The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

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with a Bound Flint Was Upon Me.
exquisite revenge the letter revealed
to me. My brain. preternaturally ex-
cited. in a few moments planned the
whole scheme. Violently ringing my
bell, | Informed the clerk, who came
hurrying in, that | had to go to Paris
at once on urgent business. | told
him to ask Sir Edward to meet me at
the office in our days time to finish
the settlements, and l started at ono
for London en- route for Paris.
"Fatigue was gone. Once more
alert and active, I felt as if treading
on air. Onvthe. journey | rehearsed
and rehearsed the scheme / had
! planned out until I thought it per-
feet. / at once. on arrival. fastened
TO my friends house and pretended
hat | had not received his letter. At
ter breakfast he took me to DR.. Luy's
clinic and there | saw that tie pow
ers he had claimed we've indced his.
Selecting the neediest looking of his
assistants, ! gently touched him and.
led him aside. In my best French |
told him that if he would come to my
hotel that evening with the band just
removed from the lunatic who had
been relieved before my eyes l would
give him 1,50O francs, or 100 pounds.
At first he would not listen, but at
last he did, and l went back to my
hotel content That evening / left
Paris with my revenge carefully
packed in a small box. On arrival at
my house I slept for twelve hours, a
thing | had not done for weeks, and
awoke ready to carry my scheme
through. .... .f
II see that you shudder, doctor, but
l felt calm as fate itself
"The following morning I was clos
eted with Berkeley for some time, pour
ing over deeds of title and old, musty
documents. l purposely delayed. in
order to fatigue him. Presently |
saw the t~ell-tale contraction of his
face and knew be was mine. Lean
ing across the table, l said:
81, had intended, Sir Edward, half
running myself in giving you a we'd
ding present, but I have altered my
mind will cure your neuralgia in
stead
"'What?' he said. eagerly: I'D give
anything if you could; it's the only
cross have to bear
"'Well, I'll cure you on one condi-
ton
"'Name it'll do anything
"That you give me your solemn
word of honor not to disclose to any
one the method of cure
"'All right; only cure me-
"'Well, I'll tell you, first, why you
have had to promise. You must know
that this oftice-that is, myself-is the
repository of half the secrets of the
town. This is because everyone
thinks | am a model for solid COM
mon sense. Now, if you blurted out
that | had advised you to use IA half
sp~fritualistic, ~half-quackish remedy,
why, my reputation as an embodiment
of practical sense would be gone. |
used. mysels, to suffer from head
aches, and do now for that matter,
and had tried every remedy that the
doctors could suggest. AT last | was
persuaded to try a Spiritualist, to
whom | went at night. He gave me
a thin band to wear whenever / had
a headache, and he said it would re-
lieve me if u to overWork. or cure
it if due to neuralg ia. 1t has to be
worn for eight days constantly. and.
to enable you to do it, | suggest that
We both take a weeks holiday and go
to some small fishing village and try
the treatment
Il paused and waited with throb-
bling heart for his answer.
"'How aWfully good you are, Flint,
| can never repay you for your kind
ness; | owe you more than | can tell
alreadJ. Why, you introduced ne to
the lovelieSt-
Stay! Stay. Don't begin that. l
will arrange to start next Monday.
VIII that suit you|
so it was agreed, and he left the
office in high spirits, while | sat on
and thought of Ethel, my wife in the
future.
in the little village of Ancorn |
bound the fatal band round his fore
head. | could not hypnotic him, but
felt sure that my Intense desire for
the success of the band would be as
good as any other mans hypnotic
power. And so it proved. for on the
eighth day | found Sir Edward Berk-
lCy-EthclS promised ~husland-in his
bedroom, a Gibh-ring luuatic. | 1T
once secured the steel baud. which
was soon destroyed. and then sum
monod assistance. With great diff
Guilty we had HIM removed to an aSy.
lum, and | went to break the news
to his tiancee. | did it. | fatter my,
self. well, and then left her alone fol
a month. Then | gradually began
once more to frequent the house. I'm
til / stood again in my old position
Berkeley had been away for five
months, and | thought the time had
arrived to speak my mind to Ethel
l went IN afternoon to see her and