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ITORY of fhei Patient wth the

@ Uddly Vibrant Voice and of the

.~$1§ldd_en Peril That F lads/lea' Info a_ Doc- tor's Tranquil Life ol Q e C

ANGER. that is pouderable, danger that coniiilto in appreciable risk, is a common

enough matter to the medical profession," laid. Dr. Carleton Simon recently, “as it is

|` to many other ciillings. No man feels the

,Mi-p thrill of terror at such danger. It is the threat

that leaplnsuddelply from the dark, that has nn ele- ment of surprise or mystery or the abnormal in it, which brings the real clutch of fear and which one

rw _ ‘-ers as a real peril. _ '

-pose that I have been nearer to death in the'

was of my duties thaiifi ever have been through violence. But there was a moment in my life during which I fought single handed und alone against the murderous 'purpose of a madman, which I recall in~

evitsbly when the question of personal danger is raised. '

"l was seated in my inner oillce one afternoon

whiiiug an idle hour with a book when the bell rang and my servant informed me that two men were in

the reception room. I was in the midst of a chapter

and I did not care to break the thread of the treatise. I must have kept the men waiting for some ten min-

utes. I -

“Toward the end of that time I became aware, in

spite of my absorption in the book, of ii subtle but

insistent annoyance. I looked up and listened. Tho

two men were talking, but it was not the mere sound of voices in conversation that bad affected me. I have

the facultyof throwing oi'f small distractions of the kind. But Ihfélt, somehow, a strange, vibrant quality

in one of the two voices that piayod upon my nerves

like sjngged edge, something that held li vogue, sinis- ter suggestion of evil and uncanniiiess. It is diiilcuit

to describe how that peculiar tlmbrc adectcd me, but l know that it finally drove me to relinquish my book

and to hurry into the reception rooiii.

“As I opened the door i iieriril the voices inore

plainly, rapid, high in tonc and rising toward anger.

This language wha Italian. I catered and approached tile two men. who fell silent at my appearance. One of tnsm was well rot np, csr`cfully dressed and with

all the gil- of ll pi-o,-|»i~i~.'iis and respectable business mall. The other bore li striking resemblance to the uint. but with h twist of lndehnite caricature. His ilg\li‘o_was coarser, his lean. dark face sharper in feature, his clothes hung about him in bags and wrinkles. What drew me most of all was his eyes, which roamed the room, moving quickly from side to side, and' which met mine only to turn furtively aside. lnliiinctively I associated him with the unpleasant

voice which had so jarred upon me.

"I bowed and lad the way back into my oiilice, bold-

illg the door open for them. My well groomed visitor manonuvred the other before him into the inner room aiidjnadp me a quick sign that he wished to HDMI! T0 ine slim# I closed the door on the slouchy one for li ~ m_olt|'lnt" while his companion talked rapidly. Ha Wiiwbd-"ills his card, which bore the name of ri large \viiie‘ilt_iportin| house, and introduced himself as the

hood ofthe ilrm.

“'l have brought you my _brother for observation)

hs said"wlth scarcely a trace of accent. ‘For some iinis__'hie' family bas been greatly worried by bl' \ot1o'as.’“n¢ believes himself is be ine victim of ii ner _ ` A n. asa se times ae nu been violent. we wich

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' ' The Two Men.

“L nqgqgg and we passed into the otlica. Th! iINi|ter,§ whom tvs might call Pietro, was iiittinl ll the #lint of tha window, and as I busled mllilf ltfmy *sh with I prescription pad I observed hill but wish seeming carelessness. He reillid 'ga was | handsome msn. and not even the

faspeilgtat veilfof dabbliiegs that seemed N

ui. . '_' un. mm u s mental and a physical gs; way me amino mouth °f Nl :it 4*

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" I . ms ee _ sail als umm oi an iiriiiim _ e wus_et;pediiim iieiaht GW b1'°“|"“°‘“

_ . ,ug im at all with an soul* M ~»;hud|1y h`M`ith,‘ha was ia a state of ¢0ll&|l¢

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oeiagtel the door seemed to have aroused him _

It _a_ _ *_ wages. eosia lem. noni himself t»s¢¢h°f~ ~

that had disturbed' me before, but ignored my question. ‘You tiiinkl do not know,' he said, shifting his IMI from his brother to me and hack again. _'Ah, you think I cannot watch. Just now, outside the door there, he told of the things that I see, of my great

trouble. And he told you that I was wrong, blind, stupid. I tell you the things are l-eal,.not from my imagination!

