The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-10
i. by ELLA MATTHEW'S BANGS.
Copyright. 1911, by Associated
Literary Press

Literary Press
Think of the discoveries within
the last hundred years"
Phillip Morton went toward the girl
as he spoke. but Irene Weston let the
yutrns man on her other side respond.
Can't be as many In hundred
years To come"
WAY not?" Philip resented. Elec~
tricity is only IN its infancy
Irene smiled in the twilight They
were sure TO take opposite sides, FOR
rivals in their devotion 10 herself. II
ID could not be expected that they would
agree on any other subject.
Thu two continued to argue while
the sirl IN her fiuttcring white dress
Afstetfr,d with Hn undercarrent of
thought entirely apart from their
toptc. Which of these two did she
love. Phillip Morton er Dick Far
nam How could she tell IL they
would only be satisfied with friend
ship, But 10 each side she promised
dernire answer for tomorrow. Al
length she spoke.
Wouldn't II he fine II We could
live. a hundred years and see for our
selves 80
~Gr,at." Philip agreed
Well ! don't know" Dick de-
INJURED. II would be all right II We
could remain young and have our
friends around us, but to grow old
and he left alone--no, thank YOU
Whom the gods love die Koung. you
know"
For all that Ia Hike to live to be
n hundred years old" Irene declared.
To her nineteen years Il seemed i'm
pessihie that age could ever become
reality.
They talked on til at length the
two young men gave Up tho idea Of
trying Ia autstaX- each ether and
went off together. Irene. little
tired, went TO her room, and. think
ing over her unanswered question
and the evenings conversation, fell
asleep.
When she Weakened the sunlight
filed her room, She was really
stiff from having lain 50 long In
one position What WAS the whir-
ring, rushing sound she heard out
side2 She dressed and opened the
door into the hail then stood
amazed, Could she believe her
eyes, In one night tho place had
been enlarged, the walls covered with
unfair iliar hanginss and instead of
the hardwood floor and rugs. there
were heavy carpets A young girl
was coming up the stairway, but at
sight o. her paused abruptly, scream
cd ard ran down again. Following
her, Irene went down to whore a wo-
man. older than the frst approached
her. and spoke.
.You are Irene Weston
'ot course I am, who disc should
! be? WIN you kindly tell me where
can find my mother and sister"
'They are away
That's strange; they did not
speak of going"
The two women exchanged
giances. and said something about a
doctor
A little later the medical man APP
peared. and sat down beside her. re-
gar6ing her in "A peculiar manner
DO you feel quite we'll. Miss Wes-
tom he asked.
Never better. except that every
thing seems go strange"
After few more questions the
doctor observed: You slept unusu-
ally sound1y, and longer than you
realize
How long have / slept"
What year Was it when you went
TO sleepf"
what year. why, ts11. of course. =
"And~this is 1892"
She gasped, surely you are tok-
For response the man took news-
Paper from his pocket and showed II
10 her 1t bore the date June 16. 1892
II remarked that YOU had slept
longer than Won realized, - hr remind
ed her.
But, doctor. / DON'T can't why.
] must b. n hundred years uld''
About that. he .npddelt- :.
Tell mt about it,
What she VAS told sounded like a
fairy tale. She -As4a slept for eighty
one years Her rbom had been Kept
unchanged That There might not be