The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28
The Strange Case
of Mary Page
Continued from page !0.)

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relief 1oated from Mary's pale lips at 4
the words. and two little flames Of hope
and excitement leapt into her eyes.
Even Langdon had seemed at times
to cherish vague doubts and had press
ed her cruelty to try to remember
even hazily-the events that were q
blank to her; and In consequence the
words of the great alienist were balm
to her aching heart and seemed In
truth a wondrous vindicatiOn.
Langdon. watching her in amazed
concern, saw her slender body shake
like a reed In storm Of emotion, and
reading in 1t not the breaking OF, the
icy fetters Of immobile despair, but the
shattering Of wonderful self-control.
hastened to her side, with an admoni.
tory aud reassuring whisper Of encour-
agement. To his surprise she smiled
at him through the. unshed. tears and
caught his hand for an instant in a
feverish grip as she -nurmured tremu-
lously,
''There's nothing the matter. Phil.
liam just hopeful"
II may have to call you to the stand
for a little," he went on anxiousfy.
do you think you-you-wiu be able
to-" -
"Why, Of course" she answered. with
such surprised note in her voice that
Langdon was perforce reassured, and
turned his attention again towards DR.
Foster, who wast flushing angrify un
der the badgering Of the prosecutor.
What you tell Us Is very interest
Ing" the latter was saying sarcastical'
ly. "And so you followed the life Of
the defendant, of let us say you traced
her life back year by year. And did
you decide which event was the direct
cause of her-er-peculiar mental
breakdowns?" H..
II did"
"What was it?"
"Her fathers brutality on the nighl
she fed from the house in wild terror
Miss Page had suffered from her horror
of alcohol from baby"
"Then it was her fathers treatment
rather than his intoxicated condition
that drove her insane?" persisted thu
prosecutor; but DR.. Foster saw thu
drift of the question and shook hi.
head emphatically.
ut was not. 1t was the sight Of hi:
key OH his breath. The pain Of hi
brutal grip ON her shoulder, and th'
sight Of his il-treatment of her mothe
naturally had their effect-but the.
were not the main causes Of her dc
lirium."
"How do you know that Mr.. Pag
gripped her shoulder brutally? Ism
that merely hearsay evidence?"
mo. The marks Of the hand wer
plainly visible ON the shoulder of Mis-
Page when she was brought to me
These heavy bruises overlay a-curiou
birthmark that came and went. and tt,
nails Of Mr.. Pages hand had dug sue
burrows into the flesh that the scar
still remain"
II have here a copy OF this morl
ing's News which has an article In
entitled, what is Repressed PSYCHE
sisT by DR.. Foster. Is that your br
chure?"
ut is"
I'm It you say, The cruel grip (
Mary Pages drunken father left Il
mark 1ndelibly upon her shoulder. I,
under the stress Of intense excitemel
that mark reappears.' Ia that hearsa
or have you seen tt?"
Il have seen It."
With q sneer that brought q hot du'
Of anger surging into the doctors fac
the prosecutor turned and handed Il
paper that he held to the foreman
the jury saying slurringly:
Gentlemen Of the jury, in this new
paper which offer as an exhibit I
the state. you will find a long artic
by the learned witness, which is p,
pably an effort to rouse cheap symp
thy for the prisoner. In 1t he ga
substantially what he has said in cou