The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-08-27

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In your life, some injustice done you.
upon the lady sin you have commit
Ted. OF which you are repentant."
| "F'ut, doctor. the time must come
when it will become necessary to make
| plain this mystery"
| Not necessarily. but If 1t does you
may gain Il strong point by confessing
some noble act which your tender con-
| science has exaggerated into a crime.
shake, doctor!" said the visitor,
| grasping the others hand. THAT sug-
gestion is worth more than any pre-
scription you have ever written"
THAT isn't saying much" muttered
the man of medicine to himself.
II must leave you now" he said to
his client. looking at his watch, ito
make my morning round Of visits.
Suppose you start on the lines l have
suggested. and If you find that you
have produced results let me know.
advise you, having made your begin
ming on basis of curiosity. to add a
teaspoonful-l mean quantum-of
sympathy. leaving the Imagination to
come in third. after which resort to the
ordinary devices pertaining to court
ship"
THANK you, DOCTOR" said the visitor
rising and grasping the doctors hand
warmly, and with the same serious look
on his face that he had worn through
the interview he went his way.
Within fortnight the doctor receiv-
ed letter from his client in which
he laid down his great grief and a
sin that he had committed. He had
killed man for revenge. but had been
driven to the act through a great
wrong done him. He was suffering no
end of mental torture. Miss Ander-
sons sympathy had been aroused, and
she was intent upon knowing what
had spurred him to kill fellow being.
This was as far as he had gone. He
had noted the rise Of considerable in
terest In him on the part Of the lady.
In due time he would reveal that his
father and mother. who had lived in
the wild west, had been murdered by
Indians. He had not only killed all
the Indians concerned in the massacre,
scalps. acts for which he could never
forgive himself.
A second letter came In which Mr..
Bloodgood spoke Of the murder of his
parents and his confession of his re-
venge. Miss Anderson had been much
grieved for him and h'd been disap-
pointed because he had not tortured
the Indians before killing them. She
had expressed wonder that he should
have allowed the killing of few saw
ages who had murdered his dear ia
Their and mother 10 trouble his con-
science. Surely he must have great
nobility OF soul to consider such an act
q sin.
And here. as these two scientists
Dr. Shotwell and Mr.. Bloodgood. had
intended. the imagination began to
work. Miss Bloodgood pictured the
settlers cabin. the trees Of the virgin
forest waving over 1t. the old man sit
ting before the freight at evening
smoking his pipe and the old woman
clearing the supper table: then the fig
ures Of the red men far In the evening
twilight galloping toward the cabin.
The massacre was too horrible for the
dreamer to dwell upon. but she pic
tured the sons return to find his par
ents weltering in their blood.
And now the queerness Of Norman
Bloodgood had given place to heroic
looking man bending over his parents
bodies. then looking up to heaven and
swearing to avenge their death. She
saw him mount a mettlesome steed
and, plunging his spurs into the horses
TANKS. speed away into the depths of
the forest. She heard the crack Of his
rifle as he brought down the first saw
age. She saw him plunge Il tomahawk
into the next redskins skull. She fan
ced him dealing death to dozen In
dams and wished there were more.
Then her hero rode Off. his vengeance
wreaked. appalled, at the CORY being the
massacre of his beloved parents had
made him. Years Of regret followed.
What q noble spirit to grieve over the
punishment OF bloodthirsty savages.
One day Mr.. Bloodgood called at DR..
ShotwelIs office and reported the story |
he had told. the object Of the expert |
ment they were interested In. He |
knew nothing of his success in excit- |
ing Miss Andersons imagination or her |
sympathy, He simply reported what |
he had done. The doctor listened to |
his report and. confident Of the effect |
he had produced. suggested that he try |
a light application Of hand pressure; |
If this was not repealed, an arm stolen |
around the waist. Il touch Of the lips.
Not long after this Bloodgood report
ed that In one of his fits Of remorse he |
had dropped his head upon Miss An
derson's shoulder. She had not with
drawn from the contact Encouraged, |
he had folded her in his arms. Still |
not being repealed. he had kissed her.
Then one day he called at the doctors
office to be congratulated upon his en-
gagement.
These two scientists discussed the
matter in the same vein as when they |
were laying out their plan Of attacking
Miss Anderson's heart by scientific
methods as IL they had It In test