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BRINGING THE
DEAD
TO LIFE
A MACHINE THAT
CLAIMS THE MIRACLE
nAITT cases of suspended anima
tion which heretofore hare been
considered hopeless may now,
it ts believed, be treated with
perfect erttoeeas. It Is no exaggeration,
Jn other words, to say that the dead, or
at lea«t very many cases pronounced
dead, may be actually restored to life.
Men wt»o have been Wiled to all ap
pearances by asphyxiation, narcotic pel
•on or drowning come under thjs class,
as well as those who fall to recover
from the effects ef anesthetics. Men
•who nave been apparently frosen to
death are also readily treated, and last,
but cot least, eases of ctUr Intoxica
tion may be quickly restored to so
briety In a few minutes. A Southern
•dentist has Invented a very ingenious
mechanical contrivance rrnloh works
these wonders. In the series of actual
experiments performed before a more
cr less skeptical audience astonishing
results with all euch cases have been
obtained.
The Inventor of the machine wbieh la
popularly acclaimed to bring back the
dead to life Is Professor George Poe of
Norfolk. Va. Professor Poe, it should
be understood, does not make too ex
travagant claims for the efficiency of
his machine. He declared that neither
his method will raise the dead nor. will
any other Instrument after the vital
tissues hare actually ceased to perform
their functions, but that as long as
there is the faintest spark of life left
In the body It may be fanned Into a
Came. It Is believed that this method
sroee further than any. heretofore con
ceived, and that a considerable portion
of those who are given up as dead, no
matter what the cause of death maybe,
nay actually be restored to life.
The machine used in this extraor
dinary work Is based upon a compara
tively simple theory. It . Is modeled
tipen the human heart, and It is 'a cora-
S>!!oated looking affair, which In no
pray resembles the organ of life, al
though its function Is very similar.
The machine consists of two cylinders
fsrhiea eorrespand exactly to the right
THE VIPER OF JVHIiAFf
t fcaattaie4 v«r*tablea aha was rather
teg together.
"Who art. tlseti that then knewest
Botr Che asked. \u25a0
"X cam* from Flerenoe," said tha lad
.pdcldy, "traveling to Verona."
To Veroaal Thou art not on thy way
ta Veroaa here."
• 1 know tt, but the company ire
traveled with was bound for t Milan.
Three days ago we missed them and
thought to find them In th* city Tk*itre
«r* looked te spend th* night, but
cow . >*"
E* glanced at his companion and
cculd soaree refrain from weeping.
To Veronar faid an old peasant,
tnrnlnc sharply at the name. ' "To , Va-
Tenar
Th* child dropped again to his knees
beside Tomaso.
"Tea," he said, over his shoulder. -
"My cousin — he is done to death, I fear
,xne— and I were traveling by "way of..
&C!lan to Delia Scala's court — -f :
He broke off and wrung his bands.
*Dh. help me, some one; Toraas* is
j dyingl" «
With a certain dull humanity, kind
ness it could scarcely be called, that
jTras so inert and full of apathy, one or
two of them gave what help they \u25a0
could.
"Thou art from Florence!" said the
eld man again. "Aye, indeed. I know
«i thou art from Florence, for thy mate
here to have had such darinsr. Why
-earnest thou from Florence to any- ;
* I where by way of Milan?"'
For even to the dull mind of the
"peasantry, Florence, which alone of tbV
cities of Italy had preserved her lib
erty. seemed a country of the free, a
: republic of equality.
?: "Tomaso's father sent for. him to
reuse co him in Delia Scala's court, and
as last year my father was slain In" the
, wars with Venice, eince then I have
resided with my ' cousin— and so ac
company him— having naught . else'
• to dol"
The boy looked, up bewildered; he
was half dased with this sudden mls
. fortune. ; . .
**We go to .Veronai" he repeated. "We
hare food and a little money— if only
-this had trot* happened 1" , ' '
He turned to hie prostrate cousin and*
burst Into tears.
Tbe woman looked at him : with pity;
\u25a0 tb* old peasant shrugged 'his - should
ers.
"Thy cousin was over-bold I As well
t Cac* the evil one—" he mumbled i and
crossed himself, "as step into the path,
' of the— " he stopped 'abruptly, and cast
and left ventricles and to the right
and left auricles of the heart. Each of
these has as Inlet and an outlet valve,
so that the work It performs ts, after
all, very similar to that of the human'
heart. Each . cylinder , has its , plunger
like any ordinary engine,- and- these
are .made to work simultaneously,
pumping poisonous gases or water, as
the case may be, out of the lungs and
again pumping oxygen into them. The
present model, which, Professor Poe
uses' w|th astonishing results. Is of the
simplest mechanism.
The patient j« treated by applying
to the nostril* the pipes connected with
the machine. The machine la con
nected, with a tank containing oxygen
and with a glass jar Riled with water,
and fnto this is inserted' in turn the
-tubes 'connected with the cylinders.
