The morning call., 1891-01-18

| hold him, fade away into nothtngness again.
But no; II was not fantasy, it was glorious
| reality. Writ was himself again. lie had
wakened as from a dream He had step ed
| from the gloom of cerebral disturbance out
! into the clear sunlight of mental Serrn ity.
! The change was complete With a single
| stroke nature had delivered herself from the
| shackles with which accident had hampered
her free action.
| The moment l could pull myself together
! after the shock occasioned me by this won
| derlul happening, | besOught Writ TO give
| me an account OF his return to life. as it
| We're.
'Yokel did it, father p he whispered.
| glancing furitively at the door.
1T would be idle fcr me t. attempt to
! give you an idea OF the pang which these
! words caused me, for | interpreted them a 5
! tn trump OF destroying angel, annouuc-
| ing the second crumbling down of my boys
! reason. l sank INTO my chair in i stale of
| utter collapse. Poor, wretched mortal
that l am" l murmured to myself; lit is
! aft-r all dream. Wrts mind is still
fixed"
lie appeared to divine my meaning, and
with a smile he repeated
No, no. dear father; it is not the work
ing Of dtSordered mind, but sold, sub
stantiai truth. Yokel did it,
In heavens name, my son, explain your
self"
There is very little for me to explain.
| dear father" said Writ; FOR what pre-
| coded my return 10 reason is only known TO
| him. / can only inform you where it was
| and when it was that | came to myself, like
| one waking out of a deep sleep. | was
| suddenly conscious of human hand clutch
| ing at my throat Tighter and ever tighter
! became that grip. 1t seemed rs if | was
only being awakened from my sleep to he
strangled TO death. And at once my ears
were filled with ringing sounds, and By
| degrees these sounds arranged themselves
into words. At first they seemed miles
| away, 50 faint aud tremulous they were,
! but gradually they became perfectly dis
| tinct, and | was enabled tn recognize the
voice. 1t was 1okers. Curse You, you
miserable idiot he exclaimed. Why
ontcry," continued Writ. land he hurled me
against the pile of wood lying behind your
| laboratory. As he walked away | became
aw are OF the fact that my hands were filed
| with Matches
"Oh, infamous wretch-thrice infamous
| wretch! exclaimed, striking my
clenched hand against my brow.
Writ looked at me inquirngly.
| " 1t all breaks upon ne, dear son." con-
| tinued. THAT cup of coffee was drugged-
drugged by 1okel, too, and it was his inten-
| tl0n 10 lead you to set fire to the pile of kin
| ding wood you spoke of. The flames would
have reached my laboratory in a moment,
and l should have burned to death while sit
ting here stupeied b. this drugged coffee
Wits eyes filled with tears and he threw
| his arms around my neck.
." Merciful heavens" he whispered, "what
narrow escape, father But how often
| have you saved my life? Thank God, / have
| been permitted TO unmask this mans vii
| lainy in time. How shall you proceed, dear
| faJher?"
made no reply to Rirts question. l
! could not. My mind was otherwise occu-
| pied. thought had flashed through my
| brain which set every fiber of my body
| tingling with satisfaction as well as amaze
ment at the wonderful result of Yokels in
] famous conduct.
RAISE your chin, my boy | said.
"Ah. see you still think Writ is not
trustworthy Witness" he replied, with one
| of his uld-tIme smiles
I" Oh, fool, fool! What supplemented.
| unreasonlng fool | WAS not to discover al
| ance."
Why, father. what do you mean ?"
asked Writ.
Mean, my dear boy?" said I as l ex-
amined the marks of Yoke's murderous
fingers. why, i mean, poor, dear Writ.
That l, as well as all other physicians and
experts who treated you after your injury in
the game of foOt-bal are a set of shallow
| pated emplncists, that our so-calied science
| IS all hocus pocus; that now, when by a
| strange fatality rogue and murderous-
| minded wretch sets his hand upon YOUR
! throat and effects cure of your ailment
then, my dear son, the scientific men see
| what the trouble was"
I'm heavens name. father, you mystify
me. Speak, what's the meaning of these
wordS?"
This is their meaning, Writ" continued.
| bidding him 10 sit down beside me- If
| had had spark of the true clairvoyance of
| the man of science about me- | would have
suspected at once that that blow upon your
neck had caused some injury to the thyroid
gland. I ears ago the learned Professor
Helvetius of the University of Gottingen
| drew our attention to his theory Of the nature
ana use OF the thyroid gland, which lies lust
| at me head OF the trachea, enrappiug its
hrst three rings. He held, and | think his
| reasoning is unanswerable, that the thyroid
| grand acts as regulator upon a diverticuium
| 10 the cerebral circulation, and in support
| OF thls theory he called our attention to the
TACT that this dUctless and hitherto mys-
ferrous gland is located just beyond the point
al winch the cerebral arteries branch from
tne trunk arterles-a very significant fact
ior IL is Just the position which would of n
necessity be assigned to it In order 10 enable
IL 10 perform its functions of a Regulator.
! Inc thyroldeal arteries being manifestly
longer and more numerous than that organ
would need for its own nutrition it follows
| mat nature. which never creates without n
necessity OF creation, obviously inten led
! that the secretions of this gland should.
| through the medium of the closely inter
I locking arterlal channels, he brought into
intimate and sympathetic relation with the
! gray matter of the brain. Knowing of this
| intimate relationship l should have al once
| SuSi ecied that the persuasive blow received
| by you just below the thyroid cartilage had,