Daily camera., 1897-07-26
How does the disease affect you?"

"How does the disease affect you"
"Keeps me from attending to busi-
ness. am continually chasing fancies
which lead nowhere. But, jokes aside
l want you for awhile this afternoon, if
I'm at your service" ~s:sz: sx.
"But the-these patients?''
ooh, my assistant can dispose of them
easily. Business is very light to-day.
Besides l am dying to do something in
the Strong case. The truth is, l want to
help that young man out. | took a great
| liking to him the night | saw him lying
there helpless, going through that
bloody role. And his girl-Miss Del
mar-did you ever see her?"
"You know I know her. What are
you talking about?"
''That's a fact. I'd forgotten. She is
simply lovely; and l admire her pluck.
I'd like to thrash that father of hers.
But what do you propose?'
Have you found out anything about
hypnotist answering the description
have given you of our MANI"
Not thing, so far, but | don't de-
spair of doing so soon. But what are
we going to do to-day?"
Il want you to go over to Brooklyn
with me. l think the only thing now is
to find out how the fellow used that ad-
Dress
perhaps he lives there"
Hardly likely; but we shall see."
In Is minutes the two men were on
the bridge cars, crossing the river to
Brooklyn. Reaching the other side,
they continued on the elevated road to
Union street, where they alighted.
Then they walked along the pavement,
looking at the numbers on the plate
glass over the doors.
"By Jove! there you are-directly OPP
posite," exclaimed DR.. Lampkin.
That's 234, and no mistake about it.
Now for an interesting climax or
downright failure" And he started to
cross the street.
"Stop, d-n it," cried Hendricks,
looking straight ahead of him and walk
ing on. "Come along"
"What's the matter?" asked the doc
tor, in low tone, as he caught up with
his companion.
Nothing serious: no harm done; but
we must approach the place more
more casually, so to speak, than that.
Suppose we had crossed there, some one
in the house might have seen US and
been aware of our approach"
"You are right: | never thought of
that Henceforth I'm going to hold my
tongue and act only as you direct" said
DR.. Lampkin.
well go to the end of the block, and
cross over,'' Hendricks returned. His
brow was wrinkled, and the doctor saw
that he was inwardly disappointed
about something. They had reached
the end of the block and crossed over
before Hendricks spoke AGAIN. Il may
be sadly mistaken, but l am afraid we
are on a " N.ld-goose chase. The house
| looks like the respectable home of mid
dle-class people. If it had been a lodg-
ing house, or cheap boarding place, the
outlook would have been more encour-
! aging"
'sHow do you know it isn't one or the
| other?" asked the doctor.
Door plate, for one thing; and then
it is too clean," was the reply, just as
| they reached the steps. "Now We'll see
! what name is on the plate. By Jove!
hang me if it isn't Champney! 1 don't
| like things that look so easy"
A servant girl answered the ring.
"Does Frederick Champney live
here?" asked the detective.
The girl stared for an instant in sur
prise, then she recovered herself with
a start, as if she had suddenly recol-
lected something.
"Oh, l suppose you're the teacher
she said. HE is upstairs, arstudyin'
his lessons I'll call him."
Hendricks bowed.
well wait for him in the parlor," he
said, glancing into room on the right
of the hall.
every well, sir. He'll be right down. y
The girl closed the outside door, and
went up the stairs. DR.. Lampliin sat
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curiously. Hendricks remained stand
ing where he could observe the stairs
through the half-open door. He bent
towards the doctor.
"Tll do the talking. 1t is well that she
takes us for some one he is waiting
for. 1t may throw him off his guard
unless he suspects-Hang it! l feel as
if l ought to have gone up to his ROOM
lie put his hand into his sack coat
pocket, and, with cautious look into
the hall, drew out revolver and handed
it to Lampkin. Hide it, but have it
ready to draw. Remember, we don't
| know what sort of man we are going to
meet, nor his humor. Let me manage
him, but if he should happen to get the
drop on me, come to my assistance"
"All right" replied the doctor. "You
can depend on me-"
Hendricks took another look into the
hall.
81 hadn't the slightest idea we should
run up on this" he said. Il told you