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THE BY NEMESIS. w. 0 MORROW ~ extre'llrd1Dary Illustration of the shifts to 1Dterference with the normal operat on of w k 1cl1 nature will resort m her efforts to that principle, as m the case of amputation d~rivatrnn of the tools with wh10b she ts exolanat1on of these wondtirful my1teriet' Tu my travels &broad I once encountered evidently ma.rvellous results of a senous G>l"er<:ome tbe 1Dconven1ence a.rism~ from a. Is it possible that there is danger ofjt.oo much I aeewitomed to work and the fa ts of the <!<!ISS &re sufficiently peculiar and trag10 to wa.rran~ their relation I was summone~ from Calcu th to proceed 'to'the heart of India, bemg wanted by a ~erta1n r1cn and powerful ra.1a.h to perform a '<l&ngerous surgical operation upon one of ~ women of his hou@ehold I found the <ra1a.h t l be a man of lofty character, noble &nd ee11erous but a.a circumstances after '1fi a.rd developed, be was poe&essed of a. sense @f cruelty purely Onental and m sharp con ilrast to the extreme llldolence of his dis i\i_}l!Blhon He was so grateful for the success 'Which a trended my m1ss10n that he urped <me to remam bis guest at the pa.lace as long >&a it should please me to s a.y and, as ma.y be oormued, l thankfully accepted the m 'ViW.tton O ne of his servants early attracted my uot1ce, for he w11.s a man of marvellous capa on.fly of mahceand vmd1ctiveneB11 B1sname waa N eranya, and I am certain tha.t there m11st have been a. large proportion ot Malay blood m his ve1ne for, unlike tha Ind1a.na ~from whom he d 1fdred also ID complexaoD) he was extremely active, alert, nervous a.Dd aensmve He had one redeeming trait, and t bat was love for his m~ter Oaoe his violent temper led h m to the -comm1ss1on of an atroo1ou~ crime-the fatal 'll'.tabhiniz of a. dwa.rf In puDtshmentfor this tile raJah ordered that Neranya s right a.rm ( tb.e olfend1og one) be severed from his body The? sentence was executed 1n ra.ther a. bung 'lltngfash1on by a stupid fellow a.rued with <Z\ll ax and I, bemg a surgeon, was compell .00, In order to save Nerauya s life, to per '<fo rm a. second amputation upon the stump <0f the arm which left nob a vestige of the limb rema1nmg J ust here as ll poss1ble partial explana it.ion of the terrible and extra.ordmary things which followed, I must call mrelhgent a.tten <Uon to a. mabter which has long engaged my a ohce 'We see that when one arm has been lost lDt. <Gtber acquires an unwonted do:tenty t hus mea.suraoly compensatmg for tb.e loss l111rther if both arms have been removed a n extraordmary mmbleness ts exh1b1ted m fue feet tor they come to discharge to a con ~era.ble extent the functions of hands-to - grea.t 11on extent tha.t the toes display a ipowe~ of preheDs1on which one might sup p ose bed n Jt existed 10 them smce our a.ban <dooment m the evo1ut1onary process, of th t ree cbmomg habit Thus, with the toes a.n ~rmless man may learn to hold a pen llnd to write to load and fire a. pistol, to cut food with a knife, and convey it to his mouth w tth a. fork, to sew, and to do a hundred -~he1 useful thmas, a.nd some which are ~ .,. la p urely ornamental as paintmg, P ying a iha.rp and the hke I once sa.w a.n armless m a.n give bis wife ll sound tbra.shmg with a nwhtde whip If, now one of the legs be removed, the r emlllmng foot will aevelop an a.lmosb re d oubled capacity, ios ag1!1ty being marvel i!oas But suppose that thlS member too should be parted with-has nature reached 'tlte end of her resources' Remember, tte dexterity that she developed ID those mem ~ere whtoh remamed after the ampati.t1onof 'lltbere was primarily of a character to take ,,..,_e place of tha" which enabled the others "" " to m1n1ster to the needs of hfe Granted that both arms and both le~s a.re gone, has -a.ture, l have asked, re·cbed the limit of ~ ~ her resources, 1n the accomplishment of an e arnest and controllmg po.rpose, pral.8ewor <thy or perverted' Lat us mqu1re into the philosophy of the h d t [JrocEss by which t 1e compensat1Dg ex er ity ts developed It is ea.sy for the scion t ISts to tell us that this is done by the con 'CBntrat1on of the will and the persistent -exercise of the muscles in obedience thereto ·"--t to my understanding this explanation ""' !Ill nob sufficient The principle of hfe ..amazmg persistence of thlS prmc pie, and the Vi a.ye tn which thl8 persistence 18 maio.taiucd, are inscrutable mysteries, -necessarily and forever beyond our compre bens1on It ts the fashion of tra.ncendenta.l um (not followed however, by the grea.ter :s 1entJ5t£) to m!l.tntain that we have a s pt.rltua.l a.s WAii a.s ii. material, nature , and by evolution there has grown out of that lbelid another, that this spiritual nature is .;11nper1shable, rndestrnctible-the fashion a ble though inaccurate, term ts "immor ta.I The spmt is assumed to be the ego, the