Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-18
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II have ever encountered so
Strange a case" John Wells re-
marked when the Office door closed
behind their young client.
n II have been the attorney for Ho-
bart Drake and his sister Jerusha
for the past twenty years and their
affairs are in perfect shape" The
attorney sat back in his chair and
placed the tips of his fingers to-
gether ref1ectively. Rogers bril-
liant scientific career speaks for H.
self and Andrew made a big finan-
cial success of his sheep ranch. !
had known the family years ago but
not intimately.
''They held themselves aloof from
the neighbors with the bitter pride
of poverty which resents the mem
DRY of past a~ffluence.
II should like to know how they
impressed you before prosperity re-
turned to them," the detective ask
ed. II want to gauge what changes
the past twenty years have made in
their several characters. It's evi'
deEt from the widely different ca
reers which they chose that the
three brothers are as far apart III
temperament as the poles"
"They always were," Wells re-
marked r~eminiscently. Roger is
The oldest of the family-he mus
about forty-eight-and except In
AVNtWard appearance he has changer
thu least, in my estimation. He was
always a dreamer, a shy sort oi
youth. Andrew, two years his
junior, was just the opposite; bois-
ferrous and fun-loving, and more So
cable than any of the rest. Jerusha
Miss Drake-comes next. She was
.l;,r;Gol a,,J orStarn oyap a c a NOR,
girl"
what of the third brother, the
father of the young lady?"
There you will find the greatest
change, Sergeant" The attorney
spoke hastily and in a more conf
dental tone as if to make amend
for his implied suggestion. "Hobar1
was a drab, colorless young bank
clerk at twenty-three. wholly with
out ambition to get out of the rut
Now he is a dynamic force on the
Street and until this unfortunate
episode the leading citizen of hi
community. | cannot believe tha'
his sanity is in question, much les:
than all three brothers should bt
attacked at virtually the same time
! feel hat there must be som,
other explanation"
The attorney pushed back hi:
chair and rising. moved to the win
dow where he stood for a moment
Then he wheeled: Sergeant,
haven't a theory. a suspicion, ar
idea of a possible solution! The
whole thing is monstrous, incredi'
BILE! If 1 were ignorant and super
stitious, if 1 believed in the Evi
Eye"
He left the sentence unfinished
and Owen Miles smiled slight,
once more.
"But science has proved the ex'
istence of the modern equivalent o.
the Evil Eye, hasn't it, sir? Ism
hat what you're getting at?"
"You mean hypnotism. of course
1t seems too bizarre a thought tt
entertain seriously. If these tire;
brothers are not the victims of some
strange drug. self-administered OF
otherwise, which is slowly driving
them mad, what possible alternative
explanation is there?"
The detective rose also and pick
ed up his hat from the desk. wv
shall see."
The afternoon was well advance;
when Sergeant owen Miles ap
preached the long lines of glistenins
greenhouses near a country clut
and thu paused as a hearty voice
hailed him from the golf links
Turning he beheld a stocky, robus
figure clad in golfiing clothes strid
ing vigorously toward him.
What the dickens" Mile