Passaic City record., 1893-12-30

tone.
pardon me, sir, but / am really
surprised that you should think 1t
necessary to submit lady to such IN
convenience in order to prove what
has already been proved by one of the
foremost brain specialists of the age.
Is it possible you have not read Pro-
fessor Virchow's recent treatise on this
very subject, in which he has demon
strated by empiric methods that this
theory of yours, as you call it, is no
longer theory, but actual fact?"
The madman slowly lowered the
pistol, and turned squarely toward
Miss Hunter.
els that true? / have heard nothing
of it; and," he added roughly, II
| don't believe it !"
"Well, really I am quite fortunate,
then, to have the means of verifying
my statement at hand" said Miss
Hunter, turning around as if IN search
of something Chow provoking y
she exclaimed, after a mcment, 81
forgot had left my satchel with my
brother in the other car. You see,
I am somewhat interested in matters
of this kind, and it happens that |
have this very treatise in my satchel,
as well as papers containing press
comments But how can get it?
Oh have it, I'll just send Harry
with note to my brother. w ait one
moment and I'll have it ready
Taking small notebook from her
pocket she rapidly wrote few lines
and signed her name. Then, leaving
a little space, she wrote line or two
below, and tore the leaf across the
blank space in the middle. On the
upper half she had written:
DEAR WILL: Please look in my satchel and
find Prof. Virchow's book, 'Lates.. Expert
ments Of Brain Specialist" and send it to
(; NE by Harry.
LILLE.
| On the lower half was written:
Madman in the rear ear. Get help and
come quickly.
J.. HUNTER.
The first note she held up 60 that the
man could read it, saying, 'tThat's
what Professor Virchow calls his new
work. Perhaps, after all, its not so
very strange you haven't heard of it,
for it hasn't been out very long
Then, with clever sleight-of- hand
movement, she substituted the note
she had written last for the one she
had just shown the madman, and, con-
cealing that under her muff, she gave
Harry the other note and told him to
take it to Uncle Will.
"You can easily find him, dear; ho
is the last seat at the other end of the
car.
Now Harry is a great boy to ask
questions; in fact, this propensity has
earned for him the soubriquet of In
breathe lest his inordinate desire for
information should on this occasion
impef him to PROFOUND some inconven-
lent questions concerning the identity
of this mythical Uncle Will. But no !
He took the note and walked off with
out word. He was always bright
little chap and he had not been slow to
'stake M the leading features of our
situation.
AS we afterwards heard, he didn't
waste time in hunting up any particu-
lar man at the other end of the car,
but gave the note to the first man he
| came to, who immediately raised the
| alarm and went in search of the con-
/ ductor.
In the meanwhile Miss Hunter kept
mp q series of brilliant and erudite re-
marks on the interesting subject OF
| peculiarities of cerebral organization
with the sang froid of an old and ex-
perienced specialist, while the madman
listened moodily, all the while finger
ing that pistol in way that sent cold
| chills racing down my back.
We had not long to wait. Soon the
door opened and four men came softly
| in. She saw them of course, but
Miss Hunter kept on talking, and gave
no sign of their approach to the luna
tic, who, facing us, had his back to the
] door. The men managed to get nearly
halfway up to us without attracting his
attention, but he heard them at last,
/ and looking round, he uttered fear
ful yell, sprang to his feet, and point