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midnight he had stolen out of the
house for walk about the grounds,
had encountered convict escaped
from the penitentiary and had come
back in great excitement.
Restoratives were given Mr.. Sid
ney, but DR.. Brownell said he respond
ed with more difficulty and more slow
" than in other occasions. For sew
eral days he lay quite passive, as
nearly inanimate as living person
could be. His immobile features, as
he lay unconscious, were set; and the
expression, it seemed to me, was one
of hate, indomitable. steady, enduring
hate.
DIR. Brownell came once every three
DAYS for two weeks, during which time
Mr.. Sidney's recovery was painfully
slow. His mind cleared and became
active long before any strength came
back to his body. AS soon as his mind
did clear, he was, in disposition, his
former self. / thought that if such a
thing were possible in so gentle man,
he was even gentler than ordinary.
T am not exaggerating when / say that
the benignity of the man was seraphic.
I thought / saw a change of mood
in him. There was, if | was right, a
less insistent claim upon life. There
was a yielding, an appearance Of phys
ical and spiritual acceptance of the
law of three score and ten. If | were
not deceived by little and impressive
signs I noted, Mr. Sidney was substi-
tuting complacently the will to die for
the will to live which had been in him
conspicuously indomitable.
On DIR. Brownells last visit, he con-
firmed what was in truth fear.
"Has Mr. Sidney, to your knoWl-
edge" he asked, recently found SUI
preme satisfaction in any event?"
sNone that know Of" said.
"Why?''
"He's changing. He is different now
from anything I ever knew him to be.
I always have believed that his case
was out of our province, and that life
and death, for him, depended upon
resolve and that the resolve had a
purpose. You have not found things
wholly normal here, have your"
sNo, I haven't"
''There is something here" SAID Dr.
Brownell. ST don't know Whit it is.
You don't know what it is, but de-
pend on it, som ching of importance
| to Sidney has happened. It may not
have satisfied his life's resolve. but
think it has. For the present, he
does not need me-possibly never
again."
Jed observed the change in M. Sid
ney. Afterward / knew that he was
a much more acute observer than 7
for the good enough reason that his
observation had background OF
knowledge which / lacked. There was
no doubt directly as The consequence
of this. an unbelievable change In
Jed. He was very fond of Mr.. Sidney
In our unhappy experiences with him
we had overlooked this fact and haC
failed to use it as we could have. His
! affection for Mr.. Sidney was the one
| thing greater than his cupidity ant
self-loye, with their attendant trair
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of malevolence, violence, surliness,
brutality and treachery.
He was convinced that Mr.. Sidney
affected him tremendously. He be-
came gentle; he abandoned his rasp-
ing manner-which, indeed, he never
had carried into Mr.. Sidney's room,
but which was an intermittent provo
cation elsewhere. He was more than
ever with Mr.. Sidney, and each eve
ming, after the others had gone, they
had bottle of wine which Jed drank;
but he did not go singing down the
halls afterward. He was quiet and
considerable, courteous to Mrs. Sidney
and thoroughly friendly to me.
October went and the brown month
of November took even the. white-oak
leaves and the woods stood in mono
chrome. Isobel and i rode every
morning, and just before the early sum
down we usually took "a short walk,
to rustic the brown leaves underfoot
and enjoy the sweetness of crisp air
filled with the odors of seemly de-
cay underfoot Soon after sunset we
were in Mr.. Sidney's room. He great
ly enjoyed to have the family about
him, not engaged in entertaining him
or waiting on him, but occupied In
any amusement or work that could be
undertaken by his fire.
Jed had a cot moved in and spent
the night with him. He did not want
the nurses to have this Office, and as
he was perfectly competent, | con-
scented.
1t was an intensely happy and in
tensely unhappy experience for me.
Mr.. Sidney, / was convinced would
not live to the hepatica season. lso-
bel had permitted him to follow the
changing seasons from spring to win
ter by bringing him flowers, and his
delight at seeing the first hepatica
had been as great as hers in bringing
it TO him.
Isobel could not realize that her fa-
Their was dying. No one would have
been so brutal as to tell her--or would
it have been brutal? But Mrs. Sid
new knew. knew, Jed knew AMI Mr..
Sidney knew-and was happy.
The day before Christmas came with
n driving snow which set in with an
east wind early In the morning. 1t
was real Christmas snowstorm,
heavy, persistent and driving, but not
unlSindly.
In the afternoon Morgan Of the
Metropolitan agency came, driving
with difficulty through the drifted
banks of snow in the roads, to see
me again. l was full. of apprehension
as told Jed to show him in. His
mood was different from what it had
been before, when he almost ragged out
of the house. 1t seemed to me every
body's mood was changing.
Nevertheless a child's fancy came
into my mind Outside was the storm
through which travelled fierce animals
of northern forest, and here, out OF
the storm. came the werewolf
Doctor" said Morgan, 1--WE have
done a great deal of work since l
saw you. 1 told you we would, be-
cause the case interested me. We
have traced Mr.. Sidney through every
known operation and act-so long as
we can find him as Mr.. Sidney. Every
act is honorable;, many Of them are
acts of astonishing charity and kind
ness. That is so far as Mr.. Sidney
exists"
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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Eroliesome birds and Fishes.

