The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-05
Strange Tales Of a Doctor

chemistry / believe that you may be
of great use to me- There are vital
secrets brought to light in that room.
Miss Rennick, matters which may
eventually set the whole world talk
lino. If | give you additional work to
| DO for me, you will be well paid for
your services; but moro of this later
on. You told ME that you are short
hand expert, and l am going to dictate
a paper to you which must be posted
TO England tonight 1t Will appear in
the Scientific Gazette, The subject
will be new to you-I have discovered
a method of photogra phing thought.
l stared nt him in astonishment, but
he merely smiled, and began to dictate
without further comment.
| At the end Of an hour he stopped
finished the paper in about three hours
and went upstairs, The thought of
what ] had written kept floating
through my brain. | knew enough
about science to be interested in even
the skctchy paper which the doctor
had dictated, Would he ever be in n
position to prove his theory, | won
dered1 How could he prove it; by
what menps3 When | entered the sa-
"We missed you dreadfully," cried
Olga
"Your father dictated long paper
to me, I responded. "'It is a scientific
lecture and l believe he will post it
to England tonight
"Father will ask you to help him
again. remarked Olga, "He may even
get YOU to assist him with his chem.
istry. A couple Of years ago we had
another governess, He got her to
| Ia fo, Ia ND bal-> him Wall chn
did not stay long; for some reason
she became frightened and left. -
The statement ma6e by Olga gave me
food for serious reflection. What had
frightened the former governess? 1t
canny secret connected with DR. Chances
experiments. However. l made myself
agreeable TO him. We frequently con-
when his eyes troubled him acted as
his secretary, and on each Of these oc-
casions he paid mo ten roubles for my
services. At last on certain afternoon
1t was necessary for him TO do some work
In the Blue laboratory. He required my
aid and asked me 10 follow him there. II
was n spiendldly appointed room. a teak
bench ran round three sides OF the wall.
fitted with every conceivable appara tus
and appliance used in chemical expert
ments. In one corner there was an odd
object that did not understand the use
OF and which excited my curiosity in no
small degree. 1t was a mysterious look
ing dome shaped projection about three
or four feet high and covered with
black cloth. DR.. Chance was not a man
who encouraged idle questioning. and
dearly l would have liked to know
what the apparatus was for, l forebore
asking.
In this room we spent three hours
side by side. II was the first occasion
on which I worked with him in the Blue
laboratory, but from that day / went
with him there on many occasions and
learned TO know the room well. Finally.
one day the doctor was obliged TO leave
me for a few moments alone in the lab
oratory. The instant he left / hurried
TO the mysterious dome, and raising the
black cloth, saw that IT covered a frame
OF glass, doubtless communicating with
some chamber below. ! struck my
knuckles loudly on the glass and imme
diately saw a dim face peerlng UP al me
from beneath. Evidently there was AN
inner and much thicker partition of glass
between us. The face was Il ghastiy
one. horrible with suffering haggard.