THE EXTR.1ORDINARY EXPERIMENT OF DR. CALGRONI

118 A block from the circus grounds, back from the enraged animal, who under the street lamp, I saw a figure on horseback that I recognized as Jason nizing in Will the reincarnation of her Murdock, evidently bound for home. Then, snarling, the Thing I had seen hopped out irom behind a tree trunk, limply to the floor. From the hue of the o all fours. Gaining its hind feet, it blood, ebbing from the side of his neck, made a lying leap at Jason, knocking Isaw at a glance that he was done for- him from his horse. On the ground Mimmie's claws had severed his jugular they rolled, the powerful Jason helpless vein. in the Thing's clutch. Its fingers closed chokingly about the man's throat. I tried to shoot, only to find my again lurched forward as though recog- mate, Horace. Foaming at the mouth, Will sank Among the men who had helped me thrust the poor fellow out of Mimmie's jammed; tried to shout, and conlgun reach, was the sheriff of the county. At that instant the brass band struck manded, grasping my shoulders. up "There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight!" As the quick, dancing strains smote the night-air, the Thing suddenly ceased in the act of Thornsdale place. The light stiii dimly strangling Jason, looking attentively illuminated the hall through the open up. There seemed to be a responsive, door obedient look on its horrible counte- nance. I could see its wild-eyes a:d "Have your men surround the place." bearded face -God! It was simple Will! Bounding first on all fours, then half- upright on his feet, the crazed idiot was making for the show grounds just as light burned within. About me stood the clouds broke in a downpour. To the several boxes, with the sides torn open, rear of the big tent bounded Will the crowd scattered for home. As if familiar with his surrounding, he made for a side-show tent in front of which sputtered a gas torch. The contained-an operating table and all crowd, fleeing in the rain, had in the confusion failed to see the half-wit and loug box in the corner sprawled the myself on the mad run. men were following me, as Will tore aside the entrance flaps Inside, poorly-lighted though it was, stand, I turned to examine the dead I could plainly see the cage of Miminie, body; and I noticed a paper, which fell the female-gorilla. Her trainer turned t the noise of our entrance, and hastily of the beast's head revealed a great gash, reached for his knife-pointed pole rottening at the edges, through which, ut too late. Uttering "What does this mean?" he de- not. "Follow me!" I cried. A crowd of excited men, headed by the sheriff and myself, made for the "I'll go in first, sheriff," I offered. I etole into the hall. A terrible stench greeted me. I found it came from a door opening out into the hall. A feeble and excelsior hanging and strewn about as them Before me, completely assembled in every detail, stood what the boxes had its many surgical accessories. Out of a But several hairy limbs of the fast-decaying Horace, the male gorilla. Taking a small oil lamp from the to the floor. A quick look at the side and antagonistic, Will flung himrng it was evident, the brain had been re moved I hastily recalled Dr. Calgroni's iinmie's cage, who, with an answering of battle, reached both her long theories. Could it be- arms through her cage, clawing My.eye chanced to drop to the floor. Holding forth the lamp, I saw there was handwriting on the bit of paper I picked it up and read the note, imiry nd tearing at the fiercely struggling nan on the outside. The trainer rushed in with his prong, drusting it at Mimmie. For an iu which, even at the last stand, Calgroni stant she drer back: then several of us had directed to me, Von Meine, chief quickly pulled Will, bleeding profusely, disparnger of his wild theories