The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-06

:" De Salsn thief Sasped MI VIZ
loso,hby, o is incrrdbye. have known
him since he firsi came 10 America three
years ago have befriended him. ! have
always deemed him honorable. And nov
TO discover that he is criminal"
"No' interrupted. Kingston, brusquelyr
"not a criminal That is why ] told Dick \
a detective was moi needed A detective
would hlys anded him in prison, would have
blasted his future. As it is But comet.
inside
DE Sacran did not appear to see them
He remained motionless, the same expression
Of ghasly terror on his countenance
"Is he dead ~ murmured Mr.. Willoughby
drawing back
"By Joveln from Dick, he seems frozen
in his tracks"
You've hit it. snapped Kingston, locking
the door and adjusting the curtains.
Il merely gave him time to leave the din
ing room pass through his own apartment,
and enter here Then / struck the gong
The gong What has that TO do with
it?"
Everything Listen. Many years ago
when was fresh from college, took trip
abroad | went TO Paris because the grea
Charcot was there, and because Charcot wa:
then conducting al the Salpetriere the byp
motto experiments that have made his name
world-iamous.
ITO quotc from Charcot himsef-The in
strumeni being struck the patient not ex
pecting it, he is seen to become suddenly mo
tionlcss, as though frozen where he stands,
fixed in the gesture he may have been making
when the gong was sounded
But what has this 10 do with the Count -
8 | am coming 10 him. The patients thus
hvpnotizable were all Of the type known as
hysterica--a term which covers far greater
variety OF mental and physical ills than most
medical men are aware. Among them J
noticed a young man who differed from the
rest by his refined appearance. made in
quiries, and was informed Ihat he was an
unknown that be had been found wandering
aimlcsslv about the streets OF Paris and had
been unable to give any account Of himself.
He was finally revealed as a young man
Of good family named
"De Sacranl" father and son exclaimed
with one voice.
Exactly So that when Dick mentioned
his name at once coneciured that il wasihe
same man and that he was having a recur-
renee Of his old hysterica malady though
under a slightly different form. My little ex-
pertinent with the gong has proved the cor
rectness of my conjecture.
Then, said Mr.. Willoughby in broken
voice, the poor devil is 10 be pitied rather
than condemned
Undoubtedly But let lis make abso-
lutely certain"
All this time dc Sacran had Lcen standing
immoyabIe as though carved out OF marble
Kingston stepped swiftly up to him, and
gently passed his-hands over the Counts fore
head His muscles relaxed, his eyes closed
Kingston led him to chair.
He now is in what Charcot used to call the
third stage ofhypnotism, > he briefly explained
10 the others; he can reply intelligenty to
any questions | may put to him, and even
reply correctly TO questions which il would be
impossible for him TO answer in normal
stale
"Tcll me, Count, he added, in a louder
tone, and tell me in English Do YOU
know where you are, and why YOU came
here"
Alas, yes, y mournfully.
And was ii because YOU were in need Of
money!"
No, no, a thousand times no could
not help myself was obsessedI was held
captive by what YOU call fixed idea
This fixed idea--how did it come to
you,"
have not been well--I have been agi-
tated. There is too much hurry. too much
confusion in this country My head began
again TO feel as in my youth Then read in
, the papers OF what you call the Black Hand
outrages. began TO see the form Of blood
thirsty Italian urging me 10 get money in the
: Black Hand way. Now ! can sec that tho
form was in my Imagination only. But K
seemed real 10 me was at its mercy. |
{ was in terror Welded
Kingston made an impatient gesture
You wish TO be cured, do younot2 Well
then Atten o'clock tomorrow morning YOU
will come to me and confde all your troubles
! ] will advise you Of specialist who can give
YOU the treatment YOU need When count
three yon will awaken One. two. threein
De Sacran rubbed his eyes and sat up.
, All said he, could II be that | have
! fallen asleep And in the midst Of Monsieur
Kngston's interesting storiesl"
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