Evening star., 1908-01-12
TES,' said the doctor as he
" W carefully selected a cigar
with a wrapper covered with
light spots, which he evi

with wrapper covered with
light spots, which he evi-
IDENTIFY seemed TO regard as
a mark of especial excellence what you
say is true. and no ore can practice medi-
cine for any length of time without being
brought face to face with problems that
neither art nor science can solve, and
there are certainly more things in earth
let alone heaven-than are dreamed of in
the philosophers of a dozen Horatios
Zone of the most remarkable instances
of this" continued the doctor, occurred
TO me some years since, the details of
which have been brought again to my
mind by the recent death of the victim
for such he undoubtedly was. 1t was just
after the close of a most celebrated case,
the trial of an assassin, whose crime had
shocked the entire civilized world, and as
the newspapers had laid particular stress
on the peculiar look of his eyeS-Whl: :h
they claimed was Indicative Of insanity
] had been retained by the United states
government as an expert during the trial
"One of the results OF this was a mark
ed increase in my daily mali. L received
all sorts OF letters from all kinds of peo-
pie. Letters from husbands describing the
same delusions of their better halves; let
tiers from wives complaining OF the insane
deiuSionS of their husbands, letters from
Young women beWailng the peculiarities
of their devoted SWANS. and all couChed
in the jargOn of the alien!st, until sane
and insane delusions. hypothetical ques-
tions and heredity seemed To have become
the universal shibboleth of my newspaper
reading correspondents.
Il had just finished my morning hours
one hot day in june, and had settled down
TO the perusal of an unusually large batch
of letters Of this kind when my office
boy announced the arrival OF u man. who
sent N word that lie was sorry 10 be so
late. but that as he had come from the
west on purpose TO meet me, and as he
would be in town only for few hours. he
trusted that ! could manage to see him
Soon after he entered the office. and | was
struck most forcibly by mis- appearance, or
rather manner | should lrdve put him
down an American mechanic of Scotch
extraction, which, III fact. he proved TO be
''He was very quiet and subdued, but
with certain air of reserve power that
was in direct contrast to his evident but
strongly reprcsseA excitement. In answer
TO the first question / asked him. lie said
Doctor, / shall be extremely obliged to
you II you will examine me- as carefully
and as thoroughly possible. but with
out asking me any questions, and then
when you have given me your opinion /
viii tell you my story, If you care TO hear
it was about TO remind him of the
German physician who replied to a royal
prince on a similar request that lit would
have been better for him 10 have consult
ed a veterinary surgeon, when the pathos
Of the mans face and his absolutely
haunted expression were too much for
me- and beyond the few necessary in
quiries concerning the letters of the test
card, the examination was made i'll ST.
lence.
"At its conclusion he asked me in per-
fectIy composed voice. but with highly
expressed excitement. that was only be-
trayed by the nervous movements of his
hands and feet, what the result was
When / said / found everything in his
eyes perfectly normal and in good condi-
tion. Thank God he muttered, then it
was sane delusion.' Turning to me very