Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-12
CHAPTER XII.


II had leaked out that the angel
from heaven. recently found IN the
~Adircndacks. would reach New York
on a certain train. and the entrances
to the Grand Central station were
thronged with idlers on the lookout
for a sensation. | don't know what
they expected 10 see-some sort Or
a Carrie Nation perhaps. at whom
they would ieer-certainly not Celes-
tia. Very few persons In the crowd
really saw her-but from these as she
passed swiftly with Professor Stilliter
to a waiting taNicab arose no Ieers
and insults. but only a low. humming
murmur OF wonder and admiration.
She walked like someone in a trance.
looking neither 70 the right nor 70 the
left. but her lovely face had such an
expression " serenity and peace and
she was so %touchingly young that the
worst scoffers felt their hearts soften
and 20 out 10 her.
Her white dress. falling in unbroken
lines from her shoulders. the jeweled
band low across her forehead. would.
at the time and place. make almost
any other wearer ridiculous. But C.
~lestia's face was SO c~ommandingly
good and beautiful that only women
and reporters noticed her clothes az
all. And only those of them who were
IN the foremost fringe Of h crowd
saw that. except for thin sandsie, her
small. high-arched feet were bare.
Another crowd not so large saw he's
leave the taxicab and enter Belleview
hospital From these there went up a
short, sharp murmur OF pity. "Of
course. she's mad. poor thing" these
thought or else they are going to
make out that she IL. and that's worse;
n did anybody ever see such hair
and eyes and such a CARRIAGE Of the
head, or any dress SO white. or anyon
that moved with so much grace"
Professor Stilliter. who was we'll
known 10 the Belleview authorities,
though he remained a spectator Of all
the tests 10 which her mental powers
were subjected. refused to give his
own conclusions as 10 her sanity.
I've been with her a good many
hours on end" he said, and. Of course.
I've formed an opinion. but 7 refuse
to interfere In any way with your
experiments and deductions"
At first they all thought that she
was mad. They couldn't help II. She
told them that she came from heaven,
and had come To save the world And
she told them these things with such
simplicity and dignity that II was OBJ
vious to thu most cynical that she al
least believed what she said. 1T was
like a mother" said one ~ the young
doctors aftervsrd. telling her chill
dren Rihle stories"
Cross questioning could neither
shake her narrative in detail or degree.
and as her mind continued to respond
quickly and patiently to one test after
another they became more and more
puzzled. Instead ~ being able to prove
that she was defective. ID began to
dawn on them after hours of expert
ment and observation that she was the
opposite. not only mentally but physi-
cally.
~ ifSl iiOleSSpF Sliiill-T lppk lnc
head doctor aside.
You haven't even a pretext for de-
tanning her. have you he asked
Not one. said the doctor She's
as sane as you or 7. according 70 all
the tests. and vet she cant be. What's
TO become OF her."
Why. as long as ! discovered her"
said Professor Stilliter. Il feel that I