Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-22

mouth and looking through his spec
tacles at DR.. Holwig- Sheinberg in a.
constituent.
81 did," replied the other.
why, then, did you not announce
your discovery
Because the only case I ever per-
fected demonstrated that it is not best
to interfere too radically with nat
ural processes"
You had an experienced"
st had; one that admonished me to
permit persons to grow old in the nat
ural way"
DO tell me about it; am dying of
curiosity"
"Well, I began just where this Amer
lean began. I made cultures Of bac-
terra, observed the cause of decay and
hunted for a serum to prevent it. I
failed in this, but discovered one that
would kill the decaying bacteria for a
certain period and capable of contin-
uing the process ad infinitum. l will
not attempt to give you in nutshell
investigations extending over a period
of ten years whereby 1 at last succeed
ed in applying my discovery to human
beings. All l shall attempt to do now
is TO give you the principal reason why
l did not announce my discovery to
the world
when l had succeeded in keeping
monkeys young and frisky my next
step was TO try my serum on the next
and highest type of animal life-man.
l had received pecuniary support in
my investigations from Baron Wobel
and, after trying two or three expert
ments on subjects, announced to him
that l 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-
ue it and what would be the result for
him after my death. I satisfied him on
most of these points, whereupon he
told me that a commoner, Herr Schof
fenholer, enormously rich. was desir-
GUS of uniting his wealth to the bar
Oil > llttt. I1bTI soCubtltIhOttE udu
daughter aged twenty, and the baron
had q 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. IF you
Cah4ePonhaTnr o. h.
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
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 young qua rdsman,
few years her senior. Had | been /
would not have consented to act in the
! matter.
Il began my treatment on the frau
lein's twentieth birthday. She re-
sponded admirably. and 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.
1T was not long before learned OF
the love affair between the guardsman
and the fraulein and that clandestine
meetings were taking place-at ;ong in
| tervals to be sure-between them
Since the fraulein remained youthful
and the guardsman was growing Older
| his love for her grew in proportion al
the difference in their ages heightened
| What effect this increasing difference