Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-21

her ana to answer txnthfully all my
questions regarding her."
why did you and AEr. oatlin adopt
"As wanted a baby and couldn't
Gould you, II you had cared tof"
Eyes, doctor" Her tonb was very
SHow old was she when you adopted
her2"
where did you md hsr1"
I'm the Infants Shelter N san
did you know who her parents were
before you decided to adopt herr"
Yes, doctor. A Capt and Mrs. Rob-
why did the ElliOts abandon their
bAby7"
'Ths captain was killed By ths MorOs
and his wife died in childbirth"
DO you remember what branch Of
the service the captain was int"
He was q captain Of cavalry"
when you and Mr.. Gatlin adopted
Penelope, did you have any written rec
ord Of her parentager"
I'VE had q letter from the naatrun at
the Infants Shelter. And We had q
letter from tho doctor who attended
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and soma letters from old neaghborS Of
the Elliots."
why did you get the letters from
the old neighbors?"
Theodore was concerned about thr
baby'S ancestry"
And was It the hestP"
1T do not know. Il satisfied him"
what has become Of eli the record
pertaining to Penelope?"
II burned them"
'To keep Penelope from eettins
them"
"Thsn shs wanted them, dAA abe
not?"
ayes. doctor. She demanded them"
when was thiS?"
ION her eighteenth birthday
How did It happen that she waited
until her eighteenth birthday before de-
handing them2"
"Up untfl then she thought she was
our own flesh and blood" -
"Ahl Why did you burn these rec
ords rather than give them to Pene-
lopez"
81 hate her"
when you refused to give them to
her, what happened?"
'She cried and laughed and screamed
and attacked me. She said abe hated
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the maid put her to bed and lock her
In her room"
Ibid you give Penelope any informs-
ton ct al regarding her parentage7"
There was . slight hesitatdW. II
LED to her. wanted to hurt her, be-
cause she wouldn't recognize my moral
right to half Of Theodore's estate. So
I told her she had Negro blood In her
veins"
'What made you invent such . tale?"
Penelope Il q decided brunette.
thought even II she did not believe me,
my statement would create In her mind
. doubt and . fear that would drive
her crazy.
"what happened after THAT Mrs
Meton?"
an the morning she was gone"
"How did she go?" e
"shs made . rope Of sheets and
blankets"
Have you seen her SINGER"
ais she dead?'
81 do not know. ! hope 90"
Stephen turned TO Dan. ANY CUES
McNamara shook his head owlishly.
81 can revive most Of the recogo-per-
haps al Of It. The captains record IL
In the Army 6les; when he married Q
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Navy Journal: with that and what
can get CIT Of the officers who soldiered
with the captain, III get . pretty CON-
plete plcture.Ys
stephen resumed his crcGs-exAInina
ton.
ibid you ever beat PenelopeH Did
you ever pinch her ana slap her and
lock her up?" VI. ID.
Eyes, doctor" az
wake the nend up and send her
home" McNarnAra reared.
81 VILLAS coon as lock up her
memory Of Penelope" Stephan replied.
He impressed upon her the fact that
she was not III ct all He commanded
her very earnestly to forget that she
had ever heard OF him.
Then he awakened her 6 McNanaara
departed. gave her long look: felt her
pulse, told her she was much improved
and handed her some sodanaint tablets.
She departed happy.
''Well," kEcNanlara demanded when
he and Stephen found themselves alone
again, what do you think OF that one
for q hell-cat?"
~"I do not think, Dan. We merely &C
cept such people - We accept sunlight
sDo you think youIl see any more OF
this woman, Stephen7"
II hope not. I hope the hypnotic
suggestion gave her Is strong enough
to overcome her acquired instinct for
illness"
were the things she told you Eliu-
minatang?"
very. suspected most Of them and
she confirmed my suspicion. We know
now that Penelope Is Of sound anCeS-
try. Her father was not neurotic.
II he hadn't been normal, gallant
fellow and physically at he would never
have become q captain Of cavalry. he
was killed In action. But we have are
rived at starting point, par-the rea-
son for the mental shock that gave
Penelope 9 dissociated personality"
81 didn't get that-Qulte, Stephan"
For some reason best known to them
selves, the 0atlinS kept from Penelope
the fact that she was not their own
flesh and blood.
However, while We have definitely
established the date Of the mental shock
and the character Of the shock, we also
have established the cauaative factors
leading up to the shock. Penelope had
est childhood she was the victim Of Bit
ter, rebellious thoughts. Then that
base ball wrecked her nose. This was O
mental and physical shock. The Sepa-
ration and divorce Of the Gatlins was
another terrible shock, because she lost
Gatlin and there was nobody TO protect
her. And Gatlin's death was q severe
shock. Then, as she emerged from
childhood into maindenhood, the knowl.
edge that her nose made her hideous
became an obsessioHl.
Nov, Dan, by this time there was
no further necessity for COncealtuG the
facts of the child's birth. Gatlin, dead,
had left his entire stat0 In trust to
Penelope, and on her eighteenth birth
day she was free to do as she pleased
She could leave her hell.cat Of an
adopted mother now. She carried her
L own check book. The nnOWledea that