The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-29
WILDLY grosned.

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begged me to tell her what depS
me so. She knows very little abo1SS
hypnotism, and when / tried to explaf
that feared had been made TO- Kill
my uncle with my own hands -
shrieked and looked at me az i sh4s
thought was mad"
II am awfully sorry you told her
at least until We have had the opinion
of that hypnotic doctor. He may provs.
to us that you were not hypnotized Of
ALL" -.
WILDLY rose and began to pace thu
floor nervously.
II shall welcome any advice or opin-s
ion he can give. I have just begun to
think I did wrong in not reporting
everything to Hendricks at the start.
1t may have been very necessary clew.
I mean, you know, the blood on the
chair"
II begin to think 20 myself, now that
the murderer has actually shown him-
self in broad daylight and attempted
another life. You can easily prove an
alibi. You were here all day yester-
day-Matthews and can testify to
that; and, besides. am pretty sure
your movements are being watched by
the police. I want you to see Hen
bricks, but not before we have an in-
terview with Dr. Lamplxin. He is At tho
Hotel Imperial. He came yesterday,
and at my request has registered under
an assumed name. made an appoint-
ment with him to meet me here, and
expect him every minute"
"What. so soon!" and WILDLY shud-
dered. ugh! old man, I hate the sub.
feet. I am actually afraid Of what he
may tell me-"
'.Never mind; nothing can be worse
than the suspense you are suffering.
You will lose your reason If something
is not DONE"
The doorbell rang. "That must be
our man." said Warrenton. Keep your
seat. told Matthews to let me answer
the bell, and will bring him in"
The next moment the colonel ushered
in the visitor. He was short, thick-set,
and about As years Of age. His
hair was stiff, very abundant, and dark
brown, with dashes of iron-gray. His
face was of the round German type;
his eyes were steely gray, and shot with
strange spots of brown, which, with
his long lashes. gave a peculiar effect to
lis glance. He wore a heavy beard.
which he stroked continually, in q nerve
Gus way, and cutaway suit Of ordinary
gray material. His manner was very
easy, and inspired confidence. On be-
ing introduced to WILDLY, he held hia
hand tightly for moment and looked
steadily into his eyes; then he released
the hand and sat down.
IT presume you have looked over the
newspaper accounts I sent yon, doc
tor" said Warrcnton. II thought they
would prepare you for the slight addi-
tional information we are going to give
YOU"
II had seen them all before I came.s
replied the hypnotist. II had no soon@
er read that the dead man-pardon me-
your uncle, Mr.. Whidby--had BEEN
found murdered with that smile on his
face than I wanted to know all about1t.
No other case has ever occurred that
know of, except that Of Goetz, Of Berlins
in 's8. But tell me, gentlemen, in what
way can serve YOU. My time is valt-
able. I want to say just here that .
am afraid Hendricks. the detective, has
recognized me. I knew him in New
York, but had no idea that he had been
retained here. I tell you this so that
you may dismiss me If my presence
could injure your case in any way i
tried to follow your instructions assto
my disguise here, but was thrown en-
tirely off my guard by meeting him
face to face"
"It does not matter now" returned
the colonel. "There are only one or
two points that he does not know about
our side, and we have decided to place
ourselves wholly in his hands after our
interview with you" .... !,
II am sure that is wise." said Dr.
I,ampkin. Hendricks is the most far1
seeing man ever knew. It would be-
unjust for any reason to withhold the.
slightest light you may be able to-
throw on the matter. Mr.. WILDLY, you
need not tell me what your Particular
trouble is, for I think have already
guessed it from one look at your sen-
sitive face. You fear that hypnotism
was used by the criminal in some way r.
'You have guessed it," falteredI
WILDLY.
,"You think Mr.. Strong was hypnot
tized just before his death?" s5
'Yes."
''That you may have been hypnotizedf
ord rroda the vnurderer'a t0Ol for ner4
forming the act?" y
eyes,
"You were led to this conclusion byt
the blood-stain on your hand, on the por.l
there, and the drop on your cuff?"
II have other reasons, which have not
been made public"
MAY ask what they are? 1thought
you testified to your experience in full
at the inquest"
Some things seemed to come back
to me later in the day. can't say even
now that I was not dreaming, but 1 have
an indistinct remembrance Of being up.
that night, Of walking from the por-.
there towards my bed, and Of striking =
chair and catching # with my hand to
keep from falling. hseemed to me that
1 caused my shirt to fall from the chair'
to the floor. and that picked It up snd
replaced it before going back to bed. i.
told Col. Warrentou about it the next;
day. He went into my room and dls~.
covered a blood stain just where my
hand had been. on the chair. u think ID
escaped the notice Of the detective
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