The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-08-14
By F. A. Mitchell

Pardon the intrusion" he said.
which was then my home. to attend
lectures ut Il university In Germany.
! have not been here since"
1t seemed to Miss Van V%alkinburgh
that she listened to a Punch and Judy
figure. Never had she heard or dream
ed Of such a voice. The vocal tubes
seemed to be dry and stiff. The lady
invOluntarily cleared her throat. as II
to timber that OF her visitor
will yon be seated?" she said.
Thank YOU" replied the man. who
was dressed like a gentleman Of fash
ion of half a century ago. AS he spoke
he looked about him.
said.
Yes. but why do you infer that?"
THE furniture is changed. but some
of the pictures that were hung on the
walls hang there now. That"-point-
ing to q portrait-'is my father"
The picture referred to represented
a man Of sixty.
"Indeed!' said the lady. beginning
to quake inwardly Mt being alone with
this singular person.
YES: when ] went abroad | babe
him goodby in this very room. We
little thought that we should never
meet again." ~r-s.ssakS~ -s1slsi>
These last words were intended to
be spoken in a sad tone. They sound.
ed like a street organ playing Annie
Laurie" the pipes refusing to respond
at the words I'D lay me doom and
dee" giving instead a series of croaks.
Mi>S Yam Valkipburgb was glued to
her chair In terror. Observation-Disclosures.
1T was my craze for science h1
continued in tones something like those
of a boy whose voice was changing
the first part a high squeak. the last
a subterranean rumble. THAT was a
time when thinkers We're beginning to
wonder IL life might not be preserved
in a subconscious condition. The man
with whom | studied. DIR. Schnickel
friedheim''-
The last syllable of this extended
name was cut off by q violent fit of
coughing. 1t sounded to Miss Van
VaIkinburgh as If a cat had been caught
in a leather pipe and was %stranClinC
She did not know whether to cry for
help or to take up a bellows that stood
beside the fireplace and blow a passage
through his windpipe. Before she
could decide the paroxysm was over
The gentleman leaned back in mis- chair
holding his handkerchief to his mouth
There was every evidence Of tears from
the violent coughing except the tears
His eyes seemed as dry as his throat.
~ was speaking" he said presently.
'of Professor S%chnick"-
Yes. yes. l know whom you mean:
don't try It again." %interposed the lis
tener.
HE was y wonderful man."
He must have been" Miss Van Val.
kinburgh FASTENED to put in. dreadinc
lest another mention of his ma me might
bring about another paroxysm.
Half q century before our, wonder
workers Of the Institute For Original
Research learned how to introduce the
organs of one living being into another
Professor
Il know whom you mean"
succeeded In extracting Iife's DO
tentialities from the human system.
leaving life itself to resume those pO"-
At the difficult word the visitors vO.
cal organs again showed signs of col
lapse.
NDrf0v,fio l{fino ~ o,,s,,Nlinl tb. loAu
whenever a successful process Of
revival was applied"
There was a weird look in the mans
eyes, the look Of one about to tumble
into a grave. that proved the limit Of
Miss Van Valkinburgh's endurance.
Excuse me for one moment" she
said and hurried out Of the room.
She hunted for the butler to go and
get the visitor out Of the house before
be collapsed. but the butler had gone
out on an errand. She spent ZONE
| time telephoning for assistance: but.
not knowing just what she wanted.
there was no result. Then she took 3
peep into the parlOr to find it vacant
The visitor had gone.
The next morning in the loft of the
stable the cOachman discovered a
leathery looking thing resembling an
Egyptian mummy. On searching 1t a
paper was found pinned on the vest
under the coat butt0ned over 1t. on
which was written:
The body Of Edward Warren Scher-
merhorn. Desecrated by Professor Carl
Observation-Disclosures Dec. 10. 1885.
Fortunately for science. a worker in
the Institute For Original Research got
wind Of the matter and succeeded In
getting possession Of the mummy. 1t
Is not vet known what disposition has
been made of 1t.
Now. VIII" revived Mr.. Schermer,
horn. and how did he manage to get
hack to the home Vt his youth! That
Ia the mystery Of this story.