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the glass"
And did she also break on this
brass kno which Was used In sliding
the door back and forth. or la that
been done ~previously"' inquired the
psychologist,
ut was dom at the Same time In
Attempting to open the door before the
glass was broken. I suppose"
Trant picked up the brass knob which
had been laid on the top of tho cabdne
and examined IL attentively.
This Is most peculiar" he commented
"and Interesting" Suddenly his eyes
flashed comprehension. "Dr. Pierce. i
am afraid your explanation does no;
account for the condition Of the cabinet.
You were certainly correct IN saying
that no child or woman could escape
from this room In any other way than
by the door. But could not a mana
man more tall and 1.-THE and active than
either you or I-make his escape through
one OF those windows and drop to the
walk below without harm7"
"A man.. Trant7 Yes. OF oorSe, that
Is possible" Pierce agreed impatiently.
The creams Game from q woman"
Trant replied. but not necessarily the
footsteps that wore heard from the
other sIde of the door. No, Dr. Pierce;
lls oJIuiNlon ok tuHB TOpIh
without any question or doubt that not
one. but two persons wsro present here
when these events occurred-ons 30 ia
miliar with these promises as To know
whore the key 20 the cabinets was 10
be found IN your desk, the other ~ IN
familiar with them ns not even to know
that tho doors OF the cabinets were
sliding. not swinging doors. since it&was
In attempting to pull the door outward
like a swinging door that tho knob was
broken Off. as In shown by tho condition
OF the bolt. which would otherwise have
beers bent, And he person whose foot
steps were heard was u man for only Il
man could have escaped through the
window, as that person unquestlonabiy
must have done"
Now. DR.. Pierce, WHOM you first
spoke to mo OF the loss OF these papers.
vanished Why did you say vanished 2
Had you any reason for surprising they
had not been burnod?"
Ne real reason" Plerco answered
after Il moments hesitation. The
papers, which I han divided by subjects
into tentative chapters, wera put to-
sethsr with WHO clips, each chapter
separately, and ! found no wire clips
amons the ashes. Hut II wAs likely
the papers would not burn readily
without taxing ths clips Oh. After
taking on tho clips. she-thsy," no cor
ractAd htmAaf-'Smay very we'll hAvs
carried them away. 1t IL too Improbable
10 bsiisv that they brought with them
other papers win ths plan Of 1,nrnins
them and giving the Appearance or hav-
INK d-strOyei tho real ones
'"rhst would certainly In too imprOb-
able a Suppos.t!on," Trant agreed. ana
again b.cama deeply thoughtful,
"a remarkable. II s~tart1lngly interest
Ing easel" ne vsAssd hA DYES 60 his
aisok'A e0S hardly - lAesGn eDsaxAS
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The Trance and
q Revelation.

"1nspeotor Walker and rsnoi WIN re-
main here" said Trant "The Inspector
air eady knows what I require Of him. !
noticed a clook Saturday over the desk
In the study and heard II strike the
hour; you have no objection n my turn
ing n back ten or hft con minutes,
p1sros' And before rot 60, lot me have
the ~ohaichihuitl stonsr"
Peros led Iris INTO me study wN-r.
tho psychologist was awaiting Thorn
nlone, pierce's nrst glance was at
'he clock. which he m had been turned
oack by Trnnt to mark nvo minutes
10 three.
Good afternoon. Mis-, Piaroa." Tran,
set a chat for her. with rs back In che
olock, as sho Acknowledged his salu-
thtion, then continued. conversations liy
"You spoke tho other day OF the morn
Ing sunlight In these rooms. but I have
been thanking that tho afternoon sun
light, as " Eets near Q o'clock. IL over
moro beautiful, ono a hardly inag-
me anything occurring here which would
be distnstefud or unpleasant ne or shook-
ing
Ho took from his pocket tho chnlohi.
huitl stone which Pierce had given him,
and at sight OF II tho girl drew back
with sudden uncnainess and epprohen
sion,
81 know you havo soon this stone bs-
fore, Miss Pierce" Trant said signin.
cnntly. FOR o and DR.. Pierce found Il.
