The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-05-03

himself had already told nc. I would
| have, saved her this recital but il was
new to DR.. Addison and so | allowed
her to proceed
III was plainly evident TO Moran"
she pursued, that McNish-or at
least the gentleman he supposed was
McNish-did not recognize him. and
I his oehght at this discovery was un-
| bounoeo; for it gave him opportunity,
quite unexpectedly, to arrange all his
| plans Tor a most ingenious campaign
OF torture What that campaign con.
sisted Of, Of course. you already know.
Mr.. Clyde. and l presume DR.. Addison
does, toe"
yes, | replied, II have told the
DOCTOR
"hat you don't know. though" she
addeo. Is how it was managed"
we nave been told something about
amyl pearls" l suggested.
amy pearls?' queried Dr. Addison,
curiously
With as much clearness as possible
! explained to him what l meant by
using this admittedly inaccurate term.
incrediole!" he exclaimed. Can it
be possible that there is such an an
aesthetc as this, and we have never
even heard of it before?'
lhefe can be no doubt about its
exlstehce, | answered. II myself have
experlenced its effects. though l have
never actually seen 1t put in opera
tion."
But II was Miss Clement who was
most convincing
nave never seen either it or its
enects, Doctor" she said, but | am
willing to believe even more marvel
lous things than that where the Chi
nese are concerned. You must remem-
Der that as race they are most jea-
lous OF their knowledge as well as
their possessions. Just now. after all
their many centuries OF a civilization
greater IN some respects than our
own, we are beginning to learn some
thing OF them and their ways, and
should not be at all surprised to dis
cover that in chemistry, in medicine
even. they have forgotten more than
We Know, Soy assured me that not
only for days, but for weeks, he him
self came and went about Mr. Cam
eron 's-or, as he called it, McNish's-
country place without being either
seen or heard, simply by using this
ether of inyisibiiity. 1t was he who
delivered the three letters. It was he
who cut the head from the portrait
and 1t was he who broke the mirror;
and yet no one saw him on the
grounds or in the house, and indeed
there were very few who saw him in
the vicinity. Again and again, he as
sured me. he could have taken his vic
tins life but that he was intent on
inf1icting a punishment more protract-
edly horrible than mere sudden death"
who wrote the letters?" I asked
Moran"
81 thought SO. And Moran killed
the Chinaman who worked for him."
mo; there you are wrong, Mr..
Clyde"
Then who did?"
SOY himself. He learned of how
that boy, unable to control his hatred
of the man who had slain some one or
more of his kinspeople, carried back
! the head that had been cut from the
! portrait, borrowed a rife from Mr..
| Cameron's own gamekeeper, and shot
! the canvas full of holes. 1t seemed to
Soy, then, that in spite of all his and
| Moran's careful preparation this would
| surely involve trouble. and that once
more their quarry would slip through
| their fingers. And to prevent the pos
| sibility of any more unrestrained fer
/ vor on the boys part, Soy beat him to
/ death"
/ Il know Soy, or Peter Johnson as
he called himself, managed the kidnap-
ping from the yacht" | said, but l
shall never understand how it was
| done. Did he speak of that"
/ over and over again. It was he
/ who learned of the intention to take
| the cruise. At first they thought they
! would have to change their plans and
/ carry their enemy off before he had q
| chance to take to his yacht. But Soy
maintained that that would be too
crude method; whereas to let him
think that he had escaped and was
safe away, and then, at the very mo-
ment of his triumph, to snatch him
from seeming security, would be the
very refinement of cruelty the avenger
so much desired. And SO the proper
ties were secured at some fabulous
fgure-I forgot just what they paid
for that fast power boat-the scene
was set, and the great act Of the
| drama, with Soy still the star, was
carried to a successful climax"
But" l made question, Il don't see
how Soy could take such a risk. If it
| had been McNish instead of Cameron,
he certainly would have recognized
him, when he was brought aboard
from the disabled dory"
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