| Show UNDER ETHERS I 1 INFLUENCE FLUENCE cx petie tic or of I 1 a willie while in tile the i I 1 i lift f file lie surgeon the doc tor rot out his ether apparatus and suon compo undena 1 mell like n abo photographers tog mobil fit olden days whilo out ot of thu corner of lily eye I 1 fould could see bee the lie surgeon who alio had taken laken off his its cont coat und and pulled sonic some guards or oner liis his wrists mid arid arnis arms arran fit ids hla ive weapons apolis in III it ii lie neat it row on oil tile the dressing I 1 table wile when tile the doctor had hi dlila lils medicine I 1 e really ready lie plated placed it over my ny bynoe noe imd find mouth ino avith hestrue i eions to breathe deeply two or ilire times the apparatus for gh eh ing hig ether consists con of a box bos in I 1 which tile the colilli compound olind is placed aidau andau and an oval inalia rubber mask very pliable and aud flexible projecting from it with a lap tap which allows communication between beit the two wo parts to lie cut 0 oil IT or estall at will the mask part was avas placed over my fc f cc cand and I 1 inhaled inar bcd lcd deeply once or twice avith the only result that luit I 1 was seized with a choking ciU ciulli sli which however lio wever wili soon oon followed by a pleasant and restful sc serration ato 11 I 1 frit felt I 1 it if I 1 vi al ere cro gently bozina off on oil a v rin bummers in imers day to so I 1 closed my eyes arid and placed my iny arms donn don by iny sides that they inight not interfere with iab my lay breathing breath iii the ductor doctor bent over rite ine ind and raked ani el lit eclid but I 1 wits wide enough ahnke to siy say not yet doctor 11 1 I wits was rapidly I 1 felt I 1 altu begill ning nin t to lo bosc loc consciousness tile the light seemed gently to tip ando anway place to dariz darkness that th t was ung not loot 11 fill or livi but soft arid and restful there was no giddiness ess or singing in the ears but silence and darkness la settled down over me anti and then a re red ol 01 beit cil seemed to come from beneath roy my eyes aud to float an av into the fit ing g bloom gradually Kra dually diminishing to a red spot t hie lie only speck of light left leac 7 slowly t faded any IN aty still and sight heat healing ing volition and sanse anith it I 1 had 11 a dim co i c fous foosnes nes of existence but my ery life i fir far away avay buried under foft boft masses of dri darkness kness I 1 do not inov whether I 1 inoke bloke ut lit my iny brain was a bl blank t rind and riot not a thought crossed croick my mind all was numb lead dead and still the lie silence of the grave bil but lIlha a fa faint int dc con piousness sonic liere that this was not death but only the suspension of life dankness Dai kness was all around not a darkness that night be felt but one that filled evera ever thing covered bot eer er tiling thing avith black impalpable and all penta pervading ding presence pie sence Gradually and softly a ah it clot the light comeback cam came bick eback no startled wonder as to I 1 was for almost before I 1 could shape a hist ineth ely remembered my po position and knew the operation was over the figures tit in the lie room grew distinct and clear I 1 half rose up lip in lied ell and then a horrible feeling of nausea naus ca arid and pain rushed upon tile me I 1 had lain down strung and well I 1 woke up weak arid and throbbing with pain under mv bandages 11 splendid 1 I 1 I 1 e ried cried the su sin Keen beera theer ully tully till all over first rate not ino more re than si a quarter of au all hour bour oi oer er it doirin during r my trance they had find cut and carved tile me sewed rite me up lip und me without my kanovi knowing fit that I 1 had biad been touched pall mall gazette |
