Pittston Gazette

              Katablifthed 18AO. i Vol. XI. VI I, No. 36. ( Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 2i, 1897. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. t *I.OO per Year I in Atlvance. .vUat his actions were on the night of fay!" repeated the hypnotist. One* the ui'-rder." more \Y hill by slowly aproaehed the win "I see," replied the colonel. "I place dow. with his hai.l outBtretebed. bu myself in your hands. Use uie fljD you again, with the same gesture, he stoppei will." and retreated to the center of the room "Yon must take him for a short drive The colonel witnessed the whole pro this evening at about seven." eon- ceedings. He fancied he saw an ex tinued the doctor. "While you are out pressiou of vexation on the face of thi 1 sliall come in and secrete myself some- hypnotist, every muscle of vvbtcl where upstairs. Then you must make seemed drawn, every vein about ti some excuse for wanting to spend the burst. His large eyes seemed to star night in his house. 1 would have you from their sockets. For the third time occupy the bed of the murdered man, though now no word was s|Doken but 1 aan afraid Whidby would be sur- ! Whidby aproacbed the window, aiu prised at your choice, so stay wherever then, with a deep sigh and a strangi he puts you, but manage to send that child-like whimper, he returned to hi. j manservant' away for the night. We j bed and sat down on the side of it. ! shall want the house entirely to our- Ten minutes passed. The bypcotis selves. About two o'clock in the morn- mood like a statue. A thrill of suddet ing 1 shail 1 come to your room anDl fear passed over the colonel. CoulC arouse you. Whidby won't awake; I a„y ma,, be sane with that look on hn shall see to that." face? Some one passed along the strep "You can rely on me," the colonel whistling, and carrying a lantern. It) promised; "but 1 should like to ask one light danced about on the walls for ai question, if I may." instant, In the Hashes the colone -As many an you like." BUW whidby had covered his face wikl "Fromy our observations so far. would hi8 bands. , you think blood on the portiere, the , "Came, get op!" hr the awfnl silenc* spot on the chair, and the drop on the the vanes sounded like a clap of thunder ible. I want to say just here that 1 cuff would have come from Whidby'* Tbe co|0tH.| heard them ringing it im afraid Hendricks, the detective, has hand after simply touching the bloody echoes in the ball. Whidbv rose. passeC •ecognized me. I knew him In New sLeet?" the folding doors, anrl entered Strong fork, but had no Idea that be had been "To 'rank. 1 a™ going to work on roorn. The hypnotist released the por •etained here I tell vou this so that the supposition that they could not, tiere. letting it fall across the openinp Dou msy dismiss me if my presence aaawered the hypnotist, and he left the and cautiously followed Whfdhv.^wh. H»uld injure your case in any way. 1 ; perplexed. ; slowly upprouched the foot of the bet tried to follow your instruction* as to A few moments after two o clock the u(uj tben weut round to the right anC my disguise here, but was thrown en- next morning YNarrenton. wlio had bent over the colonel. Tht young mat tirelv off my guard by meeting him been put by Whidby tie large kvas,breathing hard and exc.rtedlv. Hi Pace to face." guest-chamber over Strong s old room. I fe|t tfae t.o|one|.s Uk1v tbroupb , be cov "It doe. not matter dow," returned heard a light step on the staiis. e erlng_ anf) tbenk turning it down at thi the colonel. "There are only one ot r0bC from a chair near the window and tQ(D be prtwd bw fumbling fingertwo points that he does not know about °Pe ??r", *.a8 1 e. ot ttDr* against Warrenton's bare throat two oi outside, and wr have decided to place hy. said t e wsitor in surpr e. lbrpe times. then drew himself up. ami [•nrseJves wholly In hi. bands after our j "not asleep? I thought 1 should make ,urnj wenT slowlv baek towards th. Interview with you." ; Jou b* PC(U8in« Dou froB1 swee' portiere. He caught it with his r.gh "I am sure that ia wise." said Dr. re^ln,ir, . . ... .. . , hand, drew it'wside and passed in. Lampkin. "Hendricks is the moat far- "Coa\dn \ sl~P 10 ?*ve I,fe' 18*' Dr. Lumpkin was clone behind him seeing man I ever knew. lt would be ; colonel. .iheepishiy. 1 tried for fol|owCHj Warrenton Thevdreu unjuat for any reason to withhold the V.u.r so.1 , 11 imJ , the portiere aside just in rime 10 kp« slightest light you may be able to Blble" It was the thought of the whole Whj^y fhe «J.hair which was  throw 6n the matter. Mr. Whidby, you ul'(L'!"ln-v U6,ness_D suppose. tween him and the bed. He era*pe« need not tell me what your particular 1 18 a ways impossi e w en on t(,p cf j, vvith his right hand niu trouble la, for I think I have already 'lrs 8 ft". ie''V * ' leaned so far forward that the nher guesaed it from one look at your sen- Ue f 2 «t thought he was going to lose his ba, sitive face. You fear that hypnotism on the »f U,.bed. iDce and fall on his face. However, h, was used by the criminal in some way?" " , '1 . «i«.n keens recovered- bis equilibrium, and pause) MV . , u n . u ' . all the reet. An effort to sleep keeps , , .. .. , . "You have it, faltered mind activc andactivity of thought j '« replace the shirt, which had fall.no. Whidby. nreventa sleeu ** # the fldor. Then he lay down on t he beCi hyPD°" "Where hav. you beenr Wed the ! rned his from them and closed ttxed W ZT. k k. k f eH "Slumbering sweetly on a lounge in The hvr»notirt bent over him. "Sleep -That you may have been hypnotized H pver Slnt.e whidb turDed in. he Then he turneo and mad. the murderers tool for per- R ( known tfaat werCf to tbe colonel a look ofdtsappo.ntmet,. form.ngtheactr ; have to sle witbout on h-s face "Poor chap! I am sorrD "Yes." eveo F for him/ It very much a-- if L M 10 C01DC,uts|i0D by "1 shouldn't care to have yon do it." bttA Wen made to ooramit the dprC1- ' the bloodstain on your hand, on the por- .. .. . . u. M tiere. and the drop on yoty; cuff T tb* co,onel' witb » Bnu,e" "I have other reasons, which have flot "It's absolutely harmless. The fart beep piad. public.