The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-02
CHAPTER XIV.
1IR THOMAS BRAYTON

ceiVeu US coruldtiy anu mo
toned us to sit down. He
was seated at big table looking
out across the river; and I purpose
ly took a chair opposite to him,
with Manders supporting me on my
right, laying our two statements
on the table for reference.
"You have some special informa-
ton with regard to the Brighton
road business which you wish to
lay before me personally, Mr.. o.
good" he said without~beating about
the bush; and I saw that Il was mp
to me to make good.
first explained my position in
the matter. and how, through Bur
CESS Clymping, had. so to speak.
been pitchforked right into the mid
die Of the affair at It's height upon
my arrival In England three weeks
before. and then ! added q short
explanations with regard to Man
ders, and how he had come into the
business equally Unexpectedly.
OF IUOfHhS nOuueu.
"Mr Manders is known to me
personally, and his considered
opinion, In all matters like this,
carries great weight"
Then, as his opinion fully coin.
cides with mine, Sir Thomas" I
said with slight emphasis, 81 trust
that you will not too readily write
me down q freak or a lunatic, but
hear me through In detail. and with
an Nopen mind 20 into these two
statements, which I have brought
for your perusal and that Of Major
Blenkinsopp-one by Mr. Manders
and the other. by myself--dealing
with the case from two points Of
view" ~
"You may rest assured on the
subject"
THANK you" said, and then I
leaned forward trifie across the
table. ", 49,
"Have you ever studied the sub
iect Of lycanthropyw I asked.
could swear he started eighty.
Again he nodded, as much as to
convey that he knew something
about The subject theoretically or
iacademically, but that II was not
one that he had ever entertained
seriously in the sphere OF practical
everyday life or modern crime, es-
pecially in notwithstanding Eng
land. ',8ssNI
Professor Lycurgus Wolff and
his old servant, Anna Brunnolf, are
werewolves," I said solemnly, "and
; they arr responsible for the disap.
pearances on the Brighton Rosd."
!. heard Blenkinsopp bresthe
deeply, the sound Of q man deeply
moved. = e. aa
The chief tapped his blottins.pad
with a. big blue pencil, looking
across al me non-committaliy. III
go on" he said without com.
ment, and for an instant I won.
dered II either or both were doubt.
ing my sanity, q strange Ameri.
can ip London, advancing a theory
so bizarre as to astound even the
heads Of Scotland Yard!
"The lore OF lycanthropy and the
(. manifold legends Of werewolves are
one. OF the Oldest things In the
world, and appear In. practically
every country In Europe and Asia,
including such outlying places az
Iceland, Lapland and Finland, to
cay nothing OF other continents. In
GLIDING even my own countryt and
II would hardly seem logical. upon
the face Of II, that there should be
no foundation In fact for such
widely spread--aye, and widely be-
ifeved--stories, many bearing close
examination. M
ain the fifteenth century coun.
Gil Of theologians was actually con.
voked upon the subject by the EN-.
peror Sigismund, and they solemnly
decided in convocation that the
werewolf was reality.
Among the ancients-without GO
ing into fhe matter deeply at the
momentLHerodotus describes the
Neuri as persons who had the power