New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
CHAPTER III.


CHAPTER III.
WHEN Detective Mulrooney had investl-
w gated Science Hall to his hearts con-
tent or discomfort had examined the space
between the window bars, had satisfied HIM
self of the position Of the doorway. and had
conversed with the sXty-one young men who
had formed Professor Hazeltlne's class that
day he scratched his head with an AR OF an-
straction Then he went off and interviewed
Professor Hugo Fosterberg, who had the char
of applied psychology. 800
What IS tins here fourth dimension gag
he demanded.
Piled the professor.
I'm wiilIin' to look at 1t from any old angle.
confessed Mulrooney.
Professor FosterJer5 sighed. He had met
these men Of material fact before. and he
realized he had "a task before him. Then he
removed a volume from the shelf beside HIM
III try to explain it to YOU he began.
Not on your life YOU WON'T objected the
detective hastily. " l amt takin' no chances
on nothin' don't see. What I'm gettin' at Is
this: Suppose there IS such thing; where IS
1T may be anywhere" replied Professor
Fosterberg.
Huhl" said Mulrooney. It's one Of them
where are the SHOWS o yesteryear' hunks IS
it,
Something like that, perhaps" agreed
Fosterberg, and then 1t may not be. by
do YOU ask
wei. I'm here to hunt up Hazeltine. an
I'm gleanin' information, that's all. SAID
Mulrooney darllly. say. do You know who's
pullIn off these scanCe stunts on the dean an
around the college,
On the dcaur cried the professor Has
he been receiving manifestations,
Mulrooney winked ponderously stow the
bull he advised II guess you're hep to
whats been gOm on
FoSterberg looked at his visitor helpleSsly.
l y 4 a--t tar be At =
THE detective considered Professor Foster
berg carefully He seemed satisfied at
last of the latter'S sincerity. and CoudcSCeudcd
to explain Somebody's working the spirit
trick on the old man. that's what he said.
| He's most dippy now He tells me his wife
Is wise To 1t, and that II sOmethn not done
u head off some dame in the spirit land that
calls herself Hazel, his life won't be worth
Twin. "
Do YOU mean to say that-that-'
Say interrupted Mulrooney. laying con-
ndentIal finger in the others wdIStCuat M
here to find out what's goin on, and to hunt
up Hazeltlne Now this spirit business ain
anything new to me. I've been against EN-
for years. | know al about the mater hza-
tons, the Indian controls, the eleven tests. and
the flour IN one hand an the shot the other.
the spirit rappiu's, slate wrItiu'S. an cabinet
work. I've got a copy of the Blue Book down
10 my house in New York, an I've pInChcd
more MEDIUMS than there IS IN Boston, an
that's goiu' some I've seen trance work and
crystal gain. an | could almost tell fortunes
with cards myself. I've dug up Dashboard
traps, and not few masks an spirit forms,
an | know that once OF twice thcv'v had me
goIn'. but the most of it's bunk. Now they
tell me you've got the right steer on a lot Of
this stuff. and that YOU investigate IT. an all
that You're the man | need I'm goIu' t.
cling u the deans room tonight, an Ia like
YOU to come along. Is 1t go"
" 1t will give me pleasure, said Professor
FoSterbcrg sincerely.
" You 5ec. Mulrooney went on contideu-
TALLY, from what they tell me. the old woman
the dean wife. YOU know-has been con-
ductln the trausmI-sions. an She always digs
up this female Hazel, an there She goes batty
and quits an lights out after the old man
To say the dean was grateful when the idea
WAS explained o. him. is to express the ease
lamely- Tie almost kissed Nulrouncv Mr.,
| Nmpplr had gone off t. spend the night 1t
her sister S., Tor there was a famous medium
coming DOWN from Boston t. pry into the far
reaches Of the past and L. peek INTO the future
at the usual pro rata rate.
WHEN Mulrooucy, Professor Fostcrherg
and the dean were safely locked IN the
dean $ chamber that evening and the detcc-
tive had examined all windows doors hooks