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quite different from any Of the others and could
only be awakened as one of them
Sally. having the most persistent knowledge
OF affairs. was the most obstreperous OF the
three. and was determined to maintain her
identity. The method that occurred to her was
10 make life unbearable for the other MEM
bers of the family that they would be glad to
leave her the field The methods she employed
with Miss Beauchamp have been indicated. The
idiot" was Of tougher fibre. and correspond
ingly tougher proposition. Moreover. Sally was
hampered by not knowing her thoughts. She
would deceive Sally by saying that she disliked
the things she liked. and vice versa and so
gained some measure of content Miss Beau
champ could only evade her inquisitive mental
interrogatories by speaking French making
notes IN shorthand. accomplishments in which
Sally had not been sufficiently interested TO &C
ouire.
Sally found that she could at times hypnotic
the idiot" and SO tormented her. Disliking the
illustrations in an art book of the Idiots" she
would contrive a shaky pedestal OF various
pieces Of furniture, disrobe. and place herself
in the position of of the figures in the book,
and wake up as the idiot with the sugges-
ton that she should hold the pose for half an
hour If II winter and the window open.
so much the better. Being insenstive 10 pain,
she would burn or scratch herself. and then
wake as either Of the others, who would suffer
to Sally's intense enjoyment. If the other two
tried TO keep track of each other by exchanging
notes. Sally would destroy them. Yet Sally had
her good points When Miss Beauchamp was
seriously i'll at time and delirious. Sally who
remained sanely conscious throughout and OBJ
servant of the others rawlings would substitute
herself al intervals take the medicine and ad-
minister the treatment prescribed! Throughout
her he wa
sponsible child than grown woman. and her
own insensbity 10 pain no doubt accounted for
much Of her needless cruelty.
The idiot" was as determined Sally TO
survive and to dominate. and resisted every
effort 10 control her. and she was a strongly
self-willed and obstinate person. II would be
impossible here to follow all the processes by
which she was finally mastered. and by which
Dr. Prince was able again to reduce her TO the
state Of deep hypnosis which retained the mem
cries of both herself and Miss Beauchamp. Ex-
haustion. Induces by the physical and mental
stress Of the preceding years. and etherization
were the leading factors. This hypnotic person
atty commanded to awaken with all her MEM
cries then responded She appeared to be
normal person Physically she was we'll The
neurasthenia had vanished In the twinkling of an
eye In place Of pains. fatigue and insomnia
she boosted joyous feeling of we'll being of
freedom from every discomfort. She neither saw
nor heard Authorizations; she was free from
impulses, obsessions and aboulia she exhibited
no abnormal suggestibility." She was the Real
Miss Beauchamp Sally. herself acknowledged
it. and was finally tucked away to her place as
subconscious personality. and the original Miss
Beauchamp-the saint-and the Idiot disap-
peared Not entirely, at first, but up TO the
time of the revision OF the proofs Of the book.
for five. months. with slight lapse, the Real
Miss Beauchamp has held the stage. An amaz-
ing and fascinating narrative.