consc1ousness-tbat which fixee mat viduahty and determines identity Now, we know that mind lB consciousness, w:id that the mmd has its seat w1th1n the brain Bo.t the brain 18 identical ID tts -0bem1cal, structural, molecular and function al oharaotertSttos w1tn the nerves wh1oh !e&d from 1t and ramity throughout the tiody therefore the mind and consequently the spirit ramifies throughout the body a.nd nence it follows that if the spirit is rnde fltruchble and should be separated from the oody (by death of otherwise) it must have the essential form and appearance of the b ody The fact of our beml? unable to see ~t presents no obstacle to the argument for we a.re nDa.ble to see countless thmgs which we are certain exist The argument thus ~ut ID logical sl:ape may ac~ount, by uncon s cions synthet1cal reasoo.rn1t, for the preval .ent belief, seemmgly inherent, that the 'Blltrtt reta.1ns the fo1m of the body after oeath for there 111 no other conception of rlte huma.n spuit s form-we never imagine l las h11.vmg the shape of a ball, or a. comet, fir a ballooil, or a. cloud, or as being form a.a Then 1t must follow that a.ssummi; the sp111t to be mdcstro.chble a.nd as havmg the 'form of the body the amputation of a hmb <loes not extermmate that part of the spint w hich vccup1ect that limb , but as the in d iv18lb1htv of the sinrit must be admitted 11.s a n essenh11ol factor of identity and md1v1du ahty, t ha.t part of the spmt which had cc -0up1ed the amputa.ted hmb must always be ;present m the place where the hmb had been and must there ID tbat place, pos tiess all the consc10usness and tntelluience which belonged to it before the hmb was a mputa.teq 1:h1s argument may be pursued to some astomahmg conclue~ons wh1ah do not vitally concern the purposes of this rela.t1on I .might be asked, for instance 1f the paten n alny of a 1p1r1t is dependent upon its p oesess1<>n and control of a body, of what .i.v11o1l l.8 1t to speculate upon the unseparated exrntence cf th spmt of an amputated hmb? 1But there are some who declare tha.t thl8 -Oependenee need not and does not exist This, It must be understood, ts not the hne c.f argument pursued by rn1entl.8ts, for t hey have a. purely meter1ahst1c explanllit1on :for all the smgular phenomena resulting i rom amputation but are they not incons1s t ent ' They lldm1t the inscrutable mystery of the prmc1ple of life and all its countless -0orolla.ries, and yet they glibly explain the ~as Let us proceed with the strange story of Neranya .After the loss of his arm, he developed an increased fiend1ehoes11, an aug mentad vmd10t1venesP His love for his master was changed to hate, and in his mad anger, he flung discretion to the wmds He was so unruly and violent m d1spos1hon that he could not ooncea.\ hta feelings The raJah, a proud, scornful ma.n, 1Dcre~sed Neranya. s hate by treating him with con tempt and scorn, whtoh had the effect of driving the wretch t frllDZV In a. mad moment be sprang upon the r&Jioh with a kmfe but he was ee z d and d1s..rmed Xo his unspeakable d1sma.y the r 9J ~h sentenced him for thlB offence to suffdr ampubat1on of the rema.m1ng llrm It was done a.a tn the former 1Dstance This had a tE mporary effect in curbing the mans sp1r1t, or rather ID cb.ang1ng the out ward mamfeetatton of his diabolic nature Bdmp; armless, he was at first largely at the mercy of those who m1n1stered to his wants -a duty whtoh l undertook to see was pro perly dt8-0barged, for I felt an mterest in nh1s horribly perverted and distorted na ture This sense of nelplessneBB, combined with a. damnable scheme for revenge which ht had secretly foru:ed, caused Neranya to change his fierce, impetuous and unruly conduct mto a. smooth, quiet, 1Dsmua.ting manner, which he carried so artfully as not only to secure a peace and comfort which he hgd never known before, but also to de ce1ve those w1oh whom he was broue;ht in contact mcludmg the rBJlh btmse f Ner.i.nya betDg exceedmgly quick, n1mb e and mtelltgent, and h.i.vmg a. tremendous '\'Ill turned his a.ttent1on to the cult1vat1on of dexter1tv m his legs, feet and toes and ID due time he was able to perform wonder ful fee.ts with theEe members, such as I have noticed already Hts capacity, especially for destructive mischief wa.e restored One mor01ng, the raJ ah s only son a. young man of an exceea1ngly lovable and noble character, we.a found dead 1n bed His murder was 11. smgula.rly 11otroc10u one, the body be1Dg mutilated ID a eickenln~ manner, bub, in my eyes, the most stgmfi cant of all the mutilat1on11 was the entire re moval and disappearance of the young man s arms In the wtld d1stract1on which ensued in the 'Palace upon the dtSoovery of themub1 lated body, thE imvortanoe of that one fa.ct was over looked It was the basis, however, of a minute 1nveshgat1on which I ma.de, and which, lD time, led me to the discovery of the murderer The murder