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Excerpt:

Chapter I


It was a miserable night which brought me first in touch with Jason Croft. There was rain and enough wind to send it in gusty dashes against the windows. When I heard the doorbell ring, I was tempted to ignore it.
But as it rang again, and was followed by a rapid tattoo of rapping, I rose, laid aside my book, and stepped into the hall.

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Excerpt:

Chapter I


It was a miserable night which brought me first in touch with Jason Croft. There was rain and enough wind to send it in gusty dashes against the windows. When I heard the doorbell ring, I was tempted to ignore it.
But as it rang again, and was followed by a rapid tattoo of rapping, I rose, laid aside my book, and stepped into the hall.

First switching on a porch light, I opened the outer door, to reveal the figure of an old woman.

"Doctor," she began in a tone of almost frantic excitement. "Dr.
Murray--come quick!"

I am Dr. George Murray, in charge of the Mental Hospital in a Western state. The institution was not then very large, and since taking my position at the head of its staff I had found myself with considerable time for study, seeking to learn what I might concerning both the normal and the abnormal manifestations of mental force.

But I was not thinking of anything like that as I looked at the shawl-wrapped face of the little bent woman. I said to her, "But, my dear woman, there are other doctors for you to call. I am really not in general practice. I am connected with the asylum--"


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Other Books by J U (John Ulrich) GIESY by ADB Publishing

(The Original) Jason, Son of Jason
(The Original) Palos of the Dog Star Pack (This Book)
(The Original) The House of Invisible Bondage
(The Original) The Mouthpiece of Zitu

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