Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
"A Story of Dual Personalities Love and Intrigue

flood OF sunlight that came thru wv
eastern windows. illuminating tne
dusty interior of the OLD puliuins,
seemed like q spiritual light, flaming
into this dark place where shauo"'
had dwelled so. long. She went INTO @
her room and dressed for the day' snY
had never felt so happy before Anu
now the life in Avonmouth had pe
come as dim as dream anu she c"i'"
no longer whether she returned OF ~
A charge had been granted TO he',
a mans life into her keeping; that
trust she meant to fulfill .a
She had saved Lancaster ana she M
would outwit Myers and remove tho
only Obstacle to Iancaster's recovery
She knew the man melted the docto'
20 drug himself.
As she stood at her window joan
heard footsteps on the path below.
Looking down she saw the secreta''
leaving the house, carrying a SUITCASE.
Her heart almost stood sun. surrey
Myers had not Acknowledged delea,
and taken Lancaster at his Woru
Surely he did not mean to go without
another struggle?
She watched him cross the grass
| beside the chicken coop to where tho
weed grown path Joined the winulhs
road. He was outside the grounos OF
the institute now and he was still go
| ing i'm the direction of the station. he
disappeared behind the hedges, ap,,
| peared again. long way OIL anu
vanished finally He was gone ana
| the air seemed the sweeter, the day
| more glorious.
Joan almost danced downstairs 10
the dining room. Lancaster was at
| the table waiting for her.
1A
| cried doctor Lancaster. your eva
spirit has departed. suitcase and all.
Lancaster looked at her graVely. i
know" he said.
"Did' he come to you? Did you
discharge him"
"He did not come to me. He did
not tell the matson he was going. IL
looks bad"
mo" sad Joan firmly, struggling
against her conviction. 'Ile was
afraid. You will never see him
again"
You know what the Bible says
about the unclean spirit who leaves II
man and returns with seven others
when he finds his home swept ana
garnlshed ?"
Doctor lancaster. he has no hold
on you. He can do nothing and he
| will never dare to return"
We'll, my dear, we have n respite,
at all events" Lancaster answered
80 let us eat our breakfast and after
ward I'll take you for ramble thru
the woods. and we'll hold the fort to-
gether until evening"
| "
| BY the next morning there was nc
doubt that victory had been won
There was color in Lancaster's face
a lightness to his step: and, best oi
all, he was psychically whole. The
drug evil still clung 20 the nervous
refugees of its physical domain, tbs
hands still trembled, the man started
at sudden sounds: but the shifty, fur
tive, lying spirit had taken It's depar'
ture.
Lancaster had gone thru the wors
OF his ordeal: and yet certain features
of his illness were puzzling to both Of
them. The symptoms of morphine
poisoning, elusive and protean as they
are seemed in this case irresoncl.ablt
with those classically accepted. Tner,
was I.ancaster's complete prostratioi
on the morning when Joan discovered
the nature of his illness. lie told hel
afterward that he had been conscious
all the time, but physically inherit. n
IL paralyzed. That did not point Z
|
lethargy remained one OF the las
symptoms of the case.
The intimacy of the sick room, borl
of their struggle, had become tn
most natural thing to both of tnem
The passing OF Myers had wrought al
extraordinary change in the atmos
phere Of the institution. And some
how the news of Lancaster's recover
had spread into Millville. Joan III
ferred that even the country peopl
had bovcotted the institute, but nov
two mothers brought their babies Z
Lancaster. and it was amazing and de
: lightful to Jean to see the doctor
transformation his jolliness an
tenderness toward the children.
, I'm using ny respite" he sal
whimiscally. "I want to get we'll
face my harder battle"
ut is no respite" answered Joar
J you are free now, Doctor Lancaster
It is only a habit of thot that hold
you"
He shook his head, and at the mo
mcnt she thot that ne intended |
; confide in her. But he said nothinl
J land Joan was content that he shoul