The crane will amuse itself some
times by running round in circles and
throwing small pebbles and bits Of
wood into the air. Other water-bird'
can any tine be observed at thei'
frolics, cleaving the water or diyin
after each other.
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CHAPTER xlII-continued.


He was turning out the lights, but
he was reversing the reasonable pro-
cess. He went down the hall to the
light at the stairway leading to his
rcom and turned it out. Then he
came back. past the recess in which
stood, turning out lights as he went,
and the last light he extinguished was
the one at the foot of Mr.. Sidneys
stairs.
Now the hall was I'm complete dark
hess and was quiet. Jed, like myself,
j guessed, was in hiding-but for what
reason?
Then 1 heard the faintest stirring
MAR by. 1t came nearer. L tried to
keep from breathing audibly. l could
hear another persons breathing. 1t
was Jed, beyond doubt. He came into
Che recess where / stood. 1t was
only five or six feet deep but fully
twenty feet long. He was at one end,
as nearly as 1 could judge. 7 was at
the other.
The situation, product of supercau-
tioa, had grown ridiculous and also
bit CHASTITY. Here were Jed and L,
standing i'm utter darkness in small
recess in the hall, he not knowing OF
my presence, not knowing his pur-
poSes
[ decided to make my escape. L had.
as usual, my electric flash in my
poclxet. If he heard me and challenged
tne, L could throw the light on him,
challenge him. and say that l was
on my way to the telephone to con-
suit Doctor Brownell, and make him
explain. His position was the awk-
ward one. had an idea that even
If he heard me he would not challenge.
1 made my escape without noise
or If / made any Jed did not inquire;
and found the Office door in the dark.
/ intended merely to use the flash, find
the telephone and do my errand in
the dark. But l had just flashed the
light once about the room when
heard person at the door. This was
not stealthy person; the hand that
touched the doorknob was resolute. BY
This time nothing rational seemed rea-
so asserted itself that one. hear
Gng q noise, hid Before me, revealed
1n the single flash of light, was a
tall clock-and 1 was fiattened against
the wall the farther side of that great
clock before the person at the door
was in the room.
The person carried a candle-and 1t
was Mr. Sidney. He was completely
dressed and wore an overcoat and a
cap which came down over his ears.
His hands were gfoved and he was
well protected against more severe
weather than that of this crisp Octo-
Der night.
His candle lighted the large room
but dinIy. and I felt secure, seeing inn
mediately that he had a definite OBJ
tect. He went to the corner Of the
room, took up a heavy cane which
had often seen standing there, and
with it in his hand went toward the
door as if his business in the room
were wholly done.
AS he did so, / saw his face plainly
fin the candle light. 1t was wholly
changed; it indicated ferocity, hate,
malevolence, a bitter sense of injury
a terrible face, hardly recognizable as
that of the gentle, courteous, jovial
AIR. Sidney. He closed the door and
was gone.
When Mr.. Sidney had been gone a
moment, heard him open the front
door and heard him close it after him.
i should have followed him to the
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CHAPTER xiv.

