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

DR.. Furnivan. h physician
detective, was called 10 en-
ploy his peculiar powers
proved no less thrilling than
the first, and of an interest
to science quite as absorbing.
Returning one spring morning from
two days visit in the country ne
was met at the door Of his study by
Dr. Gerrlsh. who. without even paus-
ing to greet him, cried eagerly:
Have you seen the newspapers oil
Yesterday and today?'
yes. That's why I am here.
recognized your protege's name and
hurried. for ] expected you would be
waiting. Begin at the beginning ard
tell me all about It"
Ii was then that. for the first time
DIT. GerrIsh experienced subjectivel}
the wonders he had twice seen worked
on others by those marvellous eyes.
For as he sat on the forward edge OF
mis- chair. his nerves thrilling with an
excitement he had for hours striven
vainly TO repress. and looked into
them he saw the blue OF them begin
fapIdly 70 shift from blue 10 gray,
and gray 10 blue. flaming and undu-
lating. so that to follow their swift
and subtle changes filed him with
strange sensations. A prickling shoe
M and down his spine. warm waves
surged through his body, there was a
buzzing IN his ears. and his mind was
a chaos OF broken and jumbled-up
images. he had not sane thought
in his head Then suddenly the blue
and gray leaped TO a steady, hmpld
black, flooding him with peace he
forgot his nerves, he saw nothing out
those two placid. pellucid. botto mless
wells. the confusion in his mind whlch
had left him all abroad as to the
proper point at which TO begin MS
story vanished. and he became calm
and cIear-headed. with the tale plainly
outlined In his inner vision from start
10 finish 1t was only by a supreme
effort OF will, which was most DIS
agreeable in the exercise, that ne
managed to switch his thoughts mo-
mentarily aside and say, deprecat-
ingiy. with a faint smile
You consider 1t necessary-tor me.
For YOU. as for everybody who Is
confused and excited" said Dr. Furni-
vail. Its nothing but sedatiVe-
You probably will be surprised when
YOU are through TO find what an eX-
cellent recounter you are. If so, IL
viii be only because your mind is con-
centrated on your story, and does not
run of at uEimportant tangents. Go
on: I'm ready.
But" began DR.. Gerrish. with
a last faint flicker Of protest. the pro
test a man feels against hsvins his
freedom controlled by another is any
degree.
DR.. Furnivall smiled grimly.
Il am controlling you, Gerrish,' he
said no more than I have done
hundred times before without your
knowledge. Your attention has been
called to the fact now by what l did
TO those others, and you recognize IT,
that's all the difference. And even
az that I am only doing. in principle.
what YOU do when you give your pa
tents a pill. I'll tell you the secret
OF II in due season. and then you will
see nv justification. II won't hurt you.
I pass my word. Now proceed"
well. them continued Dr. Gerrish.
submissively. you remember the
Young fellow I've been helping
through the medical school. You never
saw him, but I've told you about him
-PercivaI Warner We was gradu-
ated last year. II seems he was en-
gagged 70 be married 70 this Blanche
Goodwin, and they used 10 walk to-
Eether evenings along the river banks.
Night before last. Tuesday night. she
left her home at s o'ClOCk-she's a
governess with the Parkers-tO meet
him. as Il IS supposed. but she didn't
return, and I'm the morning her body
was found in the river The papers
raised great hue and cry over it.
or course. Naturally the suspicious
OF police flew 10 Warner, though. as
there were no bruises on the corpse
and no signs OF choking. some thought
she might have been dazzled by the
lights where the road IS being repaired
and fallen over the rocks into the
water In the darkness. Those who
knew Warner wouldn't listen to a
word against him. He was dead in
love with the girl. as she was with
him, they said. and the two were
bending all their efforts toward an
income sufficient 70 warrant their mar
rage.
They were bound up IN each other.
But when Il was found that Warner
himself had left his room that even
ing at O'Clock, and had not been seen
afterward, the police were satisfied.
They held that there had been
quarrel, and he had pushed her over
board. so they began TO search for
him. That evening. Wednesday, a man
came IN great fear and trembling to
the police lieutenant and said that he
was a Waterman In the car barn
nearby. and that on Tuesday evening
he had seen Miss Goodwin and War
ner, both Of whom he knew well BY
sight. leaning on the bridge railing
together. Suddenly he heard the girl
say. Don't. don't kin me. Percy You
said you would once before Upon
that Warner struck her. and she fell
on the roadway. The watchman hur-
ried mp and said. Mr.. Warner. you'll
suffer for this Warner retorted. fu-
riously, II you open your mouth about
II, III serve you the same, and threw
the girl Into the river. Then the
Waterman, who was a much smaller