The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-03-26

broke my promise TO you about keeping
the theory of my having been hypao-
! tiled to myself. could not help Il,
old man; don't scold! 1t is done. She
expected me to be elated over the now
developments, and with that bloody
horror over me / simply could not be
so. 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 So She knows very little about
hypnotism, and when l tried to explain
that 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.
81 shall welcome any advice or opin-
ion he can give. I have just begun to
think l did wrong in not reporting
everything to Hendricks at the start.
1t may have been very necessary clew.
l 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 l can testify to
that; and, besides, l am pretty sure
your movements are being watched by
the police. l 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
iect. I am actually afraid of what he
may tell me-"
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 l 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 tc
his glance. He wore a heavy beard
which he strolxed continually, in a 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 / sent Won, doc
, tor" said Warrenton. 81 thought they
would prepare you for the slight add
tional informa tion 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 beer
I found murdered with that smile on hi
[ face than wanted to know all about it
No other case has ever occurred that
I? know of, except that of Goetz, of Berlin
7 in 'SS. But tell me, gentlemen, in wha
r way can serve you. My time is valu
able. l want to say just here that
| am afraid Hendricks, the detective, ha!
, recognized me. | knew him in New
, York, but had no idea that he had beer
} retained here. l tell you this so tina
, you may dismiss me if my presenc'
r could injure your case in any way.
E tried to follow your instructions as t,
my disguise here, but was thrown en-
, tirely off my guard by meeting hin
S face to face"
! ct does not matter now," returned
l the colonel. 'There are only one o
e two points that he does not know abou
!, our side, and VIC have decided to plac
: ourselves wholly in his hands after gu
j interview with YOU
n II am sure that is WISE" said d.
e Lampkin. Hendricks is the most far
t seeing man l eyer knew. 1t would b
+ unjust for any reason to withhold tn
: slightest light you may be able t
r throw on the matter. Mr.. WILDLY, yo1
e need not tell me what your particula
y trouble is, for / think have alread,
guessed it from one look at your sen
sitive face. You fear that hypnotisr
n was used by the criminal insome way =?
4 "You have guessed it," faltere
WILDLY.
S "You think Mr.. Strong was hypnc
C tized just before his death?"
e "Yes."
2 THAT you may have been hypnotic
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