The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-14
AnExtinguiished
Love
By OSCAR cox

scientific they sometimes for a..
the hands of quacks, who mako nons
out of them by practlcing them on ,so
eleuuiity OF the public. Years ago 60
called Psychologists charged foos -
tel persons by feeling the bumnS on
'helr skulls what occupation tbov
were fitted for. Since that nariod -,
scientists have taken up this ouestion
OF the protuberance of the brain an,
nave formed certain conclusions wbioh
though less sweeping than tho for,,,a.
pnrenology, are at least based on 80;
entinc investigations.
when Clochette Chatterouy said gooa
Dy to Alphonse Brisson on his don.r
ture for the war of tho nat,ons =.
seemed almost broken hearted at MARI
ing with her. p'' :
"heh Alphonse and Clochette mot
again he was in a hospital reeovarinr
from a wound in the head. Clochctte
nearing of his condition, went 70 him
that she might assist in his recovery.
py nursing him and that it might nnt
De retarded by his pining for her 10
iore entering the ward where he was
sue asked his surgeon of his condition
he tod her that Alphonse was doiny
very We'll. lie had been brought in
unconscious, having receiveaa shrap-
mel wound in the head After biz Of
bone had been removed from the skull
ne mad recovered consciousness and
had begun to improve at once. Clo-
chette asked il he had seemed depress.
ed ana was told that, on the contrary
he was in very good spirits. Then she
entered the ward and, passing down an
aisle formed by cots containing sick
and wounded soldiers, stood before the
one on which her lover lay, expecting
the moment he saw her that his ewes
would light with joy.
What was her disappointment to see
! only friendly recognition. Neverthe
less she advanced, bent over him and
kissed him. He received her caresscs
with Indifference.
| Clochette was not girl to reproach
Alphonse for having become cold to
her. She depressed her feelings of dis
appointment as well as the eXuberance
natural to her reunion with the man
she loved. Alphonse inquired about
! those at home. talked to her of the
hardships and the excitement Of sol
dier's life ut the front, but made nc
reference to the tender Relationship
that had existed and was supposed
still to exist between them
Clochette soon ended the interview
leaving AlphonSe without even kiss
But as she passed out of the ward she
gave vent to her feelings in tears. TIL,
surgeon III charge Of the ward, seeing
her come from the man she had visit
ed weeping, was surprised. for the pa
tient was in fair way to recovery
He asked her the cause of her distress
The poor girl told him that thu
wounded man mad been her lover, bu
since he had been absent from her hi
love for her had evidently died Th'
doctor seemed much interested IN tn
matter and when he next visited Al
phonse questioned him as to his treat
ment of his tancee. Alphonse told MN
that up to the very moment OF Ill
wound Clochette had been CONSTANT.
on his mind aud he had been SO dls
tressed at his separation from her ina
at times he had been almost tempte'
TO desert and go to her. As soon
he had recovered consciousness, ate
the operation on his head. natural
his first thought was Of her But u
i, was surprised to find that all yearlllh
, for her had vanished.
When the surgeon left Alphonse d
sought Clochette and said to her:
"Do not blame your lover for havih
become Indifferent to YOU perform
od tbe oneration of removing a BIZ O
bone that was pressing on tile praii
Tho hone had become embedded IN
little protuherance of the brain anu
n
was Obliged to cut into this protuDe'
ance. our bodies are mechanicai COZ
triyances. The patients love Tor 70
!. had IFS seat doubtless in this littie pr'
tuharance and when | removed III
.. maintenance removed the love ina
you had inspired.
Clochette looked at the speaAe'
horror al,
! "Do YOU mean, doctor, she sa u,
that Alphonse's love for me was nV''
,, ing but lump of fesh?"
! sNaturalistically considered t"s'
a fact" ., ~,
: Clochette was not competent % ~
aarstand a distinction between =
: words material and spiritual. All p
rnaw about the change in Alphohse
love for her was that 1t was uue
J. nothing more than a little lump
brsin matter; that 1t had been rem rem ,
g md that the love had persisted VIII !,
: S sa s,ood before the surgeon turnm
: the matter over in his mind
!. 'I sThere is no reason" said the dos '.,,
| "wby You may not win Nun 'e ,an
: Won have every opportunity, a I'M, Wa
$ :; ~ uro No 70 fall in love with bis nur ;,