Deseret Evening News | 1891-09-25 | Page 8 | The Skull Made Advances

The Skull .Uu'lf Adiauccs. A 1 liyslclin lolls the following storyt "At one time when I waaameilcnl student my claiee had been foreoviral dayaitudyliu tho bone of the heal. To aid lu this a nuraljer of human skulls had bet ti bluilglit Into tho lecture room. After we were through with them they were thrown In a heap luto ouu corner. s'One night I chanced tobelcftalono In the room. Piudliig It quiet and pleasant lu the half light I sat down to etiioKo a cigar, immeuisieiy lacing mo was the pile of skulls. Ilieypre-suited Ilieypre-suited a very uncanny apnarautune thu light from a dim gas burner plaj ed over them, making the ma em Almost alive with a ctrtalu of expression. One (eattlculirly big fellow, lying right on ton of the pile, appearnl actually to wink at me from it UJIess eyeaotxil, while the teeth la the gaping mouth grltiued horribly. Amused, lwloked back en 1 offered my clgir, when suddenly sud-denly there wits a slight noise aud the skull Inclined (lightly forward ss If leowlng ncceietanie, Theru was no mistake about II. It niuved, not only utie-e, but twite. "I dropped my cigar and lit up tralght In rny chair, niyejo fixed on Ihocrewioine thing. There was another an-other louder iietUu and n strongir muvimriitnf the skull, when down It came crashing to thu floor nnd bounded to my vry fett. Iuuulnitant I was on thu table miir by Kaihif Uwn the strange thing nud ri ady for precipitate flight. "Then tho stwll give a violent shake and turned over and out Jumpa 1 n bl rut, uhlc'i scampered across the floor and Into hiding