The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-03-25

then twenty, he thirty. He grew old;
his wife remained young. Her father
one day came to me with a cloud upon
his brow and told me that his son-in-
law, who was getting gray and other
wise showing signs of age, was max
ing his wife miserable by his jealous
behavior. She was still young and
beautiful and attracted younger men
than himself
'F'rom time to time Weisbard came
to me to tell me that matters between
his son-in-law and daughter were 60
ing from bad to worse. At last he con
fessed that he regretted having urged
me to give the latter perpetual youth.
:" I have given her perpetual youth,
l replied, only so long as it may be de-
sired
His face lighted with pleasure.
Can you re-establish the ordinary proc
ess of growing oldy he asked.
There is nothing to re-establish
Let your daughter stop taking the anti
toxin and the natural decay will be re-
sumed'
Il did not see Weisbard for a week,
at the end of which time he looked
more lugubrious than ever | asked
him what troubled him He told me
that he had proposed to his daughter
to cease taking my antitoxin and she
had fatty refused. Weisbard had very
unwisely told his son-in-law that his
wife could resume the process of fol-
lowing him to old age if she chose, and
he had urged her to do so. She was
obstinate, and quarrel had ensued
between the two that bid fair to wreck
their happiness forever-that is, all
that was left of it,
And here, my friend, comes an in
stance of the unity of nature. A unity
that is best for us always, though
there are numerous instances in which
we believe her DEGREES are misfortunes.
There was every reason why Frau
Mcneil should grow old And vet
those old fellows like Ponce de Leon
were continually seeking for the elixir
of life. A man may be satisfied to
grow old, woman never. This one
having perpetual youth would never
give it up. though it threw her out of
harmony with the rest of the universe
"At first it seemed that remaining
young with her children would be
boon to her. 1t did not turn out so. A
melancholy phase of life is that we
cannot be of the next generation be
meath us. Even young body will not
bridge that gulf
Every year after this the husband
grew older, while the wife remained
young and beautiful, and every year
the gulf between them grew wider
After awhile it became a case of De
cember and May. The older Frau
Mcneil grew in years the more pleas
ed she was with the attention of
young men, They, while pleased with
her beauty, found in her an experience
which did not accord with their own
exuberance. This led to a continued
disappointment in her that soured her
disposition The couples chickering's
wore on Weisbard, who reproached
himself for being the cause of their
troubles.
And yet there was one thing that
would have undone, partly at least.
all the mischief All that was needed
was for Wilhelmine to stop taking the
lntitoxin.
THAT could scarcely be expected"
remarked Reinhard. How did the
matter end%'
when Frau Mcneil was fifty years
old-she reached that age a year ago
she was a very singular compound,
having youthful body and an old
mind. One evening, having forced her
husband. who was now sixty, to take
her to ball. she insisted on dancing
the turkey trot. which was just APP
pearing in fashionable society. When
the pair reached home there was a
violent quarrel, the result of which
was never known. but the couple were
never seen out together again. Soon
after this the husband died, and the
wife discovered that the antitoxin
ceased to affect her Her youth and
beauty suddenly collapsed. In a night
she had grown old and ugly"
'What was the matter with the anti
toxin?" asked Reinhard.
Il was making it for her. and after
her quarrel with her husband over the
dance | ceased to put in the proper
ingredients.