of the young man nearly proved thedea.t hof theraJah whowa.s thrown to d II h h d 11 tn a. aDgerous t ness, w ic rtqu1re a. my skill and 11.ttent1on to comba.t lt was not therefore u ittl hIS recovery tha.t there began a 81 etrmatic and mtelllgenb inquiry mto the murder I said nothmg of my own d1scovenes and conclue10Ds, and m no way mterfered Wlth the work of the raJ~h and his officers but, after thetr dforts had fa.al ed and I had completed my own work, I submitted to the ra.Jah a written report mak mg a close ana.lysis of all the circumstances, and closmg by charviDg Neranya. with the murder (l ehll have 11. copy cf that BIDgular re t dI t t .. t l th ts por an regre nau 1 8 eng preven its insertion here It de!lls with unusual facts and is an illustration of thll value of 1k I d d I th spema now e ge an pure reason n e d e t eo tion f crime ) M Y f acts· a.rg tment 8 11.od deductions were so conv1Dc1Dg tnat the r&J !lh a.t once ordered Neranya to be put to d th thl8 t 0 b Ii h d b 1 d ea · e accomp s e Y s ow an frightful torture The sentence was so cruel, 80 revoltmg, that it filled me with h d I d h h h orror, an imp1ore t at t e wretc might be shot Fma.ilv, purely through a. sense of noble gratitude, the ra.3ab yielded When Neranya was charged with the crime, h e d emed I t of course bu t seemg that the raJll,h was conv1Dced, and upon being shown my treport ( wdh1ch embodt1hedt ahknohwdledge of ana omy an surgery a e a never dreamed of) he threw aside all resuramt and, dancIDg, la.ugh1Dg a.:id ehrtekmg tn the most horrtble manner, confessed his gmlt a.n; gloa.ted over it-all tht~, believing hat he would be shot on the morrow During the mght, however, the ra.Ja.h changed his mmd and, sendmg for me in the mornmg, informed me of his new de cmon It wa.s that N eranya s life should be spared, but that botli his legs should be cruelned with heavy hammers and then that I should amputate both hmbe as close to the trunk as possible 1 I was too mucll as tounded to utter a protest and, bes1dr.s there was grounded w1th1n me th11.11 uny1eld mg a.nd often iohuman, medical principle which counts the sav1Dg of life at any cos~ the h1gbe~t duty I may add that, append ed to th.ts hornble eentence was the pro v1s1on for keeprng tht maimed wretch a. prl~oner and torturing him at revular mter vale by such means as afterward m1ghv be devised Sickened to the heart by the awful duty which confronted me, I neve1theless per formed it with success, and I must pasa over in sden~e the hideous details of the whole affair Lgt it aufilce to say that Neranya. esoa.ped death very narrowly, and that he was a long time in recoverrng hut wonted vitality Durmg all these weeks the ra3ah neither saw him nor ma.de mqu1ries concern mg him but when as Ill duty bound, I made an offi lal report that the man had re covered h11 strength, the ra1ah s eyes brightened, aud he emerged with deadly activity from the stupor of gnef m which he so long had been plunl{ed He ordered cer ta.1n preparations made for the futuro ca.re of his now helpless v ictim The r&Ja.h s p11olace Wl'S a noble structurr but it ts necessary to describe here only the grand ha.II It was an immense room, with a. floor of polished stone and a lofty arched cellmg A subdued light stole 1Dto 1t through stamed glass set m the roof and ID w1Ddowe on the sides In the middle ot the room was a. fountam which threw up a. ta.II slender column of water m the centre, with smaller Jets grouped about it Across one end of tne ha.II, half way to the ce1l10g, was a. b!lo!cony, whtcb comwuu1ca.ted with tne up per story cf a. wmg and from which a. fl gbt of stairs descendea to the stone floor of the ball ThlS room was kept at a. uniform tern perature and durmg the hot summers it was debghtfully cool Tms was the raJah s fav onte lounging place, and when the 01ght was hot he had his oot brought hi ther and here he slept This ball was chosen i'or Neranya s per ma.neut ab1dmg place here was he to stay as long as he might live, without even " glimpse of the face of nature or the glorious heavens To one of his restless, nervous, ener~et1c, discontented nature the cruelty of such confinement was worse than de,th but ther1i wu more yet of suffering m store for him, tor at the r&Jah s order there was con ° I strncted a small mm l I.Ill Ill which Neranya. Bptne ag1unst the r111lmg, he began grad was to be kept .Th1Mpen was mrcnlar and ually to ascend The labour was so great about four feet in diameter It was elevated that he was compelled to pause at mterva.Js, on four slender iron p oh, ten feet from the and his b1eathmg was Ila.rd and pamful, lbor, and was placed I a.If way between the and, even while thus restmg he was 1n a fountam and tLe ha.lo ony Around the edve pos1t1on of ter nble stram, and his pusmag of the pen was erectoll an iron radmg, four age.met the swrne: C\\ueed 1t to press hard