The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-09

Wen returned Gerrish. thinking
SLOWLY. II used to read
Exactly" Furnivall Interrupted,
You had read Poe. Gaboreau. and
the others, ana history, besides the
newspapers. and 50. even as boy.
you we're familiar with all Of them, or
had heard of all Of them For there
are no new ones. They are new only
until they are laid bare. when they
are seen to be one Of class that has
been known pretty nearly from the
dawn OF ume. lsn [ that SOP
Il don't know bat il is said Ger
IRISH. doubifuliy. The thought was a
straEge one 10 him, ana he couldn't
entertain a Too reacily.
Yes. We nave twenty-srx letters Of
the alphabet olb. and out Or these
-50.UO3 different words are MADE TO
compose the English language. Ia
ulysses there e some seventy bases,
aad O. ,-cse are constituted All LnG
dI4ertn. O1secJs on earth. AND you
slnow how u is ia medicine. how few
az bottom the rinclples are. and what
an enormous multitude OF forms they
can be mace 10 assume Schiller ana
Others showed that ali the various
p4ots employed by dranlat-sts and
seory-telltrs IN all the ACES may be
reduced 60 an ext aordinaruy small
nuiEOer at bottom. i uOnG reconect
how aiany, bat somewhere about the
lwene-,s. HnG IL is so with every
l4ilAs. even with crime The prin-
cipies mvOiteu are few, and one VINO
- familiar with The subject. vino has
diSestvd and cO-ordlnated ail th, cases.
has only 10 name ,he ciass 10 when
Il belongs. The cInss beng deter
mined, tie neat thing Is 40 find the
person concerned whose character
would admit OF his belonging to that
class. as in language. physics. fnecI-
cine. and plots"
An: lou rEink. then, that tIds
watchn'aH--" began GerrisA. ex-
citediy
shin cautioned TurnIvaH. this
IS the place. fancy" and stopped the
machine be. ore the office OF the car
barn.
They found. as DR.. Furnlvap had
prophesied. hat the watchmap was
asleep in a distant corner Of the build
ing The superintendent offered 10
send for him. but FurnivaH declined
the favor and asked 10 be shown 10
the room. Here the man was awak-
ened without --icuIty, and. lying in
bed, told las st-Ty as the newspapers
mad printed Ia. and as IL had been re-
peated b. Dr. Gerrish
a thrill OF excitement shot through
the younger physician as his friend.
standing IA front OF the reclining man
ana looking down into his eyes. began
TO question him. He expected some
startling denouement. though he had
no idea what its nature would be. and
he listened and watched with hated
breath The man was a white faced
sandy little Irishman Of perbans
thirty. with thin. reddish whiskers ana
hair. nervous In manner. and his
speech. though directly TO the point
while he Was telling his story. vas
quick ma jerky. But for the freouen,
short Pauses between phrases the
words would have tumbled over each
other as they shot from his colorless
Lips ana became an incoherent targon.
he was thoroughly in earnest. how
ever, ard spoke apparently right from
MS heart, with spasmOdic gestures.
Let's see. this was on Tuesday
evening. said FurnivaI AT what
time did you first notice this Young
coupler"
vas jist tin minutes afther nine
SOY Twas sure that tonne. bersze
Why? Becaze OF go round IN. nlscs
Wanst livery hour. an It's fist tin r,i,,
MES Of am. frum tn office ?. IA. 80.
duFe Dhwere OF seen thin Oi shit
IN IN Office. sor. an phwin OF mass
th- oure IN alwurz afther taki1- A.,
look out, Jist fer { mind tn weather
sor' an how hes II out aroma N.
yard an twas tn O'Clock tbrin "
We're they on the bridge then p,
Ihey wuz, sor, lanin' on tn
How did You know them? Tho
hight was dark. wasn't ftp
sure OF did not know thin, - 81,
tonne. -sor. but I thought Il was tbtr,
oeeaze they do be afther waikiki.
around tn bridge scandlous frao,,o,.
an phwtn she calls him rParc,-
Knows. an phwin OF runs I'D ~ In,
% sees him. sor. an OF sphakes tu
nm ialth. an be tn same token he
shpakes back
Yes. and the woman? She was "
ins on the bridge at that moment.
wasn't she?'
She was. sor. An OF ser"
Was she laid straight out. doubled
up. or how?''
there ''s'
Was she moaning. or moving
around any?"
The Irishman wrinkled MS brows and
stared into his questioner's eyes with
an expression OF Gismay.
Sure. me mind is black dead" he
said ir astonishmeri- ''Oi can't think"
Well. and when he threatened YOU.
you ran back TO the barnT"
'oi ID. scr. loike snipe. an locked
mesfr in"
Isn't the car barn xept open later
than 3 O'Clock? Weren't there many
people about. conductors and motor
men, and others. With cars going and
com ne all the timer
Again the puzzled expression pos
sessed his face. and he answered
-Oi don't remember. sor"
Yes. And you didn't go your rounds
after that. but remained III your room.
this room?'
'cOi did, sor"
And you stayed here all the next
day."
"oi did"
"sleepIng?"