The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-03-18

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II villas soon as look up her
memory OF Penelope" Stephen replied.
He impressed upon her the fact that
she was not i'll 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 long leok.
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 hell-catf"
II 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"
Il hope not | hope the hypnotic
| suggestion | gave her is strong enough
to overcome her acquired instinct for
! Illness
"NNere the things she told you IL
luminatings"
Very. | suspected most OF them
and she confirmed my suspicion. We
| know now that Penelope Is of sound
ancestry. Her father was not a nell
rotic. II he hadn't been q normal gal
liant fellow and physically fit he would
never have become captain of cav
airy He was killed In action. But
we have arrived at starting pointe
| Dan--the reason for the mental shock
that gave Penelope 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.
rebelious thoughts. Then that base
| ball wrecked her nose. This was d
mental and physical shock. The sep
nration and divorce of the Gatllns was
another terrible shock. because she lost
| GatlIn and there was nobody to pro-
| tect her And Gatlin's death was
severe shock. Then. as she emerged
| knowledge that her nose made her
/ hldeous naturally became an obsesson
with her.
Now. Dan. by this time there was
/ no further necessity for concealng the
| facts of the chiId's birth. GatIln. 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 coulds leave her hell.cat Of an
adopted mother now. She carried her
own check book The knowledge thar
| she was not flesh and blood of the be-
loved GatlIn came rs terrible shock
and with 1t. Of course. came other ter
rifylng speculatIons."
More pilng ON Of the inferlorlts
/ complex" Mcnamara interrupted. And
! she cracked under Ii. Then she made
up her mind to forget Mrs. Gatlln-
| 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 1t must be
proof OF the most convincing char
acter, because such proof is necessary
If We are 10 restore to her her mental
tranquility
"Well'' said Dan. "f'll be back pres.
emily with the girls record, and
then"
"Out 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 Ianny
WINS a constant reminder to i}r. Stephen
Burt of his sole experiment to date In
case of dual personality. tie yearned
with an alert scientific yearnlng to get
to work on Penelope Gatlin. and when
Dan Mcnamara appeared AT the office
one day he saw by the satisfied smirk
on the Mcnamara countenance that all
had gone we'll
let 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 or various
cities busy for a few days" said
Stephen. "What do sou hear from
Lafiny?n y
"She'l be home next week The
skin graft on the girls nose was com
plefe success"
"And how does the girl feel about
the situation now 7"
@She's crazy about her new nose and
spends hours examining 1t In hand
mirror"
Stephen smiled Naturally. abe
would"
41.anny says the girls beeh her real