As soon as the old man saw the vacant patch of sky in place of the

branched column so familiar to his gaze, he sprang up, speechless, his

eyes rose from their hollows till the whites showed all round; he fell

back, and a bluish whiteness overspread him.

Greatly alarmed, they put him on the bed. As soon as he came a little

out of his fit, he gasped, "Oh, it is gone!--where?--where?"

His whole system seemed paralyzed by amazement. They were

thunder-struck at the result of the experiment, and did all they could.

Nothing seemed to avail. Giles and Fitzpiers went and came, but

uselessly. He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the

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sun went down.

"D--d if my remedy hasn't killed him!" murmured the doctor.




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