The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-02

weakest in the category of strong pre-
Sumptive proofs, the sudden absence
of the other man, who must be the doc
tor in attendance on Mrs. Seavey. Up
to this moment DIR. Furnivall had had
only popular grounds on which to base
an opinion. He had known nothing of
the case beyond what others knew. But
now he had first-hand evidence, the
evidence of character. Could DR.. Well
Hngton. do murder? No. In his right
mind; murder would be as impossible to
him Jas Greek toi az baby. Therefore,
sUDposing him sane, Aand granting that
his was the bass voice heard in the con-
troversy with Mr.. Seavey, no murder
had been committed. But If that were
so, what had really happened? And
why had DIR. Wellington run away?
Would such q man shirk the conSe-
quences of any act of his? No, 40 more
than he would walIow in crime. He
would stand like man and pay the
penalty. COwardice was as impossible
TO him as viciousness-always prcvid-
ing he was in his right mind. But the
one man was dead and the other was
missing What, then, had really oc-
CURED between them? Was Wellington
insane? Had he done this terrible thing
in a fit of maniacal frenzy? Or was he
still sane? And therefore, had no
crime been perpetrated?
All this passed through DR.. Furni-
wallis mind with the rapidity of a flash
of lightning. and his course was at
once determined upon as quickly. De-
spite the evidence to the contrary, he
would start from the superstition that
an accident, not a crime. was the real
basis of the tragedy. With him known
character unbalanced a solid mass of
| foI, Cd
of the human intellect, made up from
the testimony of the senses. He agreed
with Bacon that, though the senses
may be true. the intellect is usually in
capable of passing on them. 1t was,
| therefore. with a firm belief in his
| friends innocence. and a resolution TO
seek in the direction of mishap, rather
than in that of violence, for an answer
to the enigma before him, that he whis-
pered to Sergeant Nulty:
Leave the doctor and me with the
patient. We will make an examina-
ton. Clear the room. Find out what
you can around the hotel. You can't
do anything here now, and 1 will call
you if you are wanted"
The house physician, who was inter-
ested in the medical rather than the
! criminal aspects of the case, saw with
relief the execution of this order, and
the instant the door closed on the heels
of the last of the departing group he
questioned DR.. Furnivall eagerly:
what is this? / have never seen
anything Just like it. This is right
hemiplegia and asphasia, shouldn't you
say2 And word-deafness undoubtedly
as well as word blindness. Look al
her face She is suffering intensely"
mo, she suffers little" returned DR.
Furnivall. THE contortion of the
nerves is a reflex. There is more thar
1 fright in this. Still, she is not insane
She is numb. Something is pressing
into that woman's brain-a tumor, per-
haps, invading the superior or middle
temporal convolutions."
His colleague looked surprised.
DO you think so? Well, that would
surely account for it all. But in that
case
He paused meaningly.
NO" answered DR.. Furnivall. moi
necessarily fatal, 1 feel assured. All
operation"
But such an operation never ha:
! been done!'
True. But it is the only chance
And / am sure it is, feasible. Her con.
stitution is more than strong; it is ro
bust. With good fortune she would
bear it well. Get the consent of hel
relatives; call in Myers and Whewil
and let's hear what they say
The young doctors face frightened.
Good III do it at once he an
4 swered with alacrity. and started fo
the door. But he had scarcely disap
peared when DR.. Furnivall, having pos
sessed himself Of the prescription pa