The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-30
Returned From
the Dead
By E. ID. LEONARD

O'Clock at night To Albert Huntington.
n Young man who stood in the room
where physicians had been attending a
diving patient. The son covered his
face with his hands as II To shut out
realization OF his bereavement. Then.
suddenly taking them away, he said:
why could he not have lived two
hours longerT
what purpose would his living
those two hours have servedg asked
DR.. Pulsifer.
81 cannot explain To you without en-
tering into long series OF legal tech
nicalities. But | can say briefly that
my fathers estate will pass into the
hands of n guardian for me, which will
involve endless litigation. Tomorrow
will be my birthday. AT II midnight
| will be legally of age and could en-
ter upon the administration OF my In
| heritance myself"
The doctor mnde no reply. He seem
ed lost in thought. Then he drew the
other physicians into n consultation in
low tones and in few minutes return
ed to the young man aud said:
"Send for your notary"
"IIe is waiting below"
Every well. You have heard of the
| recent discoveries. ! suppose. i'm refer
ence TO what we call death-that when
man is pronounced dead and is what
we have always supposed to he dead
he is not dead He is like n man un-
conscious under water. If he Is per-
mitted to remain there he eventually
! rots If he is drawn above the surface
he may be resuscitated. Your father
may be brought back to life and posi-
bly, held there till after midnight"
do you mean itT'
II do. At any rate. | and my col
leagues are willing TO make the expert
ment But to take advantage of our
efforts if we succeed you should have
witnesses here to testify that the pa
tient lived the day you became of age"
Doctor" exclaimed the young man.
grasping the physicians hand. IF you
do this you will make n friend of me
so long as / live. There is "A reason
why / am so anxious in the matter
that I have not yet given you. mar
riage was arranged by my father and
the parents of a girl love that by the
terms of his will Is indirectly depend
ent upon my coming of age and inner
iting as a man instead Of n minor. BY
prolonging my fathers life two hours
you will not only save my estate from
being decimated under an expensive
lawsuit. but you will unite a pair of
lovers"
While this dialogue was going on
the assistant doctors were administer
ing hypodermic injection. DIR. Pull
sifer while waiting for the effect &C.
cupied the attention OF young Hunting
ton. commenting upon the discoveries
on which the expected result was
based
1T has been shown" he said. that
every function Of life except conscious
ness may he kept up after death. We
hope 10 show that your father per-
forms those functions. If his heart
beats and he breathes he is. in the eye
Of the law. alive. Experimenters have
not yet reached n point where con-
seriousness may be restored. but it Is
not unlikely that result may be at
tanned"
One of the assistant physicians, who
had his ear on the dead mans chest.
announced to DR.. Pulsifer that the
heart beat family and asked If he
should administer another injection.
DR.. Pulsifer looked at his watch and
saw that there still remained an hour
and ten minutes to midnight wait
twenty minutes" he said unless the
heart beats cease"
Doctor" said young Huntington,
may | announce what you are doing
to those waiting below"
81 would advise you TO say nothing"
II may nj least give hope to the girl
whom love and who loves me, may
not?"
Yes. but would only give hope !
would not explain the matter to her"
Huntington ran downstairs. and
when he returned second hypodermic
injection was being given to the dead
man. In ten minutes the physician.
who had administered it and who sat
beside the bed holding the wrist, an.
nounccd that he could feel slight
pulsation and. placing his ear on the
left breast found quite strong beat
DR.. Pulsifer took up "A hand mirror,
held II over the nostrils. examined 1t.
touching il here and there with a cam.
brio handkerchief. and announced that
there was slight moisture on 1t. This
meant that breathing had recon-.
menCed
Huntington ran downstairs again and
told his liancee that his father was bet.
ter. kissed her and ran back into the
room where his father lay.
At lld0 by the clock the patients
heart was beating with considerable
strength, and his chest was rising and
FILLING peceptibly. At / 80 n last by.
podermic was administered. and M
300 IL was announced TO those below
that the patient had not long to live. |
and they were asked to go to the cham. |
Der where he lay. DR.. Pulsifer stood
with his watch in his hand and point. |
ed TO the patient. Several persons ex |
amined his heart and took note Of his |
breathing The lovers stood toyetbar