Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
"Ah! that is i, t like Hans. with his

"Ah! that is i zt like Hans. with his theories!"
 This opinion was, like a discordant chorus, expressed by ten or fifteen stu dents, with their porcelain pipes ir their mouths. and in front of them upon the oaken table of the tavern immense mugs full of book beer.
 The student thus interrupted was 8 tall young man. with a full beard an6 plenty of hair under his velvet cap; bis pale face and frank expression de- noted a superior mind and soul.
 The student thus interrupted was a tall young man, with a full beard and plenty of hair under his velvet cap; his pale face and frank expression de- noted a superior mind and soul Do not laugh he said: and ir support of my thesis-which is the a affirmation of a solidarity existing even after a violent separation, be- tween the members of a body and the body itself- will tell you a little story ,
 ing!" shouted his skeptical comrades T was very. intimate with Major Muller" began Hans. who was, iI his day, as you knowi one of the heaviest players at our summer re- sorts. I had known him since my childhood: he was an old friend ot my family, and every time he came to the house he never forgot to bring me lot of sweetmeats. Then, later on, he made me a present of g. gun I had. therefore. an affectionate respect for him, and so, when I was no long CT beardless boy. I became his in timate friend.
 He was a charming man, but very fond of play. and it was quarrel ovel cards that led to his famous cAaeI, 1T hd ia at h. same time he received such a severe wound in his wrist that the doctor was soon afterward obliged to amputatt his right hand. By a strange whirn the major would not be separated from his hand, which was one of remarkable beauty. So he had it saturated witt aromatics and injected with strong balsams and preserved it in a crysta globe in his chamber
 T can still see this dried hand O. the old soldier; I still see those fin, gers, febrile in their immobility. re vet cushion, with it's golden tassels The f1esh--if that fantastically strang, material can be called such, so mucl | 1t looked like ice under the brownisl parchment that had once been skin made me shudder. Upon the forefnge large ruby; the nails, cut squarely il military fashion, had grown but lit
 tie since the fatal amputation. An, wide. thick and nervous, the hand ha, remained there for years,
 'The hand. say, had lain there fo years when the major took to his be- at the beginning of the illness tha was to carry him off. according to tn prediction of our illustrious master. T was called to Muilers house a an intimate friend, and was to watcl over him every second night. '1 pass over the majors last days l which were one long agony. The ex
 traordinary strength of the dying ma
 made him suffer all imaginable bangs
 fever, shudderings, cramps, deliriun | These alarming symptoms sudden
 ly ceased, and 1t was thought that tn sick man had entered into a coma
 tose stat& but this was mistake
 A rapid reaction began and an as tonishing improvement followed. Ev cry one concluded that it was tn beginning of a convalescence. Nov
 one evening as I had just begun m
 watch. Muller grew drowsy, and pres
 ently fell Into a profound and health sleep.
 T was reading, and little by littl began to feel drowsy. However, i
 order not to lose myself entirely, go up and went over to the bed. Tn
 majors breathing was regular and hi