The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-25
ToDAYs INsTALMENT.

n days earnings. He soon became |f rich.
 Ia ToDAYsS INSTADMENT.
 MT. Trevalyan went on with his s story: "Some weeks ago MT. Blessington came down to me in, as it seemed to I me, a state of considerable agitation.
 He spoke of some burglary which, he E said, had been committed in the West End, and he appeared, remember, to be unnecessarily excited about it, declaring that a day should not pass sSbefore we should add stronger bolts tito our windows and doors. For a week he continued to be in a peculiar state of restlessness, peering continu- ally out of the windows, and teasing ,zs to take the short walk which had
 usually been the prelude to his din- ffner. From his manner it struck me 7that he was in mortal dread of some Sthing or somebody, but when I ques- stioned him upon the point he became so offensive that I was compelled to drop the subject Gradually, as time
 passed, his fears appeared to die
 away, and he had renewed his former
 habits. when a fresh event reduced
 him to the pitiable state of prostra- ton in which he now lies.
 What happened was this Two days ago T received the letter which s now read to you Neither address thor date is attached to it.
 'sA Russian nobleman who is now resident in England,' it runs, would lbe glad to avail himself of the pro- ,fessiona1 assistance of pr. Percy Ire ' ve1yan. He has been for some years fA victim of cataleptic attacks, on which, as is well known, pr. Trevel- van is an authority. He proposes to
 call at about a quarter past six to- snnorroVv evening, if Dr. Trevelyan will make it convenient to be at home
 ''This letter interested me deeply, because the chief difficulty in the study of cata1epsy is the rareness of
 that I was in my consulting-room X when, at the appointed hour, the page
 showed in the patient.
 was an elderly man, thin, de-
 mure, and commonplace-by no means the conception one forms of E Russian nobIeman. I was much
 more struck by the appearance of his
 companion. This was a tall young
 man, surprisingly handsome, with a
 dark, fierce face and the limbs and
 chest of a Hercules. He had his
 hand under the others arm as they
 entered, and helped him to chair
 with @ tenderness which one would
 hardly have expected from his ap- tpearance.
 "~You will excuse my coming in,
 doctor,' said he to me, speaking Eng ,lish with a slight lisp This is my 2 lfather, and his health is a matter
 of the most overwhelming import ance to me.
 T was touched by this flial anxie-
 
 knain during the consultation?' said I.
 "eNot for the world,' he cried, with a gesture of horror. It is
 more painful to me than I can ex- tpress. If were to see my father lin one of these dreadful seizures am convinced that I should never sur I vive it. My own nervous system is Ian exceptionally sensitive one With iyour permission, I will remain in the iwaiting while you go into my s fathers case.
 gro this, of course, I assented, and the young man withdrew. The pa itient and I then plunged into a dis ~ fscussion of his case, of which l took si exhaustive notes. He was not re- } lnnari1able for intelligence, and his an sSswerS were frequently obscure. which III attributed to his limited acquaint- lance with our language. Suddenly, Etuh owever, as sat writing, he ceased s lquiries, and on my turning toward si hin was shocked to see that he 2 was sitting bolt upright in his chair, x staring 1t me with perfectly blank land rigid face. He was again in the x grip of his mysterious malady. q My first feeling, as l have just isaid, was one of pity and horror. My isecond, fear, was rather one of pro fessfonal satisfaction I made notes of my patients pulse and tempera- ture tested the rigidity of his mus Ecies. and examined his relieves There was nothing markedly abnormal in Eany ofrthese conditions, which har- . rnonized with my former experiences. $tTl had obtained good results in such Ncases by the inhalation of nitrate Of samyl, and the present seemed an ad- sssadnlirable opportunity of testing it's virtues. The bottle was downstairs in my laboratory, so leaving my pa 'tient seated in his chair, I ran down
 to get it. There was some little de-
 lay in finding it-five minutes, let us say-and then returned Imagine my amazement to find the room empty and the patient gone tOf course, my first act was to run into the waiting-room- The son had gone also. The hall door had been closed, but not shut My page who admits patients is a new boy and by Z no means quick He waits down stairs and runs up to show patients out when ring the consulting-room N bell. He had heard nothing, and the affair remained a. complete mystery sS MT. BleSsington came in from his walk shortly afterwards, but I did E mot say anything to him upon the K subject, for, to tell the truth, I have
 got in the way of late. of holding as little communication with him as pos z sib1e-
 .WelI. I never thought that I N sian and his son, so you can imagine E<lny amazem when, at the very M same hour this evening, they both 4 came marching into my consulting Y. room, just as they had done before. 3 CT feel that I owe you great Ri i1nany apoIogics for my abrupt depar- lture yesterday, doctor,' said my pa- E tfient.
 "'I confess that I was very much surprised at it, said l.
 9 .s~We11, the fact is,' he remarked, :. That when I recover from these at
 lacks my mind is always very clouded
 as to all that has gone before. I woke up in a strange room. as it