*' is. you often hypnotize yourself when '■May 1 ask what they are? I thought you go to sleep. But we are losing time. you testified to your experience in full Before we go down to Whidby's room. at the inquest." I want to say that 1 have some hopes of "Some thing, seemed to come back demonstrating that he was not an into me later in the day. I can't say even strument in the hands of the murderer; now that I was not dreaming, but I have but. no matter what may be the result an indistinct remembrance of being up j of our investigations, it is clearly om that night, of walking from the por- 0uty to copfer with Hendricks." fief, towards piy bed. and o# striking a i '*1 fully agree with you," replied Warebair and catching it with my hand to renton', "and so will my friend." keep from falling. It seemed to me that I The doctor rose. "Whidby will be unl caused my shirt to fall from the chair conscious of all that takes place to -Cf to the floor, and that I picked it up and : night, and if it aho»i|d happtn to be • ■ aaaa, w km*, th* IM m Ik. chair.* replaced it before going back to bed. I very unpleasant we need not tell him *" told Col. Warrenton about it the next j the particulars." to make yu« deapoodenf. You ought He went jnto my and dis- "Certainly; a good idea, indeed." War UD have been glad twsee her ba.ppy.you ft blqpfl-«taiD just where my renton looked down at tbe feet of the ungrateful dog! band had been on tbe chair. I think it j hypnotist. "But you need slippera. "Unfortunately «he went away more neaped the notice of the detective." Had I not better get you a pair T mi.er.ble than abe baa been since tbe -if it did. it is the first blood .tain that ~No; tbe sole, of my shoes are thin murder. I know I acted the fool. I evcr ed hini." nd l can tread like a c4t when I wisl broke my promtae to you about keeping „He did DOt mention it_- FolJow me.. tbLltitoDmv«lfmyi could *** "eBtioto anything. He Slowly and cautiously they descended have a slight remembrance of touehin, ow min Ittadone She ha" diwharged from more than thestairs. At Whidby's door tfcr hypno cliuirD plckiug u|) the 3hirt. allCl over the nVw 1 *or !^ln«r idiot. buD upbishand warnmgly, op. VV,,en he stumbled and almost fe. develoDmenta and with that btoodv oi He know, bent hi. body forward, and stood mo- that nigbt. tbe bypnotixer wax so fern horror over me 1 limply could not be tionless for about two minqtes. War- fu| of the noise h'us fa IT would make rhu so She wormed it all out of me final- niT^u6 8hort t^nD renton did not know whether he wnD for an instant he lost control of hiAsui* W is quite undone She V" ** Warre°toa °ouid f for a sound within or coneen- j ject; but he regained it in a moment *;"d a„d .|2«i Jn tbe "'e hyP00^"4 wa" deeply engaged in traUng hi. hypnotic power on Whidby. and put him to sleep. What was that library, sod could hardly when tto,«ht- P«*ntly h««id brusquely: in tbe dini m0onIlgbt that Tell through ! thoilffht , heard u souu(, in tbf (lth, •he left tbe bdto*. She went homecry- "III ba*. to ae. you again to-morrow, the frosted glass of the front floor, tbe ! nMjp,." Lrat tttfT WenJ! or next day, |!r. JVhidby. l ean do polqnf j tbe floctof # fofehmi "Don't be frightened; It Is I." souno miirht have known tha4 inch* nothing pow. Will you come with me wHuk|ed, and bis massive brows , td from behind a screen in aoorner.anC thing would borrifV bw." tt» my hotel, oolonelf I wanttooon«ilt ! dr»wn together. Then the hypnotist-; B Q,an |„ „ broad-brimmed slouched hm vou on a point of law before we go uny stood erect, took a deep, full breath, and long whiskers and linen ulster rose in»« Whidb/ ffroued. further. I think it will be necessary. »id: "He's all right now; come in." view. He drew off his hat and bis fals. Poor little dari ng. Bbe beggea ana Mj. VVhidbyC for you to get a gooil He turned the doorknob and entered, beard, bowed and smiled. "Doc tor. begged me to tell ber wbat depreawMl ai(fht.t befor, we do anything Whidby was lying on his side. In tbe arer not strangers." he said. "Pardoi me ao. She know, very _»tUe about Wbere do you aleepr white light-from without, bis face my lack of ceremony. I confess | hav. hypnotism, and wnealt cap an night i began occupying ray looked pale and thin. The doctor beni been spying op your movement a. I ha* that 1 feared i a been ma e to j room juat acroas the hall/* replied over him and said, softly, but tmpera ; what was going on, and in m\ my uncle with ®y own hands abe WhJdb m wbm keeping there wfcen tiyeljr: M D»|eep! you are sleeping » own way." shrieked looked at me aa If abe orf|Be committed, and I have deeper and deeper. Ah. there you -Minard Hendricks, bv .lovef ejaeu thought J waa mad. hail an aversion to it ever since; but I « go!" Then, to the great astonishment lated the doctor. "1 should never hav# "l am awfully sorry you to d per waa glad to'flnd that I slept better there of tbe colonel, he turned, luughed aloud, dreamed of your being here at such v at jeaat until we have had the opinion ,aRt I had upstairs in an- and spoke to him in an ordinary tone. time. This is Col. Warrepton. a frienr 6f that doctor. B.may pHwe i o6heji m :i "pood! so far it could not be better of Mr. Wh'dby. We were experiment to us tbst you Wer» not hypnotited at -y'0u naturally would, and yop were jjfgw Dve ready for the teal. Abl"— ing." fpf- , wlM mo»(.'back. If you go to bed as be noticed the colonel's start—"you Hendricks bowed to the colonel, am f®*® and began pace the wjtjj t,j,e jdea that yOU are dojDg even a need not be afraid of his hearing us; he went on: "I know; you need not tel floor nerVous)Jr. )i|lgbt thing'for self-projection, tbe ia aa far away as if he were dead. See." me. I was in the colonel's foorn jus' .( welcome anjr advice or opin- thought will haunt you in your sleep, —the hypnotist chuckled with satis- 0C)W, and overheard your talk. I fel Jpn be can give. ( b«ve Just begun to is one of the psychic Would faction a. hf pointetl to the blood- |e.ss like nn inter|o|Der whpn I heard voi J did wrong lp pot reporting jnipg slfflwilV »« Ifce'wMnr* »?aiped chspr pear thp Whidby's say you were going to give me the bene trerytblpg to Hendricks Dt the start. r}»pt at s|lfr The three n»en rose and phjrt upon it"—"see. be baa followed my fit of your investigations, so I follower Jt may b»*e b*n a very necaary clew. «ent into Whidby's room. Instructions to the letter. Good! The i you down here, and have seen and hearC I mean, you know, tbe blood on the "Which la the chair you apoke of. and folding doors. 