Daily camera., 1897-07-23
Il must be going" she said, in low

You are Miss Delmar, | am sure.
would not detair you, but am certain
that can tell you something you would
like to hear. Now, / see,' Hendricks
went on. smiling reassuringly, that
you think I am pretty bold to intro
duce myself in this abrupt way; but
YOU must remember that | am a detec-
tive, and that it is my business some
times to introduce myself without
ruch ceremony"
Miss Delmar smiled family and
bowed. "Of course; that is your right,
sir" she said.
Then Col Warrenton and DR.. Lamp
kin came in. ..-a
. Good morning, gentlemen" said
Hendricks. 81 have been thinking over
our mutual Investigations of last night,
and have come to the conclusion that it
cannot harm my proceedings to en-
deavor to remove a false impression
from your minds in regard to Mr..
Whidby's actions when hypnotized by
the criminal. l could have told Aoa the
truth last night, but was MT quite
ready to do So"
'You don't think he was made to do
the deed?" asked Dr. Lampkin.
''He didn't" broke in Miss Delmar,
excitedly. 81 don't see how anyone
could think so for moment"
Hendricks smiled. That's the way
I like to hear it expressed he said to
the young lady. "If you had been pres
ent last night, Miss Delmar, you would
not have let them think So"
How are you going to prove it?''
asked Col. Warrenton, hopefully. Don't
make any mistake this time. Much de-
pends on it. WILDLY has been fretting
his heart out over the horrible idea"
MAY we go into Mr.. Whidby's room
now?" asked Hendricks. Miss Del
mar may come also. l can explain things
better to ladies than to men,"
Warrenton opened the door, Ger
tainly; the room has been put to rights.
Come on"
Now began the detective, when
they had entered Whidby's room, eve
wont indulge in so much realism as to
have the colonel representing the dead
man, nor Mr. WILDLY playing the role
of peaceful sleeper, out of respect for
Miss Delmar's nerves; for, while she
would really make a better detective
than any one of you, she is on-y
woman. after all, and we won't make
the picture any more gruesome than is
necessary. For our purpose We viii
simply imagine that the other room
contains a sleeper, and that Mr.. Wild
by is reclining on this bed. New, Or.
Lampllin, when Mr. WILDLY Was hJp-
Noticed lat night and you made him
get up, id you notice whether his right
hand was closed or open?"
81 did not" replied the doctor, with a
sudden start and then a questioning
stare into Hendricks face.
"Then you could not tell whether
he had knife in his hand when he got
up on the fatal night or not?"
"Ah! No. | was fool not to think
of that; but l could not watch every
thing One has to concentrate his mind
on single idea to hypnotic success
fully
"Quite right, doctor; but, having my
eyes well open last night, though |
did have to look through a slit in that
screen over there, | observed that Mr..
WILDLY, before getting up, seemed to
be trying to push something away from
him. 1t was knife the murderer was
trying to give him. And finally when
Mr.. WILDLY did get out of bed his hand
was not closed"
"Ah! l see," cried DR.. Lampkin. II
was very stupid" s.,-
"Not at ALL" returned the detective,
with a laugh. 81 make a great many
mistakes, and sometimes my mistakes
help me to get on the right track in
the end. That was one point you
missed. Here is the other. Come over
to this window. Do you see anything
unusual here?'
81 examined it early this morning.
broke in Col. Warrenton, putting on his
eyeglasses, "but to save my life could
not guess what you were looking at
last night"
The detective put his finger on the
window-sill
DON'T you see that little crack?"
"Plainly now,' said DR.. Lampkin;
"but it means nothing to me-" -. &, -s.
Hendricks looked around at the circle
of faces.
"After failing to put the knife into
Mr.. Whidby's hand, the murderer stuck
it-a big one it was. too-right here
with the handle up; then he stood away
and tried to make Mr.. WILDLY go to
it and take it. He failed three times
You remember how Mr.. WILDLY would
slowly draw near the window and then
90 back? Well, that is the explanation
The hypnotist could not control his
! subject sufficiently. What did he dc
next? He mad. Mr.. WILDLY sit OF
the side of the bed, just as he did last
night, you know, for about ten min
utes. Then he took the knife himself