The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-05-31

Either / will be the death of This
problem or it will be the death Of me, "
he said to himself, and with this CON
yiction he had set to work to save his
own life. He saw the patient so often
that he photographed every look and
motion she was accustomed to make
upon his mind, Not the movement of u
muscle, not the twitching of an cyelid
escaped him. He went about studying
every one Of these apparent trivialities
and trying to account for it.
just as Maxey treasured up every
scrap of evidence which promised to
throw any light on the great double
mystery which entirely nonplused the
police, so the physician, constituting
himself medical detective, looked upon
the various symptoms of the girls CON
dition as so many. clews to the great
pathological mystery which was battling
him. During the weeks following the
discovery of Annette he reread almost
his entire library on brain diseases Aft
erward he borrowed from a friend.
One night he came across passage
which startled him. 1t was the particu-
lar statement or the symptoms of pa
tient in German hospital who died
with strange maladIS that completely
mystified the physiciShs. The result of
the post mortem examination appended
showed that the secret cause of his death
was cerebral complication, the chief
factor in which was tumor in the
brain. footnote suggested that this
abnormal growth had probably been
caused by fall
Perhaps it was because he watched
with new idea in his mind, but it was
the very next day, when Lamar renewed
his observations at the bedside of the pa
tient in Ballavoine place, that he detect
ed the spasmodic symptoms for the first
time. The result was that he became
convinced. He could scarcely conceal his
delight when he came to take his depar-
ture.
Miss Maxey was quick reader of
faces, and of his face in particular. She
stopped him at the door and said shyly,
but determinedly:
You have some good news for us,
but you are SO afraid that we shall be
disappointed that you hesitate to toll it?''
No, said Lamar, but | think I
navy ipthleN itl NlSDTupT however, l.
am not an authority in this matter. l
shall bring some friends here, with your
leave, this afternoon. :"
He smiled so pleasantly to himself
that Ellen was delighted.
Surely, if this be true you will know
just what to do to cure her?''
Cure? | said nothing about curing.
No 1t is necessarily fatal in its re-
suits. :"
She flashed one look of horror and in
dignation into his face and turned away
without word. Poor DIR. Lamar forgot
TO smile OH his way to the street But q
moment before he had felt glow of pro-
fessional pride in what he ventured to
hope was the success of daring dag
nosis AS he emerged into tho sunlight
an intimate friend might have thought,
from his crcstfallen expression, that he
had met with n severe defeat.
However, this did not prevent him
from calling on somo of his fellow ply
sicians, and that afternoon a council of
grave and diSnitied men stood around
the bedside of poor Annette If it had
cost the artist anything, that little con
sultation in the back sitting room would
have proved an expensive luxury But
fortunately for him DIR. Lamar was his
friend, and there was sufficient interest
i'll the case to make these wise and high
ly paid individuals in black coats think
it worth their while TO have hand in
it for their own information.
While they We're present the artist
and his sister were excluded from the
room. When the meeting was over, La.
mar called them in. They found tho
physician rubbing his hands in state
of unmistakable elation. In fact, his
spirits We're high that they somewhat
obscured his vision. He did not seem to
notice Miss Maxey' presence and when
Julian asked him how the case stood he
burst out with an enthusiasm which
would have done credit to the artist
himself.
Il was right! Twas right They have
agreed with me exaetlyn'
Miss Maxey suddenly burst into tears
and left the room.
She is oyerjoyedp' cried Maxey.
Unfortunately, no, " said the ply
sician, biting his lip i'll Yexation. II
ought to have known better. told her