Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-05-05

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WILDLY sat down by his friend and
crossed his hands over his knee.
ION the contrary, am more miser-
able to-day than ever"
"Why, what is the matter?"
annette has just left me-"
"She has been here again? How very
imprudent! She ought not to have
come"
"Poor little grill" sighed WILDLY.
"She had heard about the shooting at
the mayors, and was so happy over it
that she came right in, regardless of
consequences"
"Well, surely there is nothing in such
a beautiful proof of her love as that
to make you respondent. You ought
to have been glad to see her happy, you
ungrateful dog!"
Unfortunately, she went away more
miserable than she has been since the
murder l know l acted the fool.
broke my promise TO you about keeping
the theory of my having been hypno-
tized to myself. / could not help it,
old man; don't scold! It is done. She
expected me to be elated over the new
developments, and with that bloody
horror over me / simply could not be
50. She wOrmed it 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
thing would horrify her"
WILDLY groaned.
Poor little darling! She begged and
begged me to tell her what depressed
me 50, She knows very little about
hypnotism, and when tried to explain
that I feared l had been made to kill
my uncle with my own hands she
shrieked and looked at me as if 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
to us that you were not hypnotized at
ALL"
WILDLY rose and began to pace the
floor nervously.
"I shall welcome any advice or op;n-
ion he can give. have just begun to
think l did wrong in not reporting
everything to Hendricks at the start.
It may have been a very necessary clew.
I mean, you know, the blood on the
chair"
81 begin to think SO 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. want you to see Hem
bricks, but not before we have an in
terview with DR.. Lampllin. lie 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 soon!" and WILDLY shud-
dered. ugh! old man, hate the sub
ject. 1 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, thicll-set
and about 45 years of age. His
hair was stiff, very abundant, and darl
brown, with dashes of iron-gray. Hi:
face was of the round German type
his eyes were steely.gray, and shot Will
strange spots of brown, which, Will
his long lashes, gave peculiar effect tC
lis glance. He wore a heavy beard
which he stroked continually, in nerv
Gus way, and a cutaway suit of ordinary
gray material. His manner was very
easy, and inspired confidence. On be
ing introduced to WILDLY he held hi
hand tightly for a moment and looket
steadily into his eyes; then he released
the hand and sat down.
"I presume you have looked over th'
newspaper accounts l sent you, doc
tor" said Wawenton. 81 thought the,
would prepare you for the slight addi
tional information we are going to Civ
You"
81 had seen them all before came,
replied the hypnotist. II had no soon
er read that the dead man-pardon me
your uncle, Mr.. Whidby--had bee
found murdered with that smile or nj
face than l wanted to know all about II
No other case has ever occurred that
know of, except that Of Goetz, of Berlin
, in IS. But tell me, gentlemen, in wha
way / can serve you. Ny time is valu
able. / want to say just here that
am afraid Hendricks, the detective, ha
, recognized me. 1 knew him in Ne'
, York, but had no idea that he had bee
{ retained here. l tell you this so tina
T YOU may dismiss me il my preseuc
p could iniure your case in any way.
+ tried to follow your instructions as {
: my disguise here, but was thrown er
d tirely OF my guard by meeting hin
face to face"
1T does not matter now" returne
D the colonel. There are only one q
] two points that he does not know aboU
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