The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-12-21
CHAPTER xxxi-Continueo.


srily.
He shook his head h:s stern mouth
shaping the strangest. twisted smile
IL was indeed a twisted smile, for It
was on the left side only. the facial
muscles of the right side moving not
at all
That was the last play OF the Wolf"
ne said. u am paralyzed shall
never walk again. Oh. only on the
other side" he added, as though divin.
Ing the suspicious glance flung at
his left leg. the knee OF which had Just
then drawn up and elevated the blank
cts
ITS unfortunate he continued.
I'D liked to have lone for you first.
Hump And thought | had that much
left in me-"
But how can you account for IT,"
l asked. where Is the seat of YOUR
trouble?"
Tho BRAIN" ne said at once 1T
was those cursed headaches brough:
Il on"
Symptoms" said.
tie nodded his head There Is no
accounting for It. was never sick
In my life. Something's gone wrong
with my brain. A cancer. a tumor
or something OF that nature-a thing
that dcvours and DESTROYS. It's attack
ing my nerve ccntcrs. eating them up
bit by bit. cell by cell-from the
pain"
The motor ccntcrs. too" sug
Gcstcd
SO II would seem. and the curse
OF II Is that must lie here. conscious
mentally unimpaired. knowing that
the lines are going down. breaking hi,
ny p'' communication with the world
! cannot see, hearing and feeling ar.
leaving inc. at this rate | shall soon
cease to speak: yet all the time shall
10 mere. alive. active and powerless."
"heh you say you are here. I'd
suggest the likelihood OF the soul"
said
Bosh!" was his rctoyt 1T simply
means that in the az -. a, nv brain
the higher psychical ccn..rs are un.
'ouched. can remember. can think
ana reason When that goes. 20. |
am not. Inc SOUR
He broke out In hooking laughter
then turned his left ear to the pillow
rs sign that he wished no further
conversation
maud and ! went about our work
oppressed by the fearful fate which
had ovcrtaken him-how fearful we
were yet fully to realize. There was
the nwfulncss OF rctribution about 1t
Our thoughts we're deep and solemn
and we spoke 10 each other scarcely
above whispers
You might irmovc the handouts"
no said that MINT. as we stood I'm con
suitntion over him IT'S dead safe
I'm paralyug now The next thing
to watch out Tor is bed sores"
lie smilol his twisted smile and
Maud. her eyes wide with horror was
COMPELLED To turn away her head
DO you know that your smile f.
crooked | asked him: for knew
thN. she must attend him. and wished
T., save her as much as possible
Then shall smile no more" bc
SAID calmly u thought something
was wrong. sly right cheek has been
numb all day. Yes. and I've had warn
!ngs OF this for the last three days.
by spells. my right side seemed going
I" sleep sometimes arm or hnnd
sometimes leg or foot"
so my smile is crooked" he nu.,
led short while after. well con.
slider hcnccforth that smile inter
"a'iy' with my soul. II you please. my
soul. Consider that | am smiling
now"
Ana Tor III" space OF several min
utcs he lay there. quiet. indulrinp his
SroicsGue fancy
The man OF him was not changed
II was the old indomitablo terrible
Won Larsen, Imprisoned somewhere
within that flesh which had once bccn
50 invinciblc and splendid Now IL
bound him with inscntiont fc,tors
wnllinf his soul In darkness and ~
lcnc". blocking II from the world
which TO him had been riot OF ne.
ton No more would he conmratc tho
rcrh Ito do" IN every mood aud tense
TO be" was all that remained to him
to be, ns he had dc0od death with
on, movement, to win but not to .x
ccutc. to think and reason and IN the
spirit OF him to be az alive as ever
but In the Nc8h to be dead. quite dead
And yet. though even removed ia"
handouts we could not ADJUST our.
selves to his condition our minds
r"yoltcd To us he was full Of potcn.
tinii,y We knew not what to oxpcc,
of him next what fearful thing. rising
above the nrrh. he might break out
and do Our experience" warranted
this state OF mind and We went about
our work with anxiety always upon
us
had solved the problem which had
arisen through the Ehurtncss OF the
shears I, was the morning OF IN.
third day that ! swung the forcmnst
from the deck and proceeded 10 square
IT, butt TO III the step Her. was
especially awkward I sawed and
chopped and Chisclcd the wcathcrcd
wood IN II mad the appearance. Of haY.