The Washington times., 1917-11-18
PART oNE-(Confinued)
DR.. seDdrd's Diary.


Is September.-rruiy there 10 no such
thing as finality. Not week since ]
said ''Finis," and yet here am starting
fresh again, or rather going on with
the same record. Until this afternoon
had no cause to think Of what Is done.
Renteld had become. TO all intents, as
sane as he ever was. He was already
well ahead with his ny business; and
he had just started In the spider hne
also 50 he mad not been Of any trouble
to me. had letter from Arthur writ
ten on Sunday. and from IL l gather
that he IL bearing Up wonderfully wen
Quincy Morris 70 with him. and that
Is much Of a help. for he himself Is
bubblinK well Of good spirits. Quincy
wrote me a line too. and from MIN
hear that Arthur is beginning to recover
something Of his old buoyancy; so as
10 them ali my mind II At rest
As for myself, I was settling down to
nv work with the enthusiasm which 1
used TO have for II. 90 that l might
fairly have said that the wound which
poor Lucy left on me was becoming
cicatrised. Everything 10, however, now
reopened; and what 10 70 De tns eno
God only knows.
1 have an idea that Van Aeisine
Ln6lkN ne huONa wv 49, -
lei ont enough At a time 10 whet curl
oslty. He went TO Exeter yestsrday.
and stayed there all night Today ne
came back, and almost bounded Into the
room at about half.paSt ) o'clock. ana
thrust last nights Westminster oasstts
into my hand.
READS OF CHILDREN
BEING DECoYED AWAY.
what do you think Of thatT' he
asked as he stood back and folded his
arms
1 looked over the paper. for really
dId not know what he meant; but he
took Il from me and pointed out para
Eraph about children being dseoyed
away at Hampstead. u ala not convey
much 10 me, until reached,a passage
where Il described small punctured
wounds on their throatB. An idea struck
me. and looked up. "WelE ne saio.
1T is like poor Lucy'A
And what do you make OF ri
Simply that there Is some cause IN
common. Whatever II was that Injured
her has injured them" did not quite
understand his answer
THAT il true indirectly, but not d.
rectly."
How do you mean. Professor 1
asked. I was a little inclined to take his
seriousness iightly-for. after all. -FOUR
days OF rest and freedom from burning.
narrowing anxiety does help 70 restore
ones spirits-but when Saw his facs,
II sobered me. Never. even IN the miost
Of our despair about poor Lucy had No
looked more stern
Tell mel" / said. Il can hazard no
opinion. / do not know what to think.
i l.ko m UhfCh to found
a conjecture"
"Do you mean TO tell me, friend
John. that you have no suspicion as
| to what poor Lucy died OF; not after
all the hints given, not only py
events, bat by meT'
"Of nervous prostration following
on great loss or waste OF blood.
aAnd how the blood lost or waste!"
I shook my head. He stepped over
and sat down beside me, and went on:
TOO PREJUDICED,
DOCTOR TELLS HIS FRIEND.
you are clever man. friend John;
you reason we'll, and your wit Is bold;
but you are too preJudieed. You do
not let your eyes see nor your ears
hear, and that which IL outside your
daily life is not OF account to you.
Do you not think that there. are
things which you cannot understand,
and yet which are; that some people
see things that others cannot?
But there are things old and new
which must not be contemplate by
mems eyes. because they know-or
think they know-some things which
other men have told them. All. II II
the fault OF our science that It wants
to explain all; and II It explain not.
then II says there IL nothing to ex-
plain. But yet we see around US ev-
cry day the growth OF new beliefs,
which think themselves new; and
which are yet but the old.Ewhich pre-
tend to be young-liks the ine ladies
at the opera
"I suppose now you do not believe
in corporeal transference. No? Nor
in naturalization. Nor Nor in astral
bodies. No? Nor in the reading OF
thought. Nor Nor in hypnotism-"
Yes" said. "Charcot has proved
that pretty WELL" He smiled as he
went on: Then you are satisfied as