The Washington times., 1907-08-04

not lie snugly against the wall. and he
saw small piece Of paper on the ho7r
m the vacant space but thought Moth
ing of ID until the moment after tEs
Importance Of discovering the mysteri-
ous physicians identify was impressed
upon him. and al the very instant
when the last quoted words were cn
his lips ne recognized the paper as one
torn from a physicians prescription
pad, anu moreover. NJ knew immedi-
ately what physician pad it had come
of of DO was that Of Or yelling
ton. Tn short. one of Dr. FurnivaH's
own dearest friends was iudubitaciy
the mysterious doctor whom the police
were hunting fer having committed
this brutal murder,
In a fash the whole situation was
changed in Or. FuruivaWs mind.
Heretofore he had accepted the theory
Of murder without question All signs
pointed 20 1.-THE loud WORDS On the
room. the list OF one man in the other
mans face. the pushing arms. the face
through the window. the condition Of
the Vife which WAS supposedly brought
on by the shock OF seeing her husband
tumbled 10 hIs death and. far from
weakest IN the category Of strong pre-
sumptive proofs. the sudden absence Of
the other man. who must ne the doctor
in attendance on Mrs Seavey. UD t~
this moment DR.. FurnivaH had hId
only popular grounds on which %
base an opinion. He had known moth
ing Of the case beyond what others
knew. But now he had first-hand evi-
dence, the evidence Of character Gould
DR.. Wellington do murder? No. In
his right mind murder would be as inl-
possible 20 him as Greek % a baby
Therefore. supposing him sane. and
granting that his was the bass voice
heard in the controversy with Mr..
Seavey. no murder had been commit
ted But il that yere so. what had
really happened? And why had DE-
Wellington run away? Would such
man shirk the consequences Of any
act OF his7 No. no more than he would
wallow IN crime He would stand Ike
n man and pay the penalty. Cowardice
was as impossible 70 him as Vicious
ness-always providing he was In IN
right mind But the one man WIS
dead and the other Was missing. What
then. had really occurred between
then7 Was Wellington insane7 Had
he done this terrible Thing in NJ Of
mania cal frenzy Or was he still sa1e2
And. therefore. had no crime been
perpetrated2
All this passed through DR.. FUrni-
wallis mind with the rapszz!s:y OF fash
Of lightning. and his course was at
once determined upon as quickly De-
spite the evidence TO the contrary. ne
would start from the supposition t1st
an accident. not crime, was the real
basis Of the tragedy. With him
known character outbalanced solid
mass OF evidence which depended on
from the testimony OF the senses. He
agreed With Bacon that, though the
senses NAV be true. the Intellect IS
usually incapable Of passing on them
II was. therefore. with a firm belief IN
his friends innocence. anj 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 whispered 20 Sergeant McNulty-
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 I viii call
you II 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.. Furnivau eagerly;
what r. this? have never seen
anything Just Ike H. This is right
hemIpIegia and asphasia, shouldn't
you say? And word-deafness un-
doubtedly, as well as word-blindness.
Look at her face. She Is suffering in
tensely.
no. she suffers little" returnd De.
Furnivau The contortion OF the
nerves Is a reflex There "a more than
fright IN this. 5tiIl, she is not insane.
Gne is numb Something is pressing
into that woman's brain-a tumor, per
haps. Invading the superior or middle
temporal convoIutions
His colleague looked surprised
DO you think so7 Well. that would
surely account for It all. But In that
case
he paused meaningly.
NO" answered DR.. FurnivaU. not
necessarily fatal 1 feel assured. An
operation
" But such an operation never mas
been done,'
True But II IS the only chance.
And I am sure Il is feasible. Her con-
stitution IS more than strong; 70 IS
robust. With good fortune she would
bear II well. Get the consent OF her
relatives: call in Myers and Whewill,
and LET'S near what they say.
The young doctors face frightened.
Good I'll do II at once he an
swered with alacrity. and started for
the door But he had scarcely disap-
peared when Dr. Furnivan. having
possessed himself Of the prescription
paper behind the bed. came fastening
after MIN.