The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

I tai. But the man was not Of crystal.
| Suddenly, he bent over and kissed her
She flung her arms about him in a wild
| embrace.
The light suddenly, disappeared from
| the crystal Alma could not help feel
ing that somehow Garrick had cut the
picture short himself. What did 1t meanf
/ What sort Of new scientific necromancy
was this? What sort OF situation was it
! disclosing?
| II was wired as Garrick had staged IL.
| For the first time Sanford seemed i'm
pressed.
81 have always thought the viSions OF
the crystal gazer perhaps real enough"
/ he muttered but l thought it was merely
seeing ideas visualized which were al
ready in the mind? The least you can
/ say for this is that it is telepathy-or-
! fraud"
| Before Alma could say a word, Garrick
had flashed the lights Of his seance room
up and had drawn a legal paper from his
| pocket. Quickly he SKINNED over its con-
/ tents:
Said Madam Vesta Sears received
from deponent the sum OF IS. then stat
ed that she saw a love AFFAIR surrounding
deponent; that there was a young lady
who would love deponent. but was unde-
cided because OF the evil influence OF an
other man, an old man; that for so she
would go into a trance and cause this
young lady to fall in love with deponent
by the aid of metaphysics. Wherefore.
deponent prays that legal process NAV
be issued for the apprehension of said
Madam Vesta Sears, and that she be
dealt with according to law
AS he finished reading, Garrick had
taken step toward the door. From no
where seemed to spring two plain-clothes
men. In the glare Of the light, they
could see that one OF them was holding
Stuart Tanner securely by the wrist.
Not word was said. as Garrick ran
or the little drama which he had pre-
pared. Tanner himself gazed suIlenly
from one to the other.
''Wh-what does It all mean?'' cried
Alma, at the sight of the affinity OF
Madam Sears had so blithely picked out
for her only the day previous.
Garrick merely pressed a warrant into
the hand of the other officer whom he
had had waiting outside, and a moment
later the man had mounted the steps
next door, had forced himself past the
turbaned attendant and into Madam
Sears holy of holies.
Outside on the street, quicker than it
can be told, a crowd had collected, a
typical New York crowd, attracted now
by cries of "a raid! A raidr'
A moment later the raider appeared
from the next house with Madam Sears
herself, indignant and protesting.
As she was hurried into the rooms OF
the new rival, Prof. Bell.'' she shot a
glance of scorn at Garrick. Then. with
a little cry Of surprise, she caught sight
of Sanford and Alma and Tanner.
Before she could recover. Garrick
stepped forward.
There's a syndicate Of you fakers," he
cried, working in this city. But you,
Madam Sears" he added, you supply
only one link in the chain I have forged"
He walked over and laid his hand on
the crystal ball.
Here" he went on-''here, have the
evidence
With a turn Of his hand he switched
of the lights so that the room was in
almost total darkness. One could hardly
hear a breath as they all watched him.
fascinated.
Again a light seemed to break through
the crystal on the cabinet and the pic
ture seemed to begin where 1t had left or
before he had interrupted it by the raid.
AS all crowded around. they could see
the medium and her visitor. whose face
was concealed. holding each other in
one long, passionate embrace.
1t was just for a moment; then the
wonderful crystal became suddenly
black and blank as before.
It's a fake-it's a lieT' cried a wom-
ans voice, tensely. All turned. It was
Vesta Sears facing Garrick.
Quickly he lifted up the heavy crystal
ball. There. beneath, set into the cabinet
itself, was a peculiar lens. He opened
the cabinet and disclosed a miniature
moving-picture machine which project
ed a small picture right through the
crystal itself.
Then, without a word, Garrick took a
step toward the party wall that separ-
ated them from The Retreat. He bent
over and drew out the little twelve-inch
tube that he had inserted.
Look through that" he said hand
Ing 1t to Vesta Sears.
What is it?'' asked Alma, leaning over
and touching his arm.
"A detectascope," he said quietly. II
have seen much through IL. but modern
science tells us not to trust our eyes too
far as witnesses. I determined to make
certain that what I saw could not be de-
MED. 1 have used the detectascope to
take moving pictures, with a new form of
motion picture camera In this other ma
chine, I have shown you one of the pic
lures which I took. Here is another
taken in another place, where I repeated
what did here"
Garrick replaced the crystal in its posi-
ton over the projecting lens, the lights
conspicuous pressure of his finger the
light broke forth in the clear. crystal
depths again.
The scene had shifted. All now crowd
ed about the cabinet, gazing down en-
tranced.
What would il show?
There was Tanners Office, downtown.
There sat Tanner himself at his desk.
a man entered. 1t was the
figure already familiar which had appear
ed in the crystal before. On sped the
picture. They were evidently engaged in
going over something together. for at
the conclusion OF the transaction Tanner
rose. went to a safe and handed over to
the man a huge roll OF bills.
Some one" exclaimed Garrick, break
ing the tense silence, some one was
planning to squeeze the last cent from
Mrs. Maynard. This represents the last
payment of money she has made for
worthless stock in the Mont Tresor
mine"
Suddenly. the man in the crystal turn
ed his face toward the little audience and
Il was clear. Alma drew back with q
scream. "Sanford"' she exclaimed.
At the same time Garrick caught an
lpraised hand and held il in a vise-like
grip.
Sanford Maynard had advanced with
quick step, holding a heavy metal orna-
nent which he had seized from the man
tel-piece as II TO smash the crystal
more than that" ground out the
young detective. that person, so cold to