The Washington times., 1910-06-29
CHAPTER X.
Syne.

lD-MAH had flung its wide
mn green mantle over the earth
and tipped the branches Of
the conifers, all round the
bungalow, with fresh new shoots be-
lore Hargreave's patient. walking
slowly with a cane got out once
more into the fresh air and sunlight.
Under the surgeons careful guidance
following his directions implicitly. he
daily gained in strength. \ fortnight.
or three -eeks at the outside. would
suffice, 50 iIargreave told him with as
surance. u bring him back-if not
10 complete health and strenzth-at
least, 10 far better condition than
before the work had begun.
Remember, you're a different man
now the doctor had reminded him
half in jest, the first morning of his
outdoor exercise. Different in body.
different in facial expression: abso-
lUtely another being! Clean at last
TOO, from the drug that was killing
as well, ! hope"
Now, now, no preaching. pIeaseUt
the transformed patient grunbIcd
sitting down on a fallen hemI0clz he
side the driveway.
My name may be Albert James Wal
uIoh' now, ana l may be Different
man 70 TOOK at, totally different from
the late John Burton Lavlor 40 - y
nothing Of that still more rernot =
personality which is now doubly dead
70 the world and the pOIice) but with
lhcse changes your interest and your au-
lhority cease. My mind and nv sOul
dOctor-really, you'U pardon me for
calling them my OWnrF
no DOUBT. II You prefer to do so o"
hargreaVe answered, COldly frOwning
only, TO be quite frank with you--'
u understand You think 1 oupb+
70 change those. too. together with
TINS frame Of mine. as though the
inner man were a thing 10 be taken
OF ana cast away like a torn shirt
But no, doctor, you're all wrong for
once 1 Stiil bear within me the mem
ores OF all the wrongs that I have
suHered. am still capable of remem
DerlnE good and evil, distinguishing
friends from foes, feeling gratitt1de
and hatred, reWarding those who have,
served me, crushing lWith these new
hands OF mire) those who have tried
He held up his transformed hands
and locked at them.
They're strong YETI he exclaimed
!Ilumpaantly, ciinching his fists
strong. The scars, thanks to vOur
WOnderIul diagonal missions. barely
show In few weeks they viii be
quite obllterated from hands and
t "a Ihen, who shall say word
70 me OF past or future2'
your conscience, maybe
THAT foe Conscience" sneered the
Uansm4teo man, whom we must now
name name Waldron- Conscience. a cow
ard s word, as Nietzsche wen de-
CARES He laughed aloud. blinked
upward through the branches al the
sun smiled the pure spring air with
I ICSI s. pI.s.ciaIIon- l. m free, now, al
most Iree. he eXulted. The first long
chapter of my life book is almost I'm
lsned, the second, the greater is at
IlahI- en- what a chapter that shall
De, written by my wealth, my pur-
pose, my lnFlnclDle determination
what chapter. before Fate what
end"
He lapsed into silence. painting
slightly, for he was still weak and
the strain of his emotions wearied
him. Hargreave, shaking a discOur-
aged head, sat down beside him on
lhe log. Quite useless. he plainly
p saw 10 try making any moral impress
sion on this singular mana man
Whom, IN way, he liked for his
strength. ms courage, vet, with whose
views OF life and whose bitter cyni-
ClSh ne. nAd no sympathy. a man
whom he felt should be punished even
unto death, as the law demanded. vet
whom he had given his word Of honor
not to betray
"A tremendous riddle. here" thought
harSre1Ne. glanCing at his cOmDau-
ION immune now from prosecution.
SteIHihSlE, ana quite devoid Of moral
|tALoNr " nat may ne not altemDtr'
He noted, with q sense OF wonder AZ
his own skill, the vast changes which
MS scalpel had in the past months
wrought upon the person Of Waldrou.
the absolute disguise effected bv The
methods Of modern surgery WaldroD-s
proportions We're wholly different frono
those OF the now-vanished Lawlo~. his
hands Were Of quite another shane
His ears presented other convoIutions
His eyes seemed farther apart. and had
n different angle. The hair grew far
lher down on the forehead now. and
had a different parting The nose which
had been aquiline. was straight. and
the mouth had w'dened. The chin TOO
was less prominent than IL mad been
The close-cropped mEstache. in place
or the sweeping one, and the thicl,
growth Of iron-gray beard on the mas
siVe. square-set jaws. completed the dis
EIise.
Perfect Hargreave conCra t1Ilate.f
himself Great heavens, what sur
geon ever had case with a hun
dredth the opportunities. the intereSls
the achievements OF the two which 7
have handled-first. that OF the r~eaf
gorilla. second, this marvellous huna4,
TemodeiinS? 7 Ieci almost a creative
sense. almost a touch of OnnipOteuce.
in seeing this. the work Of nv hands,
His sense Of uneasy conscience, Of vio-
lated moral law IN protecting this guilty