feet high, but the top was left open for the ag1 unst his wlDJp pl and nearly suffoc& ed convenience of the servants whose duty him at should be to care for htm These pre After 11.maz ng effort he elevated the lower cautions tor his s11.fe ooDfio.ement were end of his body until it protruded above t he taken ab my puggestion, for 11.lthough the Ira.ilin11, the top of which was now ac~oes the man was deprived of all four of his lower end of bis abaomen Gradually he hmbs, I still feared that he might de worKed his body over, gomg backward, velop some extraordm11ory, unheii.rd of power until tllere was suffiment ex vess of weight for mischief It was provided that the at on the other side, and then with a quack tenda.nta should reach his cage by means of Juroh he raised hIS head and shoulders and a movable ladder All theee arrangements swuDg 1oto a horizontal poe1t1on Of course having been made and Neranya hoisted mto he would have fallen to the floor below had his prison, the re J lb emerged upon the bal 1b not been for the rope wh1cb. he held m his CODY to see him, ..nd the two deadly enemies teeth With such 01cety had he calculat ed faced each other The r&Ja.h a stern face the dist ance between his mouth and the pornt paled at the hideous sight wb1cb met h1a of fa.stenmg that the rope ti~htened and gaz q, but he soon recovered, and the old, ohecked him Jllst as he reached the horizont ha.rd cruel, sinister look returned Neranya, al pos1t1on on the cs.ti If one had told me by an extraordma.ry motion, had wrigg ed beforeha.nd that such a. feat as this man ha.d himself mto an upr1gb.t pos1t1on, his back accomplished was possible, I would have propped against the railing His black hair thought him a fool and beard had grown )oDg and they added Neranya was now balanced on hie etomacb to the natural ter:>city of his aspecb Upon across the top of the 1a1llng and he eased seeing the r&Jab bis eyes bhzld with ll his position somewhat by bending his epm, terrible light, hts bps p~rted, and he ga.eped and h11.ng1ng down as much as possible for breath His face was white with rage Havwg rested m this pos1t1on for some min and despiur, and his thin distended nostrlla utes, he began cautiously tQ sltde cff slowly quivered paying out tbt1 rope through his t eeth Now The r11.J11.h folded hl.8 arma and gaz ddown it IS quite evident that the rop~ would have npon the frightful wreck which he had made escaped from his teeth laterally when he Neranya returned the gaze with ble z ng eyes shghtly relaxed bIS bold to let tb slip, had it Oh, the pathos of that picture, the mbumllu not been for a very 1nire01ous device to ity of it the deep 11.od dismal tra.ia:edy of it r which he had resorted Thie consisted m Who might look mto that wild, desperate his havmg made a turn of the rope around heart and see and understand the frightful his neok before he attached the swmg, thus turmoil there, the surging, cbokmgpass1ons securing a three fold cont rol of the ropeunbndled but Impotent ferocity, frantic one by llIS teeth, another by fr10tton thirst for a vengeance that should be deeper a.gamst hie neck a.nd a. thtrd by his ability than hell ! Nera.nya gazed, hl.8 shapeless to compress 1t between his cheek and should body heavmg, his eyes ablaze, and then, ID a er etronQ, olear voice whfoh rang throughout A stupendous and seemmgly impossible the grea.t hall, with rapid speech, he hurled part of bis ta8k was accomphshed Could at the r&Jah the mobt 1Dsult1ng defiance, the be reach the fl1>or 111 safety' Gradually he most a.wlul curse~ He c.irsed the womb worked himself backward over the rail, that coacetved him, the food that noo.'l'tabed in momentary 1mmment danger of fallmg him, the wealth that brought him power but hie nerve never qmvered, and I could cursed him 111 the no.me of B11ddba. a.nd all see a wonderful gbtter 1n his eyes Wit h the propnets m the name of heaven and of somethlDg of a lurch, hie body fell agamst hell cursed htm by the sun, the moon and the outer side of the ra1hng, and he wa.a the stare by all continents, oceans, moan haDgmg by his chm Slowly he worked his tams and nvers by all th1Dgs hv1og curs chm a.way, and then bung suspended by the ed hie head his heart, his entratls cursed rope, his neck bearmg the weight ot bis htm m ll furious outpouring of unmentionable trunk By almost imperceptible degrees, words, he&pll.d msults and contumely upon with 1nfio.1te Cllutlon, he descended the rope him, ca.lied !Wm a kna.ve, a. beast, a fool, a. a.nd finally his unw10ldy body rolled upon liar, an infamous and damnable coward the floor, safe and unhm t l :Never had lhea.rdsuoh eloquence of delia.n~e, What next ? Was this a se>me superhuman curses, and v1tupera.t1on never bad heard monster who had a.ccomphshed th18 tmpos so terrible a. denuomat10n, so frightful and stble mlracle? Would he 1mmed1at ely sprmg impetuous a.n outfl1>w of msul·e. to 1nv1s1ble feet, run to tho re.Jabs bedside The raia.h heard it all calmly, without the a.nd stab him with an mv1s1ble dagger movement ofamuecleortheshghtest change held Ill an mvmble ~and ? No I was too of countenance, and when the poor wretch ph1losophlc for such mad thoughts there bad exhausted his stren~th and fallen help was plenty of time for 1nterferenoe 1 was less and silent to the fl oor, the ra.111.h, with a quick and strong I would wa.1t awhile and gnm cold smile, turned and strode J.way see what other 1mposs1ble thmgs t b1s m.