The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-14


she rose. so that all could see now
MS girl she said. speaking ra0}d}z
IS ahhcted with a nervous physical dts
order. mania. which is uncontroIIaAIo
ana takes this outlet. It is emotional in
sanity-not loss Of control of the VII h,,.
perversion OF the viii"
'Humph." was Drummond's sole con,
Tnent with a significant glance at the nj
! OF goods on the table
A Is not the articles themselves 81.
much. went on Constance, folIovina ~.
glance, "as it is the pleasure. the ex,,t.
nlent, the satisfaction-cau n ~, ~.
/ WII-ot taking them. A thief works fo-
/ the oeneht he may derive from ohfarvs
stolen after he gets them Here is a strr
! VINO apparently has no further use for an
/ hapes hates it," 's' ~
| oh. yes" remarked DrlInmon5. ..}.,.
why are they all so careful not to ge-
caught! Every one is responsible v,ha
! HhoWs the nature and consequences Of
Constance had wheeled about
| That is not So" she exclaimed An.
4 modern aAenist will tell you that Some
umes the chief mark Of insanity may b..
In showing the nature and consequences
! craItiiy avoiding detection with an al
mos Superhuman cunning No; the ties.
Is whether knowing the nature and ,,orl-
sequences, a person suffers under such
defect OF will that IN spite Of everythfne
in the face of everything. thai person
cannot control that will"
AS she spoke, she had quickly de
tached the little instrument and had
placed IT an Annie 8rayson's arm. II
1t had been Bertilon camera ol
even n fnger-print OUTFIT. Annie Gray
son would probably have fought like
IA uEIrcss. But this tauE was new
one She had a peculiar spirit Of
bravado.
on Constance. ARE often regarded a.
excuses framed UP by the experts {,
cover up plain ordinary stealing Rut
did you wiseaCres of crime ever stou
t" think that perhaps they do act
ually exist?
There are many things that dis
tnEulsh such a woman as 7 have des-
Crihed to YOU from common thtcc
There is the insane desire to steal
merely for stealinE's sake--a Morbid
craving. OF course I'm a sense IL IS
stealing, But il ia persistent, incor
|riGiblc, motiveless. useless
/ stop to think about IT a moment
5 she concluded lowering her voice AMI
] taking advantage Of the very novelty
70 Of the situation she had created
{ Such diseases are the product Of civi-
. lizattou, OF sensationalism NaturalIy
a enough. then, woman, with her deli
cat"Iy balanced nervous organization.
lN the llISl ana CnlFI OHeNieF--lf NIT.
insist on calling such a person at
1 offender under your antiquated meth
DDS of dealing with such cases"
- She had paused.
What did you say YOU called th5-
e thing" asked Drummond as he tapped
the Arrangement on Annie Grayson's
, arm.
He was evidently not much impres-
I sod by It. vet somehow instinctively
regarded il with somewhat Of the feel
B. ing Of an elephant toward mouse.
a That" answered Constance. taking
u it off Annie Grayson's arm before shr
t could do anything with It. why. !
= don't know that l said anything about
% it, Tt is really a sphygmomano-
+ never lies one Of the Instruments the
insurance companies use now to regis
I ter blood pressure and discover Ger
$ tain diseases. It occurred TO me thai
>, il might be put to other and equally
- practical uses. For no one can con
o cosl the emotions from this nstru-
mcnt, mot even a person Of cast-tro'
nerves.
, She had placed it on Drummond' IS
- arm. He appeared fascinated
% Sec how il works?" she went or
. you see one hundred ana twenty-five
mtimeters is the normal pressure
=, Kitty Carr is absolutely abnormal
do not know, but I think that she sur.
fers from periodical attacks Of vertigo
e Almost all EIeptomaniaCs do. Durtnr
e am attack they are utterly irrespons'
> BILE"
q Drummoud was looking at the thin
IS carefully. Constance turned to Anni'
If "Wnero's your hushando" she asked
a orhand.
e "0h he disappeared as soon SIS thesc
department store dicks showed up
y watching Constance narrowly. qulLt
.. .uonpIussod and unable to make any
# thing out of what was going on.
n Constance looked at Drummond In
S quirlngly
IIo shook his head slowly Tn
G afraid we'll never catch him" ne said
% He got the jump on us-although W,
a have our lines out for him, too"
r She had glanced down quickly al
e the little innocent-loolInE but tell
& tale phyEmomanOmoter.
2 You lie"' she exclaimed suddenly
q with all the vigor Of a man.
She was pointing at tho quiverina
- little needle which registered sud
u den access Of emotion totally conceal
II ed by the sanR-froid Of Drummond'
" ,weI-schooled exterior
She wrenched the thing Of HIS wris'
., and dropped It into her bag. mo
ment later she stood by the open win
n police whistle cleaning In her hand
ready for its shril alarm II any move
d were made to cut short what she hac
u to say.
ID She was speaking rapidly now.
II You see. I've had II on all Of you
"a one after another. and each has toll
ct me your story. just enough OF It To-
me to piece Il together. Kitty is suf
= fering from form Of vertigo. an in
sanity. kleptomania, the real thing
l. As for you. Mr.. Drummond. you wer'
le in league with the alleged husband
le your own stool pigeOn-to catch An
II ME Grayson."
,e Drummond moved. SO ala IN
It whistle He stopped.
But she was too clever for YOU all
ls She was not caught, even by MAJ
le who lived with her as her own hus-
a band For she was not operating"
r Annie Grayson moved as II to fac
Is out her accusers at this sudden turI
il of fortune.