Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-12

'OldO you came, Sdlu d0QOr1ckS. cor
daily, as he bent again over his desk.
When he had laid his pen aside Lamp
kin said:
81 hardly slept wink last night.
couldn't get that wonderful perform.
ance Of Kola's out of ny head. 1t is in
advance Of anything | ever heard of.
Hendricks laughed and recounted
what had occurred between him and
his mother Oh his arrival at home.
"Ah, trick, after ALI" cried the doc.
tor, and then his face hardened under
an afterthought, "but you certainly
mentioned the Bible of your own ac-
cord"
last night confessed Hendricks, dryly.
For moment both men were silent,
then LamPllin said:
There is only one way in which he
could have done it,"
GLOW is that ?" asked Hendricks,
deeply interested.
'Kola had the Bible ready, and when
he told you to select some article at
home I noticed that he gazed steadily
into your eyes. Through telepathy and
hypnotism combined he must have i'm
pressed the idea of the book on your
mind"
''But he opposed me n that, he"
s'That was only for effect. The whole
thing was most skillfully done. He
suggested the Bible to you hypnotical-
ly, and forced you to demand that and
nothing else"
"Can that sort of thing be done?"
In the east it is considered mere
.child's play"
3 Hendricksssstared at his friend for a
rnoment, then he brought his hand
down on his desk with a resounding
blow.
"By Jove! that makes three!" he eiac-
ulated.
''Three what?" asked the doctor.
Three similarities between Kola and
Count Bantinni."
81 don't follow you," said Lanpkin.
leaning forward eagerly.
"By Jove! it makes FOUR" cried Hen
bricks, his eyes sparkling. "Listen. AS
he lay there last night and grew winter
and whittier, I remarked little indenta-
ton Oh each side of his nose, which
nIpst have been made by pair of pinch
nose glasses. Now, as Kola never, to
my knowledge, wore glasses, and as
Bantinni was never seen without them,
that similarity occurred to me. Next
my glance wandered to his long finger
rails, and; their grewsome points, and
'Bantinni popped into my head again.
Then whs+ should enter my mind But
that it was Kola himself who had often
$fised that foreign idiom, contained in
the letter to Miss Huntington. And now
we know that Kola is a hypnotist of rare
ability, and so is Bantinni.'
~ An exclamation of wonder escaped
the doctors lips.
''Do you really think Kola and Ban
tinni are identical?"
81, ''Oh, TO-" laughed the detective. s"If
4 did I Should act at once. The sirnifari-
ties are There, but they may mean moth
ing at ALL
At this junctu1e the door opened, and
Sergt. Denham entered. His whole
manner was that of man who had sud-
denly met with great disappointment.
Good morning, Capt. Hendricks"
said he, respectfully, and he made. a
careless sign Of greeting to DR.. Lamp
kin. - :.
"Oh, it's Capt. Hendricks, eh?' said
the detective, lightly. What has come
oyer the spirit of your dream, my boy?"
The sergeant sat down awkwardly.
A flush was rising in his cheeks.
-"E1have come to beg for advice" he
said. "As you are not concerned in the
Caruthers affair, / thought you might
be willing to give me pointer. You
see, the chief trusted the whole business
to ME, and 1 was SO confident of the. re-
liability Of certain information l
had" ~
y ''In the shape of letter from Gle
low?" broke in Hendricks, smiling
Broadly. =
eyes," admitted the sergeant, in as
constituent. How did you know?"
1, ga letter that every known expert
declared was no forgery?'' u.
eyes"
"Well, go on. I'm listening."
For a moment the young officer hung
his head in embarrassment, then. he
pulled himself together and coneluded.:
"But in following the letter up.we met
with nothing but failure. Mr. Hen
bricks, I am at the end ofmy rope, and 1t
really looks as if am going to be set
back. Capt. McRae is furious at me-"
/, ''Ah, that would be too, bad!'' said
Hendricks, with touch Of genuine SYM
pathy in his voice. you have the in
gradients Of success in your makeup,
and, above all, you have enthusiasm,
which, when it is we'll .scurbed, is the
main thing. Your egotisfn will rub off.
l see exactly how the land lies, and
want to help you. In fact, will. if you
will join ne"
"I'll do anythirTsin Gods world you
suggest, Mr. Hendricks" said the SER
goant, warmly, hopeful note coming
into his voice.
"yyell, just let it be known at head.