The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-04-18

81 villas soon. look up her
memory of H1 ~ Stephen replied.
He impressed upon her the fact that
she was not Ill at all. He commanded
her very earnestly to forget that SIN.
had ever heard of him.
Then he awakened her, as McNa.
mara departed. gave her long look.
| felr her pulse told her she was much
| improved and handed her some soda
mint tablets. She departed In a SOME
what happier mood
"Well." Mcnamara demanded. when
he and Stephen found themselves alone
again. what do you think of that one
for a hell-cat?'
Il do not think. Dan. We merely
accept such people as we accept sun
light and rainfall"
DO you think You'll see any more
of this woman. Stephen?"
II hope not | hope the hypnotic
suggestion | gave her Is strong enough
to overcome her acquired instinct for
Illness"
Were the things she told you IL
lumnatlng?' -
Very. | suspected most OF them
and she confirmed my suspicion. We
know now that Penelope is of snund
ancestry. Her father was not nen-
rotic. If he hadn't been n normal. gal-
liant fellow and physically tit he would
never have become captain. of cav
airy He was killed In action. But
we have arrived at a starting point,
nan--the reason for the mental shock
that gave Penelope q ASSOCIATED per.
sonality."
Il didn't get that-at least not quite.
Stephen"
For some reason best known to
themselves. the Gatlins 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 have also
established the causative factors lead
ing up To the shock. Penelope had
most unhappy childhood. From earliest
childhood she was the victim Of bitter,
rebellious thoughts Then thar base-
ball wrecked her nose. This was
mental and physical shock. The sep
aratinn and divorce of the Gatlns was
another terrible shock. because she lost
Gatln and there was nobody to pro-
tect her. And Gatlin's death was a
severe shock. Then. as she emerged
from childhood into maidenhood, the
knowledge that her nose made her
hldeous naturally became an obsession
with her.
Now, Dan. by this time there was
no further necessity for conceailng the
facts Of the chid's birth. Gatlin. dead,
had left his entire estate 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
own check beok. The knowledge that
she was not flesh and blood of the be-
loved Gatlin came us a terrible shock
HiiA ''ti' ~ VI Nthi 11s MI OAHN' ~
rlfying speculations.
More pillng on of the lnferiorits
complex" Mcnamara interrupted And
she cracked under 1t. Then she made
up her mind to forget Mrs. GatIln-
and she did"
"A clear case Of auto-hypnosis Dan.
Now you've got to run down the record
of our Penelope and that Of her par
ents. She must have Ii and II must hp
proof Of the mosT convincing char.
acter. because such proof Is necessary
II We are to restore to her her mental
tranquility" 4
Wei" said Dan. I'll be back pres,
emily with the girls record, and
then"
.0ut of the darkness into the sun
light. Mac"
We'll. the next one | find In the
darkness will stay there the chief
growled
The absence OF the capable I.anny
was constant reminder 10 DR. Stephen
Burt Of his sole experiment 10 date In
n case of dual personality. He yearned
with an alert scientific yearning to get
To work on Penelope tiatln. and when
Dan Mcnamara appeared nj the office
one day he saw by the satisfied smirk
on the Mcnamara countenance that all
had gone well.
Let me see the documents Stephen
demanded.
Mcnamara handed over the pile OF
papers,
We'll, you've done your full duty
and have kept the police of various
cities hdsy for few days. said
stephen. What do you hear from
l.anny?"
sSfTpff be home next week. The
skin graft on lie girls nose was II com.
plete success"
And how does the girl feel about
the situation now?"
shes crazy about her new nose and
spends hours examining 1t In hand
mirror"
Stephen smiled. Naturally. she
would"
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