Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24

cd lest the faded and rotten fabrics of
 her clothing would fall to pieces as soon as she left the laboratory.
 He had prepared a luncheon in case
 he was successful in his experiment
 realizing that food would be at once needed and now. noticing pallor l come over the girls face. he brought her glass of wine and offered her some dainty bits to eat She partook I Of both and seemed refreshed. Then she began anew her questionings. | How long have been asleepr
 "Oh. a long while"
 What has happened since l began my slumber?"
 Many things. Napoleon Bonaparte made himself emperor. but was over. | powered by the other European sov- | ereigns and abdicated."
 q never heard of him. What a long time I have slept! Go on"
 Then the Bourbons were placed | again on the throne of France. but the people would not remain tranquil un- l der their rule and drove them out. l After that Napoleon's nephew was | elected president and afterward made ] himself emperor. He was conquered | by the Prussians and a republic was proclaimed This is the government we live under now"
 Heavens. how old must ber' ''I have told you all of what has hap | pened since you went to sleep that | can tell you now. l must take action with regard to your future. Since you are comfortable here and I don't dare | for the present to permit you 10 make l the slightest effort l will leave you, | though only long enough to make eer. l tain provisions. You will need a wom aD to attend you. and that Is the first matter for me to arrange Do you fear | 10 remain. say. half an hour, alone" "No."
 He bent over her and kissed her There was a cold clamminess to her | lips he did not like. He was much troubled This bringing woman back from past century appalled, him. The brief synopsis of what had passed since she had become unconscious was in itself narrowing. What would he say when she began to ask where were those who had been near and dear to her?
 At the door he turned for another look He started II seemed to him that since her resuscitation Marie had grown ten years older.
 Locking his charge in the laboratory. he went out. thinking as he went what course to pursue He felt that but one plan was practicable-he must go to his mother and give her his confidence Calling facre. he directed the driver to take him home.
 Arriving he called for his mother to follow him and. leading her to his own room. showed her the man date of the first Chantan to resus- citate the body of Mile. de Maurier Mime. Chantan read the paper with out displaying any especial interest but when her son began to tell his story her face assumed a very differ ent expression. When he recounted his taking the body from Pere Iachaise her features grew anxious. But when he told her that he had actually brought back to life body that had been in the tomb hundred years she had no doubt whatever that her son was insane.
 Mime. Chantan was remarkably self contained woman. AS soon as her son began to tell her that he wished her to help him take care of the resuscitated girl she arose. stepped to the door. passed out. closed 1t and turned the key. Paul Chantan was prisoner.
 The idea that Marie would be left alone locked in his laboratory with but such provisions as he had provided for immediate use threw him into terri ble agony. He hammered on the door. called, screamed and acted like ver1- table madman. In an hour two men came, overpowered him and. taking him down to a carriage. drove him to a lunatic asylum.
 How long Chantan remained in the asylum he did not know. for he was attacked with brain fever and passed into delirium. When he came to him self he could see by the leaves on the trees without his window and by the heat that the season had changed. Be fore the attendants knew of his al tered condition he had had time to lay his plans. He wrote 10 his mother that he was aware he had suffered from insanity. but had recovered. Mime. Chantan came at once to see him. and within a few days he was permitted to order a fiacre and drive away.
 He drove at once to his laboratory.
 After he had inserted the key in the lock it was some time before he could nerve himself to turn it. When he en tered. there on the lounge was body. but if was not the body of a young girl He saw instead a small dried up figure the hue of papier mache. The eyes were entirely sunken away, and the teeth had disappeared II was the corpse of a woman nsore than a hun dred years old.
 Not an Inviting Ideal.
 "My son. said Harker as he pointed to the ivy in front of the cottage, al