The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-05-08
WEARING
A CROWN
b. OHN Y. LARNED

"Whae 90 you think, doctor. OF th1n
statement that metal worn on the head
of one afflicted with hysteria when tho
same Is placed on the head Of another
person will produce a like eYect?"
II don't believe It."
II do"
"Whyw
Because. In IT,. frst place. It has
been demonstrated by medical men In
Paris. and. In the second place. I once
had a case Of it In my W practice"
Give me the case"
This was the doctors story:
There were two sisters. do not
care to give their names. 80 l will give
fictitious names-Lillian and Louisa.
Lillian was the older. During a Ger
tain winter 1t was proposed to give an
entertainment for charity. and the SIS
tiers were among the performers.
Among other attractions were living
tableaux. In M Of these tableaux
Lillian took the part Of Queen Mary Of
Scotland. seated In q room Of Holy
rood palace ut Edinburgh. surrounded
by cOurtiers. Lord Darnley. whom she
afterward married. was among them.
"Now, the man who ~personated Darn
ley was a very tall man-Darnley him
self was long. you will remember
whom Lillian had lever before
rehearsal. Strange to say. she fell vio-
lently In love with Darnley. There
was but one rehearsal before the per-
Torrance. and. while those who took
part were being posed. 1t ri noticed
that the queens eyes YER bent on
Darnley lovingly. Perhaps you have
never seen a woman 30 infatuated with
a man that she can't keep from show
ing 1t. have.
Nobody thought Of the row the
queen Of Scots wore or where 1t came
from. l certainly did not then. but
since l have hunted the matter up
and have learned all about II. I.Aiiaa
BY her evident precipitation for this
fellow who personated Darnley attract
ed the attention OF all present at 70
hearsal. When the tabieau was CIV
en- before an audience she looked at
him 20 lovingly that all except those
who knew supposed It to b q part Of
the performance and were delighted
With the representation.
This performance was such q Soc
cess that It was determined to repeatk
the following week. The day It va
10 be given again ! wa called N 10
visit Lillian professionally. fosnd
her In an abnormally nervous condi-
ton. with other symptoms. I forbade
her taking part In the tableau. which
was to come Oh that evening. and It
was decided that her sister Louise
was to assume the part In her place.
"What do you suppose happened1
Louise was very Ike her sister. and
during the few moments that tho pic
ture was exposed to the audience she
regarded Darnley with the same infat-
uated look that her sister had worn.
20 that most Of the audience supposed
that it was Lillian who personated the
queen and was assuming the samo
lovelorn expression az when she had
exhibited before. I was In the q
dience and was astonished to see q
real lover look such AZ ] had een In
Lillian.
Among the performers the matter
made a good deal Of talk. for It was
evident to most Of them that these
lovers looks Of the sister we're real.
I, being a brain specialist, at once saw
a problem before me. 1t seemed to me
that there must be something in tho
relative position of Darnley and the
queen known to each Of the sisters
that produced the love or an effect sim
liar to the emotion felt by the real
Queen Mary for the real Darnley. But
on inquiry I learned that Lillian knew
nothing Of the historical relationship
between Mary and Darnley. while Lou
Ice had supposed that Mary hated him.
IL talked with both girls and. without
accusing them of being In love with
the man who had personated Darnley,
drew from them their feelings while
In the tableau. Both admitted that
they had felt a strange emotion which
had disappeared 10 soon AZ the curtain
was rung down and they took OF the
crown. l made bold to ask them the
nature Of this emotion: but. It being
q matter on which q woman would
shrink from speaking, l got no definite
information. But from different ad-
missions coming from q or the 9TH
er Of the two l gathered that they
felt an emotion the nature Of which
they did not understand themselves.
1.-The matter passed 80 far as remark
was concerned. but not from my mind.
Yet, seeing no solution Of It. I finally
dropped trying to solve 1t. Then came
the announcement Of these fellows In
Paris. I had no sooner read It In the
newspapers than l reverted to the
tableau. and I Immediately thought Of
the crown worn by the two sisters. I
went to the man who had furnished
the costumes for information about Il
He referred me to a certain theater
and gave ue bis card introducing me
to the property man. asked him 70
tell me something about the crown.
that had been used In the tableau.