Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-24

sip her tea, Dr.. nCdison asked permits.
sion to smoke a cigarette, which sne
readily granted.
"On Morans release Srcn prison."
Miss Clement continued, fortified b..
the fragrant Oolong, "he appears f..
the first time to have considered tre
advisability Of adopting some sort OF
an incognito. Prior to this time he
had, Soy told me, been carefully clean
shaven and close-cropped. Now he
grew a beard and wore his hair long,
and, in addition, he doctored it with
henna until it became fiery red. He
also changed his name from Moran to
Murphy, and instead Of frcquenting
the busy marts of men, he retired to
an isolated country place on the Cos
Cob river and posed as an artist, He
employed always a Chinese servant,
and at least once a week, without fail
he visited Chinatown, keeping always
in touch with the powers there, which
were still unrelenting in their efforts
to trace McNish."
She came now to Murphy's so-called
chance meeting with Cameron on the
Fourth Of July, Of which Cameron
himself had already told me. I would
have saved her this recital. but it was
new to DR.. Addison and so I allowed
her to proceed.
at was plainly evident to Moran"
she pursued, that McNish-or at
least the gentleman he supposed was
MeNtsh-did not recognize him, and
his delight at this discovery was un-
bounded; for it gave him opportunity,
quite unexpectedly, to arrange all his
plans for a most ingenious campaign
Of torture. What that campaign con,
sisted of, Of course, you already know,
Mr.. Clyde, and l presume DR.. Addison
does, too"
Yes" I replied, 81 have told the
doctor"
What you don't know, though" she
added, SIS how it was managed"
We have been told something about
amyl pearls" l suggested.
"Amyl pearls?" queried DR.. Addison,
curiousIy.
With as much clearness as possible
| explained to him what l meant by
using this admittedly inaccurate term.
Incredible!" he exclaimed. Can it
be possible that there is such an an
aesthetic as this, and We have never
even heard of it before?"
There can be no doubt about its
existence" | answered q myself have
experienced its effects, though l have
never actually seen it put in opera
ton"
But it was Miss Clement who was
most convincing.
i have never seen either 1t or its
effects, Doctor" she said, "but | am
willing to believe even moro marvel
lous things than that where the Chi
nese are concerned. You must remem-
Der that as race they are most jea-
lous Of their knowledge as well as
their possessions. Just now, after all
their many centuries Of a civilization
greater in some respects than our
own, we are beginning to learn some
thing of them and their ways, and I
should not be at all surprised to dis.
cover that in chemistry, in medicine
even, they have forgotten more than
We know. Soy assured me that not
only for days, but for weeks, he him
self came and went about Mr. Cam
eron's-or, as he called it, McNish's--
country place without being either
seen or heard, simply by using this
ether of inVisibility. 1t was he who
delivered the three letters. 1t was he
who cut the head from the portrait.
and it was he who broke the mirror,
and Yet no one saw him on the
grounds or in the house, and indeed
there were very few who saw him In
the vicinity. Again and again, he as
sured me, he could have taken his VIC
TINS life but that he was intent on
inflicting a punishment more protract.
eddy horrible than mere sudden death"
'Who wrote the letters?" | asked.
Moran
81 thought SO. And Moran killed
the Chinaman who worked for him"
mo; there you are wrong, Mr.
Clyde"
Then who did,"
"Soy himself. He learned of how
that boy unable to control his hatred
Of the man who had slain some one or
more Of his kinspeople, carried back
the head that had been cut from the
portrait, borrowed rifle from Mr..
Cameron's own gamekeeper, and shot
the canvas full Of holes. 1t seemed to
Soy, then, that in spite of all his and
Moran's careful preparation this would
surely involve trouble, and that once
more their quarry would slip through
their fingers. And to prevent the DOS.
sibility of any more unrestrained fer.
vor on the boys part, Soy beat him tc
DEATH"
81 know Soy, or Peter Johnson as
he called himself, managed the kidnap.
ping from the yacht" l said. but
shall never understand how 1t was
done. Did he speak of that?"
Over and over again. It was he
who learned of the intention to take
the cruise. At first they thought theys
would have to change their plans and
carry their enemy off before he had a
chance to take to his yacht But Soy1