Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02

rlbl". Ike blood. could no, get my
BREATH that was The worst THAT
Shiny. boiling fog penetrated into my
lungs. | could feel them. ia my chest.
sW..lin. and swClliur like sponE"s.
ana becoming Ch"Nrh ~ they swcllcd.
| wanted TO breathe. Wondered
hich would he the easier death. My
eyes bulE-d from my head and the
steam ran into them. tclt behind
me for the door. but IL had gone.
Even the apron Was oppressive and
! tore IT from me. IorsctiuI ut hu-
man dignity, Iors.tIul 81 everything.
except my desire TO INA the door amt
get my urcdtn. As cropped in the
cooking fog / ran INTO other wrath
IKE forms moving through the
Ehastly mist. could see tnat tnc
room was pcopl.d witn others like
myself, who had discarded even the
aprons. could hear their suppressed
Iroans. ana Wondered Why Dante
n.,d never visited Il Turkish bath TO
obtain material Tor his pest solier.
once slipped AMI iclI, ana there
upon mad. 1t marvctous discovery.
Steam has a tendency to rise. Ly
ing ON the floor, took Il breath, and
alkhough the air rocked OF the &C.
cupants of the room. ana Was like
concentrated mildcw, lay on my
back and brcathcG JOyfu!ly. Wrath
like forms without a wrnith-liiic
tread walked over my chest. II made
no difference. l.y and 10y | turned
cautiously over and started TO
writhe my Way around the room, on
ms stomach. seeking the door. Pass
crS-hy who stepped IN me gave
/ shricks nf horror. but ] did not rise
In my course | ono" iif,I my head
little and locked dirccti. into the
buiSing eyes Of another feilow-suf
fcr"r. She was also wriGglinE around
/ on the floor seeking something. DO
I you know where the door is"
asked hoarscly. Good heavens. 10
I YOU think I'd he here II d!h?" She
/ replied.
/ Eventually We found tn" door. But
had lost my apron. When emerged
/ into the WaitInr-rOom in my Eve
/ like state. the great Magyar-tht ono
" no pushed me into the inferno
rushed up. and THROWN Il huge bath
/ towel around me burst into Il torrent
| @: iamhiG pentnmeter that took to
/ he n hungarian rcprimand. IL there
was something decent about that
/ apron and something indecent about
my latter state. then these people are
capable OF finer shades OF feeling
/ than |. started to sink into chair.
/ but the wrctchcd Hungarian would
not let me 20. She dragged me to-
| ward another door started TO
| whimpcr. for | was now thoroughly
, cowcd. but she pretended not To un-
derstand agony In English. The next
moment she had shut me up In the
Dry Heat Room"
The first room was caldron. The
! second was an oven. The air in the
| first room made your lungs like a
! sponge. Now | took one breath and
could feel the whole inside of my
! chest shrivcl. / was tired and col
| lapscd upon n marble dais. ] lcaped
from ii with II shrek. The Spanish
! lnQuisition which devised the happy
! idea OF seating it's victims on burn
Ing thrones would have just loved
that marble dais. when ! wet my
finger and touched II. II Missed. The
Magyar wouldn't let me ont. wept.
but the Tears dried automatically
upon my cheeks. I felt my pulse and
II was behaving like a Ford car with
something in the rarburctor. i an,
smrY was runntTs n fever OF 10
~ AlkI was certain that my next