The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07
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"1 Nnou1d propose, then, that you come to Harley street at, shall we say, 9:30? My earliest professional appoint ment is at 10. Will that inconvenience you7''
 ''Not at all." Max assured him. ."It will suit me admirably" @
 With that the matter dropped for the time, since Helen and her new friend now re-entered, and, although Helen's manner was markedly depressed, Miss Ryland energetically turned the con versatton upon the subject of the play which they had witnessed that even ing.
 { M. Max when he took his departure found that the rain had ceased, and accordingly he walked up Whitehall, interesting himself in those details of midnight London life 70 absorbing to the visitor, though usually overlooked by the resident.
 ~ Punctually at half past 9 claret col ored figure appeared in sedate Harley street. M. Gaston Max pressed the bell, above which appeared, "Dr. Bruce CumbeEly."
 He was admitted by Dr. Garnham, who attended there daily during the hours when Dr. Cumberly was visible to patients, and presently found him. self in the consulting room of the phy- sician.
 Good morning, M. Gaston," said Cumberlt, rising and shaking his vis- itor by. the hand. Pray sit down and let us get to business. can give you q clear half hour"
 Max, by way of reply, selected card from one of the several divisions of his cardcase and placed it on the table. Cumberly glanced at it and started slightly, turning and surveying his visitor with new interest.
 | You are M. Gaston MAxw he said, fixing his gray eyes upon the face of the man before him. T understood my daughter to say
 ;. Max waved his hands deprecatingly.
 sssIt is in the first place to apologize" he explained, "that am here. I was presented to your daughter in the name of Gaston, which is at least part of my own name, and because other in terests were involved found myself in the painful position of being pre- scented to you, under the same false colors." @
 "Oh, dear. deary' began Cumberly. "But"-- a "Ah, protest, 1t Is true," continued ] Max, with an inimitable movement of the shoulder, land regret 1t. But in my profession"--
 'Which you adorn, monsieur, inject ed Cumberly. < '.Many thanks. But in my profes- sion these little annoyances sometimes occur. At the earliest suitable occa- sion shall reveal myself to Miss Cum berly and Miss Ryland, but at pres ent"--he spread his palms eloQuently and raised his eyebro 'morbleu, it is impossible"
 Certainly. l quite understand that Your visit to London is professional one? am more than delighted to have met you, M. Max. Your work on .riminal anthroposcopy has an hon. ored place on my shelves
 Again M. Max delivered himself of The deprecatory wave.
 You cover me with confusion" he protested, flor fear in that book I have intruded upon sciences of which I know nothing and of which you know much"
 "On the. contrary, you have con tributed to those sciences, M. Max" declared the physician. "And, now. do understand that the object of your call this moorningY
 Tn the first place 1t was to excuse myself, but in the second place come to ask your help.''
 He seated himself in a deep arm chair, bending forward and fixing his dark, penetrating eyes upon the physi. clan. Cumberly, turning his own chair slightly, evinced the greatest interest in M. Max's disclosures.
 If you have been in Paris lately" " continued the detective, you will pos. sibly have availed yourself of the op- portunity-since another may not oc- cur--of visiting the. house of the ia nous magician, Cagliostro, on the cor ner of Rue St. Claude and Boulevard Beaumarcha1s."
 "I have not been in Paris for over two years," said Cumberly, ''nor was aware that house of that celebrated charlatan remained extant"
 "Ah, Dr. Cumberly, your Judgment of Caglfostro is harsh one. We have no time for such discussion now, but I should like to debate with you this question: Was Cagliostro a charlatan However, the point is this: Owing to alterations taking place in the Boule- yard Beaumarchais some of the end houses in Rue St. Claude are being pulled down, among them No. 1, for. ; merly occupied by the Comte de Cagli- ostro At the time that the work com Llenced availed myself of little leisure to visit that house, once so ia nous. was very much interested, and found 1t fascinating to walk up the grande staircase where so many. his torical personages once walked to con suit the seer, But great as was my interest in the apartments of Caglios. tro I was even more interested in one of tho apartments tn . neghborina