The evening world., 1911-06-10

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horror OF marriage. because"- 1
stopped. searching for "A softened form
OF words; but Reid took mp the broken
sentence and went cvenly on, as i'm
personally scientific as IL we had been
speaking of strangers.
Because of my wife's death. Hysteria
aggravated by i~ntrospection. Fixed idea
OF Miriam's continual presence-what's
that ~line?-the wish father TO the
thought'-the psychic element In these
things. you know. does react on the
physical. Whole ,hlng moves In a cir
Gle. Then ~paranoia."
She's got to get WE'LL" I said
What's the best chance? What can
we dor"
We're doing all we can. We've
called the best man in the country.
You can't depend on any p~rognosis,
you know. We don understand these
things perfectly. at best. There's no
rigid line OF demarcation between in
sanity and hysteria. Nervous and
mental diseases run into zach other.
You can't tell"
Just what does DR.. Pauius say"
"Paranoia. Says n there were N
tinual external suggestions OF Miriam
he'd call 1t only hysterical; but Wa
u Itf ms " "H y ''sy
thing OF the kind. II she originates
the Authorizations herself It's mental
Nothing to do hut keep her quiet
avoid all reminders. avoid excitement,
lead her mind In other directions. sug'
gest normaiity. Nothing more pos
sible, unless we take her abroad foi
hypnotic treatment. and h Q ,doesn''
seem advisable. Nothing else to b<
done. Question of time
Then It's just a question OF getting
rid Of this hxed idear'
well, but that's begging the whole
| question, Crosby. don't you SEE: The
fixed idea Is the disease. You're a lay
man, you know, and you Look at II
with the simplicity Of ignorance. No
| offense meant. but that's tho plain fact.
YOU know. Pauius doesn't call II hope
less, but Rome wasn't built In . .
Nothing to DO but wait"
I'm going TO find something TO DO"
I said. bee ause something has got to
be done"
Right spirit. Right way TO face .
difnculty. Always best to be optimistic,
But, Of cour you mustn't risk any pri-
vate experiments. You understand that,
| Might do harm. Hell's paved with good
Intentions. you know. and we've got an
expert on tho case. Where there's any
work for you. we'll count you In. but
| YOU mustn't butt In
I rose from my chair. "Of course I've
no idea OF putting In my oar without
authority. Give me credit for that
| much ~sense-and han you for making
me understand the facts. Tell Mr.. Ia
| Dor OF this conversation, will you? I'm
OFF TO New York"
Certainly. Certainly, BY the way,
Crosby, I suppose I ought to congratu-
late you. Fine. Fine. Well, we've all
got TO be patient and hope for the best,
It's hard, Of course. But life's a hard
struggle. A hard struggle. 0oodby,
| Can you see your a DOWN."
As Reid had intelligently observed, II
was hard. And the hardest part Of II
was the waiting. ! saw Maclean tina!
same night. and without evincins more
| than an ordinary curiosity about spirit
ualism, arranged TO he taken TO the next
OF the seances. After that. there was
nothing to do until one should be held.
The slender thread Of coincidence be-
tween Sheila's ghost stories and my ex.
| periences at the last one WAS my single
chance OF discovering a remedy OF
which the doctors did not know. Prob
| ably I should discover nothing Of any