>n The days passed The ra3ab not deterred ster could do by Neranya s curses often heaped upon him Imagme my asto01sbment when instead spent even more t1metha.n formerly 10 the of a.pproach1Dg the sleepmg raJah, Neranya h 11 d l h t i h" d fi great a. an s ept t ere a. D g ' · an n took another dtrechon 'Inen 1t was a.lly N eranya wearied of curs1Dg and defy only escape after all that the miserable mg him and mamtamod a sullen silence wretch contempla.ted and not the murder The man was a studv for me, a.nd I noticed of the ra.J~b l B11t how could he escape ? every cha.Dge ID his fleeting moods Gener The only possible way to rea.ch the outer ally his oondit1on was one of miserable de! atr we.A oy ascendIDg the stairs to t he pur, whtchhe attempted bravely to conceal balcony and leavmg by the corridor which Even the boon of sU1c1de had been denied opened it, and surely it was 1mposa1ble for him, for when he was erect the tcp of the Neranya to assend that lon~ fl1gli t of sta1rs' rat! was a foot above bl8 head, and he could Nevertheie@s he made for the stairs He not throw himself over it and crush his progressed by Jymg on his back with his skull on the stone fl nor below and when .he face towarlls the point of destmation, bowing bad tried to starve himself the attendants his spme upward, and thus causmg his head forced food down his throat, so that he and shoulders to slip nearly an mch forward, b d d h A" t hi a an one suc attempts u 1mes s etra.1gbtenmg his spine and pushmg forward eyes would blaze ao.d his breath would cc~1e the lower end of his baok II. distance equal to 10 gasps, tor 1ma.g101rv vengeance .Jas thu.t whicn his head had advanced ea.ch time k th h b t t I h be wor tog WI in u s "·bl ead1 Y d e preeemu his bead to the floor to keep tb from d tm o came quieter an more trac.... e, 11.n was shppmg Hts progress was alow, pllmful, plea.sane and responaive when I conversed and laborious as the floor was slippery, ren with him Whatever the tortures the raJiioh dermg difficult thll task of tak1Dg a firm hold h d d d d h d tb a ec1 e upon, none a as ye een or with his head F1.nally he arrived at the dered, and although Neranya knew that foot of the stairs they were in oontemplatton, he never re ferred to them or compla.ur" of hlB lot It was a.t once manifest thab bu purpose The awful clunax of th1sterrible situation was to ascend them The de11re for free was reached one night and even after th11 dom must ha.ve been strong within him an u:kr:fbt pos1t1on agamst the 1apse of years I ca.n not approach a. d esor1p Wr1gglmg to tion of it without a shudder newe1 post, h e 1oo e up at t h e great h e1gh t 1t waa a hotmghb and the rf Jah had gone which he had to climb and sighed but there to sleep in the great hall of the palace, lying was nodimmmg of the bright hght 1n h1seyes on a high cot I had been UDl\q!e to sleep How could he accomplish the 1mposs1ble task m my a.partment and so I s tole softly rn t l before him' the hall through the heavily curtamed en His solution of the problem was very trance at the end furthest form the balconv simple Whilele11.ningagainstthenewel post, As I did 80 I heard a. peculiar soft sound he felhn a d1agonal position and lay safe upon above the geutle patter of the fountain the bottom step on his side Turnmg upon :Neranya 8 cage was p.i.rtly conooa.led from his back, he wriggled forward along t he my view by the spra.ymg water, bnt l sue stfp the neceuary few rnches t o reach. the pected tha.t the unusual sound came from rail scrambled to au upright but inverted, him Scealmg 8 httle tt> one side and pos1t1on against the r11.d, and then fell and crouohtng aga.1Dst the dark han~tngs of the landed sa.feiy on the second step This ex wall 1 could fa.mtly see him 111 th!l dim light plains the manner in which, with !noon which illum1Ded the hall 11.nd then I !he ce1vable labor, he aocompltsbed the a.scent covered that my surmise was correct-- of the entire flight of stairs Nera.nya wa.s a.t work Cuuous to learn It bsmg evident that t he r&Ja.h was not more, I sank into a thick robe on the floor the obiec of Neranya s movements, the and watched him My eight was keen and anxiety w h1cb I had felt on that account my eyes soon became a.ocustomed to the was .inttrely dispelled aud I watched Ner fa.mt soft bght a.nya now