Two long tubes made of gas stove
tubing are ' also v connected . with the
cylinders, while inlet and outlet valves
are attached at the operating ends. In.
operating tha contrivance these valves
are placed In the nostrils of the sub
ject. The subject's mouth is incident
ally kept closed while the gases are
pumped out and the oxygen is being
forced in.
The general principle of the appar
atus is comparatively simple, but the
results due to this delicate adjustment
are simply revolutionary. In a great
many cases where the instrument has
been csed the effect In supplementing
the heart action has appeared almost
miraculous, so that in a few minutes
the chest of a person given up for dead
has been seen breathing as in actual
-life.' •
In order to test the efficiency of the
life restoring apparatus a series of ex
periments were made 'a few days ago
-before an audience specially chosen for
the purpose. It Included a number of
people who .were absolute skeptics. In
the company were Dr. J. P. Jackson of
Soutb>Norfolki Va.; Dr. Francis S. Mor
gan and ' a number, of newspaper men.
The experiment was. conducted under
the personal direction of Professor Poe
.'and: Dr. Jackson. A white rabbit was
the first subject. First of all, the rab
bit was, injected with two and* a half
Grains of -morphine,, the Injection being
made In its leg. 2 Seven ounces of ether
was then administered. In a few min
utes the rabbit '\u25a0 showed \u25a0 absolutely .no
signs . of life. A careful examination
- failed to reveal any heart action. _ \u25a0
The test was carried so far as to
' place a mirror at the little animal's
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uneasy glances around him. •':-.'[ • -
"And that?" cried ' the boy, - his tears •
arrested, "that man on horseback V- : ? :.
—That was the Vlscontl! Aye! Olan
Oaleazzo Maria,* Duke of Milan t" -
The lad .gazed down the road with
interest and new terror/ • '
- The Duke of Milan 1 He who lately,
warred with Florence I" he cried breath-:
lessly. V
*. "Aye, ; and beat herl" There was <a '
touch of pride In - the answer,' for tho -
peasant was , of . Milan, v But the boy
did not notice the remark; he. was too
absorbed In terrified ' conjecture. - v ' .
"And. they in the carriage— ••*!.-; bo
whispered. ";: .'-.">. " ..\u25a0 • \u25a0 •; -.;- '•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. '- ;
A silence fell. .The crowd shuffled
away from him. and turned their faces
to the city. " Used. to scenes, of horror
as they were, the \ cavalcade that had :\u25a0\u25a0
Just passed them seemed, even to their
half hearts, to have chilled the sun
light with Its terror. V .
\u25a0V A-' young : woman -suddenly.; snatched
her child up ; from ; the ground and .
strained it to' her in b. passion of dis- ;
-tress. " " •'". - ' TV, " ; . - : . \
"Oh, 5 Lugi.vL.ugi; my little child, It
was' his father and mother, his father ;
and mother f* ; . '
She grasped the old ! man's arm.
"Marked you how she looked at me?"
she cried.
The peasant checked . her outbreak,
but looked down the road -with gloomy
eyes.' .:'\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0 - '\u25a0.. '\u25a0\u25a0/. '.'\u25a0"'; \u25a0
."They will never return from Bres
cia," he said; "they must be near.'sev
enty—old for such-an end. V However,-:
hush thee, woroßn,. 'tis no affair, of
ourst" Several anxious voices • echoed '
him."
"WJhy should we.carer said one, *?tis ;
a Vlscontl tbe less to crush us."
And Vlttore saw ? the f /whole band
turning off, pushing. : drivlng.l and i urg- ;
ing their beasts along. He : dragged at i
his still senseless companion In a sud
den panic. •' ,'\u25a0-.'
.' "Help meT he ' said. "We would on;
I dare not stay alone." - ' / '
The old man laughed harshly.
"Where will . you on :. to? -. Are we to
drag you' Into Milan to be whlppedito*
death for harboring you; and 1 . Verona
is in the hands of the Vlscontl-— his last
and greatest victory."- \ : , *
"But . my, upcle^— Delia Ecala's courtr
cried the boy, dlstractedlyr,The old man
drew himself : up In his ' rags i and : spoke
with a. mixture of: pride^ and awe.',
"Mastino della Scala ' perished In the '
fiamei , of „ bis burning palace ; his ; wife
is a prisoner, yonder in Milan, in the
Viscontl's hands. , Thou hast"; not ' much 5
to look for : from Delia Scale's court,"
:he said. ' '.' \u25a0 . • ' ':\u25a0 .'\u25a0 ;;\u25a0 ; \u25a0;-' : : \u25a0- -..{•:'•-,
"Hold thy peacel Hold thy: peacel"
cried angry' voices. ""What * hast :\u25a0 thou
to do with . such* as her* and the old
man, whose • better .' Intelligence I made
him a source of danger : to the \u25a0: others,
was dragged away. . .. " ? . \u25a0•.•.....:
"But thou wilt not leave me • heref ,
eaid Vlttore. in distress, irwhere^sball
I got What i shall I dor* But the
peasant folk were not much' moved by
mouth and nostrils, but absolutely no
breathing- was indicated. After fifteen
minutes both of the doctors present de
clared that they could:, not detect the
faintest signs of life In the rabbit. Thor
apparatus was then pet In motion. Tho
tubes connected with cylinders were
applied to the rabbit's nostrils -and the"
cylinder pumps were started. > On* of -.
