The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04

mystery for you. But YOU must obey me
GLOW kind vou are" she murmurcd
cratcfulIy. ''l had TO tell some ono, [
will lie down nov and leave it all To
you"
She pressed my hand and glidcd away.
As soon as she had conc ! hurried to
the ballroom and sought Mrs. JoIiffc.
At my gesture she arose, and accom-
panied me outside.
~ have bad news for you. | said
graycly. ''Iour daughter lnherIts your
malady. Tonight she gave way TO an
aggressive form of tho madness which
AT intervals wrecks your life.
"lmpossiblc! exclaimed the wretch
cd woman. She stared at me with gilt
tcring eyes. | gave her faithful ver'
sion of the incident which had lust
trauspircd When | had done speaking
she covered her face with her hands
''Has all my suffering aud self denial
been in vain, tben?h she cried
''Hayc not all the years Of loneliness,
of horror, sufficed to avert the curse,
"Try to calm yourself, said
4" Mrs. Jolifle, do not think thls mar
riagc ought to be allowed TO go on, -
She faced me dcfiaDtly. "lt must.
she cried 81 can think of no ono but
Laura, and YOU arc bound in honor not
10 bciray me. ! know, none better. tho
workings of the inSidious malady. Have
not gone through it alI7 Laura feels
badly tonight, but tomorrow IN all prob
ability she will he her own happy self
The attacks AT first arc always light
II she gets shock now. she will be a
maniac for life. DR.. Halifax, hold
you TO your promise.
There was little sleep for ME that
night ! went down to breakfast in the
.iPs lad
by myself. My ono faint hope WAS that
Laura might betray herself that day,
and that Maxwell would be thus warned
IN time before he was united 10 a mad
wife To my infinite distress, however,
her mothers words with regard io the
young girl proved correct. When she
came TO break fast she looked calm and
happy: her eyes met mine with serene
unconsriuusncss. | managed TO have a
chat with her, and found, to my added
pcrpleNity, that she had forgotten every
word she had spoken 10 IHc on the prcvi-
Gus evening.
I could moi Join the rest Of The happy
party, went 10 the wood and sat down
10 think over the situation. Suddeoly
thought of what my friend Everard
had said;
brain disease is often due 10 fuuc-
tional disturbance and consequent NAL
nutrition of certain centers. IF VIC can,
therefore. ascertain where tho brain is
al fault. n rational line of treatment IS
pointed out. -
With Or. Evcrard s remark in my
mind, | thought carefully over the eX
pcrimepts which ! had lately made with
regard TO animal extracts as means Of
curc If his idea was correct. there
was a certain portion of Laura Joliffe y
bra in which was not sufficiently uour-
ished The now line Of treatment point
cd out a definite cure for this, n I
could supply the unhanuy girl with
those portions Of brain which were
faulty in her own, | might gradually
overcome the terrible malady which
ihrcntcned her. In short. now was the
time for me TO test the experiments
which ! had so lavishlv made.
| lost no Time in cXcUsinG myself Iu
my host and caught The first train FOR
New York. | drove straight home. cp-
tered my laboratory and secured u box
Of carefully prepared medicine, Before
~ o clock That night | returned To Ash
Icy and seized the first opportunity [
could find OF speaking TO Mrs. Joliffc. =
81 have been making sumc expert
ments.' ] said. with regard To II new
cure for certain forms Of insanity.
need not waste time in repeating TO
You exactly what / havo done. Your
part is 10 obey my directions implicitly,
If you refuse, | shall consider myself
absolVcd from my promise. and will tell
Maxwell the cntirc truth. -