The Irish standard., 1897-06-05

have slight remembrance of touching
the chair, picking up the shirt, and so
on. When he stumbled and almost fell
that night, the hypnotizer was so fear-
full of the noise his fall would make that
for an instant he lost control of his SUBJ
ject; but he regained it in moment,
and put him to sleep. What was that?
I thought heard sound in the other
ROOM" -.
Don't be frightened; it is l." sound
ed from behind a screenin a corner, and
man in a broad-brimmed slouched hat.
long whiskers and linen ulster rose into
view. He drew off his hat and his false
beard, bowed and smiled. sDoctor, We
are not strangers" he said. Pardon
my lack of ceremony. confess I have
been spying on your movements. Ihad
to see what was going on, and in my
own way" -'.,.a g
'.Minard Hendricks. by Jove!" ejac1l-
lated the doctor. IT should never have
dreamed of your being here at such a
time. This is Col. Warrenton, a friend
of Mr.. WILDLY. We were experiments
ing"
Hendricks bowed to the colonel, and
went on: II know; you need not tell
me. I was in the colonel's room just
now, and overheard your talk. felt
less like an interloper when heard you
say you were going to give me the bene-
fit of your Investigations, so followed
you down here, and have seen and heard
all. am glad to make your acquaint-
ance, Col. Warrenton, but you must
both pardon my impatience. I am dy-
ing to make little examination on my
own account. Will ehe-is the young
man sound asleep?"
eyes; he can hear only what adj
dress to him." "-s :';-''1
"Go ahead" Warrenton joined in.
''You may do as you like here"
Thanks Hendricks lighted the
gas with soundless match, and, going
to the window which WILDLY had APP
preached so many times, examined the
sill closely. Then he crossed the floor
to the corner nearest the door, and, talk
ing small dark-lantern from the
pocket of his ulster. he went down on
his hands and knees, and, throwing the
light here and there about the corner,
made a minute examination of the car
pet, and then of the plastered walls near
where he crouched. -.
Warrenton and DR.. Lampkin wa tched.
him curiously, both. with long faces.
When he had finished and closed his
lantern with snap, Warrenton. ven
tured to say:
r1:eoouo~o1 n ,ufh csy
which would lead you to believe that
my young friend was not the instru-s
ment of a hypnotist, and not made to
commit the crime, should be very
grateful. am really afraid the morbid
fear that such is the case will drive the :
poor fellow mad"
Hendricks smiled as he buttoned his
ulster around him. ..e
''That point, believe, lies in. DR..
Lampkin's province. was trying to
discover traces of the murderer where
failed to search the other day. For the
present can tell you no more. How
ever, I may say that in spying on you
tonight I have discovered enough. to
prove to my mind. at least, that either:
the murder was hypnotist. or Mr..
WILDLY is capital actor - .
"What do you mean?" asked Col. War
renton, sharply. ...-...
The detective smiled.
"Only that there are two sides to the
case. Either WILDLY is guilty or some
one else is; and that is what the public
thinks. should be glad to prove him
wholly innocent. If he is guilty, he is
listening to me now and has gone
through superb piece of acting. Eth,
WILDLY? But he may be asleep" s:r>o'
Il can testify to that, said DR.. Lamp
kin, uneasily. II don't make mistakes
In that line" 80 :*< -
eff you do in Others" laughed Hem
tricks. "Rut must be going. You