The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-07

erything before that u a blank She
did not know her own name. or where
she had come from. or where she was.
She couldn't even speak her own
tongue"
"But surely al this y most un-
usualr' put In julius.
"No my dear sir. Quite normal un-
der the circumstances. Severe shock
to the nervous system. Loss Of men,
ory proceeds nearly always on the
same lines. suggested q specialist,
Of course, but Mrs. vandemeyer op-
posed the idea Of publicity that might
result from such course"
II can imagine she would" said Sir
James grimly.
II fell In with her views. There u
q certain notoriety given to these
cases. And the girl was very young
nineteen. !, believe. 1t seemed q pity
that her inflrmity should be talked
about-might damage her prospects.
Besides, there Is no special treatment
to pursue in such cases. 1t Is really
matter Of waiting" .4a
"Waitingr' nfa s L5,,
'Yes, sooner or later, the memory
will return--as suddenly as 1t went
But I'D all probability the girl will
have entirely forgotten the interven-
ing period, and will take up life where
she left off-at the sinking Of the
Lusitania."
"And when do you expect this to
happenw r"
The doctor shrugged his shoulders
"Ah, that I cannot say. Sometimes
IL is a matter Of months, sometimes
It has been known to be as long az
twenty yearsl Sometimes another
shock does the trick. One restores
what the other took away"
Another shock, chr said Julius
thoughtfully.
Exactly. There was case IN Col
orado-" The little mans voice
trailed on, voluble, mildly enthu-
siastfc.s s-l- ,'le..-S t.t,.- (, l--a
julius did not seem to be listening.
He had relapsed into his own thoughts
and was frowning. Suddenly he came
out Of his brown study, and hit the
table such resonndlng bang with his
fist that everyone Jumped, the doctor
most Of all.
1--WE got It'll I guess, doc, I'd like
your medical opinion on the plan I'm
about to outline. Say Jane was to
cross the herring pond again, and the
same thing was to happen. The sub
marine, the sinking ship, everyone
to take to the boats-and 20 on.
wouldn't that do the trick3 Wouldn't
1t give a mighty big bump to her sub
conscious self or whatever the Jargon
is, and start It functioning again right
away"
"a very interesting speculation, Mr..
Hersheimmer In my opinion, II
would be successful. It u unfortunate
that there Is no chance Of the condi-
tions repeating themselves as you sus-
gest. &C.,
"why, yes. What's the dif,culty,
Hire a liners t1iA
"a linerr murmured Doctor. Hall
| family. --''-
Hire some passengers. hire sub
marine-that's the only, difficulty.
guess., Governments areSapt to be a
BIT hidebound over their engines Of
war. They won't sell to- the, first
conner. Still, guess that cahS be got
over. Ever heard Of the word graft
sir7 Well, graft gets there every tinei
reckon that we shan't really need to
fire torpedo, II everyone hustles
round and screams loud enough that
the ship is sinking, It ought to be
enough for an innocent Soung sir like
Jane. BY thetime she's got a lifebelt
on her, and is being hustled into q
boat with a well-drilled lot or artistes
doing the hysterical stunt on deck.
why-she ought i.be1 right back
again where she was In May, 1918,
How's that for, the bare .outlineY'
Doctor Hall looked at Julius. Every
thing that he was for the moment in
capable, of saying was in that look.
.No,s said julius, In answer to IL,
'rm not crazy. The things perfectly
possible, It's done every day in the
States for the. movies. Haven't You
seen trains In collision on the screenf
What's the difference between buying
up q train and buying up q linerf
Get the properties and you can 60
| right ahead ". sist''s,i sssistsi l't.' iit4E
Doctor Hall found his voice.
"But the expense. my dear SIR"
His voice rose. "The expensei II
viii be colossall" =
Money doesn't worry me any en-
planned Ihlius simply a.iz.. ~
Doctor Hall turned an appealing
face to Sir James, who smiled slightly.
'sMr. Hersheimmer Is very well or
| very we'll on indeed" ~.
: The DOCTORS glance came back to
julius with 4 new and subtle quality
In it. This was no longer an eccentric
young fellow with a habit Of falling
Off trees, The doctors eyes held the
Difference accorded to 20 really rich
/ man. ? :
"very remarkable plan. Very 70
markable," he murmured 'Ths
movIes--of coprsel And you really
mean to carry out this remarkable
plan Of yours" 4y
,"9ou bet your bottom dollarI do
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