Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-17
shadow as of physlca, pain dis,or,lns

Dcht ShouluerS anu look OF high
resolve came into his haEgard face
We crossed the library to the reception
hall The visitors were Nanya Tosca
and Tanner. They stood cycling DR.
Montrose with the look hungry dog
might bestow on Il butchers cart. They
and seemed more than half i'll.
Well" DR.. Montrose sharply brok,
the monetary silence. "wnat do you
want?"
You know what we want, doctor"
replied Tanner.
And we must have it," added vanya.
I'VE must"
ready said Montrose, in stern deci-
sion. And you'll get no more"
AT his words vanya WINGED Tan
ner's teeth began to chatter as If with
chill.
You can't mean that. DOCTOR cx-
claimed Vanya. You can't refuse us,
Please
NO" reiterated Montrose. YOU will
neither of you get any more. | curse
the day first gave it to you. To-day
read of still another murder"
Yes" said Tanner. eagerly. 81 did
that. am La Rue. But It wasn't our
tault. Not even Pierre La Rues. II
was yours. Yours. You're the cause
- III All OF IL.
yes chimed in Vanya beseechinglv.
And you can't take 1t away from us
now. What would VIC be without it:
What would we become"'
Montrose glarcd at them for an in
slant. then. with a hopeless sigh. sur.
rendered. He motioned them across
me la laboratory of an intricate looking
machine at which they had been alanc.
IHH with furtive longing ever since
tneS entered the room
'aEing up two metal wrist clasps
ne fastened them about Vanva's wrists
uhen attached two more to Tanners
n" metal clasps We're connected to
i"ng cylinders from whose other end
u punch Of wires ran to the DYNAMO
Of the apparatus Openin. a valve ~
inc TOP OF each cylinder DR.. AIontrose
pouied INTO the appartues part of the
."ioFiess contents of phial he pro-
ouced from wan cupboard.
ms hand fell upon n lever But he
iam moment before giving this
h.s,,a me needful turn Seeing his
Ssi'atioh' the two patients snaried at
MN like angry beasts. Slowly tho
aoctor thrust the lever into place 4
wires. ''s c!iihoer
me effect on Tanner and Vanya was
Their dropping bodies all
AZ once become alert and vibrant vii,
races Their eyes cleaned win an
unnatural brightness. "'
Dr. Montrose thrust back the anna.
ra'us into space behind a sliding door
ne mated IT. Then he returned
to his desk. took the diary FROM no
pocket and recommended his writin,,
inns is the entry he made I'm IT.,
June %. 19is.-Ciavc Vanya and Tan
nfr enough TO last them twenty four
nomrs- Would 10 God they might never
world and my fellow men rrnat
wrong pray that the end may he
soon. When this diary shall be found
AFTER my death the truth will h.
known and hope | shall I've forgiven
-iorsiven for the fifteen deaths that
indirectly were caused by me-"
He laid aside his fountain pen. Idly
he ran his fingers through the diarv's
pages as II searching for an earlier
entry. Presently on the first page he
found what he sought. Half aloud he
read:
December 3. isl4.-At last my life
work is crowned with success All
my former benefits TO humanity will be
as nothing to this. To-day have
made the final test on the drug of my
own compromising that will revolution
lie all mankind, and have discovered
the only safe process for administer
Ing It, The formula for this drug
viii BE- found in my strengthen in case
of my death. Also a sketch of the
apparatus for its electrical transmits.
sion into the human system,
'Tr!s compound of mine upbuilds
the mind and stimulates the will; 10
the point of turning a mediocre in
telligence into sublime genius. he
licve | can administer 1t to n half
N'iited i!literate and transform him
into n Shakespeare. a Napoleon or a
Washington. No lifelong training and
hereditary gifts of mind can make
every faculty SO alert and potent as
can this drug I have evolved.
January 5, ls16.-To day l expert
chosen by me. at random. from various
walks of life. ] did not tell them the
object OF my experiment. but merely
that II was a new electrical process
which I believe would benefit the SOW
eral Ills OF which they had complained
10 me.
Il tried the experiment on the four
tthe technical result Will be found
with the formula in my strong boX).
and the success went far beyond my
widest hopes. Their reaction was
wonderful to note. All OF the four
frightened at once in looks and in
mental power. They seemed like mem
bers of a new and vastly superior race
of men.
Then l told them what had done.
lIerTc La ltuc gratitude WAS pa
thetic In him. more than i'll any of
the others. the effect Of the drug was
astonishing. 1t has made another man
OF him. y wonderful man! believe
there are no heights to which ] cannot
raise him. He dominates them all
teven myself--to my amusement and
surprise). y remarkable genius"
The doctor sighed and turned 10 the
next entry:
March -, 1?15.--What abominahle
thing | have discovered? Where are
the blessings I dreamed would be my
priceless gift to mankind? Instead Of
heaven-inspired geniuses. my drug has
developed my four patients into the
most dangerous criminals. 1t has
awakened and stimulated and intcnsi
fed a hundredfold the crime instincts
OF these four people on whom have
tried it. .Pierrc La Rue is a deviiD
Moreover. Pierre La Rue. who has
bent them all To his will. has done the
same to me. When the drug is in his
brain he is 4 peerless master of men.
cannot resist him. His will power
brushes mine to do his bidding. ! am
as wax in his hands. If only ] might
die"