The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-10
Our Daily Sport Story

head any more than. you are; That is what the nurse and doctor did when I told them about the place. but ! thought that, you, my friend. would
 I saw that must humor him.
 q don't doubt your word: Charlie I said. Go on with your story"
 Tt was on the first day after l was able to sit up that I first noticed any thing wrong in the room opposite Be- ing restless and tired of the bed l slip ped on my bathrobe and sat by the night, for I remember hearing the clock strike twelve. carriage sud denly drew up at the insI,w mouse tbaw %a,o anW- thing else. A man alighted first. then the driver, getting down off his box. helped him to lift something Snrror out or proved to be the body of a woman
 "Dead?" l asked. 50 thought at first but wait untli I conclude my story. The man oS aIt ed up the woman's body and carried 1t into the house. In moment light appeared in the room ana saw the man standing in It's giaTet ,,h ,e a aeree Me black mustache and as viilianous l face as I ever beheld. ,.
 what did he do with the woman, ,t,
 "He left the room ran0 ana hetuLnee he nlaeed her | in q chair, and taking something ron his pocket, rolled up her sleeve ana ap piled it to her arm. It must mane l been a restorative. Tor aIter iioi "Rut my dear fellow" cried, there Is nothing so terrible in all this you ''.N "Wait, ,Ui' After he had sat around awhile. smoking a pipe and blowins | the smoke in her face. he picked neg mn and-would you believe it-huhs her on peg .n,es in the val; Ebst W"eye wes "a we. week @ ago. Every night since, b, this h g 1 thing has been repeated. some.h,mS U, E <. must be done. It Is getting on "' nerves" .,,,,. tho matter | with the poor woman! hvn-
 My conclusion is that he IS d hyp l notist and she Is the subject. ..oso words when. happening to glance ou, of the widow. he started up ana poi' is | to the house opposite. Followins m,' terrific gaze, l beheld the hypnotic stho ho 1 tIeman in his shirt sleeves, carTyihe t'to | sr,, of a beautiful woman. He seat | cd her in a chair by the winuoW' anu, ,,l | standing between the poor creae s frnn, | the window. completely hldlng hel Ter Enr | a few moments he worked away us II, saving something. although we co"'' ! moi see what he was up to-
 Then he stepped haas as'dsj Sick w" with hor- lie lie ahh he womans headless trunk lay | back In the chair o,,oaV Charlie shriked in an sas6nS agonSy ot to ieaI the street. | olmost upsetting a policeman in my | mad flight. .ih,o murder bas just been committed in that house @ lias Se9 nc street Come with me.
 And followed by the policeman l ran ran nn the stoop and violently rang the | bell. ,.boa maid from | our nath. and dashed up the stars, .h9 l noliceman with drawn revolver anu | with his night stick na and l On the second landing Rauaeu tha 1 nointing to a door. cried: Ihat IS the The officer knocked.
 .aIYhat do you want?' came gruri 1 voice from within.
 | "Go to the devil! I'm busy | Crash, with the united force or our bodies and the door gave way. ,n lnei bis shirt sleeves, while still in the | hair nh hui covered with a sheet, was the body. I rushed toward 1t. pul | the man was quicker snarp pioas Iiom | from his fist stunned me. The ponce man felled him with the butt or ms revolver. Collecting my scattered | senses I rushed to the chair. ana, pun ing off the sheet beheid-a wax hs 0'f The man. recovering from the l noiiceman's blow, sat up.
 well you blamed busybody. hoPt vou're satisfied" he believed as ne s@aIy aWhat does all this mean?" the per | plexed officer asked ,, CT, Mean" the professor asked; ,n a means that I was at work repalrlns r
 nv doll when you burst in my do0l don aud doored me. I think may AS, asr H,1u nn,i in turn, what you mean by thi'
 The policeman was visibly emDaT, ar,
 rassed. Finally. he stamereu: ,,u.
 you wish to lodge complaint Iust se, e'
 me nU your name We thought 1t wa'
 mIre The nrofessor. seeing the joke. re
 covered his good spirits .
 "Not murder. gentlemen put sur !, | aarvWmechanical surgery My cara
 ei gasped the eard6Sasa %STTpaI 9no oo1TIsT r9sq
 PROF. VOICER VENTRlLOVoioA
 Assisted by
 His Mechanical Doll.
 "But why do you hang her on tn
 wall at night?' my curiosity prompte'
 me to ask.