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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, ====================== : DISEASE KNOWN AS LOVE By H. M. EGBERT (Copyright by W G. Chapman ) HE three professors looked In quiringly at the younger mem ber of the faculty as be entered the room. If pity had been known In the year 2215, it might have been said that pity was reflected upon their faces. As It was not. the look must have been merely curiosity. The white-robed, sterilized nurse would have been culled beautiful three centuries before. But her wealth of blond hair was hidden by the hideous hood that was the fashion, and in her loose garments she looked more like a mandarin. She. loo. guzed curiously at the young fellow who entered und took bls station respectfully before the pro fessors. “No. A 09 \V P 14,” begun the eldest professor, addressing him by the name he bore, “you are still decided to be come the subject of this experiment?” “Yes, sir,” replied the young man. “You are making it In the interests of civilization. You have weighed the 1 consequences? You know that it will ' mean persecution, ostracism, and. I worst of all, the existence within your ! system of a diabolical germ, which I has become so rare that it Is neces- j sary to demonstrate its existence by performing this inoculation?” “I have considered ull the conse- I quences, gentlemen.” replied the young ' man. The three professors addressed the ( nurse. “No. B 27 F F 7,” began the second professor, “you, too, have volunteered j Io sacrifice your happiness for the ! sake of science? You, too. are under going this martyrdom with a full knowledge of the consequences?” The other two asked her almost the Mine question, though not in Identical words. There was a faint smile upon the nurse’s face as she replied: “Yes, gentlemen, I am prepared to suffer this martyrdom,” she answered. “Then you have both been warned. ! as is required by law,” said the eldest professor. "I shall now proceed to in oculate you both with the rare germ known as dlplococcus amorls, found only In Patagonia and Fiji.” It was a weighty experiment. Dur ing the three centuries that hud elapsed love had become rarer and rurer. Marriages were now and had long been regulated by the state. Spasmodic cases of love had been re ported to the medical faculty, but ex cept for these epid *mics, now becom ing rarer as the principles of hygiene were better understood, there had not been a case In years. It was the desire of the physicians to observe a genuine case of love, In order to revise the textbooks of this disease, that had led the professors to cast about for two suitable subjects. As soon us the disease developed they were to be placed for a period of years upon a desert Island, to avoid the spread of the malady. They would be supplied with food and a home ami left there until the virulence of the disease wus believed to have abated. “It Is a splendid thing to sacrifice , ourselves for science,” said A. 69 W P 14, enthusiastically. “Yes, It Is, Indeed,” answered B 27 F F 7. Nevertheless the same faint, almost Inscrutable smile played about 1 her features as she spoke. The young man wondered whether the nurse had fully realized the nature of the experi ment, the suffering that It would en tail. However, he said nothing, but bared his arm for the inoculation with I the rare microbe, a supply of which | had come from the Fiji islands only a few days before. The first professor, having sterf- ' lized his needle, drew up a minute ! quantity of gelatin out of a tube. In • this substance were millions of the deadly dlplococcus. He Inserted the point of the hypodermic into the | young man’s arm. A 69 \V 1‘ 14 did not flinch at the pain. Then, having withdrawn the needle, the professor performed the same operation on the ; young woman. Everybody noticed that the same ! faint and inscrutible smile played ; ubout her features, but nobody com mented upon that fact. Even In 2215 ' it was the privilege of young women to smile. The operations completed, the pro feasors solemnly shook hands with the victims. “In three hours,” snld the middle professor, “the symptoms should be gin to take effect. This Is 115 o’clock. At 11H. therefore, you will both be come a menace to society. At that hour the boat will be waiting to con i vey you to your Island home.” The professors withdrew, leaving the young victims together In the lab oratory of the science building. Situ ated on the seashore. In the curve of the wooded heights of Brooklyn. It was an Ideal spot for experimentation. The hum of the great distant city came only faintly to their ears. In three hours’ time the vessel would anchor off the dock to carry them away to the South seas, there to j remain for a term of years until the deadly virus had been eliminated. The young man shuddered as he thought of the awful fate in store for them. Now that the act was Irrev ocable he began to think of the sac rlflce. He remembered a hundred friendships, the college days when he had been the heart and soul of his set. All these memories he must T VERNONIA EAGLE 1927 leave ‘hind him, to go out to a sav age isi; nd with thia nurse. Yet, is he glanced at tier, be beg» n to fee’ a novel interest in her th it he hat never felt before. Life wi h her would at least be companlonab e. He was not so sure, now, that he hud done a foolish thing. “Do you regret the sacrifice. B 27 F F 7?” he Inquired curiously. “Not u bit,” answered the young woman. “May I ask why you are smiling?” She smiled more significantly. “That Is my secret,” the answered. “Some day I will tell you.” “When?” “When we are alone together.” “But we shall never be more alone than we are now.” “I know. But you see, A 69 W P 14, the virus has not yet begun to tuke ef fect in you.” “I know it hasn’t. I wonder how it will feel. They say that the first sign is fever. I wish I had a shorter name for you.” The girl still smiled at him. He was was half piqued und half indignant. “Don’t you begin to feel the effects of the virus?” he inquired. “Not yet,” she answered. “I don’t believe I ever shall.” “Why not?” “That is part of the secret, too,” she said. He turned indignantly. He bad meant to turn away. Instead of which, to