Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-06-06

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He impressed upon her the fact that
she was not Ill at all. He commanded
her very earnestly to forget that she
had ever heard Of him.
Then he awakened her, as McNa.
mara departed, gave her a long look,
felt 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 heltcat?"
Il do not think, Dan. We merely
accept such people as we accept sun
light and rainfall"
do you think yon'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 H.
luminating?"
VERY. | suspected most Of them
and she confirmed my suspicion. We
know now that Penelope ls Of sound
ancestry. Her father was not q neu-
r0tic. II he hadn't been a normal, gal
liant fellow and physically fit he would
never have become a captain Of cav
airy. He was killed In action. But
we have arrived at a starting point.
Dan-the reason for the mental shock
that gave Penelope a ASSOCIATED per-
sonality."
II 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 q
most unhappy childhood. From earliest
childhood she was the victim of bitter,
rebellious thoughts. Then that base
ball wrecked her nose. This was a
mental and physical shock. The sep
nratlon and divorce of the Gatllns was
another terrible shock. because she lost
Gatlln and there was nobody to pro-
tect her. And Gatlin's death was a
severe shock. Then, as she emerged
from childhood into m%aidenhood, the
knowledge that her nose made her
hideous naturally became an obsession
with her.
NOW, Dan, by this time there was
no further necessity for conceallng the
facts OF the child'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
W check book. The knowledge thar
she was not flesh and blood Of the be-
loved Gatlin came as a terrible shock
and with II. Of course, came other ter
rifying speculations."
Pftb6 VII VI lAC ny
complex" Mcnamara interrupted. "And
she cracked under It. Then she made
up her mind to forget Mrs. Gatlin-
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 1t and II must be
proof Of the most convincing char
acter. because such proof Is necessary
If we are to restore to her her mental
tranquility"
"Well" said Dan. "Ill be back pres
emily with the girls record. and
then"
"Out Of the darkness into the sun
light, Mac"
well, the next one | find In the
darkness will stay there" the chief
growled.
The absence Of the capable Lanny
was a constant reminder to DR.. Stephen
Burt Of his sole experiment to date In
a case of dual personality. lie yearned
with an alert scientific yearning to get
to work on Penelope Gatlin, and when
Dan Mcnamara appeared at the office
one day he saw by the satisfied sInirk
on the Mcnamara countenance that all
had gone well.
"I.et me see the documents" Stephen
demanded.
Mcnamara handed over the pile of
papers.
well. you've done your full duty
and have kept the police Of various
cities busy for a few days." said
Stephen. "What do you hear from
l.anny?"
shell be home next week. The
skin graft on the girls nose was a com
plete success"
"And how does the girl feel about
the situation nowT'
"She's crazy about her new nose and
spends hours examining it In a hand
mirror"
Stephen smiled. Naturally. she
would"
"Lanny says the girls been her real
self more than half the time since thar
first look"
"She would be. And now I'm going
to add to her happiness by sending her
this record, which ] shall supplement