1 think, on the night of all. I am glad to make your acquaint ehnlr." where was it placed that night?" asked ; the murder, were pushed back and the anee. Col. Warrenton. but you musi •*1 begin to think ao myself, now that Dr. Lampkin. curtains bung between; iatbut not so T both pardon my impatience. I am dy tbe murderer baa actually shown him- Whidby draw it from behind a screen "Yes." Ing to make a little examination on mD self In broad daylight and attC«mpted iu a corner. "All right." The hypnotist slid the own account. Will he—is the younfi another life. You can easily prove an "You ought not to have placed It doors apart, and released the portiere man sound asleep?" alibi. Yoo were here all day yester- there." remarked the hypnotist "The from tbe holders on each side. "Now "Yes; he can hear only what 1 ad dpjr—Matthews snd I csn testify to idea of it* being pushed away out of ; for y.ur role, and theu we will begiu. «jress to him." ■fhht; sn«J. besides. 11 sin pretty sure tfght wfH remain with your |t may not be very pleasnu} for you. but v.pq ahfad." Warrepton joined In $ovr movements are w.tcbed by frcioUsneSS linger than /ou dream of. wil] ob|Ige jne if ypp wil|' lie down "You may do aA vou like here." the police. 1 want/oil tb sfe Hen- i Such things belong (o a wonderful fhe lied in the next room ip tbe same Hendricks lighted thC qrlcks. but not before we fiave sn in- wiieiice that »H people ought to know, jxwition as in which they found the „a8 wlth a soundless match, and. goinj jervlew with Dr. Lampkin. Helaa' the Where was the chair standing that flead man» thp wlndow which whidbv bad aP He c"®' yesterday, pigfat. pear as you can remember?" ; yv'arrenton then he laughed proache(( roanv times, examined th. and St my requsst hss registered under there." ApU Whidby placed ttwkwardly. and said! «f)1 closely. Then he crossed the floo, sn assumed name. I made sn appoint- the chair within a few feet of tbe bed. «A1, right; | nni nt yourservlce." to tbe COI.'Der nearest the door, and. tak meat with him to meet me here, and "Ab. yes." said tbe hypnotist. "1 "Whidby won't hurt you. I give you in„ a SIn!l„ dark-lantern from the «peot him every minute." Me where you touched it that night my word,"said tbedoctor. "Takeoff your pocket of his ulster, he went down or "What, so soon!" and Whidby shiid- with youc hand. Now, do as I direct : c(mt aud throw down your suspenders— j,ig hands and knees, and. throwiusr the dered. "Dghl old man. I hate the sub- you. Leavs it exactly where it is. and jjow 0u wjth that collar and cravat, light here nnd there about the corner JecL I am actually afraid of what be to-night when you go to bed place your and turn the ,hirt uodt.r at tht. neck. mB(Jp R m(nute cxammation of the enr may tell me." shirt on it precisely ss you did beiore. {j,ig wa j would have asked you to pet. and then of the plastered walls neai "Never mind; nothing ean be worw All these thiugs will aid you to sleep wear a night but t was afra,d where he cr0uched -ttaa- the suspense you are suffering, soundly, snd, believe me. that is what you.d catch colA.. ) Warrpnfon and Dr fiaropkin watoheO lymu Wfll lose *our reason If something »l»ye all thmga just now. cplone| took off |DiD s|ippers. him curiously. IkhIi with long face, not done.'" ' #lehaember when you He dow a to-night turned dow„ the shwts .and got into When he had finished and closed hi* ; fbp doorbell rang. tThst must be fhat £ bsve totd you positively, on my ( { Q0 hj,,ide wit|, bi, face | . Warrenton ven lour man." said Warrenton. "Keepyout honor, that you will sleep better than to the window. lured torn•eat. I told Matthews to let meanswe. : you ever hava slept before." "Was that Strong's positiopr'asked ..jf you have discovered anvthing.sir. f*he bell, and I will bring him In." HZT?* hZ the hypnotist. which would lead you to bc.ieve^that The next moment the colonel ushered posed, that it will be necessary for him -a. nearly as I can remember." mv voung friend was not the instru In the vltdtor. He was short, tbiek-set. to sleep well before—before the— the ,.A1, rjgbu Now ,et me covpr jroq_ of a hypnotigt and n0, made to mnd about 45 years of age. HU teat' Now watch Whidby. and don't stir commit the crime. I should be very ibair wa. stiff, very abundant, and dsrk A slight, almost unnotlceable, look or jf he comes to you_not even if he 1 am really afraid the morbid Jfcrfjwn. with dasbes of Iron-gray. HI? vexation passed over the face of ie touches you ratber forcibly. 1 assure frtP that such is the case will drive the Usee was of fbe round Oermsn type; hypnotist, but it was gone when lie yOI, won't be able to hurt you" iCoor f%u0w mad." this eyes were steely gray.and shot with to «Aj| Hpbt. j am ready." ! Hendricks smiled as he buttoned bis p« of bT«n. which, with H •VLThJSd!W VWW *»«C* "«««. -I-" .r..»a id -Ji&rongUahes.n»eapecollareffectto _ T . . the two rooms, but Gr. Umpkin held -TThnt point. 1 beHeve, lies In Dr. ihis glance. Be wore a heavy beard _ . . ' test now. That be'l',ld a* he 'eaneCl against one LAmjjkin's province. I was trying to |w|iich be stroked continually. In a nerv- ■ future IVrhans we of the folding doors so that \\ arrenton truces of the murderer where ou. way, a eutsway suit of ordinsrv t( " , could see Whidby's bed. Tbe colonel j tosearch theother day. Forthe BHf ttaterJaf. His pap nej- wss very Pa7? 