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The Wingham Times, 1894-12-07, Page 7lkoc, THE • `TI -IE ELIXIR QF YOUTH, there and let It eool;. then drink, if . you will; but all will be as I say. BY I,IARr KYLE DALLAS I He faded away. A rap came at It was miciniglit. The majority of the citizens of•-------ii•ere sound asleep in their Meds behind closed shutters. Had any one been able to look 'down upon the wide and, deep sky- light of a Immo on—street, how- raver, ow raver, they would have seen that ;bright lights burned within, and that its occupant was very wide :.awake indeed. It was a low, smoky room, hung ' about with queer instruments and strange -looking pots and jars, In the centre of the room' was a furnace ,on which. a caldron boiled and bub. bled. Over this bent a man dressed in a gown and cap, which.• became well, for he was both young and `handsome. The steam from the cal- dron and the perfumed smoke from the burning wood wrapped him in a 'sort of cloud, fromwhich he now and then emerged to turn the pages of one of the black books and again ,return to the caldron, rc.Is this hope of mine a mere de - 1000 lie asked himself aloud, as :Stu ltiige, golden bubbles burst on the red liquid in the caldron.. Were my grandfather's last words the ravings of delirium, or is there really a panacea for old age ? This is what my grandfather said it would be—a ,crinis©n breaking into golden bubbles gild with a perfume 1lfiknown to '.herb or flower, but sweet as that of ,the honeysuckle. • Oh, Heaven, what a boon that 'would be to earth's suffering dwell- ers who have before them old age .and death ! Fadeless youth and beauty, and long years in which to .enjoy them i Suddenly be paused. A figure stood beside him, strange, shadowy and. beautiful. It lifted its hand d pointed to the caldron. Theodore, why did you call me? , ;asked he. What do you want of ' me? Have I • called you? asked the young nian. Who are you ? I am your guardian spirit, said the figure. I knew you to be in . danger, I have come to save you. From what? asked Theodore. From completing your task, said • -the-spirit. In five minutes the elixir .of youth will be ready to take. If ou drink of it you will remain oung forever. You may even live perpetually. What joy ! cried the young roan. What Horror ! sighed the spirit. Listen. You can drink; but only you. And :with the draught, the memory of what you have done will vanish. There will be one goblet tiled to the brim -no more. Then the writing itt that old book will fade, the caldron will part in twain, tI� e magie fire go out. You will re- nain here young and beautiful for - •ever, and time will be as nothing to you, while all around you grow old and die. Can 1 not give some of the elixir to my friends? cried Theodore. To any wife, at least? The spirit shook its head. Nolaicl he; you must see her grow .old and die while you are still a youth,. 'Children will come to you. You will live to watch them old men, to hless and feeble, tottering to Mir graves. Your little grand- children will visit the earth, and share the fate of mortals. You will be young, handsome and healthy; but all ydur affections will be like dreiitas. You will rise in the morn- ing -ter find a generation passed away. The world and its customs will change. You will see fair lands warmed by summer suns change to fields dace. You will know other Animals than now exist. You will the rise and fall of nations, and dst theta stand a youth of the nineteenth century, admired—loved perhaps—but loving none. They twill depart too rapidly with flying Ages. It is the life of the 'Wandering Jew that you desire. He asks only peace and death, and he find it not. Neither will you. Then my grandfather 'was right. I ripe actually made an elixir of y' ter, a drink to keep one hand - seine, and to cause one to live for- ever. You have, said the spirit, Atte** to me that it would be eleli t i Theodore. After all, I will not cause any one to grew older by remaining young. See liow oro Houle sparkles. I 9 t , : aid the spirit. What fl ` , rr W,x(1 drink. rut rutnut E' p o inllr'a anti. fill he .ever goblet a the door. Theodore opened it. His wife stood there smiling at him. I I could not sleep, my dear, said she. Strange fancies troubled me. !How exquisite this perfume is ! 1 What have you burnt in the fire I Some oriental woods and spices, said Theodore, Sit here, my love and tell me. Wliat do you think of life ? That it is after all a happy state, said the fair lady, because we know that there is a happier one to come afterward. We must have grief and pain, but it will make heaven all the brighter. .And do you not fear age? he ask- ed. No, she said. Our children will surround us and I hope we shall grow old together. Or death. asked be. She shuddered, That means parting, she sighed. Do not talk of it. My faith might not sustain me, though I trust in God and hope for Heaven. Theodore looked at her and knelt down beside her, where she sat upon an ottoman covered with leopard skins. Mabel, my wife, said he, listen to ine. I have brewed here in this cal- dron an elixir of youth. There is but one small goblet, nor can I make any more. It will insure perpetual youth, and a life that has no end to whoso drinks it. I hoped there would be enough for all my friends. It is not so. But drink it thou; be young and lovely forever, and I will gladly go down to age rejoicing. For a moment I was selfish enough to be willing to drink it myself, but I cannot. Here, it is cool; taste it. Really, then, there 'is an elixir of youth? cried Mabel. I have ° heard of it, but doubted' it. But no, my love; I will not taste itt What ! live, and see all I love die? Live to hate life and youth ? You clo not think what you say. And you—no— would you drink it and permit me to wait alone in heaven forever ? Shall we give it to our little girl? asked Theodore. The mother shuddered. It would only be a curse, she said. Think. • That is the fate of the wandering Jew, to live forever. So the spirit said, cried Theodore. And yet if there but enough for all, what joy in that elixir ! Even then we do not know wheth- er it would be a blessing or a curse, said Mabel. Come, husband; here grows an ivy just outside the win- dow. Let us pour the elixir upon its leaves, t nit they may grow green ! forever. But for us, let us' be con -1 tent to live, to grow old, to die, and go to Heaven. So God orders it. And what God orders must be ' best. The old house stances still in the streets of the quaint town. I do not know where' Theodore and Mabel are; but the angels do. And the ivy still grows green over the' old '711' ti IN GRA i TIMES, DECEMBER 7,18:)4. Samantha Allen at the WarleVs r'a1r. There was some little pictures there about six inches square, and marked ; Little Pioters for a Child's. Album, And Josiah sez to me, I believe I'll buy one of them for Babe's al- bum that I got her last Christmas. Sez he, I've got ten cents in change; but probably, sez he, it won't be over eight cents, Sez I, Don't be too sanguine, Josiah Allen. Sez he, I am never sanguinary without good horse Bence to back it up. They throwetl in a chromo three feet square with the last calico dress you bought at Jonesville, and this ain't over five or„ six , inehes big. Wall, sez I, buy it if you *ant to. Wall, sez he, that's what I lay out to do, muni. So he accosted a Columbus guard that stood nigh, and sez he: I'm a goin' to buy that little picter, I want to know if I can take it home how ill my poket ? That picter, sez ho, is twenty thousand dollars. 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