The Springfield herald., 1912-04-05
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the lock from its setting In the wood.
Under the lid lay heap of pocket
books. watches. rings. satchels. and
other plumber The tick of the watches
was easily audible now.
"Himmel, vass is desc tings." said
heavy voice at my elbow. Keyplan
had entered unawares.
Stolen property. kind friend" said
Rand in hard voice.
There was a scream from the WON
an. We whirled to see her just fall
ing back, an empty vial in her hand.
and on her lips were the dreadful
signs of acid. Rand whipped out his
pocket drug-case and we Strengthened
her out on the floor. A sound at the
door caused me to raise my head.
Doctor Keyplan was just vanishing
into the elevator-car.
Shall l get him?" demanded of
Rand.
mo, no, mol" the dying woman con-
trived to say in horrible way. He
knew nothing. l saw those people
downstairs and knew they were hypo-
tized. not drunk or crazy. and fol-
lowed them and suggested that they
give me these things. Only one in
many was hypnotized-it was natural
natural to them"
who hypnotized them?" demanded
Rand bending over her in quivering
eagerness.
But she was murmuring prayer In
French and relapsed into the uncon-
seriousness in which she passed away
at the hospital that night.
On the way down in the elevator
I ventured to voice the chagrin 1 be-
gan to feel.
"Yes. we may be just begun" said
the park and have a little recapitula-
tion before we join poor Macarthur.
you see, our business is to find
Carson and what happened to him.
When I looked at his photograph I
saw he was not dishonest. and 1 no
ticed he had the appearance of good
hypnotic subject. Then in the cases
Of Sullivan, the countess, the nurse.
the boy. we find four people. who
seemed out Of their ordinary faculties,
doing strange things. Three started
for home, one round in ring in her
automobile. The three that started
home all took something. One dog,
one baby. and one letter. Some
thing impelled them to take home
what was most important in their
minds at that moment went to
Chelsea, picked out Macarthur as a
man of like studies. like habits, like
temperament to Carson, gave him
something he supposed to be valuable.
Just the same as Carson had. and led
him into the place where the others
had met strange influence. Instead
of behaving like Carson he joins the
countess in going around in ring.
She turned to the right; he turned to
the right. When l compared the cases
last night and heard that Carson was
carrying something important and
valuable to him personally guessed
he would start for home. Home to
him would mean India. On a slender
hypothesis wired Reyman in st.
Louis and Cartwright in Chicago to
watch the stations for him. Suppose
you call up the office and see If they
have news"
The stenographer read the following
telegram to me:
Your man on Limited. Starting
east at once with him. All papers
safe. He seems dazed.
CARTWRIGHT"
I'VE must drive up and notify the
Emersons and relieve their minds"
said Rand when 1 told him the news
"But first, as Macarthur says he saw
in No. 211 only radiating light and
then the words Turn to the right in
black letters, l have an inspiration
Let US go back"
AS we entered the corridor, saw
instantly that the perspective led up
to the gilded sign Of the dyeing estab-
lishment with the sun and his pictured
rays.
"The sunlight is reflected from the
second story windows across the
street into this corridor about eleven
and shines into the door about three
The mirrors pass the light on and
there you are"
It was, after all SO absurdly simple.
once granting the theory Of hypnosis,
that felt a certain shame that / had
not evolved the theory on my own
account. AS 1t was, however, saw
1t all as plain as day and was remind.
ed Of all had read in the same line.
There is the turn to the right"
cried.
To the left Of the upper corner OF
the gilt space was a small black let
tered sign Turn to right to Zach
mann's." On the other side was a
publishers advertisement hanging by
the elevator and the only bright line
read: Take 1t home" Only one man
out of hundred to enter that place
would be of the right temperament
and come at the right time to be au
tomatically hypnotized. Raising his
eyes. the first thing he would see
would be either one sign or the other,
and the clever woman, who had been
preying upon Keyplan, having seen
the victims. guessed they were hypno
| tized and started to rob them system.
| atically before outside shocks brought
them to their normal senses.