, 1913-02-20

anu INSTEAD OF his previous assocfa
tion. "woman.a this time he gave .yel
low" But to the next word. .shouses
ne gave guest" 1t came to me tha,
Id MS menta processes I was th,
guest, the substitute bag was in bi,
mind as being in my possession. ouicl
a. HASH the doctor followed up:
Guest And Wardrop fell. Let
ters." he said.
10 q great many words, as 1 said be
Iore. could attach no significance
Here n there'I got a ray
"Elderly" brought black"
Warehouse" yard" for no appar
ent reason.
Eleven twenty-five" 20" was tn
answer. given without q seconds hest
tation.i
Eleven twenty-five c.! He gave n,
evidence Of having noticed any pecul
iarfty In what he said.s I doubt II b,
realized his answer. To me he CAV,
the impression of repeating somethin,
ne had apparently forgotten. The tes
was over.
Il don't call that bad condition, Mr.
-Wardrop." the doctor said. You ar
nervous. and you need a little mort
care in your habits. You want to ex
ercise regularly. and you will have t.
cut out everything In the a. O,
stlmulants for awhile. Oh. yes;
couple of drinks a day at first. theu
n a dey and then none. And yor
are to stop worrying. When troubl,
comes around and stares at you don't
ask 1t In to have a drink. Take 1t ont
In the air and kill It."
"How would BeIlwood dor" I asked
Redwood. of course" the docto,
responded heartily. Ten miles a day
four cigarettes and three meals, which
IL more than you have been taking
Mr.. Wardrop. by two"
l put him on the train for BelIwood
myself. and late that afternoon the
three of us-the doctor. Burton and
myseif-met in my office and went
over the doctors record.
q when the answer comes In four.
hfths of a second" he said before we
began, at Ia hardly worth comment
There is no time In such an lnterva
for any mental reservation. Only
those words that showed noticeable
hesitation need be considered"
We worked until almost z. At the
end of that time the doctor leaned
back In his chair and thrust his hands
deep In his trousers pockets.
II got the story from Burton" h.
said after a deep breath. II had nc
conclusion formed and of course
am not a detective. Things looked
black for Mr.. Wardrop In view Of the
money lost, the quarrel with Fleming
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. nc
two men eve act alike In an emergen
cy. Psychology is as exact a science
mathematics. It gets Information
from the source. and a nan cannot lie
In four-fifths of a second Head you
noticed. brought hair In a second
and three-quarters, and the next word
'ice,' brought the blood that he had
held back before. That doesn't show
anything. He tried to avoid what
was Sh0rrtOi0 10 MIN.
"But I gave him travelling bag;' aft
er a pause he responded with train.
The next word. lost showed what
in his mind; instead of found he
said woman Now then. / believe he
was either robbed by a woman or he
thinks he was. After all. we can only
get what he believes himself.
"'Money-letters.' another. slip
".Shot-staircase'. Where are the
stairs at, the White CatY'
IT learned yesterday Of a back stair
case that leads into n Of theeupper
rooms,r / said. "It opens on a side en-
trance and is used in emergency"
The doctor smiled confidently.
I'VE look there for our. criminal" he
said. Nothing hides from the chrome
scope. Now. then. 'staircaseNscar.'
Isn't that significant? The association
Is clear A seal that is vivid enough,
disfguring enough to be the first thing
that enters his mind"
"Schwartz!" Burton said with awe.
Doctor. what on earth does eleven
twenty-five q meant"
ri think that Il up to you, gentle
men The C belongs there without
doubt. Briefly, looking over these slips
l make 1t something like this: War
drop thinks a woman took his travel
ing bag. Three times he gave the
word letters in response TO gate
guest and :poney.' Did he have o
guest ut the time all this happened at
B~ellwoodfN
II was a guest v rne house at tha
ttm~n
-~r
eDid you offer him money for let.
ters3"
mo-
rpid he give you any letters to keep
for him?"
aHe gave me the bag that was sue
stituted for hta,"
eLockeds"