Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-08-15
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Rand, posing as metaphysician,
began to make inquiries az to the
scope Of the school, with view to
recommending some students. She
stated at once that she was merely .
friend Of Doctor Keyplan. and knew
very little of psychology. Her attempts
to use what she did know proved this
statement. She said that she expect
ed Doctor Keyplan shortly and Rand.
offered to wait. In someway he COM
trived to keep us moving from picture
to tapestry or statue and then on TO-
some other object Of interest. Each.
moment he would put his hand to his.
ear as II suffering pain. At last he.
fingered about q small writing desk In
the front room q tribe longer than.
usual and gave me q sign to sit down:
In the chair drawn UP to it.. Then he
tried to lead madame away, but she
refused to DO inveigled and kept her
eyes on me. Rand sauntered over to
the window and evidently saw instant.
II some one he wished to zee there.
He beckoned with his finger.
T Tho woman saw the tiny gesture
Like . tigress she leaped UPON mo. but
her strength was only . gust. She
fell sobbing on the floor. Rand came
rrIding over. caught the top Of the
desk. and with ono mighty pull lifted
tho lock from it, setting in the wood.
Under the lid lay heap Of pocket.
books, watches. rings. satchels. and
|othsr plumber. The tick Of the watches
was easily audible now.
'Hlmme1, vass 10 desc ttngs," said
D heavy voice at my elbow. KeyplaA
had entered unawares. -. ..:'.
Stolen property, kind friend" said
Rand in hard voice. -.
There was 4 scream from tho won.
an. We Whirled to sec her Just fall.
ing back. an empty vial In her hand.
and on her. lips were the dreadful
signs Of acid. Rand whipped out hie
pocket drug-case and w Strengthened
her out on the hoor. A sound at tie
door caused mo to raise my head
Doctor Keyplan was Just vanishing
into the eleyator-car. I.
t. "shall l get him?'' I demanded q
Rand. ~.
mo. no. mol" the dying woman con-
trived to say in horrible way. He
knew nothing. I saw those people
downstairs and knew they were hypo.
tiled, not drunk or Grassy. and fol.
lowed them and suggested that they
give mo these things. Only one in
many was hypnotized-it was natural
natural to them" s-.
'.Who hypnotized them?' demanded
Rand bending over her In Quivering
eagerness.
But she was murmurfng prayer ip
French and relapsed into tho uncon.
sciousness in which she passed away
ct the hospital that night.
On tho way down In the elevator
I ventured to voice the chagrin I be.
gan to feel.
'Yes. We may b Just begun" said
Rand slowly. Let US walk down to
the park and have little recapitula-
ton before we join poor Macarthur.
y ou sec, our business 10 to ind
Carson and what happened to him.
When I looked at his photograph I
saw he was not dishonest, and I no.
ticed he had the appearance Of good
hypnotic subject. Then In the cases
Of Sullivan. tho countess. the nurse.
tho boy. We md four people, who
seemed out Of their ordinary faculties,
doing strange things. Three started
for home, one round in 4 ring in her
automobile. The three that started
homo oil took something. One 4 dog,
one . baby, and one letter. Some.
thing lmpelled them to take homo
what was most important in their
minds at that moment. I went to
Chelsea. picked out Macarthur as
man Of like studies. like habits. like
temperament to Carson. gave him
something he supposed to be valuable,
just the same 40 Carson had, and led
him into the place where the Others
had met strange influence. Instead
OF behaving like Carson he Joins the
countess in going around in . ring.
She turned to tho right; he turned to
the right. When compared the cases
last night and heard that Carson was
carrying something important and
valuable to him personally I guessed
he would start for home. Home to
him would mean India. On . slender
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