But had you never seen N before then
Think IL ~ found In Central America
and Mexicoi the Aztecs used II In sole
brating marriage In Central America,
where there are Indians and ~6paniards.
tan. slender. long-nOsed Spaniards, with
pnal MACK hair and kainw sktna and
tiny hiaTk NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.! Ar.r,"s,
where all those snuipturod gods and
strange Inscriptions are found. which
tho pHpers were about that were de-
stroyei n afternoon here IN this
study
As ha smoke ths clock struck three
ana a. tho sound the girl uttered O
gasp Of uncomfortable terror, than
poised herself, listening sxpectantly
Almost with tho last stroke OF the
stssk ne sssstsu SSaI, ana NE CIV,
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Tho Girl and
Black Magic.

'sYOu have confused me with my
6AthAy, who died In IZabal, Guatemala,
b l0G. Our names and our line OF work
being tho same. our regulations are
ottsn confused. especially as he never
pub9shed the results OF his work, but
Let that for mo 10 do"
the events OF Wednesday had TO 90
With this trust left you by you father?'
Tue events Of last Wednesday have
had such an effect upon my ward. Iris.
20 whom ! was TO be married next
Thursday that she is no longer able to
think OF marrying mo"
HB paused in painful. agitation. ~ must
ask your pardon once more" he apollo
rissd. Before you can comprehend any
Of this l must explain to you bow y
happened. My father began ais study
of the Maya hieroglvphics as long ago
as l1l. He had had as a young man
o vsry dear friend named James Clarke.
who IN 1s4s took part In an expedition
to C1hapas. on this expedition CLARKE
became separated from his companions.
failed to rejoln them. II was never
heard from again.
Ut was IN search OF him that my
father In 1850 first went to Central
America. AMI failing to hnd Clarke.
who was probably dead. he ,rc,uruC,
with q considerable collection o. the
Maya ~hiero2ly0hs. which had strongly
1pcitsd his interest. Between 1854 AZ ]
~ Aaeth my fAthsS mAds No lsss that
Mn,
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The Lovers and
n Psychologist.

1T eeefnN lnpnhSlAtI MEs ran
~ could not help but noto the re-
markable coincidence that tho man who
brought the 'chalch!huitl stone appea
Ell precisely az the time No would have
roma lr he had lcuiued from newspa-
pera IN Central America OF tho girls In
tended marriage, As tho most probable
reason for his cnInlug, considering the
other circumstances, was 20 prevent
tho wedding, ] thought tho easiest way
20 ,Hy hands upon him and establish
his IDENTITY was 10 publish at once the
notice that the wedding had been post
pnned, which. n he saw II, would make
him confident he had accomplished his
object ard draw him here again, Draw
him II dld. last might. into tho arms OF
Walker and myself, with a Lake Forest
officer along 20 make the arrest legal.
But though / caught him, | could not
gain tho really Important facts from
him by questioning, as I was totally
unaware OF the particulars whicH con-
cerned Miss lrls's-or rather Isabella
Clirke's - pHreutaso and selr.eNleo
father, But / knew that, by throwing
her into no true trance which o
have Just yitnessed-a hvstCrioal oon
dltion known as WouollrlH soninam-
bul'sm 90 Observation-Disclosures would bs
forced 20 recall and tell US IN detail Of
tho experiences which she had passed
through In that condition,
KNOWING now, rs you 10, all ne
particulars or what happened, you have
only 10 recount them 20 nor, repeating
them time after time n necessary, until
she normally remembers them and you
have drawn the two parts OF her con.
seriousness back again Into one. she
VIZ then, except TO the psychologists,
be the same as other people, and viii
chow no more popularity in tina rest VI
her lirs han she had already shown IN
that part VI Il she has passed In ysuy .
household, My work here, I think, Is
hona.v
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shrunk suddenly together.
white and tense. she ~ listening
to footsteps which we're approaching
the study door along the floor of the
museum. The door opened suddenly.
and Don CanoniC Psnoi, pushed from
behind BY the stern inspector Of police.
appeared on the threshold.
