The Washington times., 1916-11-04

msnssly rich man. IL only he hadn't
been robbed Of his rghts."
He didn't tell Miss Chester Of this
Naturally not. II she or her moth
or gave up living here the estate would
come 70 him after all He hoped for
that. And when he heard Of her plan
to open kind Of hotel he helped her
age the business. That was because
he had an idea, which he hoped he
could work. His father. who died when
Merley was q boy. was q professor OF
ventions and discoveries, but they new
er brought In money. There was one
thing he found after spending a year
In Persia for his health. He discov-
no one had ever thought Of import.
ance before-an extract could be pro-
duced which would make people nm
conscious. at the same time causing
theiE ib,n muss,ss s.s TO rsmsin SO rigid that
main on their feet. OF would not drop
what they might be holding in their
hends. When. they came to them
selves selves sssin they would not feel III,
consciousness for q moment.
"Morley's father was much excited
about this preparation, and hoped il
vn,oLa would De as Important m as ourars, IL not
form, as nearly as possible after the
plant. and published his discovery 10
the medical profession. But then came
a dreadful blow. After many expert
ing could be done to prolong uncon-
sciousness enough to make arenoform
really useful to doctors and surgeons.
The effect wouldn't last longer than
| were terribly exhausted next day. 40
that the stuff would not do even for
| dentists In extracting teeth. az II was
more depressing than gas; One of the
that a lot OF people could be made
| unsconscious at once. even in a big
room. by a spray OF arenoform floating
In the air. But though that was curl.
Gus and interesting, IL was not of prac-
teal use, so arenoform was a failure.
The disappointment was so great that
| Morley's father was never the same
again. He always hoped that some ex-
cess. and. instead OF gaining the fortune
ne expected; he spent more money thsn
he could spare from his family in Inn
porting quantities OF the plant from
II: o%n sna aSosa.STS I.n the he s'. SsS
and there were hundreds and hundreds
Of the bottles in the house, Of no use
to ANYBODY; but Morley had promised
stroyed. Every one forgot he discovery
OF arenoform. for you see DR.. Chester
has been dead twenty years. Only Nor.
ley didn't forget; and II was the OK
in the house left him by his father
which put the idea OF coming here into
| his head. He experimental wlta The
stuff on a dog. and found It was 40
Then he told me. and / promised to help
In any way I could.
Next to the dining hall on one side.
and separating 4 from the two rooms
a n n AANN ~ la~
is long. rather ugly room which
Morley asked Sidney to give him as q
private office. Night after night ho
worked there before the house was
perfecting his scheme. He performed
| the walls. so that, by means of a little
| movable machine which I could work, a
spray OF arenoform could be showered
| through the oak wainscoting either into
the dining hall on one side or the two
| sitting rooms on the other Then he had
| the tables arranged along the wall: and
as s one pe@suiiarity @ Of arsnotorm y that
| oak-no detective could have sIspe cted
| anything by coming to sniff about ihe
place afterward. Besides. the perfora-
tions In the wainscotins are 40 small
wormholes which are slowly spelling the
| old oak.
when Morley was In the dining
hall or one OF the sitting rooms
something happen-I would be in the
locked office, and at a signal which
he would give me when most OF the
servants were out OF the room watt
turn on the spray. He always kept at
| the farthest end OF the room. behind
| the screen, and put his face to an
! open window there. Then, when
| everybody In the room was under the
| influence, which they were in a min
ute or two. he would take whatever
he wanted from some. unconscious
man or woman. or even several per-
sons, before any one woke up. We've
had no one to help US except an as
sistant OF the cook. whom I bribed to
make 4 as long between courses as
the servants go In with the next ,Si,h
the office. which Morley had arranged
to communicate with the kitchen.
The cooks assistant knows nothing,
though, except that for somo reason
| II was convenient to me not 20 have
the meals hurried and to be able to
regulate exactly the moment when
Long before dawn Mr.. and MIS-
Next day Christopher told Sidney and
Sir Walter Raven, the tale as II had
been told to him. Advertisements
were put In the papere Informing
victims Of the strange thefts where
they could recover their property:
payment from sidney chestsrIonly a
piece of her wedding cake TO dream
on"
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