The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

ing that there is such thing as al
ternating personality has finally III,
tered into the public mind. II you Will
remember. you yourself told me that
when Miss Blythe was arrested In the
museum she suffered herself to be LED
away as though she were in coma
tose condition"
"Yes-yes."
'The fact is, Mr.. Tarrant, that Miss
Blythe the governess is not in the least
the same personality as Miss Blythe
the kleptomaniac, and has no knoWl'
edge of her. She doubtless realizes
that, when these periods of forgetful-
ness come on, she commits actions OF
which she has no waking knowledge,
and it is the impossibility Of explain
ing this to an incredulous world that
has led her to suffer in silence rather
than attempt to indicate her reputa-
ton. Now, with your permission. !
shall proceed"
Tarrant and I sat down. All this
while Miss Blythe had not moved a
muscle.
"Give me the amulet, please" said
Doctor Emmanuel, and Mr.. Tarrant
handed it to him with obvious reluc-
lance. Had the situation been less
dramatic it would have been amusing
to see the intense gaze which the mil
1innofro Eant ,,rny, ho Ooyo
Helen" said Doctor Emmanuel,
holding up the gem before her, "can
you read the inscription on this?"
No" she answered in a voice
which seemed disappointingly natural,
ut is in Assyrian cuneiform, is it
not?'
ooh, yes, you can read it," said the
doctor coaxingly. "You are not half
asleep yet. Go to sleep completely,
now"
He stroked her forehead caressingly,
and when he held up the amulet and
asked the question again, it was a to-
tally different voice that answered him
"a woman's voice, but harsh and ma
sal and strident.
why should 1 read it?" it asked
protestingly.
Read it," said Doctor Emmanuel
No, read 1t in Engfish"-for the voice
had begun to talk in a sort of gibber
ish totally unlike any language that
had ever heard spoken, and bearing a |
distant resemblance to what imagine
Chinese must be.
ITO the high priest Of Marduk in |
whined the voice Made for
and donated by Asshur-Tiglath-P
Lesser, king in Nineveh-"
Paul Tarrant leaped out of his chair.
THAT solves it." he shouted, and
sank down again and stared round him
like man thoroughly bewildered.
Solves what?" asked Doctor I'm
manuel quietly.
That word Nineveh, DOCTOR The
read King Of Bells slave
md were utterly meaningless. If that
8 correct-it must be, but the stone
vas SO rubbed none Of us could de-
'ipher tt-why, it places the date back
o the thirty-1fth century, B. c., in
stead of the twenty-seventh. And that
EXPLAINS why the old cuneiform was
lsed by the engraver."
"Who has this stone?" asked Doctor
and we all gripped our
eats more tightly at the snarling
T!"
why did you not deliver it to the
Ugh priest of Marduk?" the doctor
sked.
Il did. He would not receive it."
thrilled the woman on the sofa. "In-
tead, he sent soldiers to arrest me.
is his. He does not know. He"
Her voice ceased, her eyes were
pen, and she was ciinging desperately ,
ound Doctor Immanueps neck and
eathly pale. She shuddered and
uailed as though in intolerable fear;
nd she would have screamed but that /,
he could not find her voice again. .
hen she collapsed, a dead weight, in |.
he doctors arms, and he placed her Is.
q supine posture upon the sofa.
Call your housekeeper and we will ,
clip carry her to her room," said Doc >
Or Emmanuel. 'No,"-for Mr.. Tarrant !,
yas protesting-"it will be all right !,
ow. The strain was too intense for ,
er; the awakening too sudden, but she :
I'LL sleep peacefully and, but for lit
10 nausea tomorrow. she will be quite
erself again. And she will have no
collection Of what has occurred" r
81 don't want to let the housekeeper
now" Mr.. Tarrant answered. Help
he, doctor, and we will take her up
tairs. I'm glad my wife is not at
ONE tonight" he added, grimly. "She
lightn't approve Of this"
But Mr.. Tarrant took good care to
ecure and pocket the amulet before
e took Miss BIythe's head and shout
ers into his arms and led the way out
Z the library. sat there for three or
our minutes, wondering. could not
ute understand just what had oc-
urred.
The two men came back arguing vio-
entity. Doctor Immanuels voice rose J