New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06


CtO study an interesting face and this,
to be sure, ne did thoroughly. The
strange outcome was that the closer he analyzed
Wavcrton's characteristic, as portrayed III his worn
features the less he understood how Mr., Dclamar had
contriycd to ruin such life. He failed completely
read into the strong stern, sclfrclant lncaments
the lndclibc records OF rouc, q drunkiid Il jaleG
patron OF the prize ring and haunter OF the degraded
circles that pandcr 20 the idle and diSsolutc III New
York and the rest Of the worlds capitals. Illness has
pathps and dignity OF is own but 1t cannot cace
the traces Of vicious years Yet Claude Wavcron bore
closer resemblance 10 one who had fought through
long and ariuous campaign than TO the dIssolue nccr
do-wcll whose evil rcputc va, almost worldwide
In fact, Stcnga summed him up exactly aS Clancy
had done and the extraordinary thought ntrudcd It
self, as he the same man"
There could be no doubt OF il, and the detective
frownei at the nonsense he was indulgng in. Mrs.
Wavcron, the French nurse the servants at 6lth-St,
Rice (who had been Wavcrtons valet tor seven years.
the family lawyer with whom Wavcrton must have
been constant communication Of atc).-nonc OF these
people had questioned his identity Then. there r.
NAMED Mrs Dclamar and Tcarle, inmat" acqualnt-
Of the last twelve months who's fortunes were
bound up 80 curousy with Wavcrton's, notion had
entered their minds that the hero OF many Wild
eSCapadc, and the worn, tired man now nesting III
corner OF the car were and the same person.
Steingall laughed softly to himself Guess it's
clear Of mctamorphosl, he said. Then his brows
wrinklcd again; though he chucked at some conceit
that had occurred to him.
At New York it was Wavcrton who showed the
greater self possession Scingall about 70 bid him
goodnight, when the other caught his arm.
by the way" he said "arc you taking 4 taxi
"Ycs."
Good. You shall drop me at my hotel Thus do |
revenge myself for being regarded a suspicious per
son. | waste your day. smoke your clgarS,-by the
way, let me have anothcr-and use your cab. Do YOU
always treat criminals in this lordly way Inspector!
"lf they conduct themselves well, Mr.. Waverton,'
and Seingal grinncd at the humor Of the situation.
TALKING matters over with Clancy, he reverted to
the singular contraricty of Claude Waverton's
present manners and past history.
Summing him up while he slept in the train ne said
IL called il a of metamorphoss. One uses such
terms loosely Can you tell me just what mctamorpho-
sis means"
ayes, cackled Clancy. 1T means exactly the oppo-
site to that which you think it means. The word you
wanted was mctempsyChoSiS.7
"Oh, was it, Then perhaps YOU will be good enough
TO carry the correction a stage further
"Aletempsychosis implies the passing OF a mans soul
after death into some other BODY"
Excellent! Let's put that in Our diary The joke
will explain itself when watch the Commissioners
face while he reads it
Commissioners are unimagnative mortals, or they
would not be chosen for the job snapped Clancy at
is my firm belief that when Waverton was hammered
into inSenslblity against the rocks at Palm Beach
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