El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

w terrible case is this your
Honor:
/ "On the 9TH day Of May. this year, I
attended the annual banquet Of old
time graduates Of st. VIncents acad-
envy. At the table I sat next to my
/ old friend, Louis Daurimier. and a gen
/ teman with the ribbon Of the Legion
/ Of Honor in his buttonhoIe.
ct did not remember having met him
/ at any OF these banquets. which have
! attended regularly for more than 20
] years. He was a man of So tail and
/ with very expressive features, long
/ hair and beard Just beginning to
/ turn gray.
{ He introduced himself and I was
delighted to make the acquaintance Of
Euphraim MalOrtic, the famous OcuHst-
{ When I expressed my surprise at never
having known him as a graduate Of
the academy he said:
That is quite natural You are
mere child compared to me. I can tell
I by your eyes that you were only
years old when 1 graduated
This strange assertion melted my
curiosity. We figured it out and found
that he was right
when my friend and I both ex-
pressed our establishment at this Won
after looking around cautiously.
The thing is this gentlemen, have
studied eyes for years. their psychol-
ogy as well as their physiology. The
eye, mans most precious organ, no
longer holds any secret for me. To
me the window Of the soul stands wide
open, and I am able TO see the most
secret thoughts Of anybody by simply
looking into his eyes. I am the con
Iesslonary as well as the judge Of the
people I meet.
was he joking? His bright gray
eyes were looking at US firmly with
peculiar generating expression.
Sight" he went on, almost in a
whisper, and we listened to him spell
bound. sight. Have you ever thought
OF this remarkable WOrd2 Isn't it
for this peculiar gift? Did you ever
ask yourself how this extremely SEN
sttive organ, composed Of films, liquid
and pigment is able to produce sight.
and an eyeapple perceives color and
form?
'Daurinlier and I smiled invoIuntar-
ly. The doctor at the same time in
terested and worried US
You smile" he said, but you should
not do so. One must be blind to be
able to understand fully Mother Ma
lures wonderful care. The blind never
smile. Blindness, gentlemen, blind
ness. Did you ever really stop to con-
slider the nameless calamity Milton de-
scribed as only a blind man can do it2
You remember his piUiful complaint:
Hail the goddess Of light, first
born Of heaven
The doctor moved closer and whis- /
pered:
This sacred light I will enable the I
blind to perceive I have conquered I
darkness You viii soon hear about I
me, for my discovery viii very shortly I
do away with blindness. There are to I
be no more blind people in the world. I
we listened to him in establishment /
and did not know what to think Of /
this doctor, whose skill as an Oculist /
was known all over the world.
Well, DOCTOR I said rather embar- I
raised, If you theory holds good in |
practice you will be known forever as /
one Of the greatest benefactors Of /
mankind
'Dr. Nalortic shrugged his shoulders. !
How can you doubt my word when I
say my discovery is practicable2 To /
convince you, I should like you to come I
to my office in Rue de Varenne to- /
morrow, there you viii see with your I
own eyes. Yes, you will see. He /
laughed a strange, uncanny laugh. /
Oculos habent sed non videbunt. But I
I must leave you now; I have an i'm I
pOrtant enga cement. 7 shall expect to (
see you between 2 and 4 tomorrow at 4
my office.
He shook hands with US and left.
WHAT do you think Of him% Dau-
rimier asked.
To tell the truth I replied. I think
him rather little off, as scientists
often are on certain point. His dis
covery must have affected his nerves
50 you really think he has made
discovery.
How can I help IT? 1Ialortic Is
famous and when he makes an asser-
ton you are bound to accept it,
Perhaps you are right. At any rate
it win be interesting to meet him again
tomorrow
we arranged to take lunch together
the next day before going to Malortic /
AT half past two we entered the old |
house where the doctor had his office /
An old servant who was rather deaf |
opened the door She took our cards
and showed US into a small salon in