The Detroit times., 1912-08-09
CHAPTER XIII.
(Contlnued.)

criminal, ne continued, hau nv
good thoughts for humanity beyond
my small endeavors n NV little held
OF science | was q machine myself,
ccld, passionless. caring httle for wo-
men--thus proving, II | had stopped
10 consider myself, the unreasonable
ness Of MY own theory. Coolly and
without thought OF the conse.
uuencts. set out To prove myself
right. When think of IL now my ac-
tion appalls me- II was heinous, for
the mere proving of my theory meant
misery and unhapptness for those
who were 10 prove. IL 20 me. was
not cramped for money. SOL de-
termined TO experiment with six ma
chines-three young men and three
young women. l planned that each
person should be unconscious OF the
part he or she was playing, and that
each pair should be thrown constant
" togetkeT-not in society, mind you,
for my theory was that conditions
must GO right. Through a trusted
and highly paid agent hired my peo-
ple--the men. Through another, VINO
was woman, l hired those OF the
opposite sex. One OF the young wo-
men was sent to an obscure little
place a hundred miles back from the
Brazilian coast, ostensibly TO act as
governess for the children OF an
American family which did not exist
To this same place. through the other
agent, was sent a man, whose duty
was To get information about the
country for a party OF capitalists. DO
you begin to understand now''
Yes, / begin to understand said
Philip.
This place TO which they went was
made UP OF a dozen or so novels,
continued the doctor, resuming his
nervous walk. There was no one
there VINO could talk or understand
their language but these two. The
sequence-conditions were right.
They would either prove or disprove
my theory that men and women were
but machines of passion. | knew that
they would stay at this place during
the three months, ] had allotted for
my experiment, for paid them a
high price. The girl when she found
no American family, was told TO walt
until they arrived. The man. of
course, had plenty of supposed work
to keep him there"
II understand" repeated Philip.
"The second couple" continued the
doctor, forcing himself into chair
opposite Philip, were In similar
way sent up hereto an obscure
northern post which have reason for
not naming. And the third couple
went TO feverish district down In
CentrSi America" ~
He rose from his chair again, and
Philip was silent while the doctor
went tc his great-coat and from some
! where within its depths brought out
I fresh cigarettes. His hand trembled
/. slightly as he lighted one and the
fiareSof the match. playing for an in
slant son his face, emphasized the
nervous tension which he was under.
Il suppose you think IL all very
strange--and idiotic," he said, after
a few moments. "But we frequently
do strange things, and apparently
senseiesE ones, in scientific work.
Madmen have made the worlds great
ness. cur most wonderful inventors
our greatest men of all ages, have in
a way been insane--for they have
been abnormal, and what is that but
a certain form of insanity"
He looked at Philip through his
cigarette smoke as II expecting a re-
ply, but Philip only wet his lips, and
remained silent.
Il got six months leave OF alb
sence," he resumed, "and set out 10
see tho results of my experiments
First l went to Rio. and from there
TO the place where the first couple
had gone. AS a consequence, five
weeks passed between the date OF the
last letters OF my eXperimenters and
the day / joined them. Heavens.
man! When / made 1t known that
wanted them, where do you think
they took me-" He dropped his half
burned cigarette and his voice was
husky as he turned on Philip.
"Where-where do you think they
took me?" he demanded
God knows" exclaimed Philip.
TREMENDOUSLY. "Where?"
ITO two freshly made graves Just
outside the village" groaned the doc
tor. 81 learned their story after
little. The girl, finding herseR use
less there, had begun 10 teach the
little children. l'm-Tm-going TO
skip quickly over this" His voice
broke to a whisper. "She was an
told me that through my Interpreter.
The children cried for her when she
died. The men had brought flower
Ing trees from miles away TO shade
her grave-and the other They had
met, as / had planned---the man and
the girl, but It didn't turn out-my
way. IL was beautiful love. be-
lieve, as pure and sweet as any I'm
the whole world. They say t6at they
made the whole village happy, and
that each Sunday the girl and the
man would sing 10 them beautiful
songs which they could not under
stand, but which made even the sick
smile with happiness. II was low
villainous place for n village. half
encircled by swampy river, and the
terrible heat of the summer sun
brought with II a strange sickness.
II was a deadly, fatal sickness, and
many died, and always there were
the man and the girl. working and
singing and striving 20 do good
through all the hours OF day and
night What need is there Of say
ing more?" the doctor cried his
voice choking him What need 10
say more--except that the man went
first, and that the girl died week
later, and that they were buried
side by side under the mangum