The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-09

was over our dinne- that Hewitt put sra
81 fun possession Of the earlier facts OF
this case. which have sat down as I'M
personal narrative fa Shstr proper plscs
ST the beginning.
But" I said. what q that alnaiess
srrthhls you spoke OF that Gerard made
in the police ssation2 Can I see is7"
Hewitt turned 20 where his coat hung
behind him and took a handful of Papers
from his pocket Most % these" hs
said. mean nothing az all 1nat IS what
he wrote at frss." and Re hansled ME the
Two papers which were presented IN fac
smile IN the earlier part of this narra-
tive. you sec" he said. ''he has begun
mechanically from long Use 90 write Mon
sfenr'-the usual beginning OF letter.
But he scarcely makes three letters be-
fore failing or into sheer scgibhle. He
tries again and again. snd although oncs
there is something very like que and
once something like q word preceded by
negative n the whole thing is mean
ingless. This"-he handed me the other
paper. which had been printed in fac sim
ile-"does mean something. though Ge-
rRrd never intended IL Can you spot tho
neaningT Really. think it's pretty plain.
especially now that you know as much as
about the DAYS adventures. The thing
at the top ieft-hand corner. may tell
you. Gerard intended for sketch OF n
clock on the mantsl9iece in the police
station"
I stared hard az the paper. but could
make nothing whatever of II. II only
see the horseshoe clock" | said. "and q
sort OF second unsuccessful attempt TO
draw il again. Then there is horseshoe
dotted. bat scrubbed over. and then a
sort Of kite or balloon on a string. a
Highlander. and-well. don't under
stand it confess. Tell me-
TN explain what l learned from that
Hewitt said. " and also what led me 70
look for 81. From what the inspector
told me Judged the man 70 he in a very
curious state. and ! took n fancy 20 SEQ
him. Most ! was curious 20 know why
he should have a terror OF bread az ono
moment and eat IL ravenoasiy az another.
When I saw him fe!t pretty sure that
he was not mad IN the common seuse OF
the term AS far rs I could Judge. it
seemed 20 be a case Of aphasia- Then.
when the doctor came. had a chat (as
have already told youl with the police
man who found the man. He told mo
about the incident OF the bread with rath-
er more detail than I had had from the
inspector. Thus IL was plain that the
man was terrified at the bread only when
II was In the form of a loaf. and ate il
eagerly when IL was cut into rics@S.
That was one thing 20 hear sn mind. lie
was not afraid OF bread. but only OF n
loaf.
VERY well. asked the policeman 10
find another uncut loaf and 20 put 10
near the man when hts attention was di-
verted- Meantime the doctor reported
that my suspicion as 10 aphasia was
right. The man grew more comfortable
and was assured that he was among
friends and had nothing 90 fear; so that
when at length he found the loaf near
his elbow he was not so violently terrified
only very uneasy. I watched him and
saw him turn It bottom up-a very curl
Gus thing 90 do. lie Immediately became
less uncasy--the turning OF tho loaf
seemed 10 have set his mind at rest In
some way. This was more curious stiii
I thought for some little while before ac-
cepting the bomb theory as the most
probable.
THE doctor left. and determined 30
give the man another chance with pen
and paper. j felt pretty certain that III
he were allowed TO scribhle and sketch as
he pleased, sooner or later he would do
something that would give me some sort
OF a hint. I left him entirely alone and
let him do as he pleased. But watched.
After all the futile scrihhle which you
have seen he began 10 sketch. First a
mans head, then chair-just what he
might happen to see IN the room. Pres
entity he took TO the piece OF paper you
have before You. He observed that clock
and began 10 sketch 10. Then went on TO
other things, such as YOU see. scrihbling
idly over most OF them when finished.
When he had made the last OF the sketch
es he made n hasty scrWwi Of his pen
over IL and broke down--it had brought
his terror 20 his mind again-somehow.
II seized the paper and examined X
closely. Now, just see. Ignore tho
clock, which was merely a sketch OF n
thug before him. and look at the three
things following. What are they? A
horseshoe, captive balloon and High
lander. Now can't you think OF something
those three things in that order sug-
gest?''
/ could think OF nothing whatever. and
confessed as much.
Think. now. Tottenham Court road
I started. ''of course I said. that
never struck me. There's tho Horseshoe
hotel. with the sign outside: there's the
large toy and fancy chop halfway UP,
where they have a captive balloon moored
10 thu roof as an advertisement; and
there's the tobacco and snuff shop on the
left toward the other end. whore they
have Hfe-size wooden Highlander at