The Yale expositor., 1917-01-25
incubation
For Love
BY SADIE OLCOTT

"Mars Doctah," she said, can you
ipoculate anybody with a sicknessf''
Certainly"
Sue looked In every direction except
the doctor.
"Come," said the doctor, there's
something on your mind. Out with ttt'
II hearn tell, Mars Doctah, dat Tub
L. d disease" 4
"Wenf" said the doctor. becoming
interested.
II hearn tell. too, dat long age dey
was Tub potions and II any one took
de potion dey was in Tub. I been think
In dat 70 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"
"It's about dat" Sue confessed in a
voice scarcely audible.
Whom are you In love with, SueT
II don't like to tell dat. Can't yo'
glib me de potion to glib to him?"
mo; I should have to manage the
case myself. If youth tell me his name
perhaps can do something for you"
II reckon it's Sam"
'Mr. Trotters SAM"
eyes, Mars Doctah."
The Doctors eyes expressed amuss-
ment, but he kept a straight face, al
though this was scarcely necessary, for
Sue never once looked at him. Pres
emily he went to a medicine case, took
UP bottle and poured a little Of its
contents into vial. Then, handing
IL to Sue, he said:
1.-THE next time Sam comes to see yen
and asks for drink Of water or cider
In fact, anything to drink-pour some
OF this into 1t. It will make him sick.
Appear to be much frightened and tele-
phone for me-"
Eyes, Mars Doctah, do dat"
1t 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, pricking his arm
with lancet, drew a little blood.
SAM" he said, "rm going to test
this blood for the disease you've got.
Come and see me tomorrow morning,
and I'll tell you what it is."
The next morning Sam was perfectly
well, but curiosity and fear drove him
into DR.. Dinsmore's Office. He was ad-
mitted in his turn, and when the ply
sician had felt his pulse and tested Ids
temperature with a mouth thermome-
ter he looked very solemn.
SAM" he said, you've contracted q
serious disease"
go de Lawd, Mars Doctah, is 1t
gwine to kill meT
"Not unless 1t drives you to suicide.
In itself 1t is not fatal, but it some
times drives persons to do very foolish
things. 1t will on rare occasions throw
the patient into a fever, a hysterical
condition, in which he will act like a
lunatic. You have a little of that fe-
verishness about you now"
La sakes, Mars Doctahl What yo'
call dat diseaseT'
"Amormania."
'How you know 1 got dat?"
The doctor took down a bottle from
a shelf, put a drop of rainwater on a
bit Of glass, put the glass on a micro-a
scope and after adjusting a focus told
Sam to look into the instrument. The
darby saw a lot of monsters SWIM
ming about
Now, Sam" said the physician, "I
don't wish to scare you, but you are
looking at a drop Of your own blood"
Sam collapsed, and the doctor held
him up.
All diseases nowadays, Sam, are
caused by germs. Those creatures are
the germs Of amormania that have got
into your blood. When a man falls in
love with a woman they take possess
sino Of him and
But I hain't In Tub with any wo-
man." protested Sam.
Il didn't say you were, Sam at least
you don't know It. The disease hasn't
developed yet. When it does you'll find
out that you are in love and no mis-
take. If there is no response to your
love you'll suffer from sort OF lu-
macy"
go de LawdT
AheAo 10 u ueulCdl LneOry, SAN, LnaL
like cures like" continued DR.. Dins-
more. II can take some of your blood
and inject 1t into the veins of the
woman you love-
But hain't in lub."
Yes, you are, Sam; you're In love
with a good girl. As soon as these
monsters have shown you develop
there's only n dozen now; in a few
days there1l be million-youu have
a regular attack of amormania."
What do den?" cried Sam, aghast.
Unless your passion is returned you
win act like a lunatic. They all do.
Now, III tell you what propose to do.
! can inject some Of your blood into
the body Of nice girl. This will give
her the disease and she'll love you des-
perately. Then we shall have a case
OF like cures like"
Mars Doctah, you do dat right or"
said Sam, barring his arm.