The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
water. Du usually : polished Stone. and

water. blu usually n polished stone. and
heIyl was especially esteemed.
The effect of gazing at these intent
" for 3 time was to abstract the mind
from normal ssnsory impressions. and
TO induce q state of partial hypnosis.
during which the server claimed hi
could perceive in the crystal dream
pictures of rea vividness. scenes ait
a distance, occurrences of the past,
Of the future.
l was still deep In this. when +
heard a step outside. the door opened.
n Godfrey came IN. He smiled when
he saw what l was doing.
How have youSbeen getting along?'
he asked.
Not very WELL" and / threw the
book back on the table. The crystal
gazing isn't so bad-one can under
stand that; but the tumble of ahstrac-
too muc for me. / didn't know 1t was
SO late" l added, and looked at my
watch: but it was not yet II o'clock.
I'm earlier than usual" said God
Trey. I cut loose as soon as l could,
because ! thought we'd better talk
things owe ] saw Simmonds in town
tonight"
"Ah." I said; "and what did he tell
youe"
Nothing I didn't know already. The
police have discovered nothing w
or, If they have, they're keeping it dark
until tomorrow. Simmonds did, how
ever. resale me with his theory of the
case. He says the murder was done
either by one of the Hindus or by
young SWAIN
What do you Think" I asked.
I'm inclined to agree with Sim
monds." a Godfrey grimly. with
the emphasis on the Hindus," he add
ad ganino fbn lnn1y IN 49, fnoa E AT
don't believe Swain had any hand in
it."
Neither do l." 1 { agreed. heartily. In
fact such a theory is too absurd to
discuss"
Just the same said Godfrey. Slow
~, I'm glad he didn't touch Vaughan.
If he had happened to seize him by the
neck. while they were struggling to-
| gether-in other words, if those finger
prints Goldberger found had happened
to be Swain's-things would have
looked bad for him. I'm hoping they'll
dus-but, as ] said to Goldberger, I'm
afraid that's too good to be true"
Which one of the Hindus? ., I asked
"Oh. the Thug, Of course"
| ] sat bolt upright.
THE Thug?" echoed.
Didn't you get that far?" and God
frey picked up n OF the books and
ran rapidly through the pages. You
remember We found him squatting or
the floor with a rag and q tooth and
"a bone in front Of him?"
Yes"
And do you remember how the yog,
described them, when G~oldberger asked
him about them?"
Very distinctly-he called them the
attributes of Kali"
Now listen to this: The Thugs
are a religious fraternity. committing
murders In honor OF Kali. the wife
Of silva, who, they believe, assists them
that she presented her worshipers with
three things, the hem of her lower gar
ment to use as a moose, a rib to use as
a knife. and a tooth to use as q pick
AK in burying the victims" He glanced
at me, and then went on: But the
knife was little used, for the religious
character of an assassination came te
depend more and more upon its blood.
less character, and for this a moss was
used. The aversion to bloodshed be.
came IN time SO great that many sect
of Thuggee consider it defiling to toucl
and threw it on the table. Don't yo,
think that proves the caseT"
YES" I said, thoughtfully. "And tn,
yogi-is he also a Thug9"
"Oh. no: a White Priest Of Siv;
could never be a Thug. The worship
Oh SlSa auo "a hdA aiS Inc very op
posites of each other. The Saivas ar,
~ascetics. That is" he added, in anothe
tone, IF the fellow Is really a Saliva
and not just q plain fraud"
"All these fellows are frauds, NOR,
or less, aren't they9' I questioned.
Me- was Godfrey's unexpected an
swer: the real yogin are no doub
sincere: out a real yogi wouldn't vast
his time on a soft Drained old man
and fire skyreekets off at midnight t.
impress him My own opinion is tina
sleight Of hand man-and. of course
a crook"
Weir" I asked, as Godfrey stoppe,
and failed to continue.
'WeH thata as far as I've got. or
yes-there,s Tota. A cobra is one @
d fairs stock properties"
But Godfrey" / protested, "he is n
Ignorant roadside juggler. He's a cul
! tivated unusual man,"
Certainly he is-nost unusual Blu
that doesn't disprove my guess; it onl,
makes the problem harder. Even
roadside juggler doesn't do his trick
for nothiug-what reward is 1t thi
fellow is working for? 1t must be
big one, or it wouldn't tempt him"
"T suppose Vaughan paid him well,
I ventured.
ter? You've called him unusual, bu
that word doesn't begin to express hin
He's extraordinary. No doubt Vaugha'
did pay him we'll, but 1t would tax
something more h that to persuad
such a mar to spend six months in
place like that. And I think I can CUES
at the stake he's playing for"
4 {Continued next week.