The girls head had fallen back. her
whole attitude one Of stony riRidity.
"friai Irisl" cried Pierce In agony.
"It 10 no use TO cali" the ~psycholo-
gisrs outstrstchsd hand prevented
Pierce from throwing himself on his
knees oss1os the gtrl. "shs annot hear
you. She Q hear 10 n unless they
spsak Of ne ~ohAichihuit stone and
Central America. and, I hope. the
events which vent forward in this
house last Wednesday. The chalchi-
huitl stone' The chalchihuiti stone!
She hears that doesn't sher'
A full half minute passed while the
psychologist. a~nxiously bending over
the rigid body. waited for an answer.
Then. 40 though by intense EFFORT the
stony lips parted ana the answer came:
"Yes!"
who . n sn.. IL s~p..kins-" asked
Trant.
'Isabeiia Clarke" the voios waA clear
VI Uut MN pTupncu ana 0ntirely 0lnor
ent ffum Iris's.
'.How old In Isaoeiia,'
She II youngSa little Girl-a chfld!'
ths voice was stronger still.
Does Isabella know OF Iris Ircrce7'
Yes"
Can she Gee Iris last Wednesday
afternoon at . o'clock"
yes"
What ts abe doing-'
she - In the library. Che went up
stairs to take . nap. but she could not
sleep and came down to get a book"
A long cry from sorne distant part OF
the house-a shriek which set vibrating
the tense nerves Of all IN the little study
startled them. Painfully and
excitedly descending the stairs was a
white-haired woman leaning on = zane
and on the other side supported by the
trembling negroes.
Richard. Rlchard'' she screamed.
that woman In In the house-in the
study! I heard her voicc-the voice Of
tho woman who burned your pApersi"
1T is my mother!' cried Pierce.
The psychologist impatiently stopped
the excited man with a gesture. You
stili see Iris?"
Yes
"She ma not left the library? Tell US
what she IL doing"
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A Postponed
MarriaGc.

Here 10 the form you asked me for.
Richard" she said. handing her
dian Q paper. and. without showing the
least curiosity a. to what was going on
between the two men,. h went out
again.
1T IL the notice OF the indefinite
postponenient Of our wedding. Trant.''
Pierce explained. II must send II TO
the Chicago papers his afternoon. I'M
less-unless'--
Unless the spell on Miss Pierce car
he broken by the means l have Just
spoken OFF" Trant . sled slightly as
he finished the sentence for him. "1f I
am not greatly mistaken. Dr. Pierce
your wedding will stnl take place. But
as 20 this notice OF It's -postponement.
tell me. how long before last Wednes-
day. when this thing happened. was tho
earliest announcement OF the wedding
made In tho papers,
II hould say two weeks" Pierce re-
piled In surprise.
do you happen 70 know, Or. Pierce
you are. OF course. well known in Cen
trail America-whether tho
there"
Yes: ] have heard from several
friends In Central America who had
seen tho news IN spanish papers"
"Excellent, Then II in most essential
,ha, IN, notice. OF mi. pos,nonemen he
mad, A. once. II Won viii allow mo. I
viii ,ake n with ma IN chirnyo ,his
afternoon. and n I, meets tho eve OF
m, n.rson hone. then / ,rus, soon 10
no able 20 ,ntrndnce 70 Won your ias
Wednesdays visitor"
The SURPRISING news OF the sudden
.Inderrnlte p-ostponcment" OF tho we'd
ding was made in the last editions OF
the Chicago evening papers and II was
repeated in both the morning and AZ
%ternoon papers of the next day. nut to
Plerce', Increasing anxiety he heard
nothing from Trant until the second
morninr. and then n was merely a tele-
phone message asking him 10 be nj home
nj 2 o'clock that afternoon and to see
that A,iss pierce was mt home also. bu,
10 prevent her from seeing or hearing
anv visitors who might cali nj that
hour. Az ten minutc, 10 three Pierce
himse,, watching neryously at Tho
xindow ,aw the Young p~svcho,orist
approaching the house IN company with
two strangers. and himself admitted
Thorn
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The sincere bew'idsrmen. deepened in
the girl's face.
e" don't know why. Ulams-I ten you
truly"
Den I COR The Old nasress's syes
obsasd wnd'y. -Des a'ca1s yo' Is voo-
doe- To II voodooi An It's all my
fsur. On. yss-yas :. is" She rocked.
