,,offrrae rakr1rx, oci-od
the girl as soon as she was made COM
Portable
Long ago"
II wonder II my uncle and my
cousins are here"
To this the young man made no re-
ply. Presently he asked her If she had
any consciousness whatever before re-
covering her faculties.
81 fancy 1t could not have been long
before opened my eyes. The first
thing | knew was you standing over
me saying what you said" A blush
overspread his features.
what did sayY'
He was obliged to urge her, but she
finally told him that he had said:
IF | succeed in bringing you back
to life l will love you forever"
He had spoken the words believing
that they were said to a dead person
and never dreamed that a living be-
ing heard them. He was silent few
moments and then said with great feel
ing:
"And will"
He was bending over her as he
spoke. Hsr Joy at having been rolu
that she was not to be beheaded. but
instead that this young man. who had
brought her from nothingness to life.
loved her, knew no bounds. She threw
her arms about his neck.
Notwithstanding that Chantan re-
the emotion that caused
this act be shuddered. A terrible gulf
stood between him and this new and
suddenly born love. A hundred years
interviewed between her going to sleep
and her awakening. How could he tell
her that during that long period she
had been on a shelf In a tomb In
Pere Lachaise; that those she would
expect to find alive to rejoice with her
In her escape from death on the gull
lotine had been In their graves for
many years? And what would he do
with her? He had kept the secret
that he intended to obey an injunction
handed down to him from his great
great-grandfather to resuscitate one
supposed to be dead. How could he
take this homeless girl to his mother
and sisters dressed in fashion Of
hundred years ago? Indeed, he dread
ed lest the faded and rotten fabrics Of
her clothing would fall to pieces as
soon as she left the laboratory.
He had prepared luncheon In case
he was successful in his experiment
realizing that food would be at once
needed. and now. noticing pallor
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