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more significant is the fact that Inez possesses a speaking voice of power and charm； well modulated and of general qualities which could belong apparently to no other than a highly cultivated person。
During a year there has been no variation in the general well…being of Inez； although she has been taken to hospitals in at least two more towns and has figured again as a sufferer from tuberculosis and appendicitis； and has written several times to friends that she was about to be operated on。
The diagnoses of several competent medical men are that the girl is a simulator or is an hysterical； and their findings show that she has lied tremendously about her past。 （There were never any positive signs of hysteria； and our own opinion is that the case is much better called one of extreme simulation and misrepresentation； as in the diabetes and sputum affairs； etc。； and of self…mutilation； as with the hairpin。）
We have had ample opportunity to become acquainted with Inez's mental qualities。 She has repeatedly been given tests for mental ability。 As judged by the average of those seen in our court work we are forced to regard her as having ability clearly above the normal。 Her perceptions are keen and quick。 She works planfully and rapidly with our concrete problems and shows good powers of mental representation。 It is notable that she is very keen to do her best on tests and takes much delight in a good record。 Her psychomotor control is astonishingly good。 In a certain tapping test； which we consider well done if the individual has succeeded in tapping in 90 squares in 30 seconds； she did 117 and 129 at two successive trials with only one error in each。 This is next to the best record we have ever seen。 Our puzzle box； which is seldom opened in less than 2 minutes； she planfully attacked and conquered in 52 seconds。 She also rapidly put it together again； which is an unusual performance。 Reaction times on the antonym test； giving the opposites to words； were very low； average 1。4 seconds。 Her immediate memory for words was normal； but nothing extraordinary。 She gave correctly； although not quite in logical order； 18 out of 20 items on a passage which she read herself。 On a passage read four times to her she gave 11 out of 12 items in correct sequence。 The Kent…Rosanoff association test showed； to our surprise； nothing peculiar。 Notwithstanding her known social characteristics； there were very few egocentric or subjective reactions。
Nor did the ‘‘Aussage'' test show great peculiarity。 On free recital she gave 17 items； two of which were incorrect。 They were misinterpretations rather than inventions； however。 On questioning she added 15 items。 She was incorrect on 5 more details； but all of these were denials of objects actually to be seen in the picture。 Not one was a fictitious addition。 She rejected all the 6 suggestions proffered。
Our psychological observations were important beyond the giving of formal tests。 We found her to be a fluent and remarkably logical and coherent conversationalist。 Her choice of words was unusually good。 Questioned about this she said she had always made it a point to cultivate a vocabulary and was particularly fond of the use of correct English。 （This was all the more interesting because we later knew that she had been living recently with somewhat illiterate people and that her original home offered her very little in the way of educational advantages。） Inez told us that she had earlier carried her desire for self…expression in language to the point of writing stories and plays； but we were never able to get her to do anything of the kind for us。 One of her constant pleas was that she might get the chance to become a well…trained teacher of English。 Her letters never showed the same skill with English that her conversation denoted； but her meagre education probably accounted for this。
Characteristic of Inez； also； is her intense egoism and her abundant self…assertion under all circumstances。 It often seemed to us as if for her the world revolved； with passing show； around a pivot from which she regarded it as existing only for what it meant for her career。 These qualities have led to her statements； and perhaps to the actual feelings； that she was the aggrieved one； and had been badly treated on many occasions。 This seemed to reach almost paranoidal heights at times； and yet； before passing judgment on this； one should be in position to know； what probably will never be known； namely； the actual facts of her earliest treatment。 Occasionally Inez showed most unreasonable bad temper and obstinacy。 This only came out when she was asked to do things which she considered occupationally beneath her。 In general she felt herself much above the ordinary run of people。 When she could be patronizing； as with children； she acted quite the grand lady。 Indeed； in asserting herself on numerous occasions she has assumed just this attitude； which is all the more strange because our further information shows that it was not justified by any social station which her family ever held。
Going further with psychological considerations it is to be asserted that Inez showed marked lack of normal apperceptive ability in not appreciating the necessarily unfavorable results of her own lying。 For that matter； she also fails to learn by experience； for very frequently she has suffered from her own prevarications。 It might； however； be argued that to Inez the thought of a possible hum…drum future in which there was no adventure； no roving； and no playing the part of a successful personality； was a worse choice than that of lying； which might and； indeed； often did serve the purpose of making friends with people； who otherwise would not have entertained her。 So one could hardly judge her deficient even in this particular。 （Of the character of her lying and the special observations on that point more later。）
We found Inez； then； neither mentally defective nor insane。 To even say that she was without moral sense would be beyond the mark； for in many ways she showed great appreciation of the best types of behavior。 Her peculiarities verging on the abnormal are； however； undoubted； they render her a socially pernicious person。 They are to be summed up in terms of what we have discussed above； namely； her excessive egoism； her faulty judgment or apperceptions； her astounding tendency to falsification。
Inez was next heard from in Iowa where she wrote that two doctors had pronounced upon her case and said an operation was again imperative。 She asked her recently made friend for permission to have this done； and also for 150 to cover expenses。 Neither； of course； was forthcoming； on the grounds of there being no guardianship。 （Her age was then unknown。） Inez wrote； ‘‘I just thought I was compelled by law to let you know of my whereabouts； for I understood I could do nothing without your consent。'' In the same letter； replete with other lies； Inez asks； ‘‘Please forgive me now for all my willfulness and wrongdoing。 I will do my best never to do it again； and Oh！ I do so want to be good so that you may feel proud of me some day in the near future。''
A month or so later this friend was called up by the director of a religious home for girls in Chicago； who stated that Inez had just come to them and had been taken seriously ill。 Advice was given to discount her symptoms； but she was sent once more to a hospital。 Here she produced more blood as if from a pulmonary hemorrhage and more symptoms were recounted； but the doctors decided after careful examination that she was falsifying。 Her illness ceased the minute she was told to leave the hospital。 Matters were serious； for Inez was now without home； money； or relatives。 She was once more taken under protection and greater effort was made to trace her family。 They were discovered through letters containing remittances sent by Inez herself from Iowa； after years of silence。 Much of her career was soon brought to light。 By this time； we may note； several observers had insisted that from a commonsense standpoint the girl certainly was insane。
While affairs were being looked up； Inez conferred with us from time to time。 She started by telling a thoroughly good story； the general import of which was the same as she told months previously； but there were differences in many details。 In the first place she still insisted she was 17 years old and gave us an exact date as her birthday this was in response to the mild suggestion that she might be considerably older。 Since her letters； although showing very good choice of words； were incorrectly punctuated； we inquired further about her education。 She said she had received 18 credits in a noted girls' seminary in the south； but later reversed this and stated she had very little education。 She told us her experiences of the last few months when she had been introducing literary works in the towns of Iowa。 She had done well for a beginner at this； we found from other sources； but had made misrepresentations and had talked too freely； against her employers' wishes and advice。 Finally she had sent in forged orders。 This was quite unnecessary； for her salary was assured and