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somewhere under the furniture OF one
of the rooms. but after she had made
thorough search, in which we Joined
her upon our return we all became
convinced that Ahmed was not in the
apartment and, from the circum-
stances. we could only conclude that
he had been stolen
Il know that you feel just as badly
as the rest of us, Willy said Rose
wiping her eyes. "jie was always so
fond of you. Do you remember that
dear little way he had Of siding up
to you and then putting his paws on
your knee and looking up into your
face?"
Willy repressed a shuddcr. He re-
membered only too well. 1t was one
of Ahmeds most demoniacal tricks.
Willy could feel yet the needle thrust
of those unbelievably sharp claws.
I'VE sent at once for Mr. Darke to
take the case" announced Rose,
touch Of pride in her voice
"Mr. Darke!" cried Gaines in sur
prise. "Who on earth is Mr. Darker"
"Oh, surely you know of Fennell
Darke, the great psychological detec.
tive" Rose exclaimed. Everyone Is
talking about him. He Is doing the
most wonderful things all the time.
Why. he is in my stting-room now.
making his Investigations. Come and
meet him
Willy followed her, and she threw
open the door into another room dis.
closing man crawling over the floor
on his hands and knees. magnifying
glass held close to the ground. He
turned quickly as they entered and
then rose to his feet acknowledging
Roses introduction with slight. pre-
occupied bow. He was a tall young
man. with deep. intense eyes, and had
a habit of waving back with one pale.
slender hand a wing Of raven hair
which fell low over his brow.
I'm getting a good deal of light
Miss O'Hara." he remarked, busting
off his trousers. Then he turned to
Willy and said with considerable i'm.
pressiveness. Mysterious case-very
considerably more in it than ap.
pears on the surface"
"Mr Gaines is so interested in your
Methods said Rose winningly.
But I fear I shall have to confess
a great deal Of ignorance about them"
admitted Willy, smilingly. and when
he smiled he was charming. Ord-
narily. he was not what one would
call exactly handsome, although he
was just as certainly not plain. He
was tall, rather notwithstanding
man, with a keen. imperturbable face
and the somewhat detached manner
of the "looker-on in Vienna but in
spite Of this indolent and detached
pose, there were very few things
which escaped his eyes
ITO put 1t in nutshell" returned
Darke, you may regard me as
rebel One who has revolted at the
mechanism of a bungling and barba-
rous system. | am. perhaps. fanatic
ally intolerant of the ordinary police
methods-the arrest on suspicion, the
third degree etc. insist that the
detection of crime and the apprehen-
sion of criminals is a science which
can rightly be prosecuted only by
psychologists and men trained to &C.
curate processes of inference and de.
duction."
Rose turned shining gaze upon
him, And that is the way you arc
going to find Prince Ahmed, isn't it?"
believe me. yes" he said with
grave bow. Now you see, Mr..
Gaines" leaning against the mantel.
piece and tapping his fingers lightly
with the magnifying glass, II have
gathered from the maid that she
thought, or dreamed. while probably
in a halfwaking state, that the door
from the hall opened and that man
stepped furtively across the threshold.
OF this masculine presence. she can.
however, give no description beyond
the fact that he wore vivid green
neckte."
"Ernestine's desire for the lime
, light" murmured Willy cyncally to
', Rose. "Do you suppose she really
had any such dream? You know her"
Rose gave him reproachful
glance, while Darl;e shook his head
with faint, superior smile,
! The usual opinion OF the lay.ob.
r server" he said examining his nails
with interest. But have reasons TO
= believe that Ernestine was telling the
truth. And in this connection, let
: me recall TO you that students Of
dream phenomena have repeatedly
r demonstrated that with the eyes OF
= the sleeper open or only partly closed
:, an actual. visual perception may be
$ carried TO the brain. For instance,
a sudden f1aring of the gas may Gre.
). ate the illusion of a lightning flash,
and one may then dream out the
J. whole terrifying panorama of a trop-
4 ical hurricane, or the mere lowering
of curtain may bring out the vision
of midnight seas. and one may live
5 through the dreadful experiences OF
!. a shipwreck: again, the ringing Of an
l. alarm clock may be mistaken for tho
n clang of fire-engines. and one may OK
i perience the entire drama Of a
r mighty conflagration,
r Now in Ernestine's half-uncon
! scious state. does it not strike you
e that she may have exchanged compile
8 mentary colors, or in other words
t here Mr.. Darke spoke slowly and
). with due emphasis, keenly watching
d the effect of his words upon his lis
n teners, as one who Is about to spring
d a sensational surprise, "or In Other
y words" he repeated. that what she
6 saw as green was really red?"
,. Doubtless. It was a matter OF graft
r fcaton to him that both of his audi
% tors gave violent start. Roses
lovely eyes were lifted to WHY'S with
n dismay in their depths. while his held
p something more than surprise-was II
Indignation? For the mind of each
a. Immediately reverted to an old friend
n who also happened to live at the same
d, hotel and whose apartment WAS tusI