The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-14

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him since he first came to America three
years ago. haw hefricnded him, ] have
always deemed him honorable. Ard nov
to discover that hc \ = criminslif
"No," interrupted Kingston, tewQueMs
anot criminal. That b wig ! tpSd Dick
a detective was pot needed. A desertlp
would have landed Mm In prison. world hase |
blasted bis future. As 4 is But came
inside" #
De Sacran did rot appear 10 - Mm
He remained rnotimless, tho aarue expiHAden (
Of ghastly terror on his countenanoa- Il
"ls he dead 2" nnrmured Mr. NTlloughbys
drawing back.
@By Joye!" from Dick, "he sssns frozen
in his tracks," d5
You've hit it." snapped Nnseon, locking
the door and adjusting the curtains.
(" l merely gayr hira time to lnse tfa din
ing-room, pass through his own apartment,
and entsr here Then I struck the gong"
"The gongl What has that to do with
it?"
Everything. Listen. Many years -
when was fresh from college, ] took Trip
abroad. went to Paris because thA essa
Charcot was there, and because Chaseot was
then conducting at The Salpetriere the hyp.,
motto experiments that have made his name
world famous. -
"To quote from Charoot hiinsclf In ~.
strument being struck, the patnnt not -
pecting it, he is seen to become n,ddsnly 80
fialess, as though frozen where he ssansl1,
Gr.d in the gesture he may hayr tsen making
when the gong was sounded. !"
But what has this to do With ihe Cnlnt3s'
II am coming to him. Tie psnisnts ehus
hypnotizablc were all Of the typs Known a
hysterical-a term which covers . lsr greater
variety Of mehtal and physical ills than 'sasss
medical men are aware. Among thani J
noticed young man who differed from 10
rest by his refined appearance. made ir-
quiries, and was informed that be Nas ac
unknown-that be had been found wandenng
aimlcssly about the streets Of Paris AID heA
been unable to give any account Of himself.
"Hc was finally revealed as young plsn
Of good family csassJ-"
"De Sacsn" Akl,cr and son exclaimed
with one vc!cs.
Exactly. b DIT when Dick mentioned
his name at on<s sonjectured that was the
same man and that he was having a recur-
renee Of his Old hysterical malady, though
under 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 to be pitied rather
than condemned" ,.
Undoubtedly. But let us make abso-
lutely certain"
All this time de Saoran bad been standing
immovable, as tho ,sh carved out Of marble.
Kingston stepped .wE;s- up to him, and
gently passed HE sAs ds ~~sr the Counts fore
head His ml.scis~ -vlaxed, his eyes closed.
Kingston led him to n choir.
He now is in what Charcc: used to call the
third stage Of hypnotisln = he briefly explained
to the others; he can reply intelligently to
any questions may put to him., and even
reply correctly to questions which it would be
impossible for him to answer in normal
state.
"Tell me, Count" he added in louder
tone, "and tell me in English Do you
know where you are, and why you came
here2"
"Alas, yes, J" mournfully.
"And was it because you were in need Of
money!"
mo, no, thousand times no. could
not help myself was obsessed--I was held
captive by what you call fixed idea"
"This fixed idea--how did It come to1
you7"
II have not been well-I have been an
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
ouuages. Ibegan 10 see the form Of a blood
thirsty Italian urging me to get money in the
Black Hand way. Now can see that the
form was in my imagination only. But it
seemed real to me- / was a, its mercy. 1
was in terror. ! yielded"
Kingston made an impatient gesture
You wish to be cured, do you not 7 Well,
then. AT ten O'Clock tomorrow morning you
will come to me and confide all your troubles.
will advise you Of specialist who can give
you the treatment you need. When count
three, you will awaken. One, two, three!n'
De Sacran rubbed his eyes and sat up.
"Ah, said he, could II be that have
fallen asleep1 And in the midst Of Monsieur
Kingston's interesting storiesl"
"a fo~sx a