these pumps was employed to pump out
the. poison while the QtheV forced . oxy- .
yen into the lungs, Which were" in' sin,
state of absolute collapse. After five
minutes', vigorous action not the slight- '
est sign of life was visible. " - • '-
Restoring, Life
Shortly after, however,; a slight
breathing motion became visible, .'• The
apparatus, which has been carefully ad
justed las the - machinery; permfts,
through the sides :of .the lungs,;" was
kept in energetlo- motion/; After ten
minutes had ; elapsed J tha ' body, pf < the j
rabbit' was seen. to visibly, quiver.' "?lf ,
was something less than fifteen minutes
after the action had been commenced
upon. this "dead* rabbit when the little'
animal staggered to -Its feet. '-The ac
tion or the: respirator was then' stopped,"
and the | rabbit . continued : to J improve
very quickly. In something less than
a half hour after the*. Injection": had
been made the "dead", rabbity was; as
lively :as ever, and it was^ only,* with;
some difficulty that it "could .be J held'
long enough to satisfy* the , photogra-;.
phers." ' .. 'V: :': ' '..'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ; / '\u25a0. ''' : ':''' : '7?. v; /, *,'\u25a0\u25a0
. The same. or a similar, test has: been
made with other- animals; ,-• In 1 several .
cases human beings have been restored
in the same manner, only. : somewhat
less quickly. : In treating^; a i human»be
- Ing .the ; body. Is extended at full length
and the tubes ; are inserted In exactly
the 'same way. ' ? Human patients' have
his misfortunes, 1 too much .used'? to 1
scenes* like » this.- ...» : -:\y. -.- .* - : ; -JJJ^:.X ';'•
"We risk our. necks i by .staying ,.by.'V
thee," growlel! one . dark-browed i. man:i
"Asi for thy companion,: it;"ls- filajown .;
mad d olng. •',".'* He . is d ead, 'and : we > mey c
be dead. this time tomorrow;. and kicked
Into the ditch Jlko him.'' T :;, .^
Even "the: women 'listened -blankly*, to}:
his entreaties, and the throng/sullenly :
"departed \u25a0 on; Its -way. : \u25a0:.*\u25a0 \u25a0' "." :'- \u25a0_::\u25a0\u25a0 ;.± -.'-".
"Any \u25a0 moment >a : soldier \u25a0> of i the". 5 Vis- /
conti may come by, ,or the Vlscojjtii
himself may return^' then any ;6ne' found.;
tending- ono of. his" victims wlll^be|lma*
sorry pllght.'V'.Thls, mumbled 'qut^wltht
curses at ,the .delay,.. was their only \u25a0
answer. \u0084'\u25a0/:"_ v ...""'\u25a0 V-" \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0-: '\u25a0:',
.The peasants of' "Lbmbardy; lived' in :
the shadow : of an awful" name. v Qian*:
: Oaleazzo Maria Vlscontl; knew/neither
fear of God nor "man, neither, pity nor ''-
remorse."- >V \u25a0 j/~ r - / \.'*:r';/' : ,
. The young Florentine . sank down
upon the grass, - and • looked \u25a0 after "j the '\u25a0
. retreating train ; in <:. mute } distress.* ; To f
seek for help would mean to, leave his
cousin, and « ho /could .noti.move -him.;.
Tomaso ; lay , lny a ;deep 1 swoon,':tfor '
the blow had " driven I him i back upon fa .
stone. Terribly;- wounded about ;tbe
face, .Tomaso added, to his young cou-"
sin's distress • by; his ; ghastly > apppear-i
ance, i his ; head T bound * In s: rough J ban—
dages. torn * from; Vittore's -clothing,'
and now: darkly, r stained J with^ blood; V
The boy wrung his hands"' and ; looked '\u25a0
up and down the road— -no one In sight,
- It ' was Just. after • the'vylctbry/ in t theTi
:^^ long-standing, wars -. between the ' cities; '
Verona; had ofallen! Into 'the; Viscontl's!
