The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-21

9NEAAknE ~ MN now ana ne
attributed her frightened eyes TO
emotion caused by his tale. How
sympathetic she was! To herself
was the Grange, and he heard the
cry OF the CURSE"
IsHsa PFisonerg
Il sprang 70 the door," continued
Basil. and sought to throw II open.
Imagine what I felt when found
It lookedl L havs not often sx-
perieneed fear. but I SdmIt that
for A few moments. I was shame
fully frightened. I believe cried
out; know I struck the door a.
hard Is I could with my fists, for
afterWard found my knuekles
bruised and bleeding.
Presently the door was opened
by the old man. He had taken on
his mask and hs macintosh, but
ne was wearing q heavy oyercoat
and . white mufier which con
cealed the lower part OF his face.
his eyes were covered By spectaeles.
and he wore . black skuIl-eap upon
his head He seemed very angry.
What the devil are you making
such row forF he said what's
the matterP
why have you locked me inr
I cried What was that horrid
yell I heard just nowT
DO you mean 20 tell me you
were frightepsdP he saId, con-
temptuously; you. q doetor7 You
surprise me. Perhaps, however he
added, q little more calmly, I
should have explained to you that
there are two or three iunatics kent
in this house and Il is 20 attend 10
one OF them that you are wanted.
/ locked you in for your own pro
lection You viii understand now
why I vent TO Or. French, who sent
me on to you
Why didn't you tell me this
beforer gTumbled. Ny temper
was badly ruRled- 1T 10 not 10 be
wondered At that had q frightP
ne -muttefed some excuses. He
had been 80 taken Up with other
matters On the road, he had had
the car TO attend to, and 20 on. and
30 on accepted his APOLOGIES:
what else could I do?
And now, perhaps you will tell
me about my patient said, short
~. was It he who cried cut just
now?
An UuruIy Patient
No: he Is too IN 70 cry out.
He Is not very mad. either-you
Will see for yourself. He got light
ing with one OF the othar patients
and has been hurt. but don't think
dangerously. The trouble Is that
he had to keep an important en-
gagement tomorrow, and want
you 70 pub him together 50 that
he may be able to do this. And
nov, II you are ready, we viii 90
70 him.
u took my case OF surgical IN
stFumsnts and followed the old man
down a long corridor with doors on
either Bide. Il was q bleak pas
sage unearpetsd and with stone
wallis. A great window at the end
was heavily barred The old man
carried . lamp. for there was not
much other light
AT the end Of the passage he
unlocked a door and motionsd to
lowed, carefully closing the door
behind him
81. found myself in q room fur
nished Gs a bedroom There was q
certain amount Of luxury about IL
compared to what had so far seen.
The floor was carpeted and the bed
was a fine piece OF antique furni-
ture- Chairs Rpd tables, too, were
OF old oak and gave the impression
OF having been taken from some
old hall. By the side OF the bed a
man was seated. the same, think,
who had opened the door to me.
He was short and slim, and he had
long spideFy arms His hair was
reddish, and I remember that his
eyes shone green in the half-HSht,
like those OF a cat He had a scar
on his left cheek. I saw him better
than saw any Of the other strange
people during my adventure"
Under her breath Esther gaSped,
''Tweedledee!" How well she remem-
bsFed that scar. Then she laughed
nervously at the incongruity Of the
sound Basil, however. had not
heard her.
A RasA Hattsred PafIeat.
This man drew back the curtain
Of the bed and motioned me 20 ad-
vance. 4 man lay there, . man OF
shout ny Own Sge, and with thick,
curling. black hair, not unlike my
oun. Ne waB vsFy pale, and his
eyes were eloSe1. he was not con-
Bcioua. I proceeded to make q hAsty
examination Of his wounds, while
the othar two watched me silently.
There was = greet cut on his
head which had been bandaEed
roughly, and which would evidently
require seVaFRl Btitahea- He had
apparently bean stunned By the
blow, which had not, however,
broken the bona, There were, how
ever, worse injuries on his body,
broken NIB being the most import
ant, II was - II he had been crush
ed BY strong aFmS, the rib having
broken under pFeaEura, About his
throat, too, there were the marlE1 OF
fingsFnRiis, Whloh had torn the
flesh, though without doing mueh
material damage,
when had nAiGhed HEY SRam-
instion the old man turned to ne
sharply,
weir" he asked,
1.-THE injuries are ssriou1,' said,
and they win neoeSsitato days OF
Feat-'
-DaysF he said Than yyu means
that he yin not be able to ellfin his
engagement tomorrow 80
= 1t will be weeks before he san
leave his bed I answered, TO move
him now might be fatal, But. In any
Ease, he could not moVa,t
Tho younger man gave \ low
w-hGuHNas tn nld unnn Won