only with a. sense of absorbing To my great astonishment Nerany11. was interest and curiosity The thmgs which teanng off with hl.8 teeth the bag wh1Qh he had accompltshed were en tirely beyond served as his outer garment lie did it the wildest 1mag1nat1on, and 1n a sense ollnhously, cMtmg sharp glances freq11eD~ly I was tn a cond1t1on of helpleas wonder at the raJ11h, who, sleeprng soundly on his The symp11otby which I had always felu for cot breathea heav1lv After sta.rt1ag 11. the unhappy man was now greatly quick strip with his teeth Neranya would by the ened and as small as I knew the chances of same means attach it to the ra.dmg of his his ult1mi.te escape to be, I nevertheless cage and then wriggle a.way, much after the hoped that he would succeed There w1111 mllnner of a naterpallar s cra.whng, and this a bare chance that he would fall int () the would oause the sbnp to be torn out the full hando of the Brit1sb soldiery nob far away, len~th of bis jlarment He repeated this and I mwardly prayed for his suoo:ll!s Any operat10n with incredible pa.tlence and skill, a881stance from me however, was out of the until his entire garment h!!.d been torn 1Dto question nor should it ever be known that strips Two or three he tied together with 1 had witneesed the escape his tongue, hps and teeth and secured the N eranya. was now upon the ba.Jconv and ends m a similar way to the rad1n~ tnus I could dimly see him wr1ggltng lllong as be makmg a. short swmg on one std<i ' 'Ih1e slowly approached the door The rad was done, he tied the other stupe1 together doubl low, and I could bi.rely see beyond i t mg some which were weak and m this way Fma.lly he st ooped and wriggled to a.n up he made a rope several feet in length, one r1ghb pos1t1on His ha.ck was towi.rd the end of which he made fast to the rail It thee h11.ll, but he slowly turned a.round and faced began to dawn upon me that he was gomg to me A b that great distance I could nou dis make a.n attempt-1mposs1ble of achieve t10gu1sh hlB features but t he slowness with ment w thout hands or feet , arms or legs- which he had worked even before he had to escape from h1a c11oge I For what purpose ~ fully a ccomplished the ascent of the The rB Jah was a~leep rn t he hall--· I stairs, was evidence all too clc quen t caught my breath On, the desperate, of his extreme exhaustion Nothmg meane t hirst for revenge which c'lnaumed but a moat despe~ate resolution could have the impotent m1s·rab!e N erauya 1 E ven sustamed h1 n thu~ far but he had abou t though he should accomplish the 1mposs1ble I drawn upon the last remnant of h1sst reDgth feat of chmbIDg over the ra!lrng of his aage He looked around the ha.II with c. sweep and fa.llmg to the stone floor below (for how mg glance and then upon t he rai a.h, who could he slide down the rope ?J, he would m Iwas eoundly sleepmg 1mmed111.telv beneath allprobah11tty be killed orstnnDed and even him over t wenly feet down H e looked if he sb.ould eeoape these dangexs 1t would long aD d ea.~nestly, smkmg lower, and lower be 1mposs1ble for him to cltQlb upoa the and lower upon the ra l Suddenly to my cot without rousrng the rftJ~h and 1mp!ls m oonce1va ole astomshment and dismay he 21ble, even though the r aJall were a ead l A oppled 0\6.t a.nd shot downward from h is man without arms or le~e could desceDd by lofty height I held my breath, ex pectmg fallrng he never could ascend bv chmorng I t o see h im crushed m t o a bloody mass on the Amazed a t the mans da.rmg, and fully con stones beneath, but mstead of that he fell vmoed that his suffermgs and t r oubles and full upon the r G J&h s breast , crushmg t hrough broodmg h!!od destroyed his reason I watched the cot, end hurlmg him to th" floor I him wit h breathless, a.bsorbmg mtereet sprang forwa.1 d with a loud cry for help and He caught the longer rope in his teeth at was instantly at the 1tcene of the d1s!lster a pomt not far from the ra.d Then, wr1g Imagme my 1ndescr1ba.ble horror when I ghng with great effort to an upward pos1tlon, found that Neranya s teeth were buried m his back braced age.mat the rail, he pui his the i:aiah s throat l Wi th ll fierce clu ch I chin over the sw1Dg, and, with tremendous tore the wretch away, but the blood was exertion, working the lower end of his pounng out m torrents from the frightfully I la.cerated throat the chest was crushed m ao.d the r si an was gasping in the d eat h agony People came running 10 terrified I t urned to Neranya He lay upon h18 back hie face hideously smea.red w1tb blood Mur der and not escape, was his 1nten t1ou from the beg1nn1Dg he had adopted the only plan by which there was a poss1b1hty of a.coompltshmg it I k nelt beside h im and saw t ha.t he was dymg-hts back had been broken by the fall He smiled sweetly 1Dto my fac e and the tri i mphant look of accompll.8hed revenge sa t upon bu face even m death