Tor yuss rod the max ever since
yohas been . ohGe; the MAX O. the
dson6rs olawi But I neSbsr tole Marse
Richard till zoo late. But hits Do.
Hrs col Ths denbff's max II on yo'
iss shou,ou, n shs Nssn seonc IL
d esanm dnk - come to make yo' break
Aa0s RAdfard's hsArtg'
U0hmel U1amsi" . deeper, Arm and
e0Assasd vosos checked them both as
- 0AA w.sas sesps had so,,nde.i
oWO0aAA ~ 0pmsn< before. rood In
- lopaWa0.
~ . SeGkAnSe3 wei BORN. good
- - - thtrty-six. strongly set
~ @as0uaar. with the body of an ath-
~ 0stnoHntsd ~ the broad proved
.NSnA a . soo0snt
'1@ nuN not mind U1rme.' He
sunDo0 - AP and held her hand
SoM46o10 for Al instant. "Or think
tAne ] ahAA ask you anything more ex-
osub-Vou have not altered your de.
etsson. Irtsr"
Ths SRI shook her head.
Then I win noe wen ask that again.
my~rns." he caught himself. III you
will give me the proper form for recall
Ing oar wedding invitations I will send
1t at once to Chicago. As TO the gifts
that have bean already r~ece.vcd-wsil
you be good enough also TO look up
h convention under these circum-
stances?" He caught his breath. y
Thought I heard the door bell a moment
aEo nfs. Was there some one for
meS"
FRI motoned TO n maid who for five
minutes had hcen lowering about the
hail. afraid TO So to him WIKI the card
she held upon a silver trl'.
Ho crushed the card Ia his hand,
touched tenderly with HIS finger ttrs
Iris's pale cheek. and with the same
Regular step crossed the nan to tho
library. a compact figure rose ener-
ge1caily at his coming.
M Trant?" asked Pierce, carefully
closing the door behind him and meas
oTtIh8 WIN lOENeu COlIecte0neSS his WIS.,
itor. who seemed slightly surprised. II
need n apologize TO You for my nots
asking YOU to come to mo here In Lake
Forest this morning. l understand that
with YOU II Is n matter OF bus ness.
But 1 thank you for your promptness.
] have heard NJ you from n number OF
SOURCES as n psychologist who has APP
piled laboratory methods to the solution
of-Of mysteries-of crimes: not as a
police detective, MIR. Trant. but as a
A.
"dbnSurtant." tho psychologist sug-
Cested.
Il expected to see an older man. When
] received your note last evening, DR..
Pissos, i, Of course. made some In
guilds in regard TO you. ! found you
spodann OF a. one OF the greatest living
authorities on Central American an
tiqu5tiss. especially tho h~ieroglyphic
writing on the Maya ruins IN Yucatan;
and a. the expeditions connected with
your name seemed TO cover a period OF
nearly sixty years. I expected to find
Won 4 man of at least elghty.b
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twelve different expeditions 10 Central
America In search OF moro hieroslyphs /;
but In that whole time he did not pub
lish more than a hal, dozen abort ar
ticles regarding his discoveries. reserv-
ing all for q book which he intended
70 be Q monument to his .labors. His
passion for perfection prevented him
from over completing that book, and, on
his deathbed, he intrusted It's completion
and publication TO me. Two years ago
] began preparing It FOR the stenog-
rapher. n last week I had the sa~t!s!ac-
ton OF feeling that my work was nearly
finished. The material consisted OF a
huge mass of papers. They contained
chapters written by my father which I
am inoa pable OF rewriting tracings and
ph~otographs OF tho inscriptions which
can be duplicated only BY years OF labor
original documents which are fireplace
able; notes OF which / have no other
copies. They represented. as you yourself
have Just said. almost sixty years OF con-
tinuous labor. Last Wednesday after
noon, while I was absent. the whole
mass OF these papers WAS taken from
the cabinet where 7 kept them, and
burned-or " not burned, they have
completely vanished"
"Heve o any idea who did IT,"
Yes a woman 1Tiey all heard her 80
WHO were IN the house?"
