The Project Gutenberg eBook ofThe Gland StealersThis ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online atwww.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.Title: The Gland StealersAuthor: Bertram GaytonRelease date: May 16, 2015 [eBook #48975]Most recently updated: October 24, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book wasproduced from scanned images of public domain materialfrom the Google Print project.)*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GLAND STEALERS ***
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Title: The Gland StealersAuthor: Bertram GaytonRelease date: May 16, 2015 [eBook #48975]Most recently updated: October 24, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book wasproduced from scanned images of public domain materialfrom the Google Print project.)
Title: The Gland Stealers
Author: Bertram Gayton
Author: Bertram Gayton
Release date: May 16, 2015 [eBook #48975]Most recently updated: October 24, 2024
Language: English
Credits: Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book wasproduced from scanned images of public domain materialfrom the Google Print project.)
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WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUTGran'pa is ninety-five, possessed of £100,000, a fertile imagination, and a good physique. He sees in the papers accounts of the theory of rejuvenation by means of gland-grafting.Nothing will satisfy him but that the experiment should be made upon himself. He acquires a gorilla, a hefty murderous brute, and the operation is performed with success. That is only the beginning.He next determines to dig out an old love, and make her young, too; and Sally, a dear old lady of seventy, arrives upon the scene.Inspired to philanthropy by the thrill of regained youth, Gran'pa decides to take a hundred or so old men to Africa, capture a like number of gorillas, and borrow their glands.There are thrilling adventures with the gorillas, whilst the old gentlemen supply the comedy—there are not enough glands to go round. The result of the operations is a surprise to all, particularly to the old gentlemen themselves.
WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT
WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT
Gran'pa is ninety-five, possessed of £100,000, a fertile imagination, and a good physique. He sees in the papers accounts of the theory of rejuvenation by means of gland-grafting.Nothing will satisfy him but that the experiment should be made upon himself. He acquires a gorilla, a hefty murderous brute, and the operation is performed with success. That is only the beginning.He next determines to dig out an old love, and make her young, too; and Sally, a dear old lady of seventy, arrives upon the scene.Inspired to philanthropy by the thrill of regained youth, Gran'pa decides to take a hundred or so old men to Africa, capture a like number of gorillas, and borrow their glands.There are thrilling adventures with the gorillas, whilst the old gentlemen supply the comedy—there are not enough glands to go round. The result of the operations is a surprise to all, particularly to the old gentlemen themselves.
Gran'pa is ninety-five, possessed of £100,000, a fertile imagination, and a good physique. He sees in the papers accounts of the theory of rejuvenation by means of gland-grafting.
Nothing will satisfy him but that the experiment should be made upon himself. He acquires a gorilla, a hefty murderous brute, and the operation is performed with success. That is only the beginning.
He next determines to dig out an old love, and make her young, too; and Sally, a dear old lady of seventy, arrives upon the scene.
Inspired to philanthropy by the thrill of regained youth, Gran'pa decides to take a hundred or so old men to Africa, capture a like number of gorillas, and borrow their glands.
There are thrilling adventures with the gorillas, whilst the old gentlemen supply the comedy—there are not enough glands to go round. The result of the operations is a surprise to all, particularly to the old gentlemen themselves.
BYBERTRAM GAYTON
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