'f ** *W see \hp fape of thp hypnotist. His | tell you no more. Uow easy, and Inspired confidence. On be- -- - - great flashing eye. were flxed on the pver. ( mav say that in spying on you fing Introduced to Whidby, be held his CHAPTER XJ. sleeper, his brows contracted; all his ( to-night I have discovered euough to jhand tightly for a moment snd looked After Dr. Lampkin and Col. Warren- mental force seemedepppeptrated upon pjQve to my mind, at least, that either wteadlly into bis eyes; then be released on bad taken their leave and were ou i one idea. the murder was a hypnotist, or Mr. jthe hsnd and sat down. tbe wDy down town, Dr. Lampkin said: "Come, get up, get up!" he said, pres- Whidby is a capital actor." "I presume you bare looked over the "1 must make a confession to you. ently, in s tone of command. "What do you mean?"asked Col. Warl'nfwspaper accounts I sent yon, doe- what I said about wanting to talk over Whidby caught his breath audibly, as renton, sharply. [tor,* said Warrenton. "I thought they a legal point was only s pretext to jee one suddenly waking from sleep. He The.detectivp smiled- Would prepwe you forthe slight addi- yOV, aioue about another (natter. Vour turned over; rose slowly, ant} bis ''(Vniy that there are two side, to the •iional (nfsr^a wC§Ta4«going Jo give miiit ' to-night feet on the floor. "Come, stand up!" the Pase. Either Whidby is guilty or some jyqu.? after he falls asleep' naturally- Y94 hypnotist ordered, flrmly. VVhldby one else Is; and that Is what the public "Sr _ ■ - w-'-* *" K' ' ' ' ' ' * " ■' " ' ■ ■  FRQtt fellows have made me love a lot of aleep, "T did not." replied the doctor, with a to-night." 1 Badden "tart and then a questioning "What do you mean about my mis- 1 Btar* 'nto Hendricks* face. takes?" asked Dr. licunpkin,coldly. 1 "Then you could not tell whether "Never mind now; I shall perhaps ex- he had a 'n his hand when he got plain before long." answered the de- up on the fatal night or not?" tective. "Good-night." And he opened I "Ah! No. 1 was a fool not to think the door and wa* gone. that: but I could not watch every- For several minutes Dr. Lampkin and thing. One has to concentrate his mind the colonel stood looking at each other on a ?*** idea to hypnotize, Bucceasln silence. The pause wm ended by the fully." colonel. 1 "Quite right, doctor; but, having my "Well, we haven't any bright news for we" open last w\ight, though I the poor fallow, have we? Shall we wake did have to ,ook through a slit in that liim and tell him the resultof ourinves- screen over there, 1 observed that Mr. ligations?" Whidby, before getting up, seemed to "No: let him aleep till morning. Tt be trying to pu«h something away from will brace him up. It 1b the first good hlm- 11 was a the murderer was sleep he has had for several dava. I'll trying to give him. And finally when v enture to say. No. don't tell him till I Mr- Whidby did get out of bed his hand ••all to-morrow. 1 think I can put it be- waa n°t cloned. fore him so that he won't brood so much "Ah! I see," cried Dr. Lampkin. "1 CHAPTER XIII. Hendricks called a cab at the doot tefrtive. lie would have foaind me out rue Jew ran up a iaaaer a long- ago." hole in the ceilnpr, and in a moment When they entered the little room and three sxuiks filled with old pajier tumapproached the desk, which was near a bled down at their feet. great iron safe by a window, Wbidfcy Hendricks pointed to a clean plat-eon started to draw the letter-file from a the floor, and said to Matthews: "Shak® pile of books and papers on a shelf over- them out." head, but the detective called out: j Matthews emptied one of the bags in; "Hold on! Don't touch it!" and he a heap, and Whidby bent over it. brought & chair and placed it under the "No doubt about the stuff being from shelf. Then he went to the window, our house," he said. "Here is a note adraised the shade as high as it would go, dressed to me, and there are some old and let in the sunlight; after which he ; bills of uncle's." But after five minstepped upon the chair, and, with a utes' search he declared he saw no enhand on each end of the shelf, looked velope which looked like the one he had carefully at the books and papers on In mind. The second bag was searched which the file rested. without success, but the third had bard"Ah, blast his ugly picture!" heejacu- ly been opened before Whidby picked lated. "He's nobody's fool!" up a large, square envelope. "What's the maHer?" asked Whidby. "I think this must be it," be said. "We shan't find the tetter, after all." "You are right: it matches the color Hendricks lifted the file and stepped of the paper. They must have gone, down to the floor. toeether." replied the detective: and he"Why, you haven't looked," protested opened the case of his watch and held , Miss Delmar. 'lie corner of the envelope down to the "Yes, I have," said the detective, in a front of the tiny bit. "We are all right disajpfMin-ted tone. "Those books and far." Hendricks walked to the front | papert up there are thickly covered of the shop a lope, studying, with a 1 with dust, but the file is comparatively I wrinkled brow, the envelope. Whidby UE TO UMAX. and drove to the office of Copt. Welsh. He found Welsh pacing the floor in a fever of impatience. II/ ■AUTMOR^ Av i I W \ pt*suAofc°' J J / / / \ \ \ WW'AMUTt CON«*i©R" k SJ 7 \ \ \«M*Tne LAN& 0*.TH& CJ I I \ Y JM€mamc.»N«. suweTu. "I thought you would never turn up in t he world," said Welsh, as they took neats. "It. seems to me that everything is at a standstill. 1'he city is wild with excitement and demanding that something be done." BY WillN, Harbe Hendricks shrugged his shoulders aa if he had only half heard the remark and had been disturbed in some train of thought. He reached for a cigar in a box on the captain's desk, bit the end of it, and then seemed to sink into a reverie again. Welsh stared at him a moment in vexation, then be said: "I was on the watch myself at the mayor's last night. About ten o'clock I saw Mrs. Waiters slipouton the lawn. She came very cautiously from the rear of the bouse. I saw her stoop to pick up something near where; your umbrella was left, and then she returned by the front door." IILLSTR4TIOV! IfrHMWi over it. I have a good many patients Wf"D verj- stupid." who employ me simply to keep them ' returned the detective, from worrying. Some of them I have *'tth a laugh. "1 make a gTeat many . itred permanently of the disease, for mistakes, and sometimes my mistakes that's all it Is. and a bad one. Good- help me to get on the right tn*A in night. TO lie round Here~4frtDbemorn- ' *** •nd. That was one point yon lug." missed. Here is the other. Come over to this window. Do you see anything unusual here?" "I examined it early this morning," broke in Col. Warren ton, putting on his eye-glasses, "but to save my life 1 could not guess what you were looking at iCpyn**. *+.» ■D. * l+i*cm CM Hendricks nodded slowly, bat did not look up from tb» spot on the carpet at which he had been staring for several minutes. Welsh flushed slightly and went on awkwardly: CHAPTER X. free from it.