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More Magic"
and It's RcSuIf.

"She turns toward the clock, which %
striking 2. The doorbell rings. Both
the maids are out. 90 Iris lays down her
book and goes to the door. At tho door
Is a tall. dark man. all alone. lie Is a
Spantard from the mountains In Hon
duras. and his name Is Canonigo Pencil.
Penol Is not known 90 Iris. but no has
come 10 SEQ her. She n surprised. She
leads him TO tho library. His manner
makes her uneasy. lie asks her ~ she
remembers that she lived among In
dlans. Iris remembers that. He asks
II she remembers hat before she lived
with white mcn-an American and SONS
Spaniards-who were near and dear "a
her. Iris cannot remember. He asks II
she remembers hlm-Penol. His speech
frHhtens her. He nays Once an Ameri-
san went to Central America with an
expedition. and got lost from his COM
panions. He crossed rivers; he was in
woods. jungles, mountains: no was near
dying. A spaniard found him. The
Spaniard was poor--poor. He had Q
daughter.
""The American. whose name was
James Clarke. loved tho daughter and
married her. They had a daughter.
They had only one white servant and
q hundred Indians, Sickness killed the
old Spaniard and the wife also. Now
the American was all alone with his
baby daughter and one white servant
and the Indians. Thsn sickness also
took hold Of him.
Tho American wal dying. Flo pro-
posed to the young 6paniard many
things; finally no proposed that he
marry tho little girl. There was no
priest and tho American was mad
mad about ancient timeS and dead.
vanished peoples. and moro mad be-
cause he was dying: n he married
them after the old custom OF tho Az
tecs, with the chaichAhuiti stone and .
bird feather. while they sat on .
woven mat with the OF their
garments tied t~orethsr-ths young
spaniard and the little rirl, who was
four ear old. Afterward her father
died. n that night tho ~Spaniard all
alone buried him; and when toward
morning no came back ne found only
n few Indians. too old 20 travel. The
others. frightened OF tho mad dead
man. had gone. taking the little girl
with thern.'"
what does iris DO whsn n hears
THAR" asked Trant.
1T begins to revive memories In IRIS"
the voice answered quickly; but she
braveiy, What 10 that TO mel Why
you tell me about ir BECAUSE says
canoniso Pencil, 7 have tho chaichihuiti
stons which bears witness 20 aid mar.
riassr And ~ he holds II 10 her ana II
nashes Ia the sun. just ~ II did whea
they hsid u before h.r whon hsr clothes
were TOD TO his on tho mat, sho remems
hers ana knows that II IL sol and that
hho ~ married TO THIS man ny tho nash
oT the ohhlohihult STONE Ia tho sun she
remembers ana she knows that tho rest
!" irneI'
AND then'. Trant pressed,
hho 10 nlled win horror, She uhrinks
from chhohis"' Hho puts her hands to
hor race, peonuHo Shs loved Dr. Fierce
WIN her wholo heart she erica out
,nat u ~ hos So though she knows II IL
s sme nuh. sne Ssshss .hs s'Sno from
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a Detecfioe Story of. an Entirely Mew
= Sort. Where a Mysterious Mental Roover
Forces the Truth From Sealed Lips.
1.-THE CHALC HHU7L STONE" Is the fourth of
q series of LUTHER TRANT stories printed COM
pbte In THE EVENING WORLD each SATURDAY.
Be on the lookout for next weeks You must not urissM.