" ‘What are these thingsi' I asked.

“ ‘I am followed,I have enemles,‘ he answei°ed,t~.vith

an emphatic gesture. ‘My brother is either a foolor

he is with them to injure me. They are behind me, every minute, every minute. They saw me come in

here. They are watching that door. They creep into my room at night. I seofthem near me in the streak'

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DEATH

Dr. CARLF-TQN 5‘M°“ ..._- fungi; Ilenoa

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i it iam," you havohlotiiing`\to fear from any ohm' 1 laid.

». . . ` 'Nothing to fear.

. _ mg" 47,. me is is ii eoamiiciy. in an ‘ ~~»ri, lust .tomato smut aim.\ »\\'€'° *`. ggg'|»,\\(1eft it :ly to glance at his brotharqli an . h?,e¢|,¢¢4; alien, with, suddgntfury, “For the! _ 1"" ,mg g “um ofsuapieion sas lim. ms .f “"6 mm Mk out The nm nm ",_,,,.__ A

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"-if' - ’*"it'lta':”3ie.‘:dhi|T'ila:’g‘\;o‘a":vhii.e andi‘lDll'l~9“"" ‘°'°°' 5” fm' '"4 h°t;::|:;h::t 2:: “'-‘”: " is i una ai num an *mas iaim aim. I vm or Millet

' W3' 'l _ __ , I ' "|“;||,¢¢¢'¢ . `m||m from its-brooding and gave him some ordinary

#_ m'r¢¢ils¢w¢ii»¢isi»,'i

W9' ‘!':i::°»e an calm mm “H11

,sms as to liisesre of himself. Under cover of tliis,

r ushered Qemeut, ldnw lheeanohlother lvl"

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"'The man is dangerous! Iwhispered. 'He is nn-

balanced and may be about to commit some violence uponhimsaif or others. You had~best get him into an asylum at once.' ' 4 “But he could not entertain my view of it. '0ii, l

tiiinlryou must be mistaken,' he protested. 'Pietro is not so had ss that. We could not bear to lee him con- iined. Will you not make a further examination? “‘if you like you may send him to mo`in s few

dsys,’ I answered. ‘But the case is one for careful Nestmeat and repose. I oui do nothing for liim.'

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`_liimseIf -against me is re|¢__sad rather is3_r_e__

I' I l . _ _ \ ‘ maiiivel days la§i-.ess iv- uslierefs patienttoot ef ll

-lj. ff ' _ I limi- men, i new igim-¢_is iaeicspuss semi In

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. ‘fs/-\\/Ls PHYSICIAN

proved somewhat. Hireyes wlp\'_¢ lo wild lld they dwelt upon i1ie'ild_d§, Bio hlds still lliools however, and he couldrlollte direct the clgaretto li held between h'; yeiiowod lingers to his lips. When he spoke it n':: . iii the line unpleasant high. quiver- ing note tim l had associated with sim, and will it wrought upon my nerves.

"‘Doctor, you told' my' brother that I was crazy.

didn't youi' ho began rapidly. ‘You need not deny; he told me himself, though he did not mean to. l was afraid' you would the conspiracy against me when he brought me hare. Nolv you are one of them. You moan tio lbck me up.' But I will not go. Do ion understand-7'

“ ‘My dear fallow,” I ssid lightly, ‘you nia..=e the can

altogether too serious. .All I tolli your brother was that you needed rest and that you have allowed your afairs to excite you. Just ist nic iuake out a little pléletlbtion. You require solnethiizg to calm you.'

