The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-11-12

"IIum-uml So You were not expecting me-Mss-
lntyres' =
Six o'clock next morning found drawn and cx-
hausted still seated by the bed of being he dared
not name st that hour he remembered to order away
the young woman who sick and shaken though she was
,had nevertheless worked steadfasy beside him through
.the incredible recovery OF the tgure on the bed lie
sent her first to the superintendent OF the male nurses
with an order secondly 10 bed-and absolute silence
Contrary to his skcptcism concerning the feminine
tongue she oheycd both orders implicitly
Twenty minutes after her disappearance Ralph DEM
ing the rotund and capable senior OF the masculine
nursing staff OF the house, appeared for early duty:
immaculate in white linen and checrfully innocent of
the object of his summons On the threshold of the
room he paused aStonished at the face that Maclnyr
turned toward him
"Why, Doctor! What in the world
"Deming, come here Come closer. Now Look
Hello Deming w muttcred A deep voice from the bed
My God w calculated the newcomer
MacInyre rose and walked unsteadily across the
"Demng" he whispered, tell me straight. Who>
spoke in here just now?"
Il thought" Deming swallowed and charged his
speech. I'm damned if it wasn't-Abner Heayilaldp
Behind them both the thin wonan's figure raised
itself a little upon the pillows and the deep bass OF
"Wel-it's my room isn't ita Ive got something 10 !
do here hurried away too soon.
Not until dusk the following afternoon did Doctors
Way and MacIntyrc hnd themselves any longer unable
to avoid conference.
We'll. what do you Think What on earth do you
make of it, man.
Then with a backward shake of the head: However
I'm not SO bothered about my own idea as am about
our report he returned, sending searching glance at
his chief Oh is1.a
why about that" =
Because darent undertake to make people tciicvc
what can't deny"
Then you're sure"
That Abncr Heayilands upstairs Yes
And Mrs Mari"
sshrug Shes dead-gone on-whateyer you w7nt
to call it."
We're not burying anybody
"You satisfy curiosity if You think IT worth
prudent by burylng a coffin.
I'm damned if willW
A gleam that as admiration OF Way as Mac
lnyre had reached shot across the younger man
Very well, then he responded Cts perfectly shn-
pie. We've got curiosity Upstairs: something thai
mustn't be or discussed for while TIL we under
stand more ourselves. Dcnings square He'd better
be LETT with"
Him. sesxs ~
They eyed each other for moment honestly. ThenI
MaoIntyre. in a tone OF infinite relief replied
Precisely. With him. With Abncr-'
But that was too much, Way held up bis hand pad
outward; and the last name was not uttered.
Upstairs, under the tacitnrn care Of Detnmg no
longer Jolly but intensely interested Abner HeayilanA
was making rapid recovery from an attack OF pref-
mona No one but Deming and the doctors saw lnnr-
Half the patients and all OF the attendants frequently
heard the mysterious inhabtan Of the double edoored
room Ills immense voice grew resonant as strength
returned
When Dcming OF the men nurses was definitely
ssgncd to the OF the nhabtant Of the room
he open door naturally that leading on % ting mems
orrdor. Naturally then Heayilands first exploration
ftcr his lost treasure conducted BY means o the
nen corridor Under the circumstances, It would also
been remarkable had he not found what he sought
For the door to the large closet that made cate-al
or many odds and ends hrsdcS the upedincnta
# cleaning ,s a, the end : long corridor irn,s
lately to the right OF Heavaud's In the dsiantN
lay room stood the armchair IN which the night Natch
ounQcd through the long hours. And HeayiIand open
he second night after his return the man distant
gure with its back to him and book dropped beside Il
N the floor One swift movement and the patient Was
t the unlocked door of the cosc A fcYegsh moment
N. the model was t5crc-Aas N his lttc uj;6erca
romans atmSwas in hiS room aionc with hlnl--fdfft
For three days all went we'll Hcaviland. recently
nown excellent sleeper. worked cautiously BY
light and during the relaxed noon hour All the old
agerness was alive and dominant IN hnl-s fact which,
rev unayoidably apparent 70 his attendant On the
than the facts of the third day report, Mac
utyre. fearing an impending outbreak, selected t1c
oon hour when the attendants, all general
'ach at dinner, to make an unexpected call upor
lis recovered enigma.
TIE little old woman. bent over table on which
tood the familiar machine raised her head and eyed the
MS finished. Naclntyrc." SAID Heaviland calmly
came back 10 do it Wen make a test together. II
on please See here-let me explain it and you shah
se 1t My BRAN, and he laughed quite nat
rally should prove interesting study-at present.
What do you do with it, What's the dea?" asked
he doctor humoriug him.
ecord quite accurately the pulse Of the gray matter
sclf What is normal have, naturally, means Of
moving, because the Drain responds nor ony 70 Hld-
cral but to psychological influences But the results
# normal nutrition, alcohQic stimulation, or creative
Ncitement should record themselves accurately here
n the indicator As you may then, BY means of
ms a beginning the special habits and functions with
he degree OF responsiveness to outward influences
hould become Tar intellgible-aore than that.
hould become definitely classihable by the average
mind See here"
MacIntyrc fascinated in spite Of himself went over
o tine little machine and the grotesque figure OF its
stonhing inventor Heaviland swiftly adjusted abonr
is own head the thin circle of steel with the tiny
disk that pressed a; the base OF the brain,
nd then at the turning OF the current bent over,
he plate which through the magnetzed wire was 70
ecord the pulse OF the brain OF his strangeSt patient
Half hour later the doctor left the room carrying
18th him certain hastily pencied, still incredible notes
nat to be the FIRST record of the machine whereby
lienists we're to become at last genuinely scientific.
Y az looked up in surprise. M1cIntyre rose sharply
What is IT, Deming2 shot from him nervousy
I'm sorry Doctor. have to report that about FIVE
linutes ago my -Heaviland-M- MarE--H-Hels
and. I mean
Yes Well?"
Died, SIR