Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-28
CHAPTER XVIII.

rs luey were driving nome III chs
TAB Lampkin said:
''Hnw on earth was that effect pre-
duced in the da1kened room? I don't
think was hyphot.zed. +"
Hendricks chuckled mefrily.
"Kola attended to the pyrotechnics
He refused to let me into the secret;
said it was something a eountryman of
his was going to get patented. The idea
for the seance came about this way: In
nosing around in old Benton's private
matters we discovered that he, without
the knowledge of his associate, Mr..
Brooks Allen, or any of his family, had
been experimenting with certain Pro-
fessor Dewitt, who has invented an
improved instrument for phOtographing
bodies in motion. We found that Ben
ton had himself sat fer several of the
test photographs and had been taken
in great many moving attitudes Pro-
fessOr Dewitt gave us an exhibition of
some of these, and it occurred to my
East Indian that he could use certain
series of negatives to advantage.
tAh, | begin to UNDERESTIMATE ex-
claimed the doctor. sit was certainly
good idea"
i've, chad been photographed sitting at
desk, rising slowly, with revolver in
his hand. taking deliberate aim at a
target ard firing. The instrument adj
mirably reproduced the flash and ale
rising ard vanishing smoke. Professor
Dewitt, at Ko1a' s suggestion, removed
the revolver from the negatives, leaving
instead Mr.. Benton's index finger
Admirable ideaP' exclaimed the doc
tor Denton was supposed to point at
the one who had killed him"
''He seemed to be indicating each in
dividual Of the group" answered Hen
bricks
tfAllen was the only one who gave
any outward show of Weakness re-
marked the doctor stRalph Benton said
he was i'll, and, to tell the truth, Allen
looks as if he had been slapped in the
face by the grim monster himself"
elf he is really i'll, this nights work
will come to naught," said the detect
i've. "Kola says he gives him the i'm
preston of a dying man. You may re-
call Aliens statement that he had had
a certain DR.. Burton with him the
night of the murder. You remember he
refused to give me his address. Well,
Kola found a doctor of that name who
acknowledged he knew Allen quite
well; but, on being questioned, he re-
fused to talk, saying he made habit of
not speaking of his patients to stran-
gers
+'He was right said Lampkin. ga
physician ought not to make free with
the affairs Of his patients.
For a few minutes both men were
silent The silence was finally broken
by Lampkin.
'tHave you made anything out of
Montcastle's and Miss Benton's mys-
terious conduct on the night OF the
murder?'' he ventured.
mot much. | am at work on it now.
I'm OH the track Of the cabman who drove
them to and from the station. AT first
/ thought it was an East Orange rig,
but / know now that it belonged to New
York. / am still in deep water, with
nothing but my chin afoat A most
important step was made tonight in
clearing away Ralph Benton's part in
the matter. L breathe freer now and
can use him to further my investiga-
tons
Howl
''I'll explain tomorrow night. You'll
go over with me?''
''MCst certainly
sfAll right. Here's your street" Hen
bricks leaned out to order the driver to
stop at Lampkin's number.