Arizona republican., 1912-04-21
Ohe OheH or tie
 RIue Perstan
By MRS. WILSON WOODROW

Il knew l saw mouse in that room yonder," cried Willy exultantly. and you" addressing the eyes. you saw chance TO stalk some game, and with your usual selfshness and in- difference to the feelings of others. sat yourself down for a long, patient watch beside the hole" He stretched his arm under the tub and seizing the reluctant and protesting Ahmed by the scruff of the neck drew him forth.
 Ahmed fiattened his ears and dug his claws deep into the bath-rug, but 1t ayailed him nothing. He was borne into the other room where Er- nestine honored his return with a dramatic portrayal of the joyful emo tions
 But before Willy could lift his voice sufficiently above her hubbub to explain matters, Fennell Darke was announced and Gaines hastened into the other room to meet him and inform him that Miss O'Hara was out in her mo- tor S
 Too bad" said Darke; T have an appointment with Wodeburn in ten minutes, and I thought she might be interested in some of the methods I intend to pursue with him."
 Willy gazed at him in surprise. How did you manage to secure his consent to your psychological third degree'?" he asked
 Oh, that" said Darke with a touch of pride in his voice, was rather clever, if do say it myself. l met him again downstairs after I
 lett her, and we fell into conversa- tion. Finally 1 urged him to use his political influence for the establish ment of bureau of psychology in connection with the Secret Service department, and succeeded in so far
 interesting him in the subject that he l promised to go further into the mat ter with me at five this afternoon. Now my plan is to get him to
 take part In certain experiments, as l in game, and then. when he has | hopelessly involved and entangled 1 himself. wrest a confession from him
 and secure the cat.
 Here, for instance, is an instru-
 ment for recording the various nerv-
 ous and mental reactions; I fasten
 this bracelet very tightly upon his
 wrist, thin wire runs from it to these tubes of colored liquid which place behind him. Then we discuss
 various subjects; presently I take up
 the loss of Miss OHaca's cat Inn | mediately, in spite of all his seIf-con-
 trol, the liquid positively leaps in the | tubes.
 Then examine this list of words. | say over half dozen of them, and
 he repeats the corresponding word they suggest to him. Suddenly, with out warning, I say cat He will
 naturally think of the method in
 which the animal was stolen and the
 word Ryan will rise to his lips. He suppresses that, of course, and says milk or dog or mouse but the
 fraction of a second it took to men tally make that change is actually re ] corded by this instrument" , Its awfully Interesting" said Willy. but, Darke, hate 10 shatter mans house of cards, but that beastly eats been found" Darke fell back a pace or two, his face grew pale. 'Found!" he cried Where? When?"
 "I found him a little while ago, said Willy apologetically, under the bath-tub."
 Why, man, that's impossible, cried the detective "I measured tho space that the bath-tub stands iron the floor, and then asked how higi the cat stood, and he couldn't possi ! bly have made it."
 ! He did" said Willy. Show hin } to you if you want to see him." Not l." returned Darke. 'Ah!" h' { rnurmured bitterly, as he packed hi l LIlO q SlIidIi boSs bACN what I get for taking cat case. II ] murder or Kidnapping, or any thing like that, my system is infalli { ble, but cats!"-he spurned the who'll ! feline race with a gesture of disgust } By the way, MT. Gaines" pausini anxiously at the door, you won't le ] this get out?"
 T assure you, I will not sait i, Willy fervently Even Miss O'Har , shall never know"
 { Time meant everything to him now { so he turned his attention to Ernes $l tine, who was still murmuring staC } cato thanksgivings over Ahmed ] Can your raptures for the present { Ernestine," said Willy sternly, 70 1 that nest egg for your old age vii ! receive no further incentive to hatch } and now listen to me. You are quit 1 ignorant of the fact that I dragge ! Ahmed from under the tub. You d ! not even know that he has been r