The Washington times., 1916-02-27
THE STRANGE CASE OF MARY PAGE
RFREDEackL LEWIS


uneasily. and suddenly Mr.. Langdon
shouted. Nurse Waltoni Nurse Wal
toni And in answer i beat upon the
door and cried. In herei In heref Al
most instantly II seemed l heard the
sound Of running feet. and the door
was unlocked and I stumbled out al
most into Mr.. IanEdon's arms. But
before we could either OF ~ move away
from the spot Cellar said grimly. Stand
where You arc. all three OF your And
We We sssa,sh. saw that he was covering us with
I ",,Sw ,s'. t..S,os LONG sIa Dr. Fell.r hold you
mot more than q minute. for while
we all stood motionless and startled BY
snq ous oSdden .rr,SIn turn Of eyenss vent ners came
long scream Of woman either half
crazed or In deadly fear. Even Cellar
was horrined by II. and his arm wav-
cred a little as he turned his head.
and bore him back against the table.
| They fought desperately. bothNDr. Fos-
ter and l trying TO help. and at length
Mr.. Lengdon succeeded in twisting the
went limp and the revolver fell TO the
fioor. DR.. Foster snatched Il I'D and
Mr.. Langdon cried, Keep that beast
covered till get Mary and went run
1t was then that I remembered the two
detectives and realized that wo had
help outside. so l hurried TO the door
ami hung II open. They were right
when I shouted. up stairs.' they went
hind
"will you tell us. please. what you
saw when you reached the upper land
ing7"
We saw MIR. Langdon and Mrs. Pol
lock on the floor engaged In n furious
struggle, while from the door OF Miss
RACES room came the sound OF little
hands beating against the wood, and
almost continuous screams or bursts OF
hyateric laughter. interpreted with
| oaths In mans volcel 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.. Lanedon
and myself to the door OF Miss Pages
room. II was locked. and our cries to
Mary TO let us In only brought more
tive. warning us back. fired his revolver
aownward through the keyhole, shatter-
ing the lock. and we burst into the
Uoom.'
She broke Off as II overcome by the
memory OF what had met their eyes In
that prison room, and Langdon, his own
race white with the tensity Of remem-
bered horrors, prompted her huslCily:
VIII you tell the court. please, Miss
walton. what you saw when you en-
|
Miss Page was standing at the win
dow sobbing and laughing and tearing
at the Iron bars with hands already cut
ana bleeding from her efforts. Half
ero1ched by the bed was the ugly at
tendant DR.. Cellar had sent to watch
her and lying shattered on the moor be-
SIDE him was a whisky bottle. He was
obviously brutally drunk, but either
MISS RACES madness or our entrance
.erI'ned him into a momentary sobriety.
ana as we ran toward Miss Page he
uarted out OF the ROOM
,,,a,o% o% Lons was was 1t before Miss Page
| 1T was some hours When we found
that neither Mr.. Lungdon nor 1 was
recognized by Miss Page I ran down.
ftairs for Dr.: Foster. As ] came out In
INC INC hall the detective who was guarding
;hn ie,,n ihack turned towards mo ana
banisters and rushed into the office.
| nc detective and were close behind
him and az we reached the door we
and strike the revolver from his hand.
Then he switched out the llght and
called to Cellar To come quick Bo-
tore we could stop them both men ran
CUT tnroush ono OF the long windows."
Did you see either of them again.
NO. We at once locked all the doc ~
! ana windows and then Mr.. Foster hnr-
rled upstairs te Mics Page, II was
some hours before he could duiet her
at last she was asleep II was so near
dawn that II seemed hest fer us all 10
stay right there until morning.
| Did you hear Or. Foster give any
/ opinion as 10 this second attack OF
madness on the rart OF Miss Page
| "Yes. I asked him what could have
caused II. and nc pointed to the broken
| whisky bottle saying that the brutal
attendant was undoubtedly drunk even
| before he had entered the room, and
had probably continued drinking In
| Miss Pages presence. This ne said,
proves conclusivcly to me that Miss
| 'repressed psychosis." supcrinduced by
| the sight OF intCNication"
CONTINUED Next Sunday.)