The Washington times., 1913-04-08

trick that she plays on other people
she would be-well, startled into admit
| would terrify her like that. Mr.. Jeffre,
| agreed with me that II she did know
| anything about the girl they found II
| the ice the trick would probably work. J."
That's what 1 want to know. It's T..
ghastliest thing L ever saw. 1 wa
frightened myself and 1 believe Jacl
| was"
| "Ohr' said Gwendolyn, that was Mr.
Jeffrey's idea. The thing l thought o
| was ordinary in comparison. The thinl
| i thought Of was to borrow his portal
and have it hidden behind a curtain
| somewhere. and then draw the curtain
1 doubt If mine would have worked a
| all. He deserves the credit for it,
Then We all turned to jeffrey.
| why, 1t was simple enough salt
he. IF you hapren to know q littl'
| the answer. You paint a little film o
iridium on the back Of plate of glass
and 1t has the property Of being Opaque
| to reflected light and Transparent t,
| transmitted light
"Why. We chose the library for the
| seance." said Jeffrey, because II has
a mirror in it-a big mirror. We took
! that out and set my portrait in be-
hind it. and hung a blush h-white cleo
trio light over it. Then we replac
painted with iridium. AS soon as
there was light in front Of it in the
room and none behind 1t, it made as
good a mirror as II 1t had been sill
the light in the library as. Of course.
We knew the medium would do. it
was possible to make the portrait
show through the glass by turning
on the light behind it.
Il had the thing wired so that l
could put on the current gradually
and work the switch from under a
litter of papers on the library table.
AS soon as the woman screamed i
turned of the light, just before turn
ed up the lights in the library. OF
course, when you did that, the glass
| became a mirror again, and the por-
trait was hidden"
$50 the medium still thinks" said
that she really saw Irene FournieT &
face? She hasn't discovered the
trick?"
"They use iridium mirrors a lot
themselves" said Jeffrey; and she
may think of it in time, or her hus-
| band may. But I don't think they
| have thought of it yet So I'd suggest,
| he concluded, that we bring them il
| here and question them"
Richards had already started to-
ward the door to put this suggestion
into effect, when an exclamation OF
Jeffrey's halted him. We all turned
to look at him, and saw an express
sion OF perplexity and vexation in
What's the natter" ] asked.
The Jap" said Jeffrey. What be-
! came of him."
The Jap / echoed.
THE man who was playing the or
And at that we all stared at each
other blanllly.
He was playing the organ all
through the seance," said l: and then
when we turned UP the lights he was
gone
No" said Gwendolyn; don't you
| remember how much more impressive
everything got when l asked for the
girl who was frozen In the ice? Don t
you remember how still II was? The
organ had stopped playing then.
You're right" / corroborated. And
| remember now feeling a draft of cold
air thought it was Richards opening
the door"
II had the door open as soon as the
lights were out said Richards.
We'll, we've lost him., said jeffrey.
That may he important. and it may
not. Wen know more about II when
we've questioned the medium and her
husband. lie may simply nave smeiled
trouble and got away. without having
Anyhow. he's gone. Let's have the
others in
Richards had already turned toward
the door TO carry out Jeffreys sugGes'
ton. when we heard a sound that froze
US in our places for moment-held us
staring at each other ana a.ti;tn tmen salVa"-
lied us all into sudden activity.
All sorts Of sudden sounds are COM
pared with the muffled throb of re-
voiver shot. but really nothing else
sounds Just like il. and there Is no ques-
ton about the real thins "hen you
hear II.
As Richards flung open the door We
heard the officer we had left on duty
calling for him. and as we ran out peil-
nell into the hallway our nostrlls were
greeted by the pungent, acrid tang or
gunpowder.
When we got into the library We saw
IA rton-tbe mediums husband-lying
on the floor, bleeding profusely from
an ugly-looking wound in his neck. His
wife was bending over him, ana the
policeman had hold of her.
Ny first thought was that they had
made some sort Of concerted attack on
him, and that it was he who had fired.
But the sight of dainty little silver
mounted revolver on the moor a yard
or two away from where the man was
lying put an end TO- nrod fhat al. sSo ohe OF
Jack rushed TO the telephone TO call
a doctor. and the rest Of US gave our
first attention to the wounded man. He
had tainted. and his condition gave us
a bad scare for a minute or two. But
we soon came to the conclusion that
the wound was not a fatal one.
Who did IT," asked Richards of the
officer, as soon as there was time for
such question.
81 don't know" said the policeman.
The two of them were over there in
the corner with their heads together,
talking away in. low voices so that !
shouldn't hear what they said. The
first thing I knew. ] saw flash and
heard a shot. ! don't know where they
got the gun from or who fired it
The woman had paid absolutely no