The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-06

WHEN saw HER AGAIN WAS SHOCKED"
mouth and looking through his spec
tacles at DR.. Holwig- Sheinberg in as
constituent.
II did" replied the other.
why, then, did you not announce
your discovery
Because the only case ever per-
fected demonstrated that 1t is not best
to interfere too radically with nat
ural processes"
you had an experienceT
II had; one that admonished me to
permit persons to grow old In the nat
ural way"
"Do tell me about It; l am dying Of
curiosity"
'Well, began just where this Amer
lean began. / made cultures of bac-
terra, observed the cause of decay and
hunted for serum to prevent it.
failed in this, but discovered one that
would kill the decaying bacteria for a
certain period and capable of contin-
uing the process ad inhnitum. l will
not attempt to give you in a nutshell
Investigations extending over a period
Of ten years whereby at last succeed
ed in applying my discovery to human
beings. All shall attempt to do now
ia to give you the principal reason why
did not announce my discovery to
the world.
when / had succeeded in keeping
monkeys young and risky my next
step was to try my serum on the next
and highest type Of animal life-man.
had received pecuniary support in
my investigations from Baron Wobel
and, after trying two or three expert
ments on subjects, announced to him
that could keep a man at the same
apparent age from the moment began
to treat him for an indefinite period.
The baron was much interested and
asked me many questions concerning
my process-what danger there might
be to the patient, my ability to contin-
ne 1t and what would be the result for
him after my death. | satisfied him on
most Of these points. whereupon he
told me that q commoner, Herr Schof-
fenholer, enormously rich. was desir-
GUS of uniting his wealth to the bar
on's title. Herr Schoffenholer had
daughter aged twenty. and the baron
had a son aged two. These were the
only children born to either family
The only way to unite the wealth and
the title was to marry these two. But
the difference Of age was an insur-
mountable difficulty.
"'Now.' said the baron to me, II you
can keep Fraulein Schoffenholer at her
present age till my son is old enough
to marry the two interests may be
united
Here was chance to try an exper-
iment under favorable conditions. Aft
er numerous family councils at which
a great deal Of opposition was raised
Herr Schoffenholer decided the matter
by compelling his daughter to submit
to my treatment. was not informed
Of this compulsion or that the fraulein
was in love with a young guardsman.
few years her senior. Had been
would not have consented to act In the
matter.
81 began my treatment on the frau.
lein's twentieth birthday. She re-
sponded admirably. and l saw at once
that the serum which injected under
the skin Of her arm was taking effect
/ found that these injections needed
to be made once every twenty-five
days, for on the twenty-third day a
new birth Of cell destroying bacteria
came up to recommence the process of
| decay.
"It was not long before learned of
the love affair between the guardsman
and the fraulein and that clandestine
meetings were taking place-at long In
| tervals to be sure-between them.
Since the fraulein remained youthful
and the guarasman was growing older
bis love for her grew in proportion as
the difference In their ages heightened.
What effect this increasing difference
had on the fraulein l did not learn,
for she kept her feelings to herself.
| offered to decline to continue my treat
ment If she wished it. but she told me
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order, she would carry 1t out to the end.
Seventeen years passed. The baby
| boy Wobel was nineteen, the fraulein
thirty -seven and the guardsman forty
The latter had never married. and his
love for the fraulein had grown to be
a dominant passion with him. He was
getting gray and bald and showed 9th
er signs Of coming old age. On the
contrary the girl he worshiped had al
the freshness OF youth. Her beauty
had not been in the least impaired. Il
was quite natural that man who was
now too old for other girls Of the frau
lein's age should cling to her, especial
~ as she had kept pace with him II
that experience which natures the in
tellectual powers.
''BRron Wobel would not consent t.
the marriage between his son and
Traulein SchoHenholer till the formel