DR.. Brownell came in the morning
and found Mr.. Sidney, as was expect
ed, in extreme exhaustion. | explained
that our patient had been, as usual
the night prior to his alarming col
lapses, very animated and that after
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ly and prayerful-
ly study the Word
of God are almost
innumerable. A
moments thought
will bring various
reasons to every
mind, and the
Christian particu-
larry knows that
he should give
time and atten-
ton to this most
important study
Ia study upon
which depends
his own growth
in grace and his
Chrisfian charac-
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principIes Are tor she Aces.

Fxpedients are for an hour. but prin-
cinles are for the ages. Just because
the rains descend, and the winds blow.
we cannot afford to build on shifting
sands.-H. w. Beecher.
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Short Term.

"She says she has an ideal hus-
band"
allow long have they been mar
ried?"
"Three weeks"
"Shucks; all husbands are ideal for
the first three weeks. Life.
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Where lies Arcadial

Where Lies ArcadiaG
A correspondent suggests that one
way of celebrating the Pilgrim cen
tenary would be for a lot of new pill
grims to get together and, like their
forefathers, take ship and sail away
from profiteering, labor troubles, rent
raising, taxes and gramaphones. All
very well-but whither?-Boston
Transcript.
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The sweetest solace in adversely Is
70 have been worthy Of the strength
of friend
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Some men become crooked in trying
60 make both ends meet.
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The reasons why people. and espe-
c;ally Christian people, should diligent-
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Ready for HANGING.

hSduy TOT FIdIIHIII9s
The prisoner looks the picture of
detection" Eyes, and he says he's
been framed"
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TEXT-search the scriptures.-John
b:Sy.
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Nossseans Of Escape.
There are no means of escape from
he cells of guilty conscience.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
HYPNOTIZED GIRLS
ACTS STIR VIENNA
Experiment Made to Show
Crime Could Be Committed
by Suggestion.
Special cable to THE New York HnnALp.

SpecidI Cable TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright. 1890, By THE NEW YORK HERALD.
VIENNA. Nov. 20.-The experiment of
a hypnotist In giving n criminal suSges-
ton to a subject here recently worked
so we'll that all Vienna is discussing a
sensational case which mystified the po-
ice end fooled several reputable physi-
clans and specialists
Walter Sem a professional hypnotist,
wished TO Cisorove an assertion made by
Dr. Wagner-Jauregg, famous Vienna
psychiatrist. that a crime could not be
committed in response to a hypnotic
suggestion. In the presence of two wit
nesses. Sem hypnotiZed an 1S-year-old
girl. Mia Osta, whom he had used regu-
larly as a subject for experiment and to
whom. while she was In a hypnotic
sleep, he gave an explicit command TO
force her way at all cost into the pres
ence of DR.. Wagner-Jauregg and shoot
him with a pistol, after whicn she would
continue under his hypnotic control un-
til a given hour.
The girl was provided with an old
muzzle-loading pistol which had been
rendered harmless by the removal o.
several parts. Thereafter she was fol-
lowed by witnesses. 1t took her two
days TO obtain access 10 the scientist.
but finally she succeeded during his Of
fee hours and stood face to face with
him and attempted to discharge the pis-
toll
DR.. Wagner-Jauregg believed he was
victim Of vengeance and caused her
to he arrested. not realizing he was deal
ing with a hypnotized subject.
Mia Osta was taken to TIE police
station, where detectives discovered
they were questioning a girl who was
stupefed ard who was unable to give
her name. her address or to explain
why she had attempted 20 kill the sci
enlist Even the police physicians were
unable to diagnose her case. She was
then committed to a psychatric hospl-
tai for observation. There. punctually
at the time set by the hypnotist. she
awoke from her hypnotic state and gave
her name and address. Sem explained
the incident to the newspapers here
later.
II is held that the case deals heavy
blow at the medical experts who dealt
with t.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
PRINCESS PAT MAY
HEAD PARIS BRITISH
Lord Derby's Departure Offers
Opportunity to Lady
Ramsay.
Special Cable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1920, by THE New York HERALD

