The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-16
incubation
For Love
By SADIE oLcOTT

visits when his colored housemaiu came
I'm with a shamefaced look.
What is 1t. Sue?"
Mars Doctah," she said, can you
inoculate anybody with a sickness
Certainly"
Sue looked in every direction except
the doctor.
Come" said the doctor. there's
something on your mind. out with IT,"
Il hearn tell. Mars Doctah. dat lub
Is a disease.
"well?" said the doctor, becoming
interested.
81 hearn tell. too. dat long age dey
was lub potions and if any one took
de potion dey was in lub. ] been think
In dat yo' might glib de disease that
way somehow"
You mean that you are In love and
wish me to make the man you love
love you"
Its about dat" Sue confessed in
voice scarcely audible.
Whom are you in love with, SueT'
Il don't like to tell dat Can't yo'
Glib me de potion to glib TO him."
No; | should have 10 manage the
case myself. If you'll tell me his name
perhaps | can do something for YOU
II reckon it's Sam
MIR Trotters SAM"
Yes. Mars Doctah."
The doctors eyes expressed amuse-
~ ls, a l.
though this was scarcely necessary. for
Sue never once looked at him. Pres
emily he Went to medicine ease. took
up II bottle and poured little of its
contents into IA vial. Then. handing
IL to Sue, he said.
THE next time Sam comes To see sou
and asks for drink of water or cider
In fact. anything to drink-pour some
of this into It. Ii will make him sick.
Appear TO be much frightened and tele-
phone for me-
Yes, Mars Doctah, ! do dat
II was not long before the doctor was
called upon to cure Sam of the effects
Of the dose Sue had given the man she
loved. He examined his patient care
fully and gave him something to settle
his stomach then. prickng his arm
with lancet. drew a little blood
Sam" he said. I'm going to test
this blood for the disease you've got.
Come and see me tomorrow morning,
and I'll tell you what 1t is"
The next morning Sam was perfectly
well, but curiosity and fear drove him
into Dr. Dinsmore's office lie was ad
| mitted In his turn. and when the ply.
! sician had felt his pulse and tested his
temperature with mouth thermome
! ter he looked very solemn.
sam" he said. you've contracted 9
serious disease"
"Fo' de I.awd, Mars Doctah. is il
gwine TO Kill me-"
Not unless it drives you TO suicide
In itself II is not fatal but it some
times drives persons to do very fooisl
things. II will on rare occasions throw
the patient into fever, a hysterica
condition. I'm which he will act like
lunatic. You have little of that fe
verishnesS about you now
La sakcs, Mars Doctah. What yo
call dat disease"
"Amormania
How YOU know | got dat?"
The doctor took down bottle fror
shelf. put drop of rainwater on
bit OF glass. put the glass on micr,
scope and after adjusting focus toll
Sam To look into the instrument. Tn
darky saw a lot of monsters swim
ming about
Now, Sam" said the physician. =
don't wish to scare you. but YOU ar
looking at drop of your own blood.
Sam collapsed. and the doctor hel
him up
All diseases nowadays, Sam, M
caused hy germs. Those creatures M
the germs of amormania that have 90
into your blood When a man falls
, love with woman they take posse
: sino of him and
But | hain't in lub with any W,
man." protested Sam.
Il didn't say you were. sam; at lea,
1 you don't know it, The disease hasn
developed yet. When il does you'll tir
out that you are in love and no mi
[ take. IL there is no response to yo,
. love you'll suffer from sort of i
macy"
"Fo' de Lawd 80
There is a medical theory, Sam. th
like cures like" continued DR.. Din
! more. Il can take some of your bio,
2 and inject 1t into the veins of II
+ woman you love-
, But l hain't in lub."
Yes, you are. sam; you're in lo
with a good girl As soon as the
g monsters l have shown you deyelop
f there's only dozen now: in a r,
days there1l be million-you1l ha
K regular attack of amormania."
i What do DEM" cried sam. agha
il Unless your passion is returned V
V will act like lunatic. They all ,
Now I'll tell Won what 1 nronnSa 80