Evening star., 1922-07-07

'nAt nao peen sent 10 MIN rrom nos
pital. This tissue he was very careful
10 cleanse of blood and then by re-
peated boilngs prepare for whatever use
he had in mind.
As for myself. could only stand
aside and watch his preparations in
pieces Of apparatus which he had re-
call one that consisted Of q glass CYL
inder with siphon tube running into 1t
half way up the outside. Inside was
as he proceeded were glass containers,
capillary pipettes, test tubes. Bunsen
burners and dialyzers Of porous parch-
ment paper whose wrappers described
mem as permeable for peptones, but
not for albumins."
Carefully set aside was the blood
which he had drawn from Seaburys
veins, allowed to stand till the serum
separated out from the clot. Next he
pipetted 1t into a centrifuge tube and
centrifuged it at high speed, some six
teen thousand revolutions. until the
serum was perfectly clear, with no trace
OF a reddish tint, nor even cloudy. After
that he drew of the serum into little
tube, covered 1t with layer OF sub
stance called tolual from another sterile
pipette, and finally placed it in an incu-
bator at temperature Of about ninety
eight.
1t was well along toward 4 o'clock
when he paused as II some mental alarm
clock had awakened him to another part
OF the plan Of action he had laid out.
walter" he remarked. hastily dofing
his stained old laboratory coat, 81 think
we'd better drop around to the Wander
veer.'
Curious as had been at the prepara-
tlons he was making In the laboratory.
was still glad at even the suggestion
OF something that my less learned mind
sould sua understand. and it was not funny
seconds before we were on our way.
Through the lobby of the famous
new hostelry we slowly lounged
along, then down passage into the
tearoom: where, in the center of q
and tables. was a glossy dancing floor.
Kennedy selected table not in the
circle. but around an L." inconspic-
uously located, so that we could watch
the dancing without ourselves being
At one end Of the room an excel
lent orchestra was playing. I gazed
about fascinated. AT the dancing
acb Was ,oa
and fingers giittered with gold and
gems. men whose very air exuded
prosperity-or at least It's veneer. i.
About 1t an was the glamour Of
promising familiarity In this break
ing down Of old social restraints
through the insidious influence of the
tearoom. with its accomplishments of
I suppose" remarked Craig after
We had for some time settled our
selves and watched the brilliant
scene. that. like many others.
whether these modern dances are ac-
tually as stimulating as they seem"
shrugged my shoulders non
might call real dance neurosis." he
went on, contemplatively, toying with
a glass. In fact, few persons can
Withstand the physical effect Of the
and the sinuous movements-at least
where, so to speak. the surroundings
are suggestive and the dance becomes
less restrained and more sensuous. As
It does often in circumstances like
these, often among strangers.
The music had started again ana
one after another couples seemed to
float past in unhesitating hesitation
-dowager and debuntant, dandy and
doddering octogenartan.
Why" he exclaimed, looking out
a the whirling kaleidoscope, here in
the most advanced epoch people of
culture and intelligence frankly say
they are wild for something primi-
tive"
STILL" I objected. dancing even in
the wild, stimulating emotional man
ner you see here need not be merely
an incitement to love. need It? May it
love Instinct - eroticism translated
into rhythm? Perhaps 1t may repre-,
sent sex. but not necessarily badly"
Kennedy nodded. Undoubtedly the
to the sexual temperament of the
dancer" he admitted.
He paused and again watched the
.whirl. ~
stand it?'' he unused, only half speak
ing to me. I'm sure that this Sher-
burne is clever enough to do 30. at
; 4 hearty round of applause came
None left the floor, however, but re-
manned waiting for the encore eagerly.
scarcely changing the position in which
they had stopped.
with the music, several things seem
significant. Many people have noticed
that after marriage women generally
lose much of their ardor for dancing.
I feel that 1t Is an unsafe matter on
seabury seems not to have lost It,"
Then" I inquired, quickly, you Inn
ply that-she is not really as much in
love with her husband as she would
have us think-or. perhaps. herself be-
Not quite that" he replied doubt
fully. But I am wondering whether
there Is such factor that must be
considered"
Before I could answer Kennedy
touched my arm. Instinctively fol-
lowed the direction of his eye and
saw Mrs. Seabury step out on the floor
across from us. Without q word from
Craig. I realised that the man with her
must be Sherwood, our tango thief
Fashionably dressed, affable, SEEM
1ngly superhcially, at least, well edu-
Gated, tail, graceful, with easy man
ners. could not help seeing at
glance that he was one of the most
AS they pissed near us Mrs. Sea-
bury caught Kennedy's eye In mo-
mentary recognition. Her face, flushed
with the dance, colored perhaps
shade deeper, but not noticeably to her
partner, who was devoting himself
wholly and skiilfully to leading her In
q manner that one could see called
forth frequent comment from otherSA
less favored.
As they sat down after this dance
and the encore, Craig n1ottoned to the
waiter at our table and Whispered to
him. 73 .s -
A few moments later, q man WHOM
I had seen around the hotel on my
infreQuent visits. but did not know.
slipped quietly into . seat beside Ken
nedy, even deeper n the SHADOW Of the
walter, I'd like to have you meet
Mr.. Dunn, the house detective" whis-
pered Kennedy under his breath.
The usual Interchange OF remarks
followed. during which Dunn was
evidently waiting for Kennedy to res
veal the real purposs Of our visit.
by. the way, Dunn remarked
Craig at length. "who is that fellow
over there with the woman In bIue~-
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