Daily Republican., 1888-11-10
a DOCTORS sEOMY.
BY EDWARD ALLEN.

We were three friends very comfortA
ply domioiled IN a single suite OF room
on f. street, in near vicinity 10 tb,
L.. Medical College, which we At
tended. "
one Of us wSs Hollandsr, q gentle.
manly handsome youth, of too tender |
nature for doctor, we thought, but /
very accomplished fellow in his studIeF
nevertheless. The second Of our 49,
was thlcE-tongued, red faced Rassien
whose fierce eyes, shedea by lops
ltshsei gave an impression Of evil
always dlspelled when his WhIts teett
And coed nature were revealed "a /
very pleasant smile, He was ranAfkA
bly, arduous In his pursuit OF kpoWI.
edge, and sometimes soTuplGti not to re-
sort 10 Questionable means, which vere
betrayed to rs by his muddy hootb and
ololhinR when no rs-sppeaFad after 4
night long absence, introverted and IN
| quesli0ned.
As for myself, let II sufioe to say
that although my fortune was meAprt
my heart was light, and ignorant OF
any KrAver care than the preparation
for to-morroW's rscitatlons, While
HollAncer Was studying, and the Rus
sian experimenting, l am afraid was
too often found peEusinR Bomo light
love tale, or thrummtUg my guitar. Nv
Idle tpiIit wae as deaf 10 HollandoI',
friendly admobislona as to the Rus
slams Rrunts OF scornful dIsApprobA.
tion.
But the tranquil tenor Of my life was
abEuptly terminated by q Disturbing
intuenoa i had never ADtioipAted,
when, ooe zoe afternoon, l fen IN love.
That WAS not truly . fine afternoon,
however, when /, traversinR r.
street through miTs and fog, was moved
to tHsr my aim to q dsintIly-AttIred
dautel who sio0dappllled ct the dlfi.
orlties OF = crossing. Was always eb
sufdiy sutcsptlble 10 . pretty face. and
la this tnetaHce believe obspsd in
stipotively certain distressed look on
her bsAuNful oountsnanea, snd 4 Rlar cs
OF appeal from deep, lustrous, dark
eyes.
When had safely seated my fair
charge 10 an omnibus, 1 received her
card IN recognition OF my services. pp
ocorous, giltedged, BIT Of pssteb bard,
Inscribed In Atige, Italian hand, with
tia name, Estelle GIaytln.
To end the tale Ct my eLtbTsllment IN
the feWett words, awaited myself o,
many opportunities fog meeting Inc fair
EJtelle, and in no long tlne tia infiu-
encs Of . passionate, abiding attach
nert infatuated my entire being, and
vas not, felt assured, unreoiprocntsd
1 was little disturbed by my friend
HollAnder's gOod'natuTei rAilsry, but l
felt % sharply nettled under the r as
sian's COARSE banter, that would often
reioTt In the bitterest terms, aud arp 9Er
90 distressed that tho twinkle in hol.
isnder's eyes gave place to look Of
sympEthy and reprocf, by which the
Rlssian was awed into silence.
At this 1unctuTe Of my affairs, re-
turned one evening from my acous
toned visit, ia most iotlorn and
wreiohed mood, Estelle was III, /
could learn nothing more from she ser
want than that she was dslirlous, and,
though toTnented by an unsuitable
thirst che suffered the Fcvagest spAsms
81 the mere sight OF watsr. ] stood for
an hour or more watching the shadows
which passed across the curtain OF her
ousmber window like clouds across the
bright armament OF my hsppinsss.
The next evening learned that she
bad been taken Awsy for mere tklufnl
treatment OF q disorder which threat
ened her life; whittier, the servant who
was our sole con dent, was uno rtAin.
and apparently without any good rss
son for her belief that 1t Was to Blan 2.
l was inconsolable, and fEetfully intol-
Grant OF the kindly effOrtG Of my tHo
friends to Interest me Ia new researches
aud eXpsrimOnts. The lsc.uFa room
the dissecting Foon, tbo hospltsIs, even
the theatre, presented no aIluFernents TO
nv 0Tipf gLrirkpn Fv1lriFc
wandered the streets during the
daytime and at night / haunted the
home OF my loved one, hungerinR fcr
the mereBt boEa2B OF no6s concerning
her. l tupFose / showed 90 u6vsr
effects OF anxiety in nay pAle face and
sunk6n eyes that really alarmed ny
iIierd Ho!lGudeF, who finally Unlisted
upon q change Of Gosre and air, AMI
accompanied me to qniet watering
p acc near L, where We remained 8
week. A lovers Holioltuda for hil sick
mistress Ia not to be cured By sulphur
bAths aud dTsuRhts Of brsckish mineral
water, and 1t was with this conviction
that We returned 10 our lodging in
b Ssrset ht the end OF the Aforesaid
tins.
We found our friend, the Russian, in
nothing more interested than IN the
analysis Of = mad dogs brain. Moth.
ing was wanted to complete his hEpbi-
meas, lie said, but q human bTAtu slmi-
lATly Hffected with which to com psre
the CANNES. Hullander beosme i'm
medlAtely interested In this experiment
which promised novel discoveries and
Developments. ThsS veinly gouaht 10
interest mo in their theories. What
WAS mad dogs brain to MT? My ogn
was mad enough,
Fired with youthful Ardor, and the
true B'udenPs yeArpiDR for q deepar
understanding OF puzzling PROPOSE
ton, my friends searched tho wards OF
several Of the large city hospitals, and
returned on the evening Of the following
day, slAted by seversl discoveries. The
case represented thu different phSssn
and stages Of the direAse, but their IN
tsEsst lay chiefly in q single case in the
O. Hospital. Their patient was a
beautiful young girl, they told me,
whose young life mast soon GuooUnb
TO the dreadful mSlady.
This Russians only sorrow arose from
tho fact that her friends Wonld pIo5S.
bly, never permit her beautiful perslo
TO lie upon ths disssobinR table, Iishe
we're only ugly, or frIendlefs, OF old
what Rtest bensf.s would accrus 10
sclenos from her misfoFtun6i
On the morning Rftsr the funeral OF
chs unhappy girl, HollAnder 90 Artfully
united the interests OF the fair patient
aud her mAlAdy, thEt / became desDly
attentive 10 his calculation Of his theory
Of the dlsesse. he dwelt so long upsn
the special importance of direct o5m-
pAFison between tbs human and the os
nine brain in the Study of the distem
per, that I sOon perceived him TO have
bsoome fAmilisrizsd With the idea OF
certain hazardous, hldeously rspulEive
project, which the Russlon had douht.
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