** **AJ»!" said Miss Delmar. has been handling it." "Exactly; aCid quite recently.** Hen- fiaid the Jew for bis trouble, and then joined him. "Can you make anything' out of it?" he asked. The next morning after the sensation at Mayor Round tree's. Warren ton called on Whidby. CHAPTER XII. The next morning about ten Misa nnette Del mar was admitted to the "Some one , .. ., iricke opened tbe box-like file and be rawing-room of the Strong- residence. , ,, ... , , ... . _ ;an to turn over the papers fastened 11 "XaiitelTto "see Mr Whidbv ,a8t nieht" Dy sharp-pointed steel prongs. "Ah: ,t once". As she took her seat.he heard PUt hl" on thC . ™ . _ . ... tu„ |,_11 window-sill. late of arrival. You think, Mr. Whidby voice* in the library aeroas tne nail. „ , „„ , . .. , .. ... .* „„ • . w.-i. . r„, "Don't you see tuat littlecrack? hat the letter you remember noticing "triy -v-1? :™rr,Tr„r I ti.HM nni rxxurniw but St means nothing to me.' (nrn to about the 20th of June. Ah! nasf 11 me nt,s gn . Hendricks looked around at the circle Hendricks roae abruptly. here is the spot; and, by Jove! oui ihe rose when W hidby came in, but was a . MT . . r„r ., / . ■ tartlwl at the eirbt of hia Dale of ,aoes- "I must write a letter,' be .aid. "Give , frond was in a hurry—not so very can hi i f . "After failing to put the knife into n»e some paper, pleaae." tiou* after all." r?" H, d( „ , .. Mr. Whidby's hand, the murderer stuck Welsh's face fell as he rose and drew "What is it?" asked Whidby. Dn 800 ' , , ' J?® D'T —a big one it was, too—right here, some writing materials from a drawer "He has torn a letter out at this place iei- um s a ( «i ig with the handle up; then he stood away and put them before the detective. And it was a blue one, too, for he hai on i no » "no _ }™ , and tried to make Mr. Whidby goto "Do you want ine to cease my invest!- left a tlny .fragmentof iton tbeprong*.' rJThit and take it. He failed three times, gationa?" he asked, impatiently. Hendricks held a minnte piece of pape, h f ,n, „ r o-D.r.i irk himnntam anil You remember how Mr. Whidby would Hendricks dipped a pen in the ink- towards Whidby. "Does that look like P» * ' '.ut .t. . aiowly draw near the window and then well, and as he did eo he looked up and the paper on which that particular let vour bemg tool of w , thee lanation. caught sight of tbe captain's face. : ,er waTwritten?" h that The hypnotist could not control his "Oh, hang it all. captain!" he said- "I think so." r' rL„ mo or, that I "ubject sufficiently. What did he do "pardon me; I have not heard half of Hendricks nodded, and put the torn ST11 nutnow £at "«*? He mad. Mr. Whidby sit on what you were saying. I only caught ; piece into the back part of his watch thiIt an ovpr I am not ihe a,de of the bed- 3ust ** he dld last enough at the »tart knofw that y°u case. Then, taking the letter-file to the 1 ... tn rinor it lannlv imai» night, you know, for about ten min- were not on the right track. Let the window, he laid it on tbe end of the fc « of »t«s. Then he took the knife himself, woman alone for awhile. Do you rtt Jesk, and, keeping it open at the placi i'iH Thin™ «ndf»ncT them Dossible to hastily, perhaps angrily, for you notice member 1 said that if I discovered cer- where the letter bad been abstracted, hC itl of U the wood iHplintored a little. If he ta4n things about a mysterious examined it closely. You had nothing in tbe world to do with had been perfectly cool he would have MhOUld nearer her lover t it i« nniu nn uhsnrH " drawn it out carefully. He was vexed oqgin alPover ugaia. *1 Cj0 hope he will And the criminal ' nrw iuy ',+ u:_ __ „llnj u.. j over bis failure to control Mr. Whidby. "Yea, certainly, but—" Ij. would make me happier than any ,lrlw hl/JaLt W not for was to hypnotise Mr "I hare beffun all over again." And thing in the world." she whispered. . . , , t t ki h _ _ioveC) Strong into a merrv mood, and then Hendricks began to write hurriedly. «j don't think there is much hope.' hnn, L saw he committed the deed. "Can I help you in any way?" replied Whidby, in a low tone, afhe ..... „111Th» not m nnrm. h.™ dear- "What did he do after that? To me am afraid not now, captain. A stealthily pressed her hand, his eyes on it ZZZrtXThut rerr It « as tbe nose on a man's little later, perhaps; but Ume is too val- the ck of the detective. jt H imprudept.but it mak« mevery & uable just now for uaele» explana- I n thlnk there a eat dealD- 8aid L-nur love anH confidenoe Unfortunate- tion oi that corner last night. He stood tions; every minnte must count This the girl. "Oh, I should simply be delv hmv.v.r mv morbid f,Ms have iuiit th«r« with bl* dripping knife in hi. I* tlie b*«le«t nut I ever tried to crack." lighted to be aide toabow papa that you JSJET r. b-d. awcceededin «r. , W.toh - d noUUng tother. He JZ livnnotio exnert of whom I aooke Whidby to the extent of making him 'nto a.„ Ta, t11, 00)16*? win" object then, you know, for you would iTbX itbToi go Into Uto oUier room. H«dricka doiobed and D ;our leg., beir/.nd „„rtb tVarrenton. i. no doubt" - be "" """" 1 ... bypnoueed am. „»d. u, ao to. „ul " Heudrtck.' .«,«ed «- -What? Oh. Alfred!" Miaa Delmar voJ*iMe?" ol*»",lo° drew th'lr w bta' H'' ,»Jed. and be M her .hndder a. ah. ' Sradrick. rung Um | ™ htj'l.'nl""' lea ned nearer to him. mnl. homestead Whidbv examining a letter with his lens. "There Is no longer any doubt about 1 ™Tthe ! "What 5" it?"Mked Whidby" it." he repeats. bD Jut Mld.h.de1 me a good talk aff&inat wor* a gurgling tone. The fellow rying over what can't be helped, and been here several minutes," mlD" really I do feel more hopeful about It. »Vhidby. "She is in tbe II- ut««after he cut Strong s throat. Resides, all may come out well in the . How do you know. asked Miss Del?nd. 