Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-06
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tlH az the urgent desire OF many mem
- Of ny own profession have ! under
zen task necessarily disa greea0is. and
aow recall the detaiis Of ease which
take 70 20 without parallel IN the rec
ds Of crininoloEy. In the mental state
the Afflicted being there was. Indeed.
lie that vas abnormal MaHias that are
nilar to bis on our asyIums. But that
borious studies in the byways Of sci
- zee. rather than in her more frequentei
. tths. lad placed al the viii 81 his dis
I Iderod brain wea pons II deadly poten-
transformed a personal misfortune
10 a great aud urgent public danger
- sBent four years az canibride. where,
iough my degree was a high one j
iund too many distractions 10 make
ich progress az 7 could have wished in
a LAY profession. Yet my interest In mel
line grew seadily. aud On leaving the
| determined. having both the
- leans and the time at my disposal, %
eek out a spot where | could throw my
elf into my work without the Interrupt
ions Of old friends and old associations.
he reputation of Heidelberg attracted
~ane. and hither l migrated
III Sufficient for myself. The man who
Fl gas t. he associated with me in my
TRANCE guest will describe with equal
,revity. Ny cousin, Sir Henry Graden.
It, MD. FRS. F.R.SG., was man
4 remarkable personality surgeon oil
brilliant gifts that had made for him a
European reputation. yet an eccentric
-,r so the world held him-who lacked
he steady application necessary for com
)lete success. He would throw himself
nto the solution Of a problem. or the
prosecution Of new experiment. with
the utmost zeal; yet on achieving the
desired result he would shake OH the at
mosphere of the HOSPITAL and laboratory
aud start on some wfld-goose chase that
might include the ascent Of an uncllmb-
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. al
most clumsily. built, with rugged,
weather-beaten face. keen yet kindly
grey eyes. and brown hair, somewhat
grizzled about tho temples. In age be
was well past the forties. In dress and
department he might pard0nably have
been mistaken for a prosperous Yorkshire
grazier Indeed, he was wont to COM
plain that he acted as a magnet to all
the tricksters Of London; though, from
the shrewd smile with which he accom-
A panied his protests, il was easy 10 see
e that he thoroughly enjoyed the diversion
of turning the tables on his discredit5
. able opponents.
II 1t was towards the end of my second
year at Heidelberg. An autumn sun had
sunk to rest in a 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 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 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
4 dragged me into the realization of my
' duties as host by standing me on my
feet amid the clatter of a falling chair
why, Cousin Gradient cried, for
I indeed IL was he who had thus treated
me- "What cyclone has blown you
hereT'
"Ngsd believe It's the truth I've
hearda said he, throwing himself on to
sofa that cracked again under his
weght--he was a famed breaker of
furniture was cousin Harry Graden.
''They told me that you'd shut yourself
up for nigh two years-work, work, work
las if there was no young blood in your
veins. and no green world lying around
you, with not a yard of it 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 hereT |
repeated.
''It's to Berlin that I'm bound, to read
a paper before a society that Is good
enough to be interested in some notes
took recently on the Kafir witch-doctors
Id q 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
clueking to himself like a contented hen.
'Same old jugs and china pipes same
wainscot a shade darker maybe; same
old oak beams. a thought more smoky .
same schlagers above the mantelpiece 4"
He teek down one of the students
dueling 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.
"Do ysu ever tramp on the sawdust.
and drum with the schlager, and bleed in
the tank, Cousin RobertF"
mot l. 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 HeideI-
berg twenty years ago"
"What. Won Stockmsr? Little Her
mann? What good fellow he vast Did
you ever hear him sing a song about
but, Of course, that's not possible So
little Hsrmann's a professor, is he? Arc
you under him?'
NO; I'm with Professor Marnac."
Graden walked across to the fireplace