The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-01

which they had entered.
Let us go and find them z said Van
Wrinkle, starting for the door. But
when he reached it his heart sank with.
in him. 1t was locked. Turning, he
saw the chef holding uprthe key, laugh
ing and dancing. 5ss
You didn't think II would let 'em
come back, did you? Not Il Suppose
the whole lot Of 'em should come down
on me armed with carving knives I'd
have to cut their heads OF with the
cleaver."" And he brought lit down
fiercely on a huge block used FOR cut
ting meat on. q iss .Sf
The professor looked at the windows
with a view to boiling through one of
them. The sashes were all down and
before he could get one Of them up the
maniac could split his skull with the
cleaver. II
IF l ever get out Of here alive, said
the Gagged man to himself, TN stick to
my studies and let others work out my
conclusions in practice. I've had enough
Of this. This fellow is mad as March
hare.'' 5E II.
"Come here!' thundered the chef,
"and see what kind Of meat this devil
Swinbourne feeds us on
Van Wrinkle obeyed, and the man,
opening the door Of one Of the ovens,
pulled out pan containing large
roast of sizzling beef.
"Smell it!'' cried the chef
Van Wrinkle, not daring to disobey,
bent over the roast X X
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Van Wrinkle bent lower. The maniac
put his hand on the others head and
rubbed his nose on the beef. When he
permitted his victim to arise, red
spot appeared on the top Of the pro-
fessor's nose. 4
You've come here to make an in
spection and you've got to do it. You
can't smell anything unless you poke
your nose into it. What do you think
it is?"
"Roast beef 1t smells very bad, .
stammered the terrified scientist.
"Roast beef! Why, man, that's not
roast beef it's unicorn"
Certainly it is."
"And it's rotten"
every rotten.''
"Not fit to eat"
Indeed it's not"
"What'll do with it?"-
'Throw it away
"No; Ill burn it to cinder." And
showing the meat back into the oven.
he shut the door with a bang.
"Do you know, professor, what kind
of meat believe in feeding insane per-
sons on?'' :
'No.''
"Human meat. There's something in
human meat to nourish humans. Why
not? The waste is replenished by the
same tissue that is lost. These crazy
persons suffer from a want Of brain
food. What's so good for the brain
as the brain. If could give all these
| e.sufferers in this asylum one dinner Of
brain food could cure EN-
Suppose" said the professor, trem-
bling suppose we go out and get
some brain food for them"
"Go out? Why should we go out
when we've got it right here? You,
who have done so much for brain suf-
ferers will certainly do one thing more
"What?" faltered the professor,
knowing well what the man meant.
"Give your brain to the cause. It
would be worth dozen common
brains. It's theories would be taken
in to the system as we'll as. the organ
ic matter. Like cures like. Come, lay
your head down on that block. I'll
take it off with this cleaver and boil it
In that cauldron."
The professor, white as sheet and
trembling at the knees, looked about
for an avenue of escape.
"Down on the blockw roared the
maniac 'It's nothing more than many
eminent men and women among our
British ancestors have done Think Of
Anne Boleyn, the Earl Of Strafford,
Archbishop Lawd, Lady Jane Gray.
Charles I. and hundreds Of others.
They gave their heads for no cause;
you will give yours for mental suf
ferers."
The maniac seized the professor by
the arm, at the same time raising the
cleaver Van Wrinkle could stand the
strain no longer. He raised cry that
reyerberated throughout the building.
Persons were heard trying to open the
doors Then one Of the windows was
thrown up, and an attendant jumped
into the room, followed by others. They
reached the maniac in time to save the
professor, took the cleaver from the
former and led him away struggling
Six strong men were engaged in the re-
moval
Van Winkle on reaching home, as
soon as he had recovered from, the
shock he had received, wrote out a
statement to the directors Of the state
asylum for the insane In which he ad-
mitted that there were cases Of insan-
ity needing rigorous treatment and that
the experienced persons in charge Of
them were the best judges Of when to
apply such treatment. The superin-
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