The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-05-21


ject was to keep him under close scru-
tiny. He went to live with DIR. Morse
as patient on the odd Nothing fur
ther occurred of special interest until the
28th. The patient was visited by num-
Der of scientific men, who all concurred
that it was case of convulsive hysteria
with monomaniacal symptoms. On the
18th the O'Grady came to the house, and
in the presence of DIR. Morse and the
well -knswn psychologist, DIR. Eberhard
Forsythe, made statement which fur
nished her antecedents rs already limited
at.
The same evening, while in DIR.
Morse's study, Mr.. Surden was knocked
off the office chair, his head severely
punched and both his eyes blackensd.
DIR. Morse was present. As usual the
victim cried "Murder!" several times
during the operation. He then got up,
very much disarranged, aud appealed to
the witness if that was ga fit" DIR.
Morse, after much hesitation, pronounced
it ga most remarkable paroxysm." At
this Mr.. Surden lost his temper, and ac-
cused the Doctor of striking him. A
singular alteration followed, which ter
minated by Surden's leaving the house
in passion, threatening to get a warrant
out for DIR. Morse.
The next day Mr.. Surden was visited
by DIR. Eberhard Forsythe at the Union
Place Hotel. He succeeded in gaining
the sympathy of the patient at once by
telling him that he had no faith in DR..
Morses theory whatever. He made a
patient examination of the mans face
| nd
searchingly concerning the previous at
could solve the whole mystery, and that
he, Mr.. Surden, could, if he chose, make
the matter of immense pecuniary benefit
to himself and of incalculable advantage
to his fellow creatures. 81 will under
take" said he, "to demonstrate the ex-
act facts of the case to You. / believe
you to be prosecuted by malign power
that is super mundane, but which we
can use, If we wish, to our mutual adj
vantage. Let me call your attention to
the peculiarities of the attacks. They
have always followed your interviews
with the O'Grady. That, / believe, is
indisputable. They have all been of
one character-in the nature of blow
or blows delivered by strong man, and
on several occasions when there was no
person present. One other fact The
marks upon your neck and face are ex-
actly those that would be made by the
knuckles of closed fist. To this must
be added the evidence of your senses,
which are altogether unimpaired, as to
the contact, the propulsion and the mo-
mentum of the blow, which evidence
corresponds with the physical record, al
though there is q square indentation and
abrasion on your cheek which is as yet
unexplained. SO much for the physical
facts. 1t appears from the statement of
Mrs. O'Grady that her former husband
was a pugilist That, L believe, you
know. 1t also appears that he was pas
sionately jealous of her, and when he
died warned her to live single or he
would punish her and her future husband
severely All this she has acknowl
edged. We now come to the third fact,
which is that on two occasions previous
to this the woman has had admirers, and
both of them suffered an infection some
what similar to yours. L have obtained
the necessary information in regard to
BOTH"
eff all this be true" said Mr.. Surden,
the remedy is simple enough; cut the
O'Grady."
"IMpossible :" exclaimed the psychol-
ogist. 81 trust that you will see the
importance-the vast and startling i'm
portance-of this manifestation too
clearly to entertain such an idea for q
moment. We have here, sir, at last a
tangible, and doubtless to some extent a
comfortable manifestation of super
mundane dynamics which, if skilfully
availed of, must forever set at rest the
many vexed questions that agitate the
minds of men and go very far toward es-
tablishing the immortality of the SOUL
Mr.. Surden's reply was Characteristic
of q man whose mind had never been
directed into these channels. He said
somewhat fippantly:
Immortality of the soul be blowed.
I wont have my jaw mashed every day to
establish anything"
"But my dear SIR" persisted the Doc
tor, "you desire certainly to have the
mystery in your own mind cleared up.
Consider that there are millions of human
beings who desire the same thing. We
have now an opportunity to prove
beyond all doubt that an actual force
with which we are unfamiliar is operat-
ing visibly upon us. don't hesitate to
say that i consider this the most beauti-
full illustration that has come within the
purview of advanced pneumatology."
No definite arrangement was made,
however, at that time. The next even
ing DIR. Forsythe prevailed upon Mr..
Surden to accompany him to the
O'Grady's, and while there the Doctor
directed her attention to the indentation
made in the victims cheek, as if by the
pressure of triangular piece of metal.
The edges of the triangle were marked
by an infamed line slightly abraded.
She said she had noticed it before, be-
cause it reminded her of row in which
her husband became involved with
companion whom he had struck and who
had carried the mark on his cheek for
several years. 1t was caused by blood
stone ring cut into triangle.
Mr.. Surden, on hearing this, expressed
himself satisfied, and said that he did
not wish to stand in the way of an i'm
mortal prize-fghter.
The Doctor endeavored to persuade
him that the interests of science and the