The Press., 1912-12-11

Van Wrinkle bent lower. The maniac put his hand on the others head and rubbed his nose on the beef. When he permitted his victim. to arise, a red spot appeared on the top of the pro- fessor's nose.
 You've come here to make an in- spection and you've got to do it. You can't smell anything unless you poke your nose into it. What dc you think 1t is?" .t .... ,..
 Roast beef. It smells very bad" stammered the terrified scientist.
 'Itoast beef! Why. man, that's not roast beef it's unicorn"
 Certainly 1t is."
 And it's rotten"
 ''Vely rotten"
 Mot fit to eat"
 Indeed It's not"
 "What'n do with it?"
 ''Throw 1t away"
 'No: III burn 1t to a cinder." And showing the meat back into the oven, he shut the door with bang.
 Do you know, professor, what kind of meat believe in feeding insane per sons dnE ..
 "No."
 Human meat. There's something in human meat to nourish humans Why not? The waste is replenished by the same tissue that Is lost. These crazy persons suffer from a want of brain food Whats 80 good for, the brain as the brain. If could give all these sufferers in this asylum one dinner of brain food could cure 'em."
 Suppose" said the professor, trenl- bling suppose we go out and get some brain food for them" ',"Go out? Why should we go out when we've got it right here? You, who have done so much for brain suf- fefers will certainly do one thing more"
 "WhatT' faltered the professor, knowing we'll what the man meant
 "Give your brain to the cause. It brains. It's theories would be, taken in to the system as well as the organ ic matter. Like cures like. Come, lay your head down on that block. I'll take it or with this cleaver and boil it in that cauldron."
 The professor, white as sheet and trembling at the knees, looked about for an avenue of escape.
 'Down on the bIock!' roared the maniac. "It's nothing more than many eminent men and women among our British ancestors have done. Think of Anne Boleyn, the Earl of Strafford, Archbishop Lawd., Lady Jane Gray. Charles I. and hundreds of others. They gave their heads for no cause; you will give yours for mental suf- ferers." The maniac seized the professor by the arm, at the same time raising the cleaver van Wrinkle could stand the strain no longer. He raised a cry that reverberated throughout the building. Persons were heard trying to open the doors. Then one of the windows was thrown up, and an attendant jumped into the room, followed by others. They reached the maniac in time to save the professor. took the cleaver from the former and led him away struggling. Six strong men were engaged in the re moval. :,, @e |, "' - ; Van Wrinkle on reaching home, as soon as he had recovered from the shock he had received, wrote out a statement to the directors of the state asylum for the insane in which he ad- mitted that there were cases of insan- lty. needing rigorous treatment and that the experienced persons in charge of them were the best judges of when to apply such treatment The Superin- tendant's resignation, was withdra wn.
 The brain theorist did not again visit the institution for two years, when Dr. Swinbonrne had retired. In the new superintendent Professor Van Wrinkle met with a surprise. He was none oth- CT than the maniac chef who had so nearly chopped the inspectors head on The superintendent smiled. '*
 "ProfeSSor." he said. we were oblig- ed to eliminate your Interference with, pr. SwInbourne's management or lose the doctor. When you came on your tour of inspection I was then physi- clan on the staff, but you had never seen me and concluded to play the part of an uncured patient. I meant nn harm. Your scientific, deductions are valuable, but we must be the judges as to testing thsm."
 Professor Van Wrinkle never told the story as to how he had been duped and