Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-21


Strengthened up my part Of the de-
tective agency that and bureau
were conducting. Your advice was
splendid. I followed It and sent notes
to the Army and Navy Club, Walter
Reed, and the various hotels In the
city where he might be found But
the credit Of II all goes to Priscilla
Yesterday Mrs. Allison came in
again to see what had been done. 1
7 had told Priscilla, you know, the
whole story. and she had been saying
all along that I ought to tell it to
Mrs. Allison. and we could work to-
esther. So, when she appeared on the
scene, Priscilla proceeded to invite her
cut to our house for dinner, and then
slipped or early TO- see that we had
one that was worthy of tISe acrasion.
7 came in Late after doing come shop
ping and was pulled on to one side
and instructed a. to my share In u all.
After t1te meal, the two girls took
each other OF to movie snt Isft me
sJcnG Not knowing any either way,
= began wien the very bsaiuatne and
told heF tnst Whist i hGxe nssI tell.
ing you IN my lstterx had rssched
the ChEistmas note. md tlanzE t1at
shs was lust beginninE - mt some
eunueeftdu bstwesn my ssis1sE sud
hsr husband when . ring of the 6ser-
beal aH4 q knock GA Gus doar Inter-
ruDtst nM When opsnsd tAG dsor
! wxs aysets6 with: ''Hxss 3 aza.
r0ssys' ! As&E1 . HxtIa Gnsp fsssn the
dzvsnDssI where my guest w1G sit-
ting. but had net even tune to- an
usuace Ass presence before Lieut..
Hsison sxw her and wss ever tlssre.
Shs WHg SIMPLY wonderful Esd.
newer seW any woa1an manage Q st
uetiow 20 bsAntifuiJy. n hA4 of
eSuEsss occurred to her. AZ sssn ~ he
entered. that he was the hssU ~ my
narrative, but instead Of treating him
AZ faifh5css husband. she &cted only
rs ti0vgff He were an errtHg child,
And he was not really fafthiAss; that
was tha hspDy part about IT. ALI
! exsaot sxDasin u psychalssscaITy.
- tAG phystcien 1t Walter Res6 did
- uA hut ! can make yea sse how u
all wxA Tks she'll slteck he'd alfects6
HIS mind 30 that 1t time1 he &fd
queer things. without realizing Whist
he WIS Doing. n wss at one of these
tfmss that he came to our waI1sT
Reed party and met me, and there
after war always assSciafed with
them. when he was normal he want
ed to 60 home, and went. II he could
slip away. for he could never UNDER
stand then that he was sick. That
10 where he went On Christmas eve
night and again when ! did not &C.
cspt his. France propoaition- 1t was
the same as bad dream. for at suEh
times his life WAS entirely detached
from the one he normally lived. He
had all sorts Of aliases, Lieut. Belson
being one Of them and tha one he
used most. You know. shell shock
does Affect some men that way. Pris-
cilla's plan turned out to be the wis
est thing that could have happened
that is, since he appeared ON tbs
scene, too. Seeing together the two
women, each Of whom represented q
different phase Of his Life. brought
about . shock that united those two
phases and made him a whole man
again, Instead Of tive separate halves.
The physicians said that II was tie
only thing that could have Effected
an immediate recovery: otherwise 10
would have had to 20 o. ustt1 tina
aMA nSFm&l ltvinG gradually made ne
lad dreams disappear.
He himself later NntsleA the stssy
which Ne hAA tstsrEwpssA He wHs
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that hsaeymesa IN yrsses: AG sewer
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