Next Month The Master of Doom By DONALD EDWARD KEYHOE A weird tale that sweeps 500 ^■years into the future, when the vaulting ambition of an evil genius remakes the world to his own liking. The violent destruction of America by natural forces unleashed by the Master of Doom; the subjugation of the earth by one man, who carves out for himself a broad Earthband surrounded by water. T ike dark birds, the airplanes of ' the last Americans drive in from the lost outer regions of the earth, and float toward the Central Palace. A voice from the air sounds the doom of the usurpers and the Americans come to deathgrips with the Ruler of the Earthband. A story replete with startling possibilities. It will be printed complete in the May Issue of WEIRD TALES The Unique Magazine On Sale April 1 Clip and Mail this Coupon Today] WEIRD TALES 450 East Ohio St., Chicago, Ill. Enclosed find $1 for special five months subscription to "Weird Tales*' to begin with the May issue. (Special offer void unless remittance is accompanied by coupon.) Name,—■■■■■—■ Address - City State „ happen. Now read what I have indicated."
He placed the volume before me. And this is what I read:
"The main course of cortical disease proceeds as follows:
"a. In early cases there is precocious sexuality, adiposity in the pelvic region, remarkable muscular strength, recalling the enfants hercules of the French writers. In girls, there is a marked tendency toward maleness. Later on the fatty tissue is lost, the children grow thin and die of exhaustion.
"b. In young women the disease develops with phenomenal muscular strength and endurance, assertiveness and even pugnacity of behavior, and excessive sexuality; this stage is followed by the appearance of male characters, such as beardedness, general hairiness, and hair on chest and abdomen. Here we are reminded of the 'strong women' and 'bearded ladies' of the circuses and side-shows. Later the muscular strength is replaced by excessive weakness, and finally death from exhaustion ensues."
Thus far I read. "Jove!" I exclaimed. "Then this woman—this Bonita—was?"
"Precisely," said Dr. Wilkie. "She was suffering from cortical disease. The symptoms are clear. She was really helpless, driven inexorably by a malady over which she had no control. Like the Nuremberg maiden, she crushed those that she embraced."
"Humph!" I mused. "And so your guinea-pig?"
"Yes, I have experimented with it, causing an excessive or altered secretion by the use of certain injections. The symptoms are the same—heavy buttocks, phenomenal strength, pugnacity, even the appearance of male characters. The last I figure to be the turning point. This animal should before very long grow weak and die from exhaustion. Looking back at the experience with Bonita I feel that she had reached her turning point also, and would have died in typical exhaustion. This experiment has helped me understand her case, the case of Bonita."
