The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-09

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desired NV servant 10 announce Dr.
S~chopenhauer. but he never reaiiy
came. left the ROOM. and watcned
Won from the passage. l heard you
crv ont To that man and saw you take
AN impression OF that key. All during
today I kept you by my side. although
7 aid not need your services. went
away to blind you more compieteiy
came back when I thought q
given YOU enough time to enter the
laboratory. All has happened rs
expected: not for an instant did you
! deceive me. Now l will tell you my
secret.
at IL a ~well.known fact In physi-
! ology that In the dark the retina OF
some animals displays a pigment
| called visual purple II. for instance,
a frog Is killed In the dark and the
| eye after death IL exposed to an object
in the light. the image OF this object
| becomes stamped on the retina, and
/ can be fixed there by n solution or
| alum. Proceeding OF this basis ] have
further discovered that by fixing my
| own gaze for a heightened time on an
object and then going into a dark
room and gazing at IN exposed pho
| ~tographic plate, the object have been
looking at appears on the negative
when developed. Then / concluded
that even thought itself could be thus
photographed. This Is what really
takes place. Subjective impressions
OF thought cause molecular changes in
the cells Of the brain. Why. then. may
these not also be capable OF decom-
posing this visual purple and then
giving a distinct impression on n neg
alive when exposed sufficiently long
to its influence? I have made expert.
ments and discovered that such Is the
case. In dreams especially this i'm.
preston becomes terribly vivid. No
more fascinating problem has eve abb
sorbed a scientist. Ought not my vic.
tim congratulate himself on suffering
In such a vast cause? Night after
night I fasten back his eyelids with
specula. and as he sleeps his eyes are
wide open. staring at an exposed plate
for many hours In the dark. This
plate is destined to receive the i'm
pressions made by his dream. Night
after night I make different expert
ments. These can be easily done by
giving my victim certain drugs, such
as cocaine. Indian hemp. opium and
others. The action OF these drugs
coucac yfrnprdinarv Iroouy Tb;c &C.
my secret. During the daytime | am
merciful. | feed my patient we'll: he
Is not likely 10 die. although there Is
a possibility that he may become in
sane through the sufferings undergone
by his nervous system. Now, would
photographs?
NO" | screamed. "You are n devil
In human shape; I will not listen to
any more"
DR.. Chance came close TO me.
Women are representative" he said.
You wished to know. ! warned you
that the secret was fraught with ter
ror. l had hoped hat you would rise
above this horror, but I see that you
are distinctly human. Well, IL would
interfere vastly with my experiments
were you TO proclaim my secret 10
anyone else. Women. even the best
OF them. are not to be trusted with
such important matters. | have no in
tention OF having the great dream of
my life destroyed by the caprice OF a
girl. ! propose, therefore. having i'm
parted to you my secret. to seal IL for.
ever on your lips by death. In five
minutes you will die"
Five minutes" l repeated, mechan.
ically. A small clock standing ON n
bench by my side showed me that In
five minutes more IL would be nine
O'Clock. the hour when the consul
should arrive.
You are really a most interesting
study, Miss Rennick." continued the
doctor. 1T Is a sad pity that you can.
not devote your life to the science Won
might greatly benefit. Give me your
hand. want to walk around this dun.
geon with you"
He stretched out his hand and took
mine. did not refuse 20 yak with
him. He took me from End tn eva of
the dismal place. The little .,,h.k sud
denly sounded nine strokes n a sil.
very chime.
your time Is up" said the doctor,
He turned and then walked quickly
across the room. still holding my hand.
strained my ears to listen, but there
was no sound: the consul must have
failed me. was standing exactly nm.
der the dome in a glass roof. I had
Just put out my foot to ascend the
stairs. when a sudden noise startled
me. Before I could move a huge bell.
shaped glass had descended comple,e.
ly around me, and sunk into a circular
groove on the stone flags at my feet.
Dr. Chance was looking at me from
outside the wall OF glass and ~grinning
with an expression OF fendisb fri.
umph. He turned and pressed n lever
beside the wall. There was a loud
humping as OF a piston working n
fro. and a valve at nv feet
opened and shut rapidly with a such.
ing sound. The truth flashed upon m.
instantly. I vas under the receiver NJ
an enormous exhaust pump. which
was ntted into the dome above nv