Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-06
CHAPTER l.

liz Mt the urgent desire Of many mem
rs of my own profession have | under
zen task necessarily disagreeable, and
now recall the details of a case which
take to be without parallel in the rec
Dis Of criminology. In the mental state
the afflicted being there was, indeed
tie that was abnormal. Manias that are
nilar to his fill our asylums. But that
bori0us studies in the byways of sci
- zee, rather than in her more frequented
lths had placed at the will OF his dls-
1dered brain weapons of deadly poten-
u !, transformed u personal misfortune
~ to a great and urgent public danger.
- spent four years at Cambride, where,
iough my degree was a high one, /
jund too many distractions to make
Ich progress as J could have wished IN
= ~ profession. Yet my interest In med
line grew steadily, and on leaving the
| determined, having both the
zzSNF cans and the time at my disposal, 10
eek out spot where | could throw my
elf into my work without the Interrupt
ions of old friends and old associations
he reputation of Heidelberg attracted
<Npe and hitler l migrated.
81 Sufficient for myself. The man VINO
vas to be associated with me in my
- TRANCE guest l will describe with equal
,revity. My cousin, Sir Henry Graden'
It, MD, FRS, F.R.S.G., was man
4 remarkable personality surgeon OF
brilliant gifts that had made for him
European reputation, yet an eccentric
-"--br so the world held him-who lacked
he steady application necessary for com
1lete success He would throw himself
h. ~
prosecution of new experiment, with
the utmost zeal; yet on achieving the
desired result he would shake off the at
mosphere of the HOSPITAL and laboratory
and start on some wi1d-goose chase that
might include the ascent Of an unclimb-
able peak, the capture of rare species
of wild animal, or the study of little
known tribe of savages. In person he
was of great stature, and heavily. nj
most clumsily, built, with a rugged,
weatherbeaten face, keen yet kindly
grey eyes. and brown hair, somewhat
grizzled about the temples. In age he
was well past the forties. In dress and
department he might pardonably have
been mistaken for prosperous Yorkshire
grazer. Indeed, he was wont to com
plain that he acted as magnet to all
the tricksters of London; though from
the shrewd smile with which he accom-
4 panied his protests, Il was easy TO see
that he thoroughly enjoyed the diversion
of turning the tables on his discreeit1
able opponents,
II 1t was towards the end Of my second
year at Heidelberg An autumn sun had
sunk to rest In golden haze over the
wooded hills, and the night, lum
nous under the harvest moon, lay upon
the old town | was sitting at my table,
on which a shaded lamp threw its vel
low circle, arranging the notes of the
lectures | had that day attended, when
: there came a knock at the door behind
me. ! cried n sulky invitation, for
feared the appearance of one of my pre-
posterous student friends. with his jargon
of the duel and the promenade. But the
next moment an enormous hand had
dragged me into the realization of my
duties as n host by standing me on my
feet amid the clatter of falling chair
why, Cousin Gradient | cried for
indeed 1t was he who had thus treated
me. ''What cyclone has blown you
hereT
"llgad! | believe it's the truth I've
heard" said he, throwing himself on to
a sofa that cracked again under his
weight--he was famed breaker of
furniture was cousin Harry Graden
"They told me that you'd shut yourself
up for nigh two years--w0rk. work, work
las If there was no young blood in your
veins, and no green world lying around
you, with not yard of 1t that isn't
worth all the most learned dissertations
ever written"
| knew his favorite doctrine 1t would
have been as foolish to argue with him
as to attempt to uphold the necessity
for the Union with an Irish Home Ruler
" "But what are you doing here"
repeated.
Its to Berlin that I'm bound to read
paper before society that Is good
enough to be interested in some notes |
took recently on the Kafiir witch-doctors.
I'd few days in hand, SO | thought !
would take peep at my dear Heidelberg
and incidentally. at my worthy cousin,
Robert HRrland."
He rose and stalked about the room.
clucking to himself like contented hen.
'Same old jugs and china pipes same
wainscot. shade darker maybe: same
old oak beams. thought more smoky
same schlagers above the mantelpieee.
He tsek down one of the students
duelng- swords. and slipped his hand
into the heavy hilt Raising his long arm
into the orthodox attitude, he swept the
keen, thin blade in kissing circles.
de ysu ever tramp on the sawdust
and drum with the schlager, and bleed in
the tank, Cousin Rsbert?'
mot /. Though l have heard of your
triumphs In the past. you man Of bloodw
And who has been gossipingr
Professor Won Stockmar. He asked
me to supper the second day l arrived.
for the sole purpose, believe. Of inn
pressing me with the fame Of certain
dueling desperate Of student, one
Henry Graden, who hourished in Hedel-
berg twenty years ago"
"What, Won Stockmar2 Little Her
maDnf What a good fellow he wasl Did
you ever hear him sing a song about
but, OF course, that's not possible, SO
little Hermann's a professor, is he2 Are
You under himT'
No; I'm with Professor Marnac."
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