Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
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move me at night?"
For the same reason that | brought
you here for at night" answered Sir
Jasper. frankly-"in order that you
may not be able. by employing your ge-
ographical instincts. to discover the
locality of his l.ordship's house. which
would be the same thing as discovering
his Lordship's identity. | have no
doubt that you are dying of curiosity
But. owing TO the circum-
stances, at which have already hint
ed it is undesirable that your curiosi-
~ should be for the present. at any
rate. satisfied. You must not think us
unreasonable: especially as you have
been so handsomely paid for your SER
vices. And all being we'll, that is to
say. if the result OF the operation upon
my patient is such. as | hope, shall
enlighten you in due course.
So with this promise was fain to
be content.
The same night was removed in an
ambulance. via Midland Railway, from
Leicester to Sir Jasper's nursing home
in North Audley street. Here rapidly
became convalescent. and within a
month | was, as he had foretold. back
at Somerset House. Before | left his
home. Sir Jasper had eXacted from me
a promise TO say nothing to anybody
of what had occurred. adding that the
further 20UU pounds. which he hoped,
in no long time. to be in a position TO
pay over 20 me. would be contingent
upon this promise being observed.
| assured him that | would keep my
promise and | was scrupulously care
full TO do so. But time went by; the
weeks grew into months. the months
into years. and | heard nothing more
from him, until I was driven to the
conclusion that the operation had been
less successful than he had expected
and that those 1000 pounds would not
come my way after all.
But at last. three years later, when
had long abandoned all hope, Sir
Jasper himself looked in one evening
10 sec me- He was in the best of hu-
more and spirits. His very look be-
tokened it.
How do you do?" he said. I've
Just come to tell you that operation
has turned out successfully-most sue
cessfully. So here's your 1000 pounds.
you lucky fellow"
AS he spoke. he handed me his check
for that amount.
by Jove. am glad. Thanks aw-
fully" | exclaimed, feeling in the mood
to stand upon my head tor delight.
You had need 10 be glad smiled
Sir Jasper Il couht ii 5000 pounds
was ever so choarly earned before. By
the way, | p.o.Gised. when the time
came. to enlignten you upon certain
matters. Well. the time has come now.
There is no longer any reason for Sc
crecy. seeing that the operation has
turned out so well. The house TO
which / took you on the. memorable
occasion was Bishopsford Castle
What, The seat OF the Earl of
Carshalton?"
Yes. And the patient into whose
system your blood was transferred
was'-
beautiful Lady Constance Rosehill?'
No." answered Sir Jasper, quietly.
but Lord Carshaltons beautiful three
year-old FLY. Running Track. who has
today realized for his Lordship his
life's ambition and won him the first
victory in the st. Leger."
In the course of lurther explanations
of this astonishing statement Sir Jas
per said:
The idea was Lord Carshaltons. Ne
has always been, in his eccentric way,
a bit of a psychologist. and it some
how crossed his mind that. if the blood
of a man was transfused into the sys-
tenn of a newly born foai, some of the
physical and nervous qualities of the
man might also be communicated-the
superior to the inferior. Lord Carsh-
alton is a very old friend of mine. |
must tell you, and at the outset of my
career. laid me under obligations
which. even to this day. make it diff
cult for me to refuse him anything. So
when he presseu me to cooperate with
him in the scheme which he had in
view | felt bound Though considered
the scheme wildly chimericaD to lend
him my assistance. That scheme, in
fact. was nothing less than-to try the
experiment upon the little filly foal
with which his famous brood mare,
The Abbey, had just presented him.
"'All her stock. he said. are flyers
up to a mile: but they are non-stayers.
And il is the dream of my life TO turn
out a real slayer. Can we not get hold
of some athlete of tried stamina
some prominent long distance run
ner-and induce him, for a considera-
ton. to submit to the experiment.
Il tried to dissuade him. suggested
that if the TRANSMISSION were made at
all il should be made from another
horse. But he would not hear of it.
1t must be man. he declared. The
essence of my idea is that the blood of
the superior animal will dominate that
of the inferior
AT length | consented to cooperate.
He had fixed on you as the most prom
Using subject from the first. 1t was left
with me to secure your compliance on
whatever terms and in whatever way |
could. So. partly in order to persuade
you the more easily, partly because
did not want il known that ! was as
sociated in such an apparently insane
proceeding. represented my patient as
human. ami adopted those other pre-
cautions against discovery of which