CATARRH A. liew llome Treatment tor tile Cure or catarrll Cutarrhal D~afnel!ll and Bay FeVfll was t o n il for Eo.r ope on t he lOth of t he present month ln a shor t time the yc.ung German was t o follow aod t he ma.rriage t ake place 1mmed1at ely upon I ls arrival N otw1thst a ndmg the gre"t seoreoy wit h which every d etail of t he alf,u r Wi.s gu1 u ded, t he M10Bter heard of tt ..nd fol lowed post baste 10 the s teps of his y ou o.g secr,et ouy, who ha d accomp1 i.n1ed hu lady love fo New York to wish her good bye ~ h .. t t<place u pon the arr ival of the t he Mrn1st,er1uNew Yo k 1a not k nown bu i cer ta.m it u t ha t t e fady s departure wa.s delayed for a fort01gh t and when she d id fi na lly bid adieu to her nat ive shores 1t was with a. feel fog of great UDcart a1D ty Wherd There s a. Will ! here a a. Way A countr y p1>r1sh m1n1ster la.rely v11s1tmg E d1oburgb met ID the s treet a serva.nt girl who had lefo his congrega.t1on to go ~o a. SltU!lotiOll Ill t he oily ' Well M&gg1 e ea d be kmdly, ' how do you hke } our new s1t na.11on ' · E ne, sir but l m gey lonely among sa.e mony fremd folk ' 1 was t h1nkmg so Mi1ogg1e Well I 11 call aod se 1 } OU befo re I leave the t own 'Na. sir, very dolefully, ' ye mnuoa. dae that, for oor mutress & llows n ae followers, bu t b righten ng up if ye come t ae t he b11.ck g!\te when io e da.rk I ll try ta e let ya in at t ile wundl It IG said t hat Ex plorer S tanley w111""b;; come a Bnt1eb su J ect; a nd that the G1>ver erment; will confer upon h im greater honors t han have ever been bestowed upon a JO Ur n a.llst or an ex plorer I t 1s a lso said that the Belgian Govern ment will J l>ID tn d <corating him The microscope baa proved that these diseases a.re contagious aod that they a.re due to the presence o! hvin~ parasites ID the hnmg mem'>rane of the u pper a r passegt's aDd eus aotlla.n tu bes The eminent sclent sts Tyndall Huxley and Beale endorse tn s and these a.nthorit es cannot be disputed Ihe r~nle.r method or treating t he dlsea.s0~ is to apply an irritant remedy weekly end even da. Jy thus k eepmg the <lehcate mem bra.ne in a constant st a te of irr tat on a.ccompan ed by violent sneezing allow og it uo chance to heal and as a na.tural conse quence of ench treatment not one permanent cure has ever been recorded It le an absolute fa.ct that these d1 sea.aee cannot bti cnred by any apphca.tlon made ofteDer than once m two weeks for the membrane must get a chance to heal before any appllcat10n Is repeated Jt ls now 7 yrs s n ee Mr Drxon d1Scovered the p11oras te ID C11.tarrh and form ulated his new treatment and smce t hen his r emedy has become a. househ old wor d in every c onDtry where the English language 1 s spoken Cores effected by him seven yea.rs ~o are cures still there having been no return of the disea.ee So highly are these remedies valued and so great 1s the demand for them t ha.t !gnor aDt Im ta.tors have started up everywhere pretending to destroy a para.site of which they know nothmg by remedies the results of the application ot which they are equally ignorant Mr n xou s remedy is a p pl ea only once In two weeks and from one t o three applicat10ns effect a permanent cure m most aggravated ce.ses N B - For cata rrhal troubles pecuhar to females (whites) this reme dy 1 s a. specific Mr Dixon sends a pamphlet descrlbmg his new treatment on the receipt of ten cents in stllmns The a.ddreas 18 A H Dixon &:; Son ~03 Kmg st reet west Toronto Canada Scuntiftc American ~~~~~~~~~ Sufferers from cata.rrha ca.refo.l)y read the abuve troubles should A DI1'10.MAT1C ROMANO£ Adventures of a Beautiful Wldow The most 1Dterest1ng story of th£ season m Waahh:gton 1s that a.bout a beautiful young widow whose life seems to hold more than the usual share of romance About two yea.rs ago her marna.go to a. handsome bun penni leBB young diplomat on his dea th bed wlls t he absorb ng top10 of talk 1n W ashmgton Indeed so great was the commotmn r a.1sed ID wmtty c1rc rs that the widow, un!loble to hear the stram of her husband s d eath, the tragic marriage a.ndthe t alk mc1den t there t o sailed w1tb her motner and lutle son the cmld of her first husband, for E o.rope and spent the time m retirement on t he coast of Normandy, from 'l'lh1ch t hey re t urned early ID the preseD t season Belongmg to a S outhern family of grea.t wea.ltb ..nd bemg an oDl}' daughter the girl grew up courted au d petted by her friends a.ad idolized by the parents who were the last to perceive that of a.LI the me n who v1s1ted theu:~ house tb.e onE> who gamed the sbrong__est hold upon t heir d aughter a heat b was a. young fellow who had little t o recom meDd him beyond his good looks A ma.rr1age followed and gradually the husba.nd beg11.n to &how himself ID his t rue character I t was not loDg before be had committed a series of forgeries for large amounts and was a fug1t1ve from 