hands; Interchange of traffic was for
the time laid low; 1 the road , was likely
; to -be * deserted, and •; for "?• hours - none
passed, v :';;/;\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0.. : - -..\u25a0\u25a0.,;\u25a0_ \ : ; \u25a0;\u25a0'. -r- \u25a0
The boy t dragged Tomaso's head and
shoulders j as < far 'lnto' the; shade -as 'he •
i could ;' manage,' remoistened 'the ' iban-'
adages' about his head, and fried : to force
down * his ..throat some of the t food and
drink th ey; carried.^ But the ; youth! mut->
tered i between \u25a0 clenched > teeth;'^ and jj lay \u25a0
with ! wlde-s taring eyes, Inert and unre
r sponslve.' ri His j, had Sire
turned, but he was} delirious j in^feven ;
As Vthe 1 day,; wore* on,* new,: and; sicken- >
ing terror; seized oa' : Vlttdre.^The\Vls-'
cont! % would ; return ji to \u25a0 .Milan!-' Hiding
k his face In \u25a0; his hands, '. he ' sobbed | aloud. "
I Since ; »c \ bright ' dawn *of \ the • morning >
/ what t "a rv change '\u25a0', ln w prospects ! V Della^
.* Scala's court f a ruln-^-and • Tomaso's h fa- ;
; ther— his uncle, the onlyiparent'he'jhad
ever i known-^what Sof « him 1 S And iTo-1
maso tool;; He must sit there -and see
'. ; hlmTdle beside -him.",:~As ' thel noontide'
i. waned, he had j fallen again Into stupor,
.and the, boy looked at his changed face
\u25a0 distractedly.: \u25a0 '. \u25a0 '/•/\u25a0•. ';:ri : ,:^r •:.:'?:\u25a0' \u25a0
;;<J"He'ls.dea(3r he r crted,{n ; iknow she Is
-: dead 1" .\u25a0:.;" But «\u25a0 he dared I not| leave"! him ; \u25a0
V besides, , Milan " held £a £ terror.M and S he]
would ? scarcely dare *to \ enter^lt. "SPerf ;
haps jwhen.; the Jpeaeantsireturheditheyi
T, might" have pity, on ; them; i lf \u25a0 not-^egalni
his f sobs 1 ;, filled S up % thai lonely .ifoiuilook.*
The r long 3 hours ' dragged |by ; la T ; horsei"'
man passed,, ay mercenary .laden with'
some plunder - from Veronai ', be, did ; not i"
\u25a0 even ) turn in ,-' his saddle.^: "K? few peas- ;
: ants /came : back f rom r Milan, % seeking I
[ their .: huts, around . the; neighboring \u25a0 vll- [ j
las.' ;But they were asjdeaf ; to ; his .cries .
as r before; ;. he 'could':' come s with' themllf : .?
hevllked; : but the others-he >waa i's dead£"
a^d'kllled by the Vlscontl;; let him; lie
\u25a0there/ And now, Vlttore^was In despair; 1
'tbe/sun- was. beginning; to; drop behind
the the S delicate \\ stems |of j the Q
poplars ;stretchedi,'in^long- blue shad-} \u25a0'.'
.ows,^,the- faint igolderiVllght 'lay/ across I
1 the; primroses, making I them- falryllke..^
.. r a ". step^ aroused ; hlhi. Some 'one •
along the, road. ' Hestarted torhls fee.t, :
: >nd ; there,. still in the distance,'but*rap - r
:' Idly,: approaching, : was j the ? figure ;• a*,-;
?traveler,,Jhis shad ow^tTirown "'/before '•
him, his face set toward Milan. ,r. : \u0084' ; : .'-\
CHAPTEBiTWO ' ,--';-'
.'.- ' .\u25a0 ' - . '^"rancleco" '''.\u25a0 ' >" ' {/_ ;i/ '?[: .
.v*y..l'ii GLEAM of'-j'hope. sent .Vittore "
./jA forward. Hero ;was somo - one
f~T~V who, alone and on foot, .must';
> -know the perils of . travel, and
\u25a0 might be kind hearted; .though, .with :
dead, what 'even :^pityj. could *
\u25a0> do : for : hlm he scarcely knew. \u0084Then;
\ again the. boy's heart failed him. Per
haps this was no more than some wan-:;
: derlng ! rpbber. \u25a0/. He . paused, drew, back,-,
; and the traveler came * on] not ' noticing V
;hlm,! his gaze fixed-. keenly J on'the7dls-Z
:;tant :'city. \u25a0 :'\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 "\u25a0 ...•-\u25a0*•\u25a0" % - : - i ;- i ". \u25a0'C' i -^'\ •.;\u25a0 :<':j.: '
.•:-'i'3y -the roadside some boulders, half
i- hidden ::ln violets Tm and *• y golden /with •;
.moss,' offered a seat, s and [-.half. 'stumbling ;f
r^ over { them the ; stranger j abruptly '.? with- 1
2 drew; his eyes from ; Milan;: and ; saw^ f or '
: the 'first . time v the j boy, V^who - from .a'
1 :; few ' paces off was * timorously? observ- '
': \u25a0\u25a0 i. -'.J-'',':' '•'/ v*" v ; ;" /j«--::,r:..
