Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-06-08
ACentury's
Lapse
What Was Accomplished Under an
Indian Eakir's Instructions
BY r. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation. 1871.
By F. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation. 1911

stood in the west In India we near
OF people being buried and long
while ufferward resurrected. Ordlna'
rily persons shake their heads AT such
stories. but there has been so much
| TESTIMONY as TO these strange dolngs
that the feeling has gained ground
| that there is something In them. Ihere
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 nobleman, was CON
demned TO death with others OF her
! class whom the revOlutiOntsts desired
| to eliminate She was expecting TO DE
| taken 10 the guillotine and executed
when the door of her cell was opened
| and man of swarthy features. with
fcz ON his head. entered He lighted
| taper he held In his hand, ana a
strange odnr soon pervaded the cell.
| The girl SAT on pile OF straw in a
corner. but the man stood with ms
| face near u window. holding M the
sa me time vias 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 houas where she was put into
coffin. The coffin was then placed in
| cart and driven away in charge of the
swaTthy man. who before leaving drop
ped several gold pieces into the palm
! of IN, taller
The body Of Mile de Maurier was
carried to the laboratory Of diStln-
guished French eavant, Professor Chan
| tan. who received Il from the SwarIhY
man Both entered the laboratory
with 1t. and the professor locked the
doors THAT was the last seen Of Marie
de Maurier for hundred years
In 1898 Paul Chantan, the great
great grandson of Professor Chantan.
a young scientist of promise, went to
the family vault in the cemetery of
Pere Lnchaise and taking down from
an upper shelf casket, had 1t re-
moved to his laboratory There he
| lifted from the coffin the body Of
young girl Having laid II on a table.
he took from his pocket a manuscript
and began 10 read:
Record Of the case of Mile. Marie de
Maurier. who was to have been guilo-
| tined on the 18th Of March lI@ Her taller
| was bribed to permit Hyder Cassim. an
| indian faSir, to place her IN a comatose
! condition. and she, being considered dead.
was taken 10 the laboratory Of Professor
| Antoine Chantan. where the Indian In
| the presence OF Chautan prepared her TO
lie dormant for an indefinite period. One
hundred years after the application OF
| this process let the oldest born ncal de-
| scendant Of Professor Chantan take the
| body from the family vault In Pere La
chaise and determine IL b can be resusci-
! tatcd under the following instructions. to
| wit
Then followed minute Instructions.
which young Chantun 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 faint tinge of rcdnesS in the
cheeks. and in thirty minutes more
| the operator noticed a pink tiuge under
the finger nails Placing mirror I'M
der the nostrils. he detected a 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.
us it timc?' she moaned
Don't excite Yourself" said Chan
tan. You are in critical condition,
but If you can avoid giving way to any
| strong emotion you will come out all
right"
But why do care. since am to be
executed?"
That matter is past and gone you
| have been unconscious for II long
while The revolution is accomplished
The republic is established ON a per
mauent basis and there is no longer
need for executions
Thank heuveu,
The professor had prepared lounge
| aud taking lhe girl I'm his arms. lifted
her from the table on To TO- covering
her with ua atghau He noticed thai
the body was quite warm
"TIave tie emigrcs returnedT asked
the girl as soon as she was made com.
Portable
Long ago
u wonder II my uncle and NV
cousins are here
To this the young man made mo- RI.
ply Presently he asked her If She had
any consciousness whatever before re-
covering her faculties
II fancy il could not bave been lone
before 7 opened my eyes The first
thing ! knew was YOU standing over
me soying what vou said blusb
overSprcad his features
what did { say"
He was Obliged Ia urge her. bu+ sbs
finally told him fhat no had said
If succeed iu bringing you back
TO life ] win love You forever"
He had Spokru the words believing,
that they were said rs dcud persor
and never dreamed that living ~.
Ing heard them He was silent q fa,y
moments and thon Said with great feel. /
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