The Bourbon news., 1899-03-24
CHAPTER XIX.

The next morning after the visit to |
Kola Hendricks reached his office be |
fore his office boy. The first thing he
did was to look through the Herald for
his advertisement.
It was there, word for word as he had
written it, Now he told himself tbat
there was nothing to do but to hope for
reply to it. He busted himself writ
ing letters until nine o'clock, and then
DR.. Lampkin hurried in.
"Good morning." he said. 81 couldn't
GO to work to-day with all this uncer-
tainty on my mind, so came right here
to await developments"
"Giad you came" said Hendricks, cor
daily, as he bent again over mis- desk.
When he had laid his pen aside Lamp
kin said:
81 hardly slept wink last night. 1
couldn't get that wonderful perform
ance of Kola's out of my head. 1t is in
advance of anything 1 ever heard of.
Hendricks laughed and recounted
what had occurred between him and
ms InUther ON ms srrrrvsrr-.--
"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"
That's the point that kept me awake
last night" confessed Hendricks, dryly.
For a moment both men were silent,
then Lamplin said:
There is only one way in which he
could have done it,"
"How is that?" asked Hendricks,
deeply interested.
"Kola had the Bible ready, and when
he told you to select some article at
home 1 noticed that he gazed steadily
into your eyes. Through telepathy and
bvpnotism combined he must have i'm
pressed the idea of the book on your
mind"
''But be opposed me in that, he
THAT was only for effect. The whole
thing was most slillfully done. He
suggested the Bible to you hypnotical-
Iy, 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"
, Hendricks stared at his friend for a
1 moment. then he brought his hand
: down on his desk with a resounding
' blow.
e "Bv Jove! that makes three!" he ejac
ulated.
/. Three what?" asked the doctor.
a Three similaritles between Kola anC
Count Bantinni."
81 don't follow you," said Lampkin
leaning forward eagerly.
o "By Jove! it makes four, cried Hen
4 bricks, his eyes sparkling. Listen. A
O he Law there last night and grew white
, and winter, l remarked little indenta
+ ton on each side Of his nose, whicl
: must have been made by pair of pinch
. nose glasses. Now, as Kola never, t
n nv knowledge, wore glasses, and a
l, Bantinni was never seen without them
! that similarity occurred to me. Mex
, nv glance wandered to his long finge
C nails, and their grewsome points, an
Bantinni popped into my head again
Then what should enter my mind bu
= that it was Kola himself who had ofte
used that foreign idiom, contained i
d the letter to Miss Huntington. And nov
" we know that Kola is hypnotist of rar
IS ability, and so is Dantinni."
X An exclamation of wonder escape
le the doctors lips.
is do you really think Kola and Bar
n tinni are IDENTICAL?
"Oh, no." laughed the detective. 81
Is I did | should act at once. The similar
le ties are there, but they may mean notl
of ing at all"
I'd At this juncture the door opened, an
n Sergt. Denham entered. His who
Of manner was that of man who had SUI
IL denly met with great disappointment
RI Good morning, Capt. Hendricks
be said he, respectfully, and he made
he careless sign of greeting to DR.. LAM
gs kin.
III "Oh, us Capt. Hendricks, eh?" sai
he the objective, lightly. What has con
to over the spirit of your dream, my boy.