Evening star., 1922-09-01


at one of his clubs. Having two or
three friends who were members,
did not hesitate to drop around.
Unfortunately. none Of my friends
happened to be there, and waa
forced. finally, to ask for cranston
wanted to know wae whether he was
there or not. One Of che clerks told
me that he had been in. but hed left
In . tsxicab only q short time before.
As there was q cabstand outside
the club. ! determined to make an In
Quiry and perhaps discover the driver
who had had him. The starter knew
him, and when I said that 1t was
very important business on which /
wanted to see him he motioned to q
driver who had just pulled UP.
A chance for another fare and .
generous tip were all that was neces-
sary to induce him to drive me to
the Trocadero. q fashionable restau-
rant and cabaret, where he had taken
Cranston \ short time before. 1t was
crowded when ! entered. and, avoid
ing the head waiter, I stood by the
door q few minutes and looked over
the brilliant and gay throng. Fin
Cranston's head at table in far
corner. AS made my way down the
line of tables was genuinely amazed
to see that he was with woman. 1t
was JUL Giles!
She must have come down ON the
rate, it looked as though she had
lost no time in seeking out Cranston
after our. visit. ! took . seat at a
table next them.
They were talking about Kennedy
and. during q lull In the music.
Overheard him asking her Just what
'It was certainly very clever in
him to play both you and DR.. Burr
the way he did. He told DR.. Burr
that you had sent him. and told you
that DR.. Burr had sent him. BY
whom do you suppose he really was
sent?"
could it have been my wife"
"It must have been, but how she
did 1t is more than can imagine"
How 10 she. anyway" he asked.
Sometimes she seems to be getting
along finely, and then, other days; l
feel quite discouraged about ner. Her
Perhaps I had better go out and
see Burr" he considered. 1T is early
in the evening. I'll drive you out In
my car. I'll stay at the sanatorum
tonight, and then, perhaps, III know
q little better what we can do"
words which gave me the impression
that he was more interested in being
with Miss Giles than with Mrs.
Cranston. I, wondered whether 1t
was a plot Of Cranston's and MISS
Giles. Had he been posing before
Kennedy. and were they really try
Ing nsv to put Mrs cranston out OF the
AS the music started up again l
heard her say. Cant we have Just
one more dancer"
A moment later they were lost in
the gay whirl on the dancing fioor.
They made a handsome couple, and
first time that they had dined and
danced together. The music ceased
and they returned to their places re-
luctantly. Then Cranston telephoned
for his car to be brought around to
the cabaret.
l hastened back to the laboratory
to inform Craig Of what had seen.
AS I told my story he looked UP at
me with a sudden Hash OF compre-
hension.
II am glad to know where they
will all be tonight" he said. Some
one has been giving her henbane--
hyoscyamin. have Just discovered
what's henbaner' I asked.
ut is drug derived from the
hyoscyamus plant, much like BELLA
donna, though more distinctly seda-
tive. 1t 10 a hypotic used often In
mania and mental excitement, M The
ed as one of it's effects. You re-
call the brightness Of her eyes? That
is one of the effects OF the mydriatic
alkaloids, of which this is one. The
ancients were familiar with several
Of its peculiar properties. as they
knew Of the closely allied poison
hemlock.
MANY Of the textbooks at the pres
emit time fail to. say anything about
the remarkable effect produced by
large doses Of this terrible alkaloid.
This effect can be described techni-
cally SO as to be Ineligible. but no
description can convey. even approxi-
mately, the terrible sensation pro-
duced in many insane patients by
large doses. In q general way 1t is
the condition of paralysis Of the body
without the corresponding paralysis
Of the mind"
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 suspi-
cion. but went on describing the drug
which was having such serious
effect on Mrs. Cranston.
"The victim lies in an absolutely
helpless condition sometimes. with
his muscles SO completely paralyzed
that he cannot SO much as move q
finger, cannot close his lips or move
his tongue to moisten them. This
feeling Of helplessness IL usually fol-
lowed by Inconsistencies and then
by a period Of depression. The COM
bined feeling of helplessness and de-
preston is absolutely unlike any
other feeling imaginable. II I may
Judge from the accounts Of those
who have experienced 1t. Other
sensations. such as pain. may be
with other painful sensations. but
the sensation produced by hyoscya-
min in large doses seems to have no
basis for comparison. There is no
kindred feeling. Practically every
institution for the insane used 1t q
few years ago for controlling pa
tients, but now better methods have
been devised"
sThe more think of what saw
at the Trocadero," I remarked. "the
more I wonder II Miss Giles has been
seeking to win Cranston herself"
"In large enough doses and repeat
ed often enough" continued Kennedy,
II 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 De done n,a, al
IF we act tonight surely we shall have
the best chance Of making the guilty
person betray himself"
Copyright, 1927
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