The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-29
White Cat 
Copyright, 1910. by Bobbs. ,
 Merrill Co. :,

Gate" He stopped here so long thought he was not going to answer at all. Presently, with an effort, he said wood but, as before, the association idea came out in the next word. For electric light" he gave "letters.'' Attic" brought trunks at once.
 "Closet.' After perhaps a second and a half came dust showing what closet was in his mind, and immediate ly after to match he gave "pen." | A long list of words followed which told nothing, to my mind, although the doctors eyes were snapping with ex citement. Then "traveling bag" again, and instead of his previous associa- tion, "woman,"' this time he gave "yel- low" But to the next word. house" he gave guest" It came to me that in his mental processes I was the guest, the substitute bag was in his mind as being in my possession. Quick as flash the doctor followed up:
 Guest" And Wardrop fell. "Let- ters." he said.
 To great many words, as I said be- ] fore. could attach no significance. Here and there got ray. Elderly" brought "biack"
 Warehouse" Ward" for no appar- ent reason.
 Eleven twenty-two." "C'' was the answer, given without seconds hesi- l tation.
 1 Eleven twenty-two c! He gave no evidence of having noticed any pecul- iarity in what he said. I doubt if he realized his answer. To me he gave the impression of repeating something he had apparently forgotten. The test was over.
 "I don't call that bad condition, MT. --Wardrop,' the doctor said. You are nervous, ana you need. little more care in your habits. You want to ex- ercise regularly and you will have to cut out everything in the way of l stimulants for awhile. Oh, yes; couple of drinks day at first, then i ohe a day and then none. And you are to stop worrying. When trouble comes around and stares at you don't ask it in to have drink Take it out in the air and kill it''
 'sHow would Bellwood do?' I asked.
 "Bellwood, Of course" the doctor 1 responded heartily 'Ten miles a day, four cigarettes and three meals, which is more than you have been taking, MT. Wardrop, by two."
 1 I put him on the train for Bellwood myself. and late that afternoon the three of us-the doctor. Burton and myself-met in my office and went over the doctors record.
 When the answer comes in four ffths of second" he said before we began, it is hardly worth comment. There is no time in such an interval for any mental reservation. Only those words that showed noticeable hesitation need be considered"
 We worked until almost 2. At the end of that time the doctor leaned back in his chair and thrust his hands deep in his trousers pockets.
 "I got the story from Burton" he said after deep breath. .'T had no conclusion formed, and of course I am not detective. Things looked black for Mir. Wardrop in view of the money lost, the quarrel with Fleming l that morning at the White Cat and the circumstance of his leaving the club and hunting a doctor outside in- stead of raising the alarm. Still, no 1 two men ever act alike in an emergen- cy. Psychology is as exact a science as mathematics. 1t gets information l from the source, and man cannot lie in four-flfths of second. Head you noticed, brought hair in second and three quarters. and the next word, l fce,' brought the blood that he had held back before. That doesn't show anything. He tried to avoid what was horrible to him.
 "But I gave him travelling bag:' aft CT pause he responded with train The next word. lost showed what was minis mind; instead of found he said woman Now then, believe he was either robbed by a woman CT he 1 thinks he was. After all, we can only get what he believes himself. <
 'Money-letters.' another slip.
 "'Shot- ot-staircase'. Where are the stairs at the White Cat?'
 1sI learned yesterday of back stair case that leads into one of the upper rooms," said Ut opens on a side en- trance and is used in emergency"
 The doctor smiled confidently.
 "We look there for our criminal,' he said. Nothing hides from the chrono- scope. Now. then, 'staircase-scar. Isn't that significant? The association is clear. A scar that is vivid enough. disfguring enough to be the first thing that enters his mind"
 s''Schwartzw s''S Burton said with awe. Doctor, what on earth does eleven twenty-two c mean%
 q think that is up to you, gentle men. The O belongs there without doubt. Briefly, looking over these slips, I make it something like this: War drop thinks woman took his travel ing bag. Three times he gave the word letters in response to gate guest and money Did he have a guest at the time all this happened at BelIwood"
 'I was a guest in the house at the time."
 '.Did you offer him money for let tersT
 l .sNo."
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