“"1-\lien you did not tell him I was crazy? he por-

slsted, still eying me closely. ~

"'Absurd.’ I said, turning easily to my desk and

taking up my pad. This move brought my back_to him, but I was reassured by his improved appearance and it did not occur to me that I KJ bert keep it watch upon him. I continued to talk while I wrote the prescription. ‘What I told him was that you have been working too hard. Many men bring trouble upon themselves that way. You see. a men owes it to himself'-_

“I was rattling on in this manner, to keep his atten-

tion, when something made ule drop my pen and sit back. It was no sound, for I heard none, but it 'vas

a sudden wave of the repugnancs and the iniprelsion of a sinister innuence that the msn had made me feel throughout. ss I pushed back from the desk s weight fell upon my shoulders and a descending arm struck past me with a dash of iight. I started up, grappling with the mlm, who hsd,,iiung.upon me, and instinctive ily roach_od for that arm. in ii breath i saw a long,

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glittering stiletto buried deep i the writing pad' and

the desk beneath, where the iii§w had driven ii.

“Plétro had not relaxed his gi-sep of the weapon, but

by tile iimsiie asa wrsaensli it toon i lisa enum' an wrist. with my other iimri new alia about me onli; andwebagsn to struggle. I had no time te ha afraid. roi- iiie instant iiefoéwlis mime an leap I menu i knew' what real terror was. under the pressure of that strange, mysterious warning which his voice lied lrlt gin-n me, but I had so oppressive lease ef danger while wo fought. - "l lisd“b|m ol! his balance for a moment, but he

i ‘_ 1. It Was the Teacher. '

U dcii, decisive action; Bs had just arrived in

tiiahlllid nielicbi !lki_in*lo'feei that he an

menus of strength madness and at would lustrous a. so commit. I all eat, dill only because I heeded every ounce of. but heolule I feli-tliit to do so would arouse Upto the most desperate eifortr. Ashe but ’e`xpdell.i adopted s course which has since caused me UIQ! al myself. _ - '

"I began to talk te his so we wrestled sblut the

aeom. I con _ #han of my lungs ae that my voice _ _ _I _dllhi Mo might have been imia¢_alila_hiy ovens sarah for an s parses is sa nilnistlig saardssn veins am sawn. ie nqulm no smsil-physical Gillian fl achieve such a result at lui-ii ii time. sud, itsotiiisg elle, my stteutis was rligiiiiy ulsti-acted from smilrs of ordinary oenverss- tion.

"We .~f|iiin across to the wail, where Pietro braced

and hung all his weight on the arm by which l kept

the stiletto away. 'Noiv, reaily,',I said, ‘fills isn't nice of you.'

The Maniac`s Collapse.

“I whirled hiui away from tile wail and ‘ried to

crook my knee back of his oi-.-ii, 'i'iii quite di.-;|1ipoint~ ed in you,' I siild. ‘Have I been lvl-ang, iiii-ii. .ind are you really crazy? l should he sorry to vliiiiic so.”

"He evaded my attempt to throw liini iiiii trii-d to

Jam me back over ilic dt-sk_ snyiiit; in-\~-i- i word. though I could hear the wind n'lil,~itle in-iii-een his teeth. ‘I\‘ow. don't do this; don't do this/ l ~iiid. ‘I-aus your friend. If_you would only treat ine iroperly I. W°\\|d be 11116 I0 help you lu your trounli-< i have nordesigns upon you. Perhaps l niigiii -\-~n hid you io throw your persecuturs off the Iruv.-ii.

“Suddenly his inllscles welll limp, his 1|-ip about my

body relaxed. You inuy be sure I .\i~i:_<~d the oppor- tunity to loosen the stiletto from his ni'=i~:~. 'You-you wiil?’ he said eagerly. 'You will 'help incl'

" 'Ce'i~tainly,' L said, while i loékeli up the stiislto.

