The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-06

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However it has happened. one thing is
very plain to me-that the sense of hear
ing in this case is not absolutely destroy
ed, but, as l may put it, diverted into
the optic region-grafted, as it were,
into the sense of sight,
'But is such thing possible?" ex-
claimed anxiously.
eyes, theoretically it is" returned
my partner gravely, "but practically no
example of it has yet occurred in the
case-that is, of a human being can
only guess that in the present instance
purely accidental causes have led up to
it But the fact remains that, as have
just said, the man now seeS-actuaIly
sees, remember-that which, in ordinary
circumstances, he would have heard. "
My colleagues diagnosis proved to be
true, as we soon found Little hy little.
as consciousness returned, it became
painfully evident that the patients
senses had become what may call, Cor
want Of better word, entangled
With what startling vividness such
sensations thus took bodily shape before
him we could only surmise from his ex-
cited manner. Sensitive to an extraor-
binary degree to every breath, every
whisper around him, his staring eyeballs
too plainly showed how the faculty of
ternatural extent
PLEASE, SIR" said maidservant at
the door; please, sir, Dr. Clifford
wants you up stairs at once
Clifford and the attendant were hold
ing down the patient by main force
upon the bed He was struggling to rise,
and the expression of his face was one
of terror. His eyes seemed as If start
ing from their sockets
Something has induced a violent
paroxysm, " whispered Jim. HE can't
last long If 1t continues
The sick man sank back ON his pill
lows. His lips moved. By stopping over
him could catch some of his words
They are coming-coming now" he
gasped, lever 50 far away, but can
see them! Something moves before them
something dark! can't make it outi
poor Octavep Will it, ae
"Visibly worse" said Clifford aside
to me, "and the pulse abnormally high
II this goes on, he will be in high
fever before long"
TWAS breathless summer evening,
but the sky was overcast with murky
clouds, foreboding tempest The room
already grew dark with the shadow of
its coming.
Suddenly there was loud knocking
at the front door. Presently heard
voices in conversation, then heavy foot
steps began to ascend the stairs.
AT that instant rose colored flash
CLEANED through the darkness Of the
room, terrific peal Of thunder follow
ed. its echoes crashing and rolling as
if the building were about to fall mon
our heads. The sick man sprang con-
vulstvely to an almost upright position
in his bed, then fell Northumberland
The door opened. There was a pause.
and two plainly dressed men slipped
quietly into the room.
DIR. Clifford. I presumed" injured
the foremost politely.
Jim nodded assent wonderinglv.
II have a very painful duty to per-
form In respect of your patient here, F"
continued the speaker fumbling a paper
as he spoke; % very painful duty IN
deed But the fact is, hold warrant
for his apprehension under the name of
Henry--Octave Henry on a charge
off,
my patient" interposed Jim very
quietly, "has Just obeyed another s,,n,.
mons. The man died while you were
coming up stairs-''
From the explanations which ensued
it seemed that our late patient had long
been wanted" by the police ON 10 less
a charge than that of murder. Doubtless
his unwillingness to be removed to a
hospital arose from his persnasion that