New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

,b;ro for him. It hid him for a moment
from his pursuerS, and he ran through an
omen gate into yard surrounding what had
once been a fashionable house. II was now
:, d;lanidated state, and the yard was iull
of rubbish Corlln ran around Dack Oh 'i,e
L,,;li;no jumping over SaWhorSes. wheel
barrowS. and old chairs as he went gong
H. a Marathon winner, he turned across
the back yard, and ran against wire ina;
was stretched between two posts. II nau
done duty as a clothes Inc. -,
For moment Corln thought ne had
o;.bcr been Shot or struck by lightning.
when he could breathe again he crept over
to an empty express wagon 'iiIlp'u ~ IL, gu
stretched himself on the bottom OF II: lhen'
o,;vering with pain and terror, he listened.
I, was evident that ne had escaped. lis
,,,rs,,crs had kept on down the street. lie
could hear them shouting but their cIIeS
grew fainter and fainter. ana unaIy All DC
came Quiet. But terror, worse than any he
Ind ~ vet cvDcricnccd, was still in store tor
him When he reached Professor NtS-
coync's door it was locked. He rang the
he'll without getting Response. All was
silent within. What il the professor i Ilau
died suddenly or gone away forever; ne
tboroh, Of il made Henry Corlln SICK. lie
folf now that he was lost unless ne couId
have the treatments the professor had prom
iscd him. His knees yielded under ms
weight. his lips and tongue became Dry ana
cold drops began to tricklc from ms proW'
LIE leaned against the door, ana was Won Won.
IL derinq what his wife would say 10 MN,
when ne felt a hand laid lightly upon ms
shoulder. Gasping with terror ne turned
and looked into the face of Professor Gas
$50" the professor said, "you have come
for another treatment? You should have
done 50 before the effect of the first one
wore of. Now We shall have To- begin all
over again. ar
ought to have come last night. ! didn eN-
pcct to wear it off So soon. | won't let 1t
happen agan-only, for Gods sake, let me
oct my ego back as quickly as YOU can.
They had entered the studio, and Pro-
fcssor GaScoync after carefully closing me
door. went to his cabinet. where ne turned a
brass knob. producing noise like that made
bv the winding of clock. lie then sat
down at the table ON which were the myS-
ferrous baskets and the weird figures. Coriln
droppcd into the chair ne had occupied
while receiving his first treatment. Almost
immediately Inc began to feel his Sclt-ccn-
fdencc returning. The agreeable odor
again filed the room; the professor brushed
back his long hair and gazcd steadily al ms
client: the pain tina, Corlin had felt as q re-
suit Of his collision with the clothes wire
disappeared. al r.,
things 90 while your cgo'waS on duty; ..
"Splcndidly," said Corlin. But what Il
something WAS to happen to YOU before l
got enough e the treatments to last me tor
ever? For Heavens sake don't let me take
any unnecessary chances,
Professor GaScoync smiled rcaSSuungly.
"Nothing is going to happen to me, he
said. This treatment will last longer than
the first one did II will be quite safe Tor
YOU to wait two days for the next one.
Come to me, then, and We shall see.
IT was on the day after Henry Corlin had
taken his seventh treatment that he re-
ceived from Compton x c.. letter IN
which he was asked 10 enter their service
as manager of an important department.
Without saying anything about II to Adams,
ne went to Daniel w. Boutwell, Never be-
fore had he gone into the private office, cX-
ccpt when he had trcmblugly done SO IN
response 10 requests to appear before the
head of the establishment and explain errors