The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-04-08

crossed his hands over his knee.
ION the contrary, l 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 girl" 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
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. l
broke my promise to you about keeping
the theory of my having been hypno-
tized to myself. l could not help it,
old man; don't scold! 1t is done. She
expected me to be elated over the new
developments, and with that bloody
horror over me I simply could not be
~. ChC "oI IL ali OuL OI luc lIIldl-
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 a
thing would horrify her."
WILDLY groaned.
Poor little darling! She begged and
begged me to tell her what depressed
me so. She knows very little about
hypnotism, and when tried to explain
that l feared I had been made to kill
my uncle with my own hands she
shrieked and looked at me as if she
thought I was mad'
II 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.
II shall welcome any advice or opin-
ion he can give. I have just begun to
think I did wrong in not reporting
everything to Hendricks at the start.
1t may have been a very necessary clew.
I mean, you know. the blood on the
chair"
II 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 I can testify to
that; and, besides, I am pretty sure
your movements are being watched by
the police. I want you to see Hen
bricks, but not before we have an in
terview with DR.. 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 soon!" and WILDLY shud-
dered ugh! old man, hate the sub
ject. I 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
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 effect to
lis glance. He wore a heavy beard,
which he stroked continually, in nerv-
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 a moment and looked
steadily into his eyes; then he released
the hand and sat down.
II presume you have looked over the
newspaper accounts I sent You, doc
tor" said Warrenton. 81 thought they
would prepare you for the slight addi-
tional information we are going to give
YOU"
II had seen them all before came"
replied the hypnotist. 81 had no soon
err read that the dead man-pardon me,
your uncle, Mr.. Whidby--had been
found murdered with that smile on his
face than wanted to know all about it.
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-