The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-12-25
An indication
Of Greatness
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he died a bachelor and left me all his
property. After his death | examined
every paper ut his | could end. es-
pecially bis scientific writings. think.
ing to publish them Among an earlier
hatch written very 500 after he grad
uated in medicine ! found a narrative
which as l read on interested me in
tensely. Here 1t Is:
I'VE all know that many things exist
of which the human mind has not yet
any conception. go further than
this | believe that anything Of which
the mind a conceive. however TIM.
probable, may exist
Some years ago a certain noted au-
thor wrote a ~story-'The Strange Case
Of Or. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde'-suggest.
ing that two different personalities
might exist III the same man. be.
'ieve that the day will come when It
will be demonstrated to the world
that some. II not all. OF US are com
posed of more than one being. indeed.
! not only believe 1t; l know it. IL you
ask me why l know 1t. this Is my re-
ply:
There was something about Jennie
Hatch that impressed me the first time
I met her. She was what most per.
sons would call odd Perhaps one rea-
son for my becoming interested in her
was that | was a recent graduate Of a
medical college and had taken a post.
graduate course on the physiology Of
psychical conditions. 1t seemed to me
that Miss Hatch was ~abnormal-not
that her body was abnormal, but the
spirit within 1t. For l am not so given
to materialism as to believe that our
spiritual and physical parts are one.
whether Jennie Hatch mistook my
scientific interest in her for love |
don't know. but she came to look upon
me as a lover. did not either en-.
courage or discourage her in this.
permitted the relationship between us
to drift or without definition. One
thing I noticed which | set down to q
certain aickleness or apparent tickle
ness consequent upon the physical
makeup Of women. would 60 to see
her. say. on Saturday night. an evening
| usually lodged my patients II I could
do SO without injury to them She
would receive me kindly and be a de.
lightful companion. I would visit her
the following Wednesday and she
would look at me as though she won
dered why I had called. During the
frst visit she would be a girl, during
the second q woman. During the drst
I would seem to be a proper compan-
ion for her-that IL. a person Of about
the same age. During the second she
made me feel that I was a boy at.
tempting to entertain a woman who
had learned wisdom.
my observations indicated to me that
Jennie Hatch embodied two PERSONAL.
ties. My deductions were not based
alone on such differences as I have de-
scribed. There was another and far
o important symptom became
convinced that Jennie sometimes loved
me and sometimes did not love me
Not only this-l came to suspect that
there were times when she loved some
one else
"On the theory that she embodied two
persons 1t seemed to me that Jennie
No. ! might love me and that Jennie
No. z might love another. 1t was not
conducive to love. Or. rather. comfort,
to be interested II one whose other
self loved some other person. Never
theless. I found myself growing fond
of Jennie. My theory did not admit
OF jealousy BECAUSE l had no affection
for Jennie No. =. Yet. singuiarly
enough. l was jealous Of her lover. l
suppose It IA on account Of the two
spiritual personalities occupying the
same body. scientifically expressed.
my jealousy should be represented by
No. Uennie Of the flesh, plus zero
Jennie No. z. to whom I vas tndif.
:erent,. the product being one-hait.
Nevertheless ! was In love. and one
evening while thinking the matter owe
It occurred to me that I could study
the cast better as Jennie's-l refer to
Jennie No l-dance than as we were.
Ou the impulse of the moment ! went
to her house for the purpose Of max.
ing Il declaration.
II Jaw the moment she entered the
room chat she was her other self.
II once heard u woman say that II q
Z has made up hts mind to y pro-
ip0sai nothing that she can cay or do
will stop him. had gUne to Jennie's
house to propose to her. and somehow
! could not resist the impesling force.
l asked her to be my wife. she hest
fate0. then refused I'M. telling me that
shs loved another.
II had begun this affair With purely
scientific motives. here was m end
to II. hased on human reasons left
the house feeling that for me the bot
tom had dropped out Of the universe"
Here the raper ended abruptly.
~ss much disappointed. hoping to 6nd
*o,ne confirmation Ut my uncle's the
DRY. based on bis singular love a6air.
Hut not another word did I meet With
on the subjert One day I was talking
about ntm to q chum of bis youth.
whom ! asked bow the doctor came
to be a bachelor. The reply was that
when q very young nan he had been
In love with q Miss Hatch. who mar.