The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-09

&C air and sunlight, FIRST impress
SION OF wide space and staring clean
liness. While / hlinked. Reid swung
a leather covered chair toward me,
with word OF hasty excuse.
Just been exercising. you BEE. and
I've got TO take my shower. Great
mistake sitting down without. III DO
with YOU In half moment" and he
vanished behind rubber curtain that
ran on nickeied rod before an al
cove at the back, leaving me to look
about the room. 1t was very large
occupying the whole breadth or the
building. and fitted up with an as
tontHhing combination of convenience
and hygiene. Dull red tiles covered
the floor and rose like a wainscot half
way UP the walls Above that ran a
belt of white. glazed paper enameied
TO represent thing; and the ceiling was
OF corrugated metal also enameled
white. Two large windows in front.
and one on either aide. wide open
behind wire screens. and uncurtained,
lot In a food of light and air which
somehow In entering seemed to ex-
change its outdoor freshness for the
sterltized, careful purity OF a labor
atory. Between the front windows a
large glass-topped table bore q micro
scope and microtome covered by glass
bells Bunsen burner. and a most or
Derby collection OF bottles and test
| tubes. On one side OF this was por-
oe1ain sink, and on the other a heavy
oak desk with a telephone and every
utensil In place. Steel sectional book
cases along the walls displayed rows
| of technical books and cleaning In
struments. In one corner stood an
iron bed, with a strip of green grass
mating before II. and in the other a.
| pair OF Indian clubs and a set of
chest~weights fanked an anthropo-
metric scale. The only decorations
were large print OF Rembrandt
Anatomy, two or three surprisingly
| good nudes. and few glartng French
medical cericaturas And everything
! possible about the room was covered
/ with glass-~tables, desk, bookcases,
| the shelves above the sink and the
very window silis. II ever room did
| 80. this one declared the character OF
! Its inhabitant. and looking upon its
1 conafortless convenience. / caught my
! self wondering how any normal wo-
man could endure marriage with such
| an antiseptic personality. Then as
Reid issued from his bath. ffts=af44 iifiss
and alert with vivid energy and con-
| tagiously alive, the idea seemed not
aneobceiNapi6 aIter al,
"Pretty comfortable place; Ell p"
| he burst forth. Fine. Fine, All my
| own idea Fitted It up according to
my own notion. Everything need
right here, nothing useless, plenty Of
! light and ventilation. Have n ciga-
| rette? ] don't smoke often myself.
| but I keep en- at hand. Best form
| TO take tobacco, II you don't tnhale.
Popular idea all rot
r, qJabJA MIC. fifii -. shddiu now Is
| 1T one and settled back. live just
asked Lady'to marry me-" I said. as
/ quietly as / could. she says that the
only reason she won't is her mother
And I understand why"
/ His face lighted for moment 81
told Tabor you'd be at the bottom OF
it eventually. AS for the other mat
ter--well, 1t has TO be reckoned with.
Strongest motive we have. The race
has got 10 go on" He frowned sud-
denly: How much do you know"
| II know that Carucei lied. know
that Mrs. Tabor Is out Of her mind |:
know that her deIusion takes the
form of bordor OF marriage. be-
oause-~'J stopped, searching for a
softened form or words; but Reid took
up the broken sentence and went
evenly on. as impersonaliy scientific
ers
! Because of my wire's death. Hys-
terra aggravated by introspectlon Fix
@a idea OF Mfria1as continual pres
ence--whats that line the wish
father to the thought--The psychic
element In these things, YOU know,
does react on the physical. V7eo'e
thing moves In circles Then
| paranoa."
shes got 10 get well 4 ssia.
/ WHAT'S the best chance2 What ca n
We 10 ~
/ We're doing ali we can. We've
called tho best man in the country.
You can't depend on any prognosls,
you know. We don't understand these
things perfectly, at best. There's no
! rigid line OF demarcatson between In
sanity and hysteria. Nervous and
mental diseases run into each other.
| You can't tell"
"Just what does Doctor Paulus
say
@Paranoia. Says IL there were con-
tinuai external suggestions of Miriam
/ ned call II only hystericai, bat we
/ guard her as far as possible from
! anything OF the kind II she originates
the Authorizations herself. it's mental
! Nothing to do but keep her quiet
avoid all reminders avoid excitement
lead her mind in other directions sug-
\ gest normaiity- Nothing more pos
isibie. uiitess NE take lIer abroad for
hypnotic treatment and that doesn't
seem advisable. Nothing else to be
done. Question OF time"
Then it's Just question of getting
rid Of this fixed idea"
Well. but that's begging the whole
question, Crosby. don't you see? The
/ fixed idea is the disease You're a
!ayrnaa. you know. and YOU look at
IL with the simplicity OF ignorance.
No offenSe meant. but that's the plain
fact you know. Paulus doesn't call
Fit hopeless. hut Rome wasn't built in
day. Nothing 20 do but wait
IN going 10 find something TO
do" l said, because something has
got to be done"
Right spirit. Right way TO face a
difficulty. Always best TO be opiintis-
+ 4 ssse 2s.s> discourse. gous ssssYa 4 risk
any private experiments You I'm.
dsrstane that. Might do harm. He'll
PAY cd with good intentions. sou know,
! and we've got an expert on the case
| Where there's any work for you. Wen
| count you in, but you mustn't butt
| hi"
] rose from my chair. .0f course
! I've no idea OF putting ir> -sny oar
!. without anlhorltx.-I aiAa Ina cladlt fnc
1 that much SENSE and thank You for
making ,ne understand the facts Tell
Mr.. Tabor Of this conversation, will
Eyoas I'm on to New York /"
"Gertaioly Certainly. by tho way.