The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-19

VI BRAIN
BY r. J. PEARsAlL.
Copyright.l

A ~ "A A1tl dG ~ Wo6s
Anyway, 1t vas his own. and what
business had an cid grandmother of
a science filler to be a-feelin' of 1t?
And then, a. se got out of the chair,
he broke out ~ open protest, for the
bespectacled scientist nodded to the
guard and he was tia srudiy to wait:
This meant that his head had been
found wrong in some remediable par
%ticular, and that, In his own phrase
ology, he was to be carved.
"Ah, say" he said. ME nut suits
me, p'fessor. And it's mine, amt 1t?
Why can't y let it be-?
my friend" said the great surgeon,
I'm your present condition your are
incapable of judging your own well
fare, The peculiar indentation in the
posterior motor region prevents"
But his explanations were cut short
by the burly prison guard who showed
In front Of Jimmy.
Get over in line there" said this
latter. "And If I hear any more out
of you. I'll operate on you myself
with this club"
Gee, I'll bet you've got an awful
shaped knob under that mop of hair"
remarked Martin, in a very careful
undertone, as he sided quickly into
place. I'D like t split 1t open fer ye
to see what's inside. An / will, too,
when l git out"
For three years now Jimmy's plans
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out" And in three years one can plan
many things. Also, if one Is possessed
of som native ability, can plan them
rather well, too.
Jimmy, in the light gained by these
meditations, looked back upon his first
few bungling crimes with poignant
contempt. He realized now how raw
and amateurish they had been.
But-"when he got out"
Now this, gentlemen" the surgeon
was saying, is a case Of acute con-
genital motor perversity. Here Is the
section of the brain, inherited from
the ape family, which Is the seat of
all morbid craving for the property
Of others.
1T is present in all Of us, put has
been found to be most prominent In
kleptomaniacs and captains Of indus
try. It's removal"-Jimmy shivered-
means death" Jimmy shaped his
mouth for a yell. Consequently such
an experiment is, of course, impracti-
cable.
But here Is the crux Of our unfor-
tunate friends case. You perceive
this indentation Of the Uranium. d.
rectly below is the motor nerve center
concerned with the carrying out of
the impulses suggested by the region
of which l have spoken. From birth
the malformed skull has irritated this
center and goaded 1t into abnormal
activity.
"The removal of the cause will nat.
urally move the effect. / propose to
cut out the bone and replace 1t by a
properly shaped silver plate. Thus
the undue pressure, and consequently.
the undue activity will be allayed."
Now most of this was unintelligible
to Jimmy. But he gathered that there
was no great danger in the operation,
and so he submitted, though reluctant
ly.
When, after recovering from the
slight Illness caused by the chloro-
form, he found that he would enjoy Q
period of some weeks rest In the hos
pital. he was almost grateful to the
surgeon for performing it.
Came one day the warden to his
cell.
Martin" he said, through the bars,
you were sentenced to serve five
years in this prison"
Eyes, sir" replied Martin, twiddling
his thumbs.
"You have served three years, two
month 3. Your conduct has not been
exemplary. but l have no complaint
to make"
THANK We, sir"
Some time ago / received a letter
from the State Medical board, giving
the names of the men who, In their
opinion, had been cured Of their GRIM
inal tendencies by operations per.
formed by the surgeon who lately
visited U.S."
Jimmie turned white and then be-
gan to tremble.
Your name was among them. Brace
up. man! / sent the list to the board
of governors, stating the case. The
board of governors forwarded it to
the governor of the state. He has
sent it back Some of the men he has
paroled, some pardoned. You are par.
doned."
The blood of James Martin, convict
No. 2642 10 longer, had all rushed to
his heart, where it was holding high
carnival.
He was free. Free tt fulfill his des.
tiny. Free to embark again on the
business for which nature had de-
signed him, equipped with all the skill
and cunning born of his three years
brooding.
James Martin, Esquire. city plumb
er, had a little money, infinite pa
thence, considerable mechanical skill,
and an uncultivated instinct for
mathematics. He also possessed the
rental of a certain house that had fig
ured very largely in II Of the most
attractive of the dreams that has oc-
cupied him in Grin-Grin.
The house had a cellar, and the cell
lar, three months after Martins re-
lease, had an exit in the shape Of q
tunnel leading straight to the vaults
of the Cedardale National bank.
This tunnel was the result of much
strenuous labor, carried on under the
" of night and loneliness, when he
vas popularity supposed to be resting
from his not overengrossing duties.
The house being built on the very
edge of a steep cliff overhanging the
Missewa river, the dirt from the tun-
mel had been very easily disposed of.
being simply carried across the cellar
and dumped through an opening In
the other side into the swift current.
The roof of the tunnel being composed
of stiff clay, it had required no artif-
cial support.
All that had been required was
minute exactitude in planning the
course of the tunnel and Flooding in
dustry in digging 1t. But one hundred
thousand dollars lay at the end of his
job.
Behold. therefore. this spectacle: 1t
is early evening, barely eight o'clock
Martin crouches at the extreme end Of
his long burrow, which at this point
slants abruptly upward. He is work
ing upward, too; his flying fingers are
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