The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-23

Developments, and with that bloody
horror over me simply could not be
80. She wormed IL all out OF me final
ly. and now she Is quite undone. She
turned sick and almost tainted In the
library. and could hardly walk when
she left the house. She went home cry
ing at every STEP"
"You might have known that such n
thing would horrify her"
WILDLY groaned.
"Poor little darlingl She begged and
begged me TO tell her what depressed
me so. She knows very little about
hypnotism. and when tried 10 explain
that feared / had been made 10 kill
my uncle with my own hands she
shrieked and looked at me as IL she
thought / was mad"
81 am awfully sorry you told her
at least until we have had the opinion
OF that hypnotic doctor. He may prove
20 US that you were not hypnotized at
ALL"
WILDLY rose and began 20 pace the
floor nervously.
81 shall welcome any advice or opin-
ion he can give. have just begun TO
think I did wrong in not reporting
everything TO Hendricks at the start.
II may have been a very necessary clew.
/ mean, you know, the blood on the
chair"
81 begin TO think 50 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 1 can testify to
that; and. besides, am pretty sure
your movements are being watched by
the police. want you TO see Hen
bricks, but not before we have an in
terview with DIR. Lampkin. He is at the
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 soonl" and WILDLY shud-
dered. ugh! old man, hate the sub
ject. 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 IL 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 peculiar effectto
his glance. He wore a heavy beard,
which he stroked continually. In ncrv-
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 his
hand tightly for n moment and looked
steadily into his eyes; then he released
the hand aud sat down.
81 presume you have looked over the
newspaper accounts / sent you, doc
tor" said Warenton. II thought they
would prepare you for the slight addi-
tional information we are going TO give
you"
ct had seen them all before came"
replied the hypnotist. II had no soon
err read that the dead man--partlon me,
your uncle, Mr.. Whidby--had been
found murdered with that smile on his
face than wanted to know all about IL.
No other case has ever occurred that !
know OF, except that OF Goetz, of Berlin,
In 'ss. But tell me, gentlemen, In what
way 1 can serve you. My time Is valu-
nble. want to say just here that
am afraid Hendricks. the detective, has
York. but had no idea that he had been
retained here. / tell you this so that
you may dismiss me IL my presence
could injure your case In any way. i
tried TO follow your instructions as TO
my disguise here, but was thrown en-
tlrely of my guard by meeting him
face TO face"
at does not matter now" returned
the colonel. There are only one or
two points that he does not know about
our side, and VIC have decided TO place
ourselves wholly In his hands after our
interview with you"
"I am sure that Is wlse," said Dr.
Lamplsin. Hendricks Is the most far
seeing man l ever knew. II would be
un just 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 think / have already
guessed IL from one look at your SEN
sitive face. You fear that hypnotism
was used by the criminal In some way?"
"You have guessed IT." faltered
WILDLY.
"You think Mr.. Strong was hypno-
tized Just before his deathp"
eyes"
THAT you may have been hypnotized
o,d ynado the rnurderer'a tool for per