'fi TTpndriclciK. "\"Ow fi\r mar. •Cnn» but how do vou know vou did . . . "I find traces of blood on,eacb of the uui oui now oo you Know yon uiu went on, cheerily, as he . .... , ,, ... . .. it' It's netrfeptlv absurd'" ., ' , /' ... I two letters between which the missing _ ... . , . n perreexiy aoeum. Jbrary and bowed to Miss . _ . Nowtherei, He picked up a newspaper two or thm "They put me to a teat last night. 11 "Move up your chair? both ? , ,ay" 80 ' E™days old. and was hidden behind i1 won't trouble you with It. It would Tber€L £JL N_ ! but one course of action, and if that _. . ~T^ inly try yo«r nerve, to go into detail.. I I shall be at so. Mr. Whidby. called out I knew nothing about it. I wa« hypno- was good enough to put me keep your wits about you. The letter ' „ .. . •. ,. . Li zed after I fell asleep, and they got » circumstance which he taken from this file must have been of j  "iffliient proof to convince them. Now., Dot mentioned to you, Mr. such a nature that it would associate Wel. but the truthiswe are making ion't get excited, darliuf: yon are which we must i#ft to the the writer of it with the crime. That 1 e e ™ trembling all over, just as you did my lead us to a motive means a good deal. It is quite likely Ple are 8.1Jowu*g a Jf™6 deaJ ot lmPa' yesterday." prime, and that la what we that the murderer witnessed your un- tie®ce- Roundtree says we are VI is* Delmar drew her hands from his 1 for. Do you happen to cle's reception of the letter and saw him entarely too blow, and she is laying :!a*p and covered her fcce. \ , uncle bad au enemy of file it away; otherwise be could not *» on my men. rhe mayor "Oh. I can't bear it! I simply cannot IW*-7- »ny sortr* have gone to it so readily. Now. what himself has just left my office. liear to think that yon did it In—In such . . .. Whidby shook his head thoughtfully, we hate to do is to find the envelope you course, i couia not tei) Dim w hat you a horrid way. Alfred, you didn't! You i can't think who it could be. if he «y your uncle threw into the waste- about hi. daughter, andiidn't!" had one," he said. "On the contrary, paper basket." "I ah,Duld think not, captain since The door bell rang. Whidby «tstar- on unclc «emed to make friends with "Impossible," said Whidby. you yourself don t know whet 1 do or ing into the frank ey« of the gtrl. un- everyone." "Why- do not And Henoncks threw ible to formulates replv. Neither spoke "Yen don't know much about Mr. "Matthews has been looking after the his paper on the floor. . just then. They heJd Matthew.Co \be lJr Mreng-. early life which he spentin the rooms since the maid went off. and he "C* c°Vr8e' °f T'JV T the door and open it; then a g-ntleman J*■' J. i min«out Jest, I believe?" takes out the waste paper as soon as it ™ anyfurther with your insntered the drawing-room. waked of his own accord, and „Nol don,tC He did not speak of it accumulates. It must have been vestigations "PthereVI thought when "1 beg your pardon. Mr. Whidby," the police with such an ap- throwa away several week, ago." I told you that I spent the night in front he said "I am Minard Hendricka. the , CD* innocent that he was not „u bleC knoWt for him to ..Where such things?" of the saw/her out and letective who witnessed the proceed- »r^f.tod- ,, ,. kl , , have an eneiuy even that far back. "I don't know.- revolver from the grass. ings in your bedroom last nig-ht. ( d^l*h.^d'a^d Matthews, with whom I have talked. "Call him." f , , . . thought And Dr. Uwpklu and | to y°«' said CoL War- remeinber8 uncle.8 havi a whidby rang, and in a minute Mat- Hendnck. broke into a 'ow lau«h. :oL Warrentoo here." visitor here a year or so ago. thews came up from the basement. *«nt forward and rubbed his hand, be-Thev are now In the library," clouded. I insure it has taken a load off while you were it the seashore. It "We want to find a certain blue en- tween his knees. mswered Whidby. "Matthaw. win the minds of this young couple. that Mr. Strong had a sort of velope, Matthews," the detective began. "You didn't .ee me, captain that lotifiy them that you are here. Take a , can on y a quarrel with him, and, for some reason 1 "It was thrown into this basket by Mr. niffht. \\ e were both a pretty pair of leat. Mr. Hendricks." cannot express my feelings on the hig ow„t requested Matthew, not Strong about a month ago. Can you 1 recog?lz J'®u 1 Miss Delmar and extended her ' wldMIss Delmar. She blushed j to mentlon the visitor to volt. Now. 1 M disk of your cigar a bock away You mnd to Whidby. M »he caught Whidby . arm, and they mu8t flnd fellow w we caJJ.» 1 doQ.t knowD 3lr. r been emp- ,ooked like a head-light, and I made for "I must be TOing," she *aid. In a low „ d from the room. .,But bow you going to do it?" , tyia' everythin* of that kiDd in the eel- J®0 M f0011 M I turned the corner. 'oice, Hendricka found tan ln the libmty Mfss Delmar. lar. I keep all the papers in one bonrel I knew the gate murt be near where you "I be* your pardon." said Hendricks, ■'ew minuteaJater, Col. arrentotiand •That's what I'm here for," replied and all the rag* in another, and a junk ■to®d! „ . . •You are Misa Delmar, I am sure. 1 j P1"- Lampkla haricg left tbe house. Hendricka "And you are both going to shop man comes every now and then—" "What do you mean ? cried elsh, in voukl not detain you, but I am certain MI have explained all this for a pttr- help me. Now. that vtaitor came here "And gives you a little something for surprise. , hat I can tell you something you would note Mr. Whidby," Mid he. "As a rale, and threatened Mr. Strong about some- ! keeping the stuff for him," interrupted "J wa" . 1 5^"* ike to hear. Now. I see." Uendrlcks j make *no exi.lajiatlons to anyone till thing, so Matthews says, and one who Hendricks. , half-past nine till ten o clock tba. nijrnt vent on. smiling reassuringly, "that a mystery is completely solved; but I threaten a man to his face is apt "Yes, sir," the servant nodded. 1! kTi 6 B „ examina ou think 1 am pretty bold to intro- muBt have your assistance at this point, i to do so 1n other ways. Mr. Whidby, «Has he been here lately?" TDg"' t h 0+ luce myself in this abrupt way; but anl 1 w an ted to out vou into a piore do you remember ever having seen your "Just a day or so before the murder. Why, i was on watcn t wm rou must remember that 1 am a detec- "SeJoJZmor UhinkTmay add that uncle receive any letter which seemed clr. j n.member-" ; I°\con'd not h'Te Ive. and that It is my business some- ere ip nQ one deeply concerned in to disturb him at alir j "Could you take Mr. Whidby and my- 6 :ime« to introduce myself without th dlaoovery and detectionijf thecrim- Whidby reflected a moment, then he self to hi. place?" said the detective. end J- 1 i»iueh ceremony.'