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1890, by THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Paris, Nov. 90.
Paris society is agog with the peculiar
problem in social equalities, due to the
departure Of Lord Derby as British Am
bassador to France. which will probably
result in Lady Ramsay. former Princess
pat" of Connaught. becoming the lead
er of British society here instead of a
member of the incoming Ambassadors
household.
Since her marriage TO the young naval
commander. who Is now an attache OF
the British Embassy, Princess Pat has
lived the simplest sort of life in small
apartment OF three rooms. not even
boasting of a modern bathroom, as many
Paris apartments do not, and has oc-
casionally attended minor social func--
lions, but only when she. was assured
that she would not be paid special at
tention because she was OF royal title.
But go far as embassy affairs are
concerned the former Princess has
steadfastly abstained, as she would
have been outranked by the Countess of
Derby, despite the royal blood flowing
In Princess Pats veins.
Viscount Hardinges household, how
ever, will be directed BY his twenty-five
year-old daughter. who boasts no title
other than Honorable Miss and who
will thus find herself obliged 20 defer
In social precedence to Lady Ramsay.
despite the customary recognition of the
Ambassadors wife or daughters as the
pace settlers OF British society here.
Those who know Princess Pats per-
sonal charm are elated. and foresee the
restoration of British social prestige
here, which is somewhat diminished since
the war, but others suggest that WIS.,
count Hardinge will probably conserve
the embassy's social presidents by ask
ing that Commander Ramsay and his
wife, who Is a granddaughter of Queen
Victoria and a cousin of the present
King OF England, be sent elsewhere.
where social differences are not stressed.
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ENVOY FINED FOR HIS
NON-FRENCH MATCHES
Cuban Minister in Trouble
When Baggage Is Searched.

Special Cable TO THE NEW YoRx HERALD.
Copyright, 1920, by THE NEW YosK HmArp.
New York Herald Bureau
Paris. Nov. 90.
Crimes which are considered serious
In the United States often fall of pun
ishment here, but even high diplomatic
officials Of foreign nations dare not
brave the French customs regulations
prohibiting the importation into this
country of matches not bearing a French
trade mark.
The Cuban Minister to Belgium, who
for eleven years has been Cuban envoy
IN Brussels, has Just aroused the ire OF
the French customs officials. when he
crossed the Belgian-French border last
week on his way TO Havana through
Paris, his suitcase, containing four small
packets of matches made in Belgium.
was opened by customs officials.
Instantly, despite his protests in con
nection with his diplomatic Immunity
and the inslgniflcance of the Incident, he
was taken TO private room in the Gus
tom house and informed that his
matches would be confiscated and
burned and that the Cuban Treasury
would have TO pay n considerable fine.
The Minister paid this fine, but when he
reached Paris he lodged n complaint
with the Cuban Legation. which resulted
In the remission Of the fine and an apol-
ogy from The Ministry involved.
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Wants Japan to Pay
Note for Billions

Special Gable TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1890, bv THE NEW YoaK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Nov. go.
FINANCIAL circles in London
are interested in reports of
the temperance here of a jap
anese promissory note for G4;-
100000, which has a peculiar
history. This note was said by
the holders of it to be one of
three issued by the Governor Of
Port Arthur at the time Of the
japanese occupation and to have
been a part of a bride paid Rus
sian officials in connection with a
peaceful evacuation. The Japa-
nese Government Immediately re-
pudiated the transaction and dis
missed the official, refusing to
honor the note. AS a result Of
the debacle of the Russian ar
mics in Manchuria at the end of
the Russo-Japanese war the note
was brought to Europe by one of
the Russians connected with the
affair and, it was reported, was
sold by him to an English finan-
cier for 100000. This financier
has placed this note with bank
ers here, and, according to re-
ports, has appealed strongly to
the British Government to in
duce japan to pay her prima
facie obligation.
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BIG DEMAND IN LONDON
FOR HIGH PRICED FURS
German Buyers, With Plenty
of Money, in the Market.