'^\u25a0f- He, was a powerful >man of 'glgantio ',
'j, size, i clothed .-.. ml coarse ?i leather,*? \\ un-v
dressed.: patched,: slashed •: and , f travel-: y
worn.; v His legs .were|bound* v wlth" straw \u25a0
' and < thongs v of .sklnr.the^feet r ;
' In '} rough .wooden "shoes /-stuffed"; with";
t' grass." ~\\~ ,- '^ ,':-\- : :'':\u25a0•.-\u25a0 :i--'\"; J,':-' ;'\u25a0'. ~ ' ''. •:.
• ';'\u25a0'•'- A : ; battered . leathern reap,* covered this.t his .
t head,;: "arid v from . his shoulder V hung * a:~a :~
I ragged : : scarlet = cloalci^A * dagger ' and •a Y
sword were stuck > In"? his ; beltr ; a ] leather '
v; pouch, hung at; hip tslde.^ The Oman's
i face : and bearing " hlstdress.' He .
j not"«haridsome, -; and (aTpeeullar J ef- J
: feet was given to the expression ;byithe I
n half-shut • browngeyes, '% buty he : |bed a:
I grave 'and stately bearing, and' ac he a
% little* unclosed f a searching gase upon j
".Vlttore,Uhe \ boy i felt ? rene wad fanbour-'i!
vagementx I'^^.1 '^^.- ;•\u25a0\u25a0- : " :'"-.':\u25a0"\u25a0< ::--X^--- ! -'/:.'- \u25a0V, ; -^.
n cried the lad advanoing, •*! am
"' in '; great distress; h' My cousin \ lies there -.
r« dead^ or dying." Help me to "get him to^
5 some '% shelter."- -V* : * v^-t' S: >"' v: ''^^- * *\u25a0'*? \u25a0•*\u25a0'\u25a0
\im \u25a0a i stranger inhere," replied
- traveler,: J'and j have) no" shelter : for * niyi =
1 "^;.:-?:":^' C:^-^y'-p r'r:
%-**His accent; 1 Ike his bearin g. J again ~* be- j
i lied • his \u25a0 dress, ty He ! spoke Jin ; the ; refined ;
\u25a0jTuscanUongue^the language of jthe^bet-:';
p, ter LTclasses,'^ and '% to lttore.^.who jt was j
gently nurtured, more familiar than the.
f. rough \u25a0; dialect % of i Ijbflqbardy^'whlohj he \
\u25a0; and iToroaso] could t only 1 badly !comp re
rhend.-;v'-3.;',::; ~ : r^ \u25a0"'< '-s'+^x \u25a0•r'^liviv,:
;' * "But V7hat ; I can . find [ t or ; myself,"^ he
% added; '• "thou art -^welcome i, to : share.
£Wherevlsithy?cou3lnr r :',A>^ f ; . :^ ; " r '.X^.
Vlttore pointed to the recumbent fig
ure half-hidden in the bank; the' man
glanced ' across, then around him. Tbe
pun was almost eet, a whole flock of
delicate little pink clouds lay trembling
over Milan, Us noble outline already
half In shadow. ; ?• ' . .
v-2 '.'lt will ; be dark s oon.*f •he saW, :"and'
perchance—" he r broke off "abruptly.
•\u25a0Thy cousin, didst thou sayT — what has
happened to." him? .Wounded \u25a0In some:
roadside fray?'* •;/.\u25a0• '~-: : : .-- - ..-. .--'_: '- : :\-.'</'
He rose as he spoke and crossed over
to t the \ fallen s boy. //'And • what are. . you
Hwo'H doing;- traveling,- alone'T' he de-.
manded sternly. '. -T^ •
,{ i,"AlaM, s measer, '. we. : are { going to Ye«
1 rona."V"V ;''-\u25a0:. "\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0:''_'-\u25a0 ':< ;'.-: .- : ---:. '\u25a0\u25a0 ; l ; . .:/'.'
;V" "To Verona,. by ', way of Milan?" •
X"We had no choice. The company we
traveled with were bound : hither, but
three 1 days • ago we * missed - them.? and
came on here \u25a0 alone, lest perhaps they
had preceded us. But for this accident
we thought to pass the night In Milan—
; but now. .what ehall wedo? and we hear,:
. that Verona; has been*takenj":jij". »
The" stranger ; was : bending orer .To
maso, fand ! Vlttore did not ; see his face.