* faal aHou are " looked up with a start. We might be in time to keep our bit of I nfvC5rr in ** »1*** " 1 Mis. Delmar smiled faintly and "That's true" said Whidbv, "aud I "Yes; I had not thought of it before, evidence from being made up into new lt- 1 as the driver o e oa •owed. "Of uourse; that is your right, .o preaid with lla you have just but my uncle has once or twice acted * ; took the mayor home from hi. ir." she said. that t would work niy fingers to peculiarly after receiving letters. About j ..Ye, sll.( wlthout any trouble. His at n'»ht" 1 overheard bimask Then Col. Warrenton and Dr. Lamp- th to help vou " " a """nth ago beopened a letter at the 1 st,op is on First rtreet, under the bridge. to wait for him. I called »n came In. -l£^Suthinker.kendrick.,"Mked breakfast table and seemed almost £ [ lt £ a pretty tough place, sir. but we "Oo«k1 morning, gentlemen." Mid Delmar "that if you don't sweeed turn sick over it. He was white and take the oar* and get down quick . ' ,P ' f  Iendricks. "1 have been thinking over PJIK the orimiiml the circum- trembled all over. I asked him what 6 h» changed coate and hats with him and »ur mutual investigations of laatpight. BUrr0tiudiug the affair will re- was the matter, but he said he felt "I see I am to be of no further assis- took hie cab. Of course. I wore my md have come to the «uiclu«ion that It "udden,-V faint' and that wa" a" he tance." jeeted Miss Delmar. whiskers. I would not be without them •annot h«rm my proceedings to en- "in a way, yes, ilecidedly," was the would tell me. I was concerned about «i didn't quite think you would care W*en 1 dr,vln& °n mghts. I leavor to remove a false impreaslon reply "There Is not, I think, quite hlu»' Rnd wan|«Cl to send for a Cloctor to your itkirts in a ragman', shop." , colcl easdy« and they Pro,ectlny rom your minds in regard to Mr- j to convict Mr. Whidby. but be re,usCfd to ,et m*'and *c replied the detective. "But as soon aa ™ „ J . , Vhidby'. actions Vhen hypnotized by . . circumstances are verv awk- ! hc wa8 r'Cfbt- He 8eefned 80 un" we „Pt a clew, Mr. Whidby mav bring , pnlled up when you waved me he criminal. I could have told vou the iUJJh^f0ilT strung that I felt uneasy. I really VeV» toyou down to tell the mayor you were watchruth last night, but Dvas pot quite »i«d 90 I We d better be going. al,V On account of eady to do sq." iJj,eve Mr whidby guilty." watched him through the curtains fof Hendricks and Matthew, .tarted out ■Pecial lnt*re®t ,n hi.family.imd "You don't think he was made to do »rnntini.P?" aakeil Kti.« Delmar with awhile *'ter he went into the room. at once Whidbv lingered in the draw- that you would see to it that they he deed ?" asked Dr. Lampkln. . .Sd« Sn you -here he keep, his papers.. a* JSKr were not disturbed through the night. "He didn't." broke in Mi« Delmar. I * UpWUrd glanCe' 5 "What did he do there? Try-try to , ™ Ume.yoH mightstay hen ,th®, ™*or °"t at s5de for*.'moment?  Hk'e"^e7«, "» »' SSL,.- went on , "l-U-.tunhour anyway "tijSj ZZX  Tnt. Ct wS which7oesn't things, \ll " Jou accomplish g ButTun not have let them think so." By reading the papers you will see quivering in hi. hands. He , on: th«? are ,or Dou' and here ! of woodshed and went up the back • How are you going to prove it?" that there I. rwHy a preat deal.,f 1hon; re for a ,ong UmeD as if come, the car. stairs to Mrs. Walters' room. I knew, isked Col. Warrenton, hopefully."Dw't f*t doubl Wr. WhidbyV Innocenct thought, and then threw the Ia t*n the three men had lt by her dresses in the closets." • (i,ake any piistakethU time. Much de ! Part, of the country. envelope into a w aste-paper basket, reached the bridge spanning the murky «What were you looking for?" Mnd. on it. Whidby bas been freUing "That's true." sighed the girl. *Ob-! tl)ok dow-n a file, and put the letter care- river .nd were entering the shop indi- "Books, chiefly. I had found out that lis heart out over the horrible idea." plea** let me he p you m some way. full „ cated by Matthew.. .he had purchased a box of them iu "May we go into Mr. Whidby'. room D'"* ■«« 1 C»ulfht to ** able to do some- ' t Gowj far!^„claimCd "We mu.t tell him exactly what we York the other 1 wanted now?" asked Hendrick.. "Miw Dal- thing." Hendricks. "Do you think you would want, Hendricks whispered to Uhidby , to we them. I thought they might bo mar may come also. I can explain thing. ' ou "ha" and Mr" U |"dbv know that letter again?" at tbe dP?J- ®.e h®"1 * a ve,ry treatises on hypnotism and things in better to ladies than to men." re*7 «oon; but I can t remaip with you don.tknow; so. It was in if he think, we have lost some- , that outlandish line; but they were only Warrentou opened the door. "Car- longer now to explain. CouUI blu}#h enw| and thing of Intrinsic value he may tell us a modern yellow-becked novels, translataiuly; the room has been put to righto, how would It suit both of you to meet {he Bfaeet w#a of the «me color, and of ™ CD*"**■ they do all they can , tions of Emile Gaboriau and detective "omeon " me here this afternoon at twoo clock . .ire " to aid a detective." ! stories by Doyle and Anna K. Green. " "Now," began the detective, when ! „"Itb'"k 1 come " gladly answem! am ,ad QU remember those de- "Ab; J WhS VV,"Put me on a new 8ceDt- A newi hey had entwed Whidby's room, "we ! Miss Delmar. Father ha. forbidden Hepdricka "Now let's in- 8hould ha»® hindered there if I had K(pht brokeon me. I felt like a fool, t won't indulge in so much realism a. to 1 to sea—" spect that file. May we not go In the alone." went down, got on my cab and drove off lave the colonel representing the dead "I Know that very well, smiled Hen- rCjom where Mr Stron k hlg The dealer, a little Jew, with a very like mad. I passed you at the carriage uan nor Mr Whidby pl.yln# th. role ! drloka "\ou see that you. too, liave r 0 r crafty face, came from behind a