The Washington times., 1917-12-02

4 .2AU Zu.H 01 see. u Mn4M
! u you. for. DR.. Seward has
ted me o. you He made
no immediate reply. but eyed her ali
| over intentIy with q set froWn on hl1
facaL This look gave way to one OF
wonder, which merged in.doubt: then,
to my intense 6stonlshment. he said;
You're not the girl, the doctor
wanted to marry, are your You cant
be. you know, for she's dead" Mrs
Harker smiled swOetly a. she repliedi
"oh mol have q husband Of my
own, to whom I was married before
ever saw Dr.. Seward. or he ma an
Mrs Harker."
Then what are you doing hersf-
my Husband and / are staying On
visit with Or. Seward"
Then don't stay
But why not3'
thought that this style Of conxsF-
sAtion might not be pleasant to MrA
90 Joined in:-
How ala you know Il wanted 70
marry any oner His reply was sim-
ply oontemptuouS, given In q pease IN
which he turned his eyes from Ma.
Hsrker TO me, instantly turning them
back again:
what an aisinine question:
Il don't see that at AL Mr.. asn-
nsid.s sid Mrs.. HaTker. a. once
championing me. He replied 70 her
with as much courtesy and respect ~
he had shown contempt to me;
PHILosoPHY OF THE
INSANE PATIENT.
'sYou wljL Of course. uodsrsfand.
Mira Harksrs that when = man u 80
loved and honorsd as our host - ev-
SFything regarding hiIp q Of interest
IN our little community. Dr.. Seward
is-loTSd NOT eniy By his hdnSshoId and
his friends. but even by hfE patients.
who, bssng some ,of than hardy In
mental equilibrium, are apt 70 dtstort
causes and effects.
-eince !, myself have been an In
mate Of lunatic Asylum, I cannot but
nofios that the sophistic tsndeneiss OF
somo Of its inmates lean toward the
oTfors Of non eausa and fgnoratio
slsnchL" I positively opened my eyes
1t this new dsve1opments Haro Wa
my own pet iuuatic-thO most pro-
pounced Of HIS type that had eU
met with-tankihg elemental phflos
ply, and with the manner Dfap
ishod gentleman I wonder II 4 "
Mrs.. Haxksr's preseDeo which had
touched some chord IN his nasnory. II
this new phase was sDontaneous. or
IN any way due to her uneonSeiou1 In
or power.
We continued to talk for some time;
and. seeing that he was seemingly
quite reasonable. she Sentured. look
tnE at me questioningiy a. she began.
to Lad him to his favorfte topic I
was again astonfshed, for he adj
dressed himself TO the question with
the Impartiality Of the eompl0test
sanity; he even took himself ~ an
example when he mentioned certain
thingA 49,
RENFTELD DISCUSSES lbs
PECULIAR AFPBTTTE
why. ! myself an IN instance OF .
man who bad q strange belief In
deed, Il was no wonder that my
friends were alarmed. and insisted on
my being put under control ussd to
fancy that life was . positive and
perpstual entity. and that By eonsum-
ing Q multitude Of live things. no
matter how low In the scale Of erea-
ton. one might indefinitely prolonG
life At times I held the belief %
strongly that I actually tried to take
human life.
~The doctor here win bear me out
that on one oecaSion I tried to KIN
him for the purpose Of strengthening
ny vital powers By the assimilation
18th nv own body OF his life through
the medium Of his blood-relying. Of
course, upon the SeFipturAl phrase,
,or the, blood 10 the life Though. |
indeed, the vendor Of . certain nos
trum has vulgarized the truiam to the