; >c,"How "did .: this ~. happen ?'.'« he asked
' presently," touching : the : mark upon .To
maso's face.v And. Vlttore told him. . :
.• The ' stranger .^ was ; quiet "\u25a0 a long
'. breath. " : *~-' \u25a0'\u25a0'" ;i;:-'":*-; i ; : -'" : *-- \u25a0.\u25a0 ;;\u25a0 '\u25a0' ; . '\u25a0"'& -
;. • VSo ? this.ls Viscontl's ;dplng.", ; he ; said
at '; last. "Thy cousin Is a bravo lad." i ;
j~ VAnd v he". fell.. again i into a , silence
which Vlttore v dared; not break, whllf
"under .s the .,* stranger's ; s care Tomaso
opened i his i eyes i and ; feebly 'i muttered
anA tried to: rise. Bot the other .bade
; .hlm> walti a while and; turned to -Vlt-?;
tore again..;*' y'v. -'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0"->\u25a0''. \- '\u25a0•**\u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0. " • '•\u25a0 ''
•; "And ; which way did Vlsoont* ride?^
the^asked. : ; ; T ; -v : - i ;. "'' ', \u25a0\u25a0 ' : '-' : . - - .'\u25a0 •' • -
The boy polnted.'\"The peasants said
It was i toward 3 Brescia." " - ?-'-"\u25a0 \u25a0
' VAtid ; he has : not yet re-entered . Ml
;lan??-- '' \u25a0 : .: .\u25a0\u25a0::„.\u25a0'.:\u25a0 :\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0 •».•.\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0:'\u25a0-; '. -
• "No. j mefcser." By now ; Vlttore , felt
and ehowed : respect. J. .:::, -:
I '\u25a0" "Then lwe \ will ;not ) enter Milan : eith
er," said v the stranger, "since Vlscontl
;; ~ has": not", 1 ; :: \u25a0*\u25a0{, '.:~\^-: \u25a0''\u25a0--'<-\u25a0 ' r '\u25a0\u25a0 ~k '\u25a0 .- \u25a0V \u25a0
'The " boy-: gared*^ on i him, » struck i by
I his i tone,^ and .Tomaso's f eyes,\ half-clos
ing,'-";: reopened ;?and •>'' fixed -i themselves
>n ithe \u25a0, stranger's jface.;:; t; Y : S :>\u25a0!\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 •',
;\u25a0; "Messer.V you [ hate S Vlscontl V ':, whls
' pered Vlttora .: -^ ? " \u25a0"'-; ; '\u25a0... .: : -''.\u25a0;}\u25a0_ y'- r: .-\
-The man \ laughed , shortly.- There are
fmany, in . tiombardy; who \u25a0> hate > Visconii,*?
\ he ' said. "Perhaps ' l ' not less : than ' oth
ers.:ißoy,"ihe added," with ii sudden In»_
c tensity," .'1 have : only • two I things •to \ live
; for: one Is to > tell Viscontl to , his . faoe
; what fone^ man's! hatred i!i.^w*:^^- -.^ .v
And- leaving them half terrified, he
strode Into the road, and shading his
eyes looked long end searchlngly away
% t rom Milan ; bu t i the dusk was ; settling
,\u25a0 fast, not a soul ! in sight. 1 not a sound. ..';
r2~*: PresentJy,-»with* an -alr/of .relief, «born
jof b e w-spr un g resol v tlon, the | stranger
'*. returned 1 to £ the T exoectant r . boys;-",
. , Revlved^by^hjs tendance and by the
cool evening air, Tomaso \ was \u25a0 helped
;i" upon his , feet. Vittore clasped ; his hands
| infj6yjto,Bee:hina;«nove again. V-V^ 5.-' /
: "Messer,*' how ? shall ]; we \u25a0 thank \u25a0 thee !7 •
i,he ; .exclalmedJtV:^\-.>^. :.;;*:;. -..VvC?;;. "\u25a0'.'. '•',*;,''
'-'.; "Calif me"tFriinclsco,"isald tbV trav
i elen^Urrhoulwertp Journeying^ toXVer-~
ona, didst vthou "say? What kinsman
-hastithou^there?^.':^^: : ,'/, ."i.i.^'-X' v y y'r- "-'
'\u25a0 -;%"My v'Jj father," "', whispered -".-.'" Tomaso
feebly, "Georgto L.lgo«zl." Leaning
against 'the stranger. Indeed half-car
rled by him. Tomaso felt Rim start.
"Thou knewest him, . messerr*
- : "He was put high In favor at Delia
Bcala'a court, and sent for us to share
hlsT fortune," put 4n Vtttore eagerly.
"Ah," said Francisco. "Delia Scala's
court has perished. lam from Verona.
| saw .It burned.". 1 :,. - .
Tomaso's head sunk disxlly upon his
helper's shoulder. Vittore's young
heart swelled, then seemed to break
within him. Hevchoked back his sobs.
"And Delia ficala — and my uncle: did
they perish, too?" -\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0'. . .-\ -'\u25a0
"Who can tell r* replied the stranger
sternly. "Who shall , say * who perished
or who i not on - such ia ; night as that
on which Verona fellH: . v .
"But Delia Scala's wife, the Duchess,
Us yonder, prisoner; In Milan." 7 . : . - v
'"And^that proves, thou thlnkest.
