The Dolores star., 1923-11-02

erythlng before that is blank. She
did not know her own name, or wnere
she had come from. or where she WAS
She couldn't even speak her own
tongue"
But surely all this Is most un-
usuall" put in Julius.
"No. my dear sir. Quite normal un-
der the circumstances. Severe shock
TO the nervous system. Loss OF mem
ory proceeds nearly always on the
same lines. l suggested specialist,
of course. but Mrs. vandemeyer op-
posed the idea OF publicity that might
result from such course"
Il can imagine she would said Sir
James grimly.
Il fell in with her views. There Is
certain notoriety given TO these
cases. And the girl was very young
nineteen, believe. II seemed pity
that her Infrmity should be talked
abOut-mlght damage her prospects.
Besides, there is no special treatment
to pursue in such cases. 1t Is really
matter Of waiting"
"WaIting?"
Yes, sooner or later, the memory
will return-as suddenly rs II went.
But In all probability the girl will
have entirely forgotten the interven-
Ing period. and will take up life where
she left oT-at the sinking of the
LusItana."
"And when do you expect this to
happenT
The doctor shrugged his shoulders.
"Ah, that I cannot say. Sometimes
II is a matter of months, sometimes
It has been known to be as long as
twenty years! Sometimes another
shock does the trick. One restores
what the other took away"
Another shock. eh?" said Julius
thoughtfully.
Exactly. There was a case in Col
oradO-" The little mans voice
trailed on, voluble. mildly enthu-
SiastlC
Julius did not seem to be listening.
He had rclapsed into his own thoughts
and was frownIng. Suddenly he came
out OF his brown study, and hit the
table such n resOundlng bang with his
fist that everyone Jumped, the doctor
most of all.
I've got It, 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 so on.
Wouldn't that do the trick? Wouldn't
it give n 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, Il
would be successful. It IS unfortunate
that there is no chance of the condl-
tions repeating themselves as you sug-
gest
"Why. yes. What's the difficulty?
Hire a liner"
"A lner!" murmured Doctor Hall
family
Hire some passengers, hire a sub
marine-that's the only difficulty, I
guess. Governments are apt to he a
bit hldebOund over their engines of
war. They won't sell to the first
conner. Still, ! guess that can be got
over. Ever heard Of the word graft
sir? Well. graft gets there every time!
I reckon that we shan't really need to
fire a torpedo. II everyone hustes
round and screams loud enough that
the ship is sinking. It ought to be
enough for an innocent young girl like
Jane. BY the time she's got a llfe-belt
on her, and is being hustled into a
boat with a well-drllled lot of artistes
doing the hystericaI stunt on deck.
why-she ought to be right back
again where she was in May, 1915.
How's that for the bare outlineT'
Doctor Hall looked Mt julius. Every
thing that he was for the moment in
capable of saying was in that look
'No." said Julius, in answer to It,
"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 screen7
What's the difference between buyinc
up train and buying up liner?
Get the properties and you can 70
right ahead!"
Doctor Hall found his voice.
But the expense, my dear sir"
His voice rose "The eypensei II
will be cOlOssal"
Money doesn't worry me any," ex-
platned Julius simply.
Doctor Hall turned an appealInp
face to Sir James, who smiled slightly.
"Mr. Hersheimmer is very well Off
very well off indeed"
The doctors glance came back TO
julius with new and subtle quality
in it. This was no longer an eccentric
young fellow with habit of falling
off trees. The doctors eyes held the
Difference accorded to q really rich
man.
VERY remarkable plan. Very re-
markable," he murmured. "Tbe
movles-of course! And you really