NrydG& 1870 n AA HsWa . o~vJ
E9 RAMP Tor thrSs nights and ewo days
ts footsteps had echoed through ne great house almost osassiessy
The whte-haard woman leaning On . oanA peunn9 axatn IN the
upper he'll to hre to them. started. hmoulAwsU. for the tsnth time
nat morning toward h@ sons door; but recognising nc more her
utter inability to counsel or to comfort che wiped her tear-hned sysMds and
impsd painfully back to Ter WI oom The aged nssrssh again passing the
door, pressed convvxvely together lea bony hands nd sobbsd pNyinsfy; ss
had been tho childhood nurses of this ma WHOSE footsteps had 80 echoed for
AourA
She shun1ed swiftly down ne stairs o ne BIZ luxurious nornins loom on
SA nor below. where . dsrkeysd girl ~oudhsd O the couch listening to his
footsteps beating overhead.
AIN. yo sorry Tor him. Miss Irkf" the nsress said.
why Ulama ID" the girl seemed struggling q all I'D a emotion he
dd 70 feel Il know I ought to feel sorry for him"
AN IN papUsf Ain yo sorry, honey, dem papers IL eone-buhnsd II +:
dem papers hs thought 90 much ot-rn buhned BY somsbody? An 10 tor mo
too this monfn. o o won't marry him next Thursday lax YOU promsed-
snee-since yo icun' at little green stonsl why is dat-since vo' foun d.
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Canonigo Pencil.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Maude Adams Here
 Next Monday Night

Rostand in his poetic drama of the farmyard, "Chantecler'', says through his quaint hero that mans true hap p1ness lies in work. And no one has ever believed this more earnestly than Maude Adams, who is adding to her fame, and to her popularity if to add to it were possible, by her work in Charles Frohman's massive production of the drama. Miss Adams comes to the Park Theatre Monday night.
 On the stage and off, Miss Adams is forever working. She is one of the half dozen players who places small value in luck; and one of the equally small number who is never satisfied with her attainments ''Ideness," she remarked even before she became a star, ''is the bitterest punishment on earth"
 In her acting Miss Adams reflects the woman with her high ideals, her sincerity and her depth of genuine feel ing. One who sees her performance of@"Chantecler" understands immed- see in this fanciful character of Ros- tand's one who is a dreamer, yet d practical working dreamer. She neg lects that feature of the character that predominated in the French pro- duction, and which is so essentially ParlSlan, sex. She sees in h1m a crea- ture of wonderful spirituality who makes a poem of his life, and a poem with a great messa age-the beauty and joy coming from an undying faith in ones work. Miss Adams finds in it her own belief, her own struggles and her own realizations
 "Chantecler'' is the biggest drama from the literary and poetic stand point that the stage has had in years. In addition to this it is the dominat- ing novelty of the theatre at the pres ent time. To the hero of the drama falls many of the most beautifully written passages in the play and these Miss Adams reads with fine effect. There is much interest being mani fested in the production of the play by Miss Adams in this city.
 l. Seats are on selling and Manager Burke announces that many choice sit tingS are still to be had
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
DIED.

ROBILLARD.-In this city, Nov. g, 1911, Thomas Robillard, aged 6S years, 10 months.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at his late residence, No. 63 Cannon street, on Saturday, November II, at S:30 a. m., and thence, to St. Anthony's church, where high mass of requiem will be offered at g o'clock.
 Burial i nSt MichaePs ceme- tery. a* GREENE.-In this city, Thursday, Nov: 9th, 1911, Louise J., wife of Darwin w. Greene, aged 66 years, 10 months. 24 days.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, No. 559 Ogden street, on Saturday, Nov. 11th, at 2:30 p. m.
 -Interment at Lakeview ceme- tery. H g b* HOLMES.-In New Haven hospital, Nov. :, Mrs. Alice Hadley Holmes of Shelton, aged 51 years. MORSE.-In Winsted, Nov. 8, Horace B. Morse, aged 91 years. HITCHCOCK.-In WinSted, Nov. 8, Elvira J., widow of Allen Hitch cock, aged S2 years. ROBBINS.-In Norwalk, Nov. 8, Mrs. Mabel B Robbins, aged 23 years. BELII.-In Koroton, Nov. 8, Thomas Bell, aged so years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-10
Good glove trio.

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