Delia 6cala must be dead! Maybe; who .
knows? All c. the ? same, thou art a
; brave C lad and a(\u25a0 gallant^ for ?>ther
- thought.":^;^ \u25a0 \u25a0•;•'.: - ":"."i «.• '-'\u25a0\u25a0 • \u25a0
: \u25a0 He paused to rest Tomaso <\u25a0. on the
boulders that had been his: seat "And
for - that speech of \ time ? I'll - tell . theo
something, boy.' • I. am the .Viscontrs.
foe. For the sake of Delia Scala,,whom^
I knew, for the sake of Verona, where
j I lived, . v for i the .: sake of something
dear er to a man than life, 1 I am ; sworn •
; to hunt him do wn— and now, no more.
We will seek shelter." .
Resting . Tomaso's ' head ; against ? his •
: knee, ' Francisco turned a : trained .and -.
searching gaze about him. .
p To the right, 1 on some thickly wooded.
sllghtlf r rising if ground; could sbe 'dis-:
cerned the unmistakable outline of :_a
great wail; built to a monstrous 'height.,
no -doubt i the s boundary ; of ;; a H . villa of ;
unysual ; sUe and \u25a0;- magnificence. Be
neath the wall, v half-hidden by \ a grove"
;of chestnuts. - was ' the ' usual '\u25a0\u25a0 cluster : of
huta: the dwellings of s the hinds and
-vassals of the villa's noble owner. But
no ' smoke : trailed I upward, nor did * any '
sign of life strike i upon the ear. ' J r
i'-. TWa will try those huts yonder," said*
' Francisco.' ."They ; are far enough'; from .
the * road f or ; security, " yet ,not ; , too. f ar^
I; to > hamp a r any >. return -,h, hi ther. '\u25a0'; ' ,They,
seem deserted, but even If inhabited."?
itbeyi: are 'scarcely^ likely ito : refuse mci
shelter for, a. wounded, boy.". v \ >
. x And Vlttore, looking at; his sl2e: and
stern vfappearance.l.. thankfully- agreed*
'. with - him. • Almost "carrying ITomaso, ?
v" Francisco f led ~ the " way, and'? quickly,
t reached i a ', footpath ' which," »af teri many .
r twlstings, '; brought? them » out r lnto V a 1
Hurf -grown ;• opening : around -three sides \u25a0
;of i which* the : cottages r werej bull t.",r The ;
$ fourth :\ was f. the •: wall f Inclostng .Ithe :
'' grounds, '-» and i along ; lt,"r bordering I. a*
ran:.- a'j pleasant Tpath!' which, Vas:
U they.* subsequently 'discovered,! led ito* a«
'small .'.stream,/?; artificially extended. _
S where'lt ? passed ithe; villa,": to' a ;lake -of \u25a0
someinot* lnconsiderable size., - :-\u25a0/• . "
(rj- But, "_a» .; Francisco '\u25a0', had j surmised. . ' the .
;"" whole place ; stood .empty'; and .
- though ,: It * could -: not have 'L beenMong i
since the ' fagots ' had ': blazed on , the open *
'; hearths. ; . Signs ' of ;were -too
\u25a0^recent.v.*- : \-s.'.-:~': ; : 'l ; -'. \u25a0"•-;-.!'*• '-." I ; ."' .' ' \u25a0'.'\u25a0-\u25a0 "V-." '
:- The iwayfarers gated ..about . them;
wonderingly. ; ; ' It* was a ; place' of charm. ;
iThelf ast- grown <; grass ; was ; thick .with
i- flowers; v and >r a \wooden^ f bucket C hung ;
.: Idly \ from the chain ,- above' tho wooden
- runn«l; "\u25a0'.\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0 -'-. ':-^ • '-'\u25a0--:\u25a0\u25a0•.\u25a0.\u25a0> : - -\u25a0'-"*''" \\ >
Saa Praadsca Smaay Can
p««n treated for aspnynsTHra. dro-wnv
ing and Intoxication." Professor Po*
declare* that tt is Impossible tor a man
Co breathe freely sustaining life tor an
Indefinite period with his mouth tightly
closed «o long as the points of his In
strument are in. the man's nostrils and
the pumps are working properly. Ths
professor has himself submitted to
these tests and has demonstrated that
for ten minutes and even longer he caa
live without a single draft of air being
taken to his lungs .except throngh the
medium of the oxygen ' cylinder.
7h# professor claims remarkable ef
ficiency for this contrivance In reviv
txtg. cases of extreme Intoxication. The
theory of tb* treatment Is that his ma
chine will pump the liquor gases, oat of
the lungs, at the same time aupplyinr
them "with oxygen. The sane result*
have been obtained In cases ef asphyxi
ation, carbolic ' poisoning or drowning.
Remarkable results have also been ob
tained in ease ef "infant asphyxia" oc
curring at childbirth. This Is of course
a condition which threatens the life tt
a considerable proportion of children.
In! other words. •Mead" babies are
brought to Ufa.
