Evening star., 1917-11-11
CRAIG KENNEDY DETECTIVE STORIES :$$H %

condition Of paralysis Of the body with
out the corresponding paralysis OF the
mind"
''And it's this stun that somebody has
been putting into her tonic?" asked,
startled. DO you suppose that Is part Of
Burr's system, or did Miss Giles tighten
her work by putting 1t into the tonic?"
Kennedy did not betray his suspicion.
but went on describing the drug which
was having such serious eject on Mrs.
Cranston.
less condition. sometimes with his muscles
so completely paralyzed that he cannot
so much as move a finger. cannot close
his lips or move his tongue to motsten
depression is absolutely unlike any other
feeling Imaginable, II I may Judge from
the accounts Of those who have expert
enced 1t. Other sensations. such as pain,
may be Judged. In a measure. by COM
parison with other painful sensations, but
the sensation produced by hyoscyamin in
large doses seems to have no basis for
comparison. There is no kindred feeling.
Practically every institution for the In
sane used 1t few years ago for con-
trolling patients, but now better methods
have been devised"
rThe more 1 think Of what I saw at the
Trocadero." I remarked. the more |
wonder II Miss Giles has been seeking to
win Cranston herself
'In large enough doses and repeated
often enough" continued Kennedy, Il
suppose the toxic effect of the drug
might be to produce insanity. At any
rate. II We are going to do anything.
It might better be done at once. They
are all out there now. If we act to-
night, surely we shall have the best
chance of making the guilty person be-
tray himself"
Kennedy telephoned for a fast tour
ing car, and in half an hour. while he
gathered some apparatus together, the
car was before the door. In it he
placed couple of light silk-rope lad
ders. some common wooden wedges.
and an instrument which resembled a
surveyors transit with two conical
horns sticking out at the ends.
We made the trip out of New York
and UP the Boston post road. following
the route which Cranston and Miss
Giles must have taken some hours be-
fore US. In the town of Montrose,
Kennedy stopped only long enough to
get bite to eat and to study up In
the roads OF the vicinity.
It was long after midnight when we
struck up into the country. The night
was very dark, thick and foggy. With
the engine running as muff1ed as pos
sible and the lights dimmed. Kennedy
quietly jammed on the brakes as We
pulled up along the side of the road.
A few rods farther ahead could
make out the BelIeclafre Sanatorium
surrounded by its picketed stone wall
Not light was visible In any OF the
windows.
"Now that we're here" I whispered.
what can we do?"
You remember the paper gave Mrs.
Cranston when the excitement in the
hall broke loose?"
Yes nodded, as We moved over
under the shadow of the wall.
Il wrote on sheet from my note
book" said Kennedy. land told her to
strike the window: and I gave her a
piece Of string to let down to the
ground"
Kennedy threw the silk ladder up un-
til it caught on one of the pickets:
then. with the other ladder and the
wedges. he reached the top of the wall,
followed by me. We pulled the first
ladder up as We clung to the pickets.
and let it down again inside. Noise
lessly we crossed the lawn.
Above was Mrs Cranston's window.
Craig picked up some bits of broken
stone from walk about the house and
threw them gently against the pane.
Then we drew back into the shadow Of
discover us. In few minutes the win
dow on the second floor was stealthi1y
opened. The muff1ed figure of Mrs.
Cranston appeared in the dim light;
then piece of string was lowered.
To 1t Kennedy attached light silk
ladder and motioaed in pantomime for
her to draw it up. 1t took her some
time to fasten the ladder to one of the
HedNy pieces UI the room.
Swaying from side to side. but clinging
with frantic desperation to the ladder.
while we did our best to steady it, she
managed to reach the ground. She
turned from the building with a shud-
der and whispered:
This terrible place! How can ever
thank you for getting me out of it?''
kennedy did not pause long enough
to say a word. but hurried her across
to the final barrier, the wall.
Sh Nf oTor ryr1
from the front Of the house under the
who had discovered US.
Instantly Kennedy seized a chair
from a little summer house.
"Qufck. Walter" he cried. "over the
wall with Mrs. Cranston. while hold
him! Then throw the ladder back on
this side. III join you in moment;
as soon as you get her safely over"
chair is only an Indifferent club,
If that is all one can think of using
1t for. Kennedy ran sGuarely at the
watchman, holding it out straight be-
fore him. Only once did cast hasty
pinned to the wall by the chair. with
Kennedy at the other end of 1t and
safely out Of reach.
Mrs. Cranston and managed to
scramble over the wall. although she
tore her dress on the pickets before
we reached the other side. hustled
her into the car and made everything
ready to start It was only. a couple
of minutes after threw the ladder
back before Craig rejoined US.
How did you get away from the
"I forced him back with the chair
into the hall and slammed the door,
Then I jammed a wedge under It," he