‘Let us see what we can do, First Il-i /us give you something to make you wi-il.” It was over. All the iight was out of him. i could .lure iilken no surer -lr more certain means of ovei-con.\ln;: ills mania ih.in ily playing up to it without forcing hlin to extrenies. Ha sank into a chair while l hul'i~ied|_\' iiiixvii ii soothing draught. ._

" ‘N0w, Pietro( i sulii. 'tile next tiiiii: is for _von io

go iloine and rest' He drunk the iiiwiwliie quietly and left the house when I led him to lhi- tool: When I got back into iuy ottlce l had a little i-lat-lion of iuy own and l needed something aiulosi .is badly ae Pietro. ' `

“As soon as I was :lille l did some tell-phoning.

Within the hour l'i'i-tru was in ii straitjacket iiiid on his iviiy to an liisuue asylum, where he died six months later. _

"That, I think. was my greatest moment of peril; M

least it was the one which made tile sharpest inlprep sion upon me, vvhlcli is the only ii-ay I can judge. i was in the Hastings riilii-oiiii wrecli mil li- 'lie Wind- lor Hotel tire. Iwo oi' tile :greatest di.-..l~ii». ~ -il the ill!! twenty years. biii imilii:`i;: ilinr has hiippeni-d to has ever given in nn- -» ,il .. me sense of danger as did Pietro slid his \‘ibi'.inl \ sae."

THE Ll(_§[1TER"'S7UB"" ”`

Awakened In Time.

Ol.0.‘.'l-JL M.~kliU0.\' BOYKIN, who keeps* hw

Conly hotel nt Piiinletto Cross Roads. South Caro-

lina, is a pnragon of real old Southern hospitality,

and what the place may lack iii inoderu conveniences is made up by the sympathetic, paternal way in which the Colonel treats his friends. For years he has mndo it a rule to give always a little more than they asked for. That has established his reputation among tray- ciiing men and a New Yorker who had heard it and

who was stopping at the place for the iirsnt time.

“Why do you always give extra measure 1" he

asked.

"ln the relations that obtain between gentleman,

suh,” answered the Colonel, "lt is always proper D

be extra accomniodatiilg."

“Will you join me?" asked the New Yorker, nodding toward the bar. _

"Charmed, suhl"

The Northerner ordcrofl ».. - glans __ ~1`\5_., but

tile- bairkeepi-r at a si,:.| ii ~1. |.~ Colonel snidtiieli were no glasses so sin... . _ u . ,...iie_ and put oiit an ordinary ”.z'.~f*‘ glass viiiii ine comment:-'-“'].‘iist'il

hold more."

After the Northerner had eaten a very satisfying

dinner and enjoyed ii smoke he left a cali for lit in the morning, so as to catch an early train, jocularly remarking to the Colonel, “Now_ don't forget to still be ‘mira accoinmodating’ "

"l promise you l won't, sur," replied the Colonel.

So the New Yorker went to sleep with the serene ao-

surance that he would be amused ut the proper hour.

“I seemed hardly to have fallen into a sound slum-

ber,” said he in telling of the instance recently, "whom I hoard' a terriilc pounding at 'ur door. I api'-mg ug

wide awake.

"Whst‘a thi- matter?" I called ont.

"Four o'clock! four o'ciockl” came the iasqlsfqy

voice from the other side of the door. #pm-, gg”

hours to sleep!"

HE school had the reputation °o`f¢heing the mes'

Tturbuient in the district and for salutary pu

the new superintendent was a massive, m

man with the strength of s giant and a habit

odice and was huty examining A mass of data an uproar arose in the room next to him. It, nm it sms. out new sau was mon iaeeiill

was more_th_an- he could mad. Be glass partition into the uproarioss moss `_ j' among nie noisy lads assembled time a tail ` fx( seemed to he making more of s row than all ` eo __ Besidghimselt with rage. they lem lamina' anim ay ¢iinous'r, _ ' or-.fthe psrntieaalii hedged hh' aews_isoe/E; __ miaaanauii. _ ; . »'».11ff<» '_

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"Nom" he said. "sit still then and del! age! yeni

lips till I give you the word." -Z rusnsinaiwnaispaoonssaiscuoosshgg

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