The Washington herald., 1922-11-19

any posnDle spark OF lie IN the
little form by starting the Bunsen
burners under the retorts on the
bench by the wall. A further ex-
animation Of the bottles and test,
tubes told me Of the strong blood
and heart stimulants that had been
passing along these tubes, and that
through others, chemical foods had
been introduced.
gThe old man voiced my own
thoughts. His voice trembled as
he said in low tone, His child
his childv
GAS / commenced again to rum
mage around, / began to wonaer
what had become of the woman
and whether we could get in touch
with her. He must have sent her
away / thought, and perhaps
there is some scrap of correspond
ence which will give a clue !
spied the chest of drawers over on
the back wall and started a sys-
tematic search. Rollins moved his
chair over to that side of the room
and sat down beside me.
The two upper drawers yielded
nothing ineligible. The third
drawer was locked. l broke it
open. 1t contained four bundles,
each neatly wrapped in white
paper. l picked up the one near
est at hand and opened it. / must
confess that | was somewhat
startled when | pulled out various
articles of underclothing which
obviously belonged to a woman.
The second revealed a pair of
shoes done up in an old torn petit
coat-the third contained a waist
and the fourth dark blue serge
skirt.
Rollins jumped to his feet.
He's killed her-he's killed her
my God! my God! my boy has
committed murderv The old man
sank back into the chair, and the
tears streamed down his face.
i told him that possibly the
woman had died, giving birth to
the child, and that he had secretly
buried the body to save the family
disgrace; or that the woman might
not be dead at all-that this
might be extra clothing that she
had put away before she left.
began to pick up the clothing and
replace it in the drawer, when /
saw pinned ITO the skirt an en-
velope."
Doctor Comstock stopped his
narrative for a moment and took
his wallet from his pocket. He
drew out an old soiled envelope.
This" he said, holding it up to
the light, twas what | found"
He pulled out ~ e sheet and began
to read:
"Dear Father:-Fearing that
these hemorrhages, which seem to
be getting worse rather than bet
ter, may catch me unaware some
time, or that you might hecome
curious and misunderstood this
work that | have been carrying on
here, ! have put this letter in a
place where felt that it would be
found if you started to investigate,
but would be safe otherwise. |
have practically proved the old
thSoiy WHICH every InculCdi Iidu
knows, that the process which V:
call old age takes place between
birth and the twenty-fifth year.
Old Doc. Comstock or any ply
sician will tell you about the
curious cell growth of the human,
and will tell you why medical men
have believed this theory. They
have always said that if this cell
decay, which we commonly call
growth, could be stopped we
would approximate something akin
to perpetual life, or at least pro-
long life until the principal
organs of the body wore out.
But to stop this cell life of
the body would, as every one
knows, cause death. The problem
was to change this process in the
cells-to reverse it if possible,
and this | have succeeded in do
ing. The infant in the box was a
woman twenty years of age. My
note book and letters that l have
saved will tell enough to sub
stantiate my story, and the en-
closed statement of the young
"oHldil HtTSelI IeliS the rest.
Don't let the burners go out.
If it is too late when you read
this letter, save the retorts and
test tubes at all costs. Give them
to Comstock with this letter. He
will know what to do Signed,
Bert And here is the other"
continued Comstock.
TO whom it may concern:
This is to say that l voluntarily
gave myself up to experimentation
by DR.. Albert Rollins, and | fully
realize the possible results. Doctor
Rollins performed a great service
for me and my mother when she
was suffering from an incurable
disease. This debt of gratitude |
wished to repay. When the
normal opportunities of payment
had been denied me, and l learned
something of the work of Doctor
Rollins and its value to humanity