Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-07
LOVE
sCIEN NEE
Prof. Fulcrum, l believe. .

i understand that you have been
for a long while a close student of
the brain and have made some re.
markable discoveries"
Il have simply been building on the
scant knowledge held by our grand.
parents. 1t has been reserved for us
fin de steele people to point cut the
exact spot on the brain that directs
any special condition"
your modesty is wasted on me pro-
fessor. 1t is you who have made this
last discovery. How did you do it?"
"Viyisection. Our ancestors found
difficulty in getting consent to expert
ment on animals Now, with some
4O0,00O,OO0 of people, life is so cheap
that we can operate on human beings.
| am indebted to malefactors for my
discoveries. And malefactors are in.
debted to me as well. for | can now
make an honest man of rogue
BY what means?"
"Trepanning. For instance, | know
the exact spot in the brain that pro.
duces kleptomania. | cut away a bit
of the skull and find an abnormal de.
velopment of the brain directly under
1t. This | cut away, and the patient
has no desire to steal"
Can you turn hate to love, or vice
versa?"
No; but l can destroy either the
one or the other"
Now we are getting down to the
object of my visit. My son is in
love with a girl whom | do not wish
him to marry Can you destroy his
love for herr"
Yes"
"How?"
Recent development in microscopy
has shown us that each sensation has
minute corrugation on the brain.
On certain point in your sons brain
will be found a little protuberance
composed of these minute corruga.
tons If this protuberance is removed
the love is killed.
Forever"
Not necessarily. Another operation
is required to prevent it's return
must cut away a certain tiny particle
in the bump of memory for that par
ticular girl"
very well, professor. l will bring
my son to you at once. He is wait
ing without"
Prof, Fulcrum consented only on
the payment of an immense fee and
guaranty of indemnity in case the son
claimed damages. Then the young
man was shown into a room, where
an anesthetic was was turned on and
the operation performed
On coming to his senses he found
his head bandaged and was told that
burglar had shot him, making two
bullet holes in the brain
who is this Amanda Brown who
is sending me floWers?" he asked one
morning during convalescence.
His father, who heard the remark
and hoped that he would marry the
donor, was delighted. He rushed off
to Prof. Fulcrum to tell him that the
operation had been eminently sue
cessful.
Now, professor" he said, there is
a girl | wish my son to marry Can
you make him love herr"
Certainly not"
Are you sure? She loves him and
she is immensely rich"
Il am perfectly sure. | cannot
create; | can only destroy"
Jennie Carr, who had been removed
from Walter Higgins memory, insisted
upon seeing him as soon as it was
safe for him to undergo the excite
ment of the meeting. Mr.. Higgins.
Sr., curious to know if his son
would remember her on seeing her,
granted permission at once.
"Oh, Walter" she said, plaintively.
I'm SO sorry"
Let me see" said Walter, looking
at her scrutinizingly. so many peo-
pie have called to see me. Where
have | met your"
This was enough for Mr.. Higgins,
senior. He took the girl away and
told her that the shooting had at
fected his sons memory.
One day six months later Mr.. Hig.
gins rushed into Prof. Fulcrums
workroom in a rage.
You have swindled mel" he cried.
How SOP"
My son has married the girl, after
all"
"Wen?'
You said that you could guard
against his love for her returning by
destroying his memory of her His
love has returned. He has married
her"
1T has not returned. II he loves
her it is a new love. not the old one"
1T is certainly not a new one, for
my son has had nothing to do with
her since you operated on him"
Il don't believe it. My knowledge
is based on long experiment and is
exact Find out what has taken place
between the couple since your sons
recovery and you will prove my posi-
ton"
Mr.. Higgins departed, and in few
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