A syndicate has been formed "t*> re-
Store the dead to life." While thl»
would seem to be the last word la syn
dicates, it nevertheless will be seen to
be a legitimate enterprise. While it
may ba astonish! tg to think of a cor
poration' declares dividends based
upon the number of people raised from
the dead, the enterprise is neverthe
less legitimate. One of the most ap
pealing phases of work Is to be found
In the correspondence which every day
reaches the ofSee of the life restoring
syndicate. The mail of the company is
filled with heart breaking appeals. The
fathers and mothers. of children who
have been dead for weeks and months
send Imploring letters begging Prof «•
for Poe to bring back to them the souls
ef their little ones. Several letters
hare been received !n which people
have i offered -to *, forward at . once the
bodies of members of ' their families
over which the last funeral services
' have been held.
While disclaiming any power .other
than a purely scientific one. Professor
' Poe Is nevertheless confident, and It
would seem Justly so, of the efficacy of
his machine. It Is pointed out that a
\u25bccry considerable number of those who
laxe tTlven up a« dead are really, amen
able to this mechanical treatment. la
ether words, many of the "dead" may
be restored to life.
Supporting Toma"o, Franeieo© turned
Into the nearest hut. and noted It was
better fashioned and better fitted than
many of the like. A low doorway ad
mitted into the long divisions of tha
space, each lit by small squar* open-
Ings In the walls. The light by now
had faded, and save that It was empty
.of : lifer, little else would have beea
discernible, but a portion of the roof
had been broken away, as if by some
plkeman's reckless thrust, and through
the ' gap of some qf the sweet spring
dusk showed them faintly their sur
roundings. A few stools, a. wooden
table roughly hewn, a broken earthen
ware bowl, and a rudely painted eruoi
fix half -torn; from the wall, oompleted
the furniture. ': ' . '.'..' '"
"They fled in • haste," said Francisco
grimly. "Has Vlscontl been here, too?"
r "See," cried Vlttore, and he picked up
from his feet a silver goblet.
-The other turned from where he had
; laid Tomaso down and took it from
him" eagerly, . •\u25a0 v . •
\u25a0." The piece, .was heavily chased, bear
ing : a" raised shield, wrought ' with the
German eagle • and 2 lettering "US."
."German.-) he said, blunder. Pos
sibly from the villa. .This may account
for- its desertion. ..Tee—no doubtt the
owner 'of .,', the : villa has crossed Yts
.contl's path." ' -.- -/r/ r v,-
And his l teeth \u25a0 ground over, the 'name
as he set the goblet on the table, where
It " gleamed * with a • faint ghostly light.
\u25a0'; "Sleep,",/ he : said 'presently to Vlt
.tore, ."Eat ;this. and 'then 'sleep., Thou
\u25a0 canst do so • safety.** . -
-'The boy," glancing -., up ' Into his faoe,
believed t him, - and "was '\u25a0t- soon lost to
- everything ? in \ the deep . sleep of utter
weariness .mind and . body. Fran
cisco bent above Tomaso and gave him.
• wine to swallow, and . set water by his
side, h The * youth > caught the hand . that
tended him ar.d klsspd it.
'", "I; am* grateful," he .murmured. "To
morrow I - shall v be \u25a0 welt"
vv r _ "Aye," * getv 4 better," said Frandsco.
"Thou mayst be ' some service If thou
.wilt.>.-rNay." added, checking To
maso's feeble > but eager.,' Impulse. "T
Yknbw .-. not % yet Cwhat ') 1 .. can " do - myself.
: But we ' have a cause. In . common." and
"he smiled* faintly. "And now sleep. You
I sought ? Delia , Scala's ,'court. I will not
; desert thee."- '
Taking : his ; tattered : cloak from his
- s shoulders •he laid tt .over;; him, and To
maso lay back on the ready spread
couch> of heather and watched peace
ffuiiy:=:-;;;:t;v>'-^^r>.^.f fuiiy: = :-; ; ;:t;v>'-^^r>.^. ••:• . ;\u25a0
C i There * was no light ;tn7the hut. but
; the} mponshlne 'began.-to show across
- the open i dbbrway, *,' Francisco . pulled a
' stool. to' the*. table, .ohu 'sitting drew out
i his- dagger and carefully examined it;
r laid . it ready. .i".Then)te* felt In his wal
' let.^aa.lf. to;reassurafr4ma4l_|.Qf aoms
r thing./: and S then 'Tomaso * saw . him . slip
-something In hls^ hand— -It gleamed; a
"Vv oo ts be?'* thought the youth, not
- sure he gazed , upwh reality. "Who ' is
\u25a0•her.; \u25a0.:..'.'\u25a0/ - .': \u25a0: "
;;- ! .Then ..he ; do2ed unwittingly.^; and
: waking' with*' a r start saw. the moonr
rlight -.streaming :^t)»ronsh tha broken
/roof.'i the 1 faint: stars, 1 and near him ,Vit
"tore-sleeping; The goblet still shone
i upon the , crazy ; table. - but . the hut door
;. had « been . dosed '; and, -. save , for * iHaem
selvas,,the place was empty. \u25a0
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