The evening world., 1911-04-01
The Solution
of a Mystery

First We will see exactly what dam.
age you have done" Trant answered.
DIR. Pierce" he turned eoucctedly "a
his client. look in tho drawer she indi-
Gated and see II She was able. indeed. 10
save the pa pers ns she said"
They are all here!" he cried. astound.
ell. They are intact. But what-whas
trick Is this. Mr.. TrantT"
watt Trant npotloned him sharply
TO be silent. she IL about to awaksi
Inspector. she must not ind you here,
or this other" and selling Penol by
one arm. while the inspector seized the
other. he pushed him from the room,
and closed the study door upon them.
Then he turned to the girl. whose moro
regular breathing and lcssening rigidity
had warned him that she was coming 10
herself.
Gently. peacefully. as those OF q child
Weakening from sleep. her eyes opered;
and with no knowledge of all that In
the last half hour had SO shake those
who listened In the little study. with no
realization even that an interval OF time
had passed. she replied 20 the first re-
mark that Trant had made 20 her when
she entered the room:
Yes, indeed. Mr.. Trant. the afternoon
sun Is beautiful; hut I like these rooms
better In the morning"
lou Will not fnlnu, MISS fFerce,
Trart answered gently. 'N I ask you to
leave us for a little whiie7'
She rose. and with a bright smile left
them.
'Trant. Trnnt,' cried Pierce.
You will understand better. Or.
Pierce" said the psychologist. ~ I ex-
plain this TO you nom its beginning
with tho fact OF the 'devl's claw whtch
wa where I myself began his investi-
Cation
You remember that I o~ve9heard
Uame. tho negro nurse. speak Of this
characteristic Of Miss Pierce. You. Nike
most educated people to-day. regarded
It simply as Nn anaesthetic. ]. a. .
psychologist. recognized 1t at once as an
evidence. first pointed out by the Frencn
scientist. Charcot. OF n somewhat un-
usual and peculiar nervous disposition
In your ward. Miss Iris.
Now. when you gave mo your ac-
count. Or. Pierce. of what had happened
here last Wednesday. It was evident TO
me at once that. II any OF the persona
In tho house had admitted the visitor
who rang tho beli-and this seemed
highly probable because the bell rang
only once. and would ave been rung
aEain II tho visitor had not been ad-
mitted-the door could only have been
opened by Miss Iris.
Following you into the study. then,
! found plain evidence. as I pointed oct
10 you at the time, that two persons
had been there. one a man: one per-
fectly familiar with the promises. the
other wholly unfamiliar with them. I
had three important pieces OF evidence.
First. the statement OF your mother that
the voice she heard vas that of q
strange roman second. the fact that
Miss Iris la Fon to her room to take
a nap and had been found asleep there
on the bed by Ulame: third. that yo-r
ward herself denied with evident hon
es,y and perfect frankness that she
had been present. or knew anything at
all OF what had gone OF In the study.
IT was certain that the stone must
have becn connected with some intense
emotional experience UNDERGONE BY
your ward. the details OF which she no
oneer remembered"
mo longer remembered"
with n mental disposition like Misc
Tris's. an motion no intense AZ that she
suffered divides Itself on from the rest
OF her consciousness. II Is so over
pGwer!ng that II cannot connect Itself
with her daly he; ordinary sights ana
sounds cannot call It back 20 memory.
II can be- awakened only by some ex-
traordinary means such as those I
used when, as far as I was able. | re-
produced for her benefit Just now here
IN your study all the sights and sounds
OF last Wednesday afternoon that pre-
coded and attended her interview with
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