his surprise, he found that he was standing nearer to her than he had ever stood before. And, as his arms went groping blindly for some mysteri ous purpose he found that they had closed about her and were holding her fast. The harder he tried to escape her the more tightly lie held her. The girl made no attempt to es cape, but continued smiling. “What is it?” he whispered. And suddenly the realization came to him. “It’s the poison—the love virus!” he exclaimed. The girl nodded. She nodded so hard that her wealth of hair came tun- bling down from under the hideous hood. lie caught a strand between his lingers and pressed It to his lips. “What am I doing? Wiiy am 1 do ing Mils?” he cried, “is it—is It the symptoms?” She nodded again. “It begins that way." she answered. “What a curious disease,” said the young man thoughtfully. ‘‘Do you know, I don’t believe I shall really mind being exiled with you on cur island. Of course, a woman’s com pany is apt to prove tedious. One doesn’t expect the same intellectual companionship that a man’s company affords And then, I don’t know that 1 shall have very much to say to you. But you will be useful for cooking my meals, and sometimes I will tell you things, and—” The girl for the first time uttered a hearty laugh. The young man seemed in a daze. He passed his hand across his forehead. “As I was saying,” he resumed, ‘it will he delightful helping each oil er in the little things of the day, and In the evenings we’ll sit and chat by the camp fire aiul compare notes and ex periences—” The silvery ripple of her mirth seemed to fill the room. Again the young man was struck silent. ‘“Why are you laughing at me?” he cried at length. “Don’t you want my devotion? Don’t you want me to wait on you, to learn from you, to sit at your feet as your sluve? Is there somebody else you prefer? I can hardly wait for the boat to arrive. I—I—I—I believe I—love you. Is this love?” “Yes, this Is love,” said the girl. “How do you know? Do you love me? l)o you feel the virus?” “No,” she answered, thoughtfully. “I am sure now that I am Immune against it. I didn’t tell those old professors, but all women are.” “Why? Why? Why?” shouted the young man. “Because, you see,” she answered, “we have known all about it ull the time.” memorize the answers in the Bi >!e If you know where it is call and see For SALE or TRADE Citations, it will prove a priceless it. IL is lit miles from town on heritage to them in after ye« rs. stony point road below city resevoir. What breaks the connection bet I have a 40 acre ranch that 1 If you don’t know where it is, in will sell, or trade for town property. quire at the Eagle office for Rat Doris Kenyon, featured in tie ween God and man? Majestic’s “Ladies at Play,” Satur Thirty acres under cultivation and cliffe and I will be glad to show you Answer, read—Isaiah 59:1, 2. day, contends that half-and-hrlf 10 acres in timber. 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THARP Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4tli day of January, 1927. GUY R. MILLS, Notary Public. My commission expires January 15, 1928. New O.A.C. Women’s Building Ready for Returning Students Do You Know? NEW WAY TO LEARN ONE WORTH WHILE THING EACH DAY (Copyright, 1927,‘Frank Collie). A set of seven questions will ■ p- pear herein each week, pertain: ng to: Common Things—How tley work, Story of the stars, The earth, Life, Electricity, Radio, rlisto y, Geography, Economics, Law, heal.h, Manners, Customs, Man, Ani mals, Birds, Plant Life, Miscellan eous. A CORRECT ANSWERS GIVEN NEXT WEEK See how many you can ansv er by that time. THEY WILL EMBRACE THE FUNDAMENTALS OF A LIBER vL EDUCATION— Get a scrap b< >k Famous Trees That and keep for future reference. Stand as Memorials (We invite constructive suggesti« ns Although many millions of tries or criticisms). people the forests of the United States, comparatively few have been 1. 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Electricity live, our death to die.” employees wearing Insulating glo< to resist the electric current, formed QUESTIONS AND BIBLE a guard of honor, and the couple ANSWERS passed under an archway of cab'es which conveyed the current to work If parents will have their children the omfettl shower. ; Miss Ruth B. Glassow and new women’s plant over which she will preside. Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis.—After many years’ work in the old frame women’s gymnasium, built first as an armory for a student body of 500, the 1100 women students here will enter the new $300,000 women’s building at the beginning of the new term Monday, January 3. The department of physical education for women has moved into the new building. Under the di rection of Miss Ruth B. Glassow, new head of the department, members of the staff prepared equipment and other details in readiness to start all work in the new quarters without delay. The new structure is located to the north of old Cauthorn hall, where it forms the last unit in tl:e cordon of buildings surrounding the west quadrangle. It is close to all the women’s halls and to the home economics and commerce buildings where most of the women’s courses are given. Being three stories high in the center with two story wings, the new building provides ample space to care for the expected increase in women students for many years to come. On the ground floor are locker and shower rooms and the big tiled swimming pool. Offices, class rooms, main gymnasium and games room, interpretive dancing room and a beautiful lobby are on the main floor. Additional office space, corrective, rest and social rooms are on the third floor. Modern in every respect though not extrava gant, the building is said to be the best for its purpose on any American campus. The Peoples Store LTHOUGH this store has been operating under a Cash-and Carry basis since it started, it has been our custom to grant credit to a few. A The management has suffered some embarassment the past year, for this reason, and wishes to announce that our Cash-and Cany policy will be strictly observed in the future. We wish to thank our patrons and friends for their generous cooperat ion the past year. The Peoples Store M. Murray, Mgr. Vernonia, Ore.