3ust1ce CoDfl ctmg stones are told as t o t he fate of the fellow some authorities avurmg t hat he committ ed su1 ctde, while others a.re ,)osmve t hat he 1s s till a.live and ll resident of Auet'raha After her unhappy exp1mence of married hfe, the young wife, with 'her baby boy and mother left the home of her girlllood and came Nort h to hve When some y ears had elapsed a. divorce was obtamed, and when her llttle son wa.s a.bout 7 yea.rs of age his mother ca.me t? W a.ehrngton D11n ng t he second Wmtet: 6f her st ay, a.nd when she had become a society favorite, t he scquuntance of a. handsome young attache w as made The f11endsh1p rapidly culmm11.ted m mutual love and when It began to be whispered a.bout that a marriage was 1mqiinent t hen for the first time muttenngs of a storm bega n to be heard The a ttache was not t he only one t o whose peace of mlDd the youDg woman e beau ty bad proved destractive Tb.i Mm1e ter himself had fallen m love with her After contmued effort to chllnge mlltt ers ID hie own favor t he M1n1eter de term med t1> set hIS wits to work to prevent the marna.ge and place eyery pos@tble obs tacle m t he p!!.t h of the youo.g lovers Dispatches were sent t o the youDg fellows relatives telhol? them that he, a. member of the Roman C11ot holtc Church was ser1oualy contemplatmg mar r1a~e with a divorced woman The storm of oppos1tion raised by the relatives only served to has;;en matters Abou t this time a spleDd1d entertainment was given a.t the Count ry Club The guests did not dPput until the early morning hours One of the gnelt B, !lo.shed wit h wine, made some p rofesuons of regard to the young woman who, ID order to rid her self of the no.welcome admirer was finally obliged to call her escort The a t tache was so worked up by the httle mc1dent that he determ1Ded on the homeward drtve to h11.ve a deoy set for t.he1r marriage which was a.ncc1dmgly d one On the followlD{( day the young fellow was taken sick a.nd the heavy cold w111ch he had contracted rllp1dly developed mto pnenmoma He never ceased his strenuous efforts to obtain a dis pensa.tton for h18 m arriage but without avail At la.st, feelme; tha.t bis strengt h was fa.time; the young fellow sent e. tr1end t o several clere;ymen of this ct ~V a.nd finally su ceeded Ill obtau:a o.g a. mm1ster who n:arned him to the woman for whose sake he gave up his chur ch llUd cut himself adrift from his rel&t1ves Two davs later the ne wly ma.dew1fe W 3 S a wid ow When t he a.rrange ment s were bemg ma de for the funeral the Mm1ster c!l.lled, and a. ecene as said to h a.ve t&ken p la.ce across t he body of the young d tploma.t whom t he .M1ms·er d e nounced 10 no mea.eured t erms, ca.lhng H e ·ven t o witness that t he dea.t h wa.s a sp?edy retnbu t1on for t he marnage of his rival T he you ng widow t hen went abroad and returned early m t he present Wmter Among the d.1plomat10 corps was a Secret ary of L 0 gat1on w ho arrived m t his country a.bout the same time, e.nd as he bore t he en viable d1stmctton of bemg th<> weahhiest man m t he corps speedily became one of the lions of society As fat e would have it, t he young fellow, tlll!tead of doing as ever y one hoped a.nd expected he would, marry one of "the seasons debutantes fell head and ears m love with the beautiful young w& d ow wit h the romantic h1utory The feeling was reciprocated and it WWI arranged that ID order to a.void the unpleasant 1toss1p which would otherwise be a.gain seb 11ofioat, t he lady 'I ne St1 ange Once s a l ti at the secret oi good health consisted m k eeping t he h ead cool the feet VI arm and t he bowels open H ad t h s em ment physician lived m our d ay, and Imo ~ n. t he m er it s of flyer's Pills as an l3lJen en t he would cer tainly have r ecomme,ndecl them as so many of h lS dist ngmsued successors are do ng The cel ebrated Dr F a rnsworth of N orwich Conn r ecommen ds Ayer s Pills as t1 e b est of all remedies for ' Intermittent F e' ors ' Dr I E F owler, of B dgeport, A yer s P ills are h ghly Con n says and umversally spok en of b y t he people a bout h er e I make daily use of t hem in my pr actice ' Dr Mayl ew of N ew B edfonl Mas s · says H avmg- prescribed many thou sands of Ayer s Pills m my pra ctice I can unhe~ tatrngl y pronou nce t hem the best cathar tic m use The :Massach usetts Stat e Assayer D r A A Hayes cer t ifies I b a' e ma de a careful analysis of Ayer s P lls T l ey contam the actn e principles of w ell k nown d rugs isolat ed from mert mat;. t er which pla n 1s chemically speaking, of g reat impor tance t o t h eir isefulness I t msures a ctn ity certamt~ and u ni· form1ty of effect A yers Pills con tain no m etall c or m meral s ubstance but t he virtues of v eget able r emedies in 1k1llful combmation AFamous Doctor Ayer's Pills, ilreparcd by Dr J C Ayer & Co Lowell ~ ll. 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