Evening journal., 1916-03-18

give little muttered oath Of anger
out Mr Langdon broke in sharply,
saying This is no time for listening 70
any tomfool Insults from you. Cellar
what we want is Miss Page. and bv
heaVen' III get her out OF here, II
have to kill you and break down everv
door in the place. Even that wouldn't
get her said DIR. cellar, for this Miss
Page. as you call her. is not here
You lie!' shouted Langdon, we know
she is. The nurse has already signal
led us TO that effect Tn afraid your
friend has been drinking a little too
much sneered Cellar. speaking an
parently TO Dr. Foster, for it was ths
latter who answered: I suppose he
said drily. that you will deny also that
a woman screamed TO us for help a few
minutes ago. One Of the patients had
a nightmare said Cellar, but he spoks
uneasily, and suddenly Mr Langdon
shouted, Nurse Walton! Nurse Wal
toni! And in answer beat upon ths
door and cried. In herel In herei' Al
most instantly it seemed heard ths
sound OF running feet. and the door
was unlocked and / stumbled out al
most into Mr.. Langdon's arms. But
before we could either OF US move awav
from the spot cellar said erimlv.
Stand where you are, all three OF you'll
And we saw that he was covering us
with his revolver"
How long did DR.. Cellar hold vow
I'm this fashion,"
Not more than minute, for while
we all stood motionless and startled by
the sudden turn OF events, there came
a most terrible cry from upstairs-ths
long scream OF a woman either haif
crazed or in deadly fear. Even Eel
lar was Mortified by It, and his arm
wavered a little as he turned his head.
At that Mr.. Langdon spranR upon hin,
and bore him back against the table
They fought desperately, both DR.. Fos-
to and 1 trying to help, and at length
Mr.. Langdon succeeded In twisting the
arm OF DR.. Cellar so that his fingers
went limp and the revolver fell to ths
floor. DR.. Foster snatched II up and
Mr.. Langdon cried, Keep that beast
covered till get Mary and went run
ming out of the room and UP the stairs
II was then that remembered the TIVE
detectives and realized that we had
help outside. so l hurried to the door
and flung it open. They were right
there. half crazy with anxiety, and
when 1 shouted, up stairs they went
up two at time with me close be-
hind"
"Will you tell us. please. what you
saw when you reached the upper land
ing?"
I'VE saw Mr.. Langdon and Mr.. Pol
lock on the floor engaged in a furious
struggle, while from the door OF Miss
/ T1r IL.
hands beating against the wood, and
almost continuous screams or bursts OF
hysteric laughter. interspersed with
oaths in a mans voicei The detectives
went at once TO Mr.. Langdon's aid, and
when they had seized Mr.. Pollock one
OF them covered him with his revolver
while the other ran with Mr.. Langdon
and myself to the door OF Miss Pages
room. II was locked. and our cries to
Mary 10 let us In only brought more
terrible screams from her, so the de-
tective, warning US back. fired his re-
volver downward through the keyhole.
shattering the lock. and we burst into
the ROOM
She broke of as II overcome by the
memory OF what had met their eyes in
that prison room, and Langdon, his
own face white with the tensity of re-
membered horrors, prompted her husk-
lily:
) ''Will you tell the court, please. Miss
Walton. what you saw when you en-
tered the rooms of Mary Pager"
Miss Page was standing at the win
5 dow sobbing and laughing and tearing
, at the iron bars with hands already
e cut and bleeding from her Efforts.
= TIu1F I,rr4 hoH orIt1
I attendant DR.. Cellar had sent to watch
S her. and lying shattered on the floor
4 beside him was a whiskey bottle. lie
I was obviously brutally drunk. but
;. either Miss Pages madness or our en-
!, trance terrified him into a mOmentary
sobriety, and as we ran towards Misa
e Page he darted out Of the ROOM"
' How long was It before Miss Page
] quieted DOWN."
1T was some hours. When we found
. that neither Mr.. Langdon nor was
r recognized by Miss Page ran down
. stairs for Dr. Foster. AS came out in
r the hall the detective who was guarding
I Mr.. Pollock turned towards me and
] the latter instantly leapt over the BAN
= isters and rushed into the office. The
. detective and ! were close behind him,
e and as we reached the door we saw
e Mr.. Pollock leap upon DR.. Foster and
= strike the revolver from his hand.
Q Then he switched out the light and
o called TO cellar to come quick Be-
y fore we could stop them both men ran
s out through one OF the long windows.
did you see either OF them again?"
s mo. We at once locked all the doors
e and windows and then DR.. Foster hur-
b ried upstairs TO Miss Page. II was
k some hours before he could quiet her
I even with strong sedatives. and when
o at last she was asleep It was so near
I dawn that IT seemed best for us all 10
d stay right there until morning."
! did you hear DR.. Foster give any
s opinion as to this second attack of mad
ness on the part of Miss Pager"
''Yes. l asked him what could have
d caused It, and he pointed to the broken
e whlskey bottle. saying that the brutal
y attendant was undoubtedly drunk even
= before he had entered the room. and
e had probably continued drinking in
e Miss Pages presence. This he said.
d proves conclusively to me that Miss
Il Page is suffering from what we term
It "repressed psychosis," superinducsd ~
II the sight OF intoxicationl'
ri (To be continusal