East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-10-16

made In it:l
June q. 1s1s.-Gave vanya an
Tanner enough to last them twenty
four hours Would to God the,
might never come back for mOral
have done the world and my faFlow
men great wrong. I pray that tht
end may be soon. When this diarl
shall be found after my death IT,
truth will be known, and ! hope
shall be orgiven--forgiven for n
fifteen deaths that indirectly we
CAUSED by ma"
He laid aside his fountain d.
Idly he ran his fingers through IT,.
diary's pages as II searching FOR a..
earlier entry. Presently on the frs
page he found what he sought. Hall
aloud he read:
dec. 3, 1s14-At last my Life work
is crowned with success. AN my
former benefits to humanity win be
as nothing to this. Today I have
made the final test on the drug Of
my own compounding that VIII revo-
iutionize all mankind, and I have
discovered the only safe process fol
administering 1t. The formula for
this drug will be found in my strong
5ox in case Of my death. Also r
sketch Of the apparatus for its elec
trical transmission into the huma,
system.
''This compound of mine upbuiId
the mind and stimulates the win; II
the point of turning q mediocre IN
telligence into sublime genius. ! be
neve / can administer it TO a half
witted illiterate and transform hin
into a Shakespeare, a Napoleon or
Washington. No lifelong training
and hereditary gifts Of mind can
make every faculty 10 alert and
potent as can this drug ! hav.
evolved.
Jan. 5, 1s15.-Today experiments
on four hospital patients, chosen b.
me, at random, from various walks
Of life. did not tell them the OBJ
ject Of my experiment, but merely
that il was a new electrical process
which I believe would benefit the sew
eral ills Of which they had COM
planned to me.
II tried the experiment on the four
(the technical result will be found
with the formula in my strong bOxl
and the success went far beyond my
widest hopes Their reaction was
wonderful to note. All OF the tour
frightened at once in looks and In
mental power. They seemed nkS
members of new and vastly su-
perior race Of men.
'aThen 1 told them what ! had done.
Pierre La Rue's gratitude was pa
thetic. In him, more than in any OF
the others. the effect Of the drug was
astonishing. It has made another
man OF him. A wonderful man!
believe there are no heights to which
I cannot raise him. He dominates
them all (even myselt-to my amuse-
ment and surprise). A remarkable
geniusi"
The doctor sighed and turned to
the next entry:
March %, 1e15.-What abominable
thing have 1 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. IL
has awakened and stimulated and IN
tensified Hundred fold the crime
Instincts of these four people on
whom I have tried it. Pierre La
Rue is a devilD
Moreover, Pierre la Rue. who has
bent them all to his will, has done
the same to me. When the drug u
in his brain he Is peerless master
of men. l cannot resist him. H1s
win power crushes mine TO do his bid
ling. l am as wax in his hands II
only might die"
As Jerome Stanley and the doctor
chatted, light explosion was heards
Stanley left the room to invesu-
cate. He started up the stairs and
toward the laboratory, from whence
the sound came. He was passing
through the upper hall when long
arm shot forth from behind the heavy
c,,rtained door and grasped his throat
STANLEY. at-the touch, stood stock
.,iu turning as pale as deatn. de
aid not look around. nor was any
word spOken. There was a silent
hattle of wills. Montrose stood sttLE-
inc straight ahead Of him ID heAp-
less despair ,,,o -
from the piano.
NV dog Chic has learned . neS
,ricki ri show YOU she exclalmoo
=. dashed from the library across
,ho reception hall ana into the dining
. room. .h.
Jerome Stanley lay across ls tls
, ,able. Behind him croucheo EioAI' %
la Rue, his fingers encirchns oean,
. ley's throat. At sight OF Florence
,be SLAYER loosencd his hold anu
sprang back through a nearby dooF-
! way.
Jerome Stnnleyswas stone dead. he-
gaining herself, Florence screamea
a Harold, rushing forward past Flor
? ence. saw about the lifCless mar
Z throat the hideously familiar hnE
5 marks Of the Crimson STAINS VI
/ Tins.
r "Dadr" he called wildly, dropr
4 ON his .alees beside his father, "lo,
Robert Clayton. rushing out tr
2 aid, encountered Or. MOnuose c'.
8 ing downstairs,
q Doctor" yelled the artist. '1-
n Stanley is dead! Murdered"
s Harold Stanley got slowly % ht'
q feet and looked down at the father
he had SO devotedly loved. Then, d
n solemnly as though he Woro repeas
T. ing q vow before a priest, he raise
l. his hand and said, without tho fain
+ est sign OF emotion:
Il Il will find and punish my father
j. murderer II I have 10 track him
the farthest ends Of tho earth. :
help me, God"
g CEND OF CHAPTER ~