coun- and asked you the time. You told »f a'peaceful .leeper, out of respect for , watched." _ . ..CertaiDly," said Whidby. "The coast ter piled up high with sacks of rags and meC and I said I had to catch a train Uis»8 Delmar'» nerve*; lor, while ahe ' understoo so, rep \ei * pT'r , cjear Matthews is staying down- whipped up my horse." would really make a better detective "but I didn t c.re. I knew my liiten- stairg 1 am an8w eriD(r the doorbell." "What can I do for you, gentlemen? -I remember. What a blamed fool I t.han any one of you, she is only a tions were "At this youngf lady's suggestion," he asked. «asl" said Welsh, with a deep flush, woman, after a». and we won't make "* discovered that pretty «oo«—'n said the detective, with a laugh, as they In » few words Hendricks explained -what did you do next?" he picture any more gruesome than I. the moment I saw you with your crQ8sing tfae ha„ what they were .earchlng for. "Turned the cab over to its owner jecessary For our purpose we will veU off." said the deteC*ive - ami felt ..pray how did you guess that, I'd like "Ah! and you want to catch him, eh? and went and had a private talk with limply imagine that the other room «*hamed of my precaution. He bad to know?" Mtaa Delmar asked. Well, I hope you can," said the Jew. the family physician of the Koundtrees. ontains a sleeper, and that Mr. Whid- held his watch 1« his hanit. «Yon were afraid your fath#r would "I think I know the bags I got from After that, to use slang, I kicked myrDy I. reclining pn bed, Now. Pr, "Will the arrangement suit you. Mr. ca)l here anCJ if Mf Whidby answeDred dere. They are up in the loft, I will .elf soundly, and in 20 minutes was Lumpkin, when Mr. Whidby was hyp- Whidby? . the you would time to hide, throw them down, and you can look .dogging the footsteps of the distinlotlaed last night and you mad* hliu 'Perfectly, answered Whidby; and thattrn.?" throagh then*hare." :g*ftshed straDger of whom I spok* Uk pet up, did Touaotlea whether hi. right Hendrick. bowed himself out o» the «perfM.t,vr reflled the r»rl. with . "Tou «re very pood." saHTTrndrlcks: - »aad wa. closed or ooeu?" ,uoro lttUlfU. U«t i*u'taf«au.waa* "that', exactly wUau «e wauU" "I had expected to And outa lot about her early life, from a lady frieod of mine, but, as bad luck will have it, the lady has left the city for the summer, and I don't exactly know where she has gone. I was thinking of hunting ber up and going to see her, if you think—" "Not a blasted thin#," replied Hendricks. "It was mailed in New York. I did not expect that. At present •! have the murderer's handwriting*, and that is all; bnt—" His face darkened, and he clinched his fist, and swore under his breath. "What is it?" Whidby questioned. "I don't know myself," said the detective. "I have seen something like this before, but I caji't tell where. By Jove! it will drive me crazy if I don't make it out. There is something about this envelope that is familiar, but it eludes me like the memory of a nightmare. But Til get it after awhile. Leave me. you and your man. I'll walk back alone. I want to tussle with the thing. I shall see yon as soon as 1 come to any conclusion." "Well,** be began, cordially, aa his friend motioned him to a seat in the library and vtepped back to close the door, "you've read about the shooting at the mayor's. That ought to make you feel better: it is additional proof that you are not the man.** Whidby sat down by his friend and crossed his hands over his knee. "On the contrary, I am more miserable to-day than ever." "Why, what is the matter?" "Annette has just left me.** "She has been here again ? How very Imprudent! (She ought not to have come." V "Poor Httlegirl!" sighed Whidby. *8be had heard about the shooting at the mayor's, and was so happy over It that she came right in. regardless of "Well, murely there Is nothing in such a beautiful proof of her love aa that CHAPTER XIV. Half an hour afterwards the detective arrived at his hotel, and went up to his room. His face still wore a look of deep perplexity. He sat down at a window and stared at the envelope steadily for ten minutes. Then there was a rap at the dcor. It wnsD n serroht, to say that Capt. Welsh vras downstair*, and that he was anxious to see him. "Send him up," said Hendricks, and he put the envelope into his pocket. He pkke4 mp —4 was bMtfea b* kM it. ft —s. «nd fpraapeo (tJ 'or * little. I " appointment. y\sl | | At two o r 1)011 a* the 8 / N\ himself / / Mist I A tective. Ill 4PV"She has III answered / / I I I brary." /OJ I A "Good!"®. fey- I- / business," b 1 I U entered thf VI J Delniar. i TV here's what II D WarrentoLD j| to a /. I ]■ Cays he has •f Whldby, bin ftk J* ijottom. V % for the m - are looking ■(•■tliii?" Hint Maaftilair. "Ifcaa yea know if yoi. "SIM* dee*l" be - bad seen them all before I came," the hypnotist- f] had pq •ooner read that the dead man—pardon me. fgur uncle, Mr. Whldby—had been found murdered with that nolle on hii face ♦D*" I wanted to know all about it Ho other tut baa ever occurred that know of,' | ha$ to the idpa of the test out obeyed, lookiug as if he were wide pf |ii|f fnind, for th*t would have wade awake. "Do as you were told to do on him unusually wakeful. If he waa the night of the 10th of June. Do it, 1 hypnotized on the night of the murder say I don't hesitate." it was done when be was asleep, and of Slowly walked toward the course, for our test, the conditions window at the bead of his bed, but withn.ust be the same. I bare prepared his |n a yard of it he suddenly stopped, threw thinks. I should be glad to prove him wholly Innocent-. If he is guilty, be la listening to me now and haa gone through a superb piece of acting, bib, Wbidby ? But he may be asleep." "I can testify to that," said Dr. Lamp* kin, uneasily. "I don't make mistake* ?■£ pntCHI W. pr»rt!emen. In whnt f*»v f arrir iuu. Ui line ift «dln !- 1 mind so that be will sleep soundly | qp b»nd in front of hUn with a reto-night, and, if everything works well ' pellenf and refrertted ba«*Vrt'a'rd 1 liiiuk Uu»t 1 cuu niD»»s «uuwiuauy«|t iu me ceuier oi lUe tooui. "Uu it, 1 in that line." "If VOfl rip In oiher*.*1 TTen- Itill I utuhl In- ffotug You iVJ..Ui.aUL-Cl "U IMaV i.J