The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-07-13


She couldn't even speak her owl
tongue"
But surely all this is most un
usual?" put in Julius.
mo, my dear sir. Quite normal un
der the circumstances. Severe shocl
to the nervous system. Loss Of mem
DRY proceeds nearly always on the
same lines. / suggested a specialist
of course, but Mrs. yandemeyer op
posed the idea of publicity that might
result from such a course"
Il can imagine she would" said Sill
James grimly.
Il fell In with her views. There Ia
a certain notoriety given to these
cases. And the girl was very young
nineteen, l believe. 1t seemed pity
that her infirmity 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"
"Waitingr
"Yes, sooner or later, the memory
Will return-as suddenly as 1t went.
But In all probability the girl viii
have entirely forgotten the interven-
Ing period, and VIII take up life where
she left off-at the sinking of the
Lusitania."
"And when do you expect this to
happen?'
The doctor shrugged his shoulders.
mi e
1t is matter of months, sometimes
II 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, chr" said julius
thoughtfully.
Exactly. There was a case in Col
orado-" The little mans voice
trailed on, voluble, mildly enthu-
siastic.
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 a resounding 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 so on.
Wouldn't that do the trick? Wouldn't
1t give mighty big bump to her sub
conscious self or whatever the jargon
is, and start 1t functioning again right
away"
"A very interesting speculation, Mr..
Hersheimmer In my opinion, 1t
would be successful. II is unfortunate
that there is no chance Of the condi-
lions repeating themselves as you sug-
gest.
"Why, yes. What's the difficulty?
Hire liner"
"a lineri" murmured Doctor Hall
family.
Hire some passengers, hire sub
marine-that's the only difficulty, I
guess. Governments are apt to be a
bit hidebound over their engines of
war. They won't sell to the first
conner. Still, I 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. If everyone hustles
round and screams loud enough that
the ship is sinking, 1t ought to be
enough for an innocent young girl like
Jane. BY the time she's got life-belt
on her, and is being hustled into a
boat with a well-drilled lot of artistes
doing the hysterical 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 at julius. Every
thing that he was for the moment in
capable of saying was in that look.
NO" said julius, In answer to 1t,
I'm 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 screen?
What's the difference between buying
up a train and buying up a liner?
Get the properties and you can go
light aheadl"
Doctor Hall found his voice.
"But the expense, my dear sir"
His voice rose. 1.-The expense ! IT
will be colossal ~
money doesn't worry me any, ex-
)lained Julius simply.
Doctor Hall turned an appealing
ace to Sir James, who smiled slightly.
Mr. Hersheimmer is very well Off
Tery well off indeed"
The doctors glance came back to
julius with a new and subtle quality
n it. This was no longer an eccentric
'oung fellow with a habit Of falling
If trees. The doctors eyes held the
difference accorded to a really rich
nan.
VERY remarkable plan. Very re
larkable," he murmured. 1.-THE
lovies-of coursel And you really
lean to carry out this remarkable
Ian of yours"
"You bet your bottom dollar do"
The doctor believed him-which was
try,,,ta ~ hic nationality To On