s,,e;or Cobis 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1890. by TIE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau
Lon don, Nov. 20.
Despite the high price Of furs and the
prospect OF lower prices later in the sea-
son. unprecedented sales have been re-
ported by leading retail furrlers mere.
Silver fox skins were sold for 1850 each.
A representative of the Hudson Bay
Company showed reporter a Hudson
Bay sable that was priced at l,47o
guineas $4,000. which, he said TOR
the quality is cheap"
There Is good demand Tor high
priced coats, but, needless to say, we do
not sell furs at more than fl.5OO every
day." he added.
A coat Of sable wallaby, which wears
extremely well. costs AZ guineas; OK
natural black rnusquash. 210 guineas
of mole coney, % guineas OF nutrla, SO
g.lneas, and OF real kolinsky, 33e gum
cas-. Chinchilla wraps priced at about
1900 have been selling WELL and capes
and ties Of wolf. bear, marten and blue
KIT fox are popular.
Hudson Bay Company sales OF mus
quash revealed drop OF los. In price
Stree last March, while silver fox show
an advance OF 90 per cent.
One OF the significant features OF the
fur sales here recently was the reap
pearance OF German buyers
The Germans seem TO have plenty or
money and are taking large quantities
o. furs, az they did years ago." a promi.
nent broker said.
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Special Coble 10 TIE New YoaK HERALD.
Copyright, 1920. JV TIE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, Nov. 20.
Two thirds of the inhabitants OF Paris
have la grippe. According to hospital
officials. 1t IS the fault of too many holt
days, an explanation which will amuse
Americans. who have tried in vain to
convince the French that their constant
celebrations of saints days. of battle
victories and OF armistice and peace
days-which failed to bring peace-are
dangerous for any country.
How the French public will meet the
expense of the new la grippe epidemic is
not quite clear yet, as the druggists
here have raised the price of such rene
dies as mentholated vaseline and iodine
until they cost more than six times
what they did before the war.
Not only the public is suffering from
these numerous celebrations. French
Government officials say that the fire.
quent closing of the banks, to enable
their employees 10 walk the streets and
inhale the damp air, Is hampering the
new per cent. national loan On ArTnis-
tice Day. when the public In the streets
would have been favorable toward
French Government Investments, no
subscriptions were taken TO the loan. as
the bank doors were barred all day and
patriotic Frenchmen had only one way
OF spending their savings--in the cafes
and restaurants. instead of putting them
In the depleted Golfers OF the State.
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FRANCE WILL CHARGE
TO SEE WORKS OF ART
Government, Needing Money,
r. Raise Big Sum Yearly.

Speciol Cable 70 THE NEw YORK IIEssLp.
Copyright, I9sO, b. THE NEW YosK iiEaAtD.
New York Herald Bureau
Paris. Nov. 20.
The French Government needs money
The result Ia that Americans who come
to France In the next twelve months WIN
have TO pay 10 Wow the art collections
in the national museums. which have
formed the greatest attraction for Amer
lean visitors Ia Paris.
The Fine Arts Commission in the
Chamber OF Deputies viii soon recon-
mend O new tax and viii say that IL
visitors continue TO patronize the mu-
seums IL will mean 700 900 francs addi-
tional revenue yearly Permission to
photograph or 10 cinematograph ancient
paintings also will be taxed. The French
public Will be allowed 10 visit the mu-
seums without charge on Sundays and
holidays
Andre Honorat. Minister OF Public In
structlon, said there were more than
100000 admissions TO the Louvre and
the Luxembourg museums every month.
He added that neither England. Italy
nor Germany has hesltatcd % charge
admissions 10 their museums, which
have been sufficient 10 cover the cost OF
maintenance. leaving a fair profit to the
state.