Evening star., 1922-02-11
Continued from Yesterdays star.)
Fletcher was a pretty fine fellow

Fletcher was a pretty fine fellow
and I had come to like him: but
soon found myself wondering what
he had ever done to deserve winning
such a girl as Helen Bond. She was
what. I should describe as the ideal
reticS cyet. without any, affertation OF
nianniShaeSs. ans aeyys nsat thought
that stuck taae was. the e<ineongruous'
ness Of gfEf OF hey. type suffering
from an Attackn ,6f nerve" and
felt It must be as Craig had
cret thatswas having a terrible effect
on her. a casual glance might not
have betrayed the true state or nef
feelings. fotsfAer dark hair and large
brown eyes and the tan OF many
suns on her face and arms besokened
anything but the neurasthenic.'S One
felt instinctively that she was. with
all her athletic grace, primarily q
womanly woman. .;
-. Che sun sinking toward the hiAs
her skin and. as I observed by
watching her closely. served par
TALLY to conceal the nervousness
which, was wholly unnatural in te
girl of such poise. When she smiieo
there way b false note In 1t: 1t was
forced and it was sufhciently eV1-
dentSto me that she was goine
through. a. mental hell of conflicting
emotions that would have killed
Woman Of less self-control.
Isfelfs that would like 70 De m
Fletcher's Satisfactorily so when. at
Kennedy request. he withdrew:
leaving me to witness the torture OF
a woman of such fine esensibilities,
already hunted remorselessly by her
oWHr thoughts.
fora tactfulness that didn't kn9w
the.oid fellow possessed. He carried
through the preliminary questions
very well for pseudo doctor, APP
Dea1ins~fo me as his assistant on IN
consequential things that enabled me
he came to the. critical moment of
opening the. black bag he mad q
very appropriate. szad easy remark
about not having brought any sharp,
shiny instruments. or. nasty black
Ali Iwfsh to do. Miss Bond. Is te
makes few simple little tests OF
your neryo6s ! condition. One OF
them We specialists +caH reaction
time. and. another is e test Of heart neass-
ness at all so beg 6f you not to
become excited. for the chief value
consists in having thes patient per:
fectly quiet and normal. After they
are over I.think tn know whethst
to preserTbek absolute rest 'orsa visit
= she - smiled ianguidly. as he adjusts
ed.-a long, tightly fitting rubber
glove ION, her shapely forearm. and
then encased 1t in a larger: abso-
Retween. the rubber, glove and the
munieatfnE by a. glass tube with a
sprr pf dat 4 Craig had often ex.
Pfained. to me how the pressure OF
the blood was registered most mi
nutely on the dial. showing the
varied emotions as keenly as II you
had taken a peep into the very mino
of the subject. 1-thfnk the expert
mental psychologists called the thlng
''plethysmograph.'
Then. he had an apparatus, "h.en nc
measured Association time The
essential part of this instrument was
the operation of very delicate STOP
watch, and this duty was given 70
me. It was nothing more nor ss lese
elapsed between his questions 70 neI
and her answers, while he rscordeo
the actual questions and answers
and noted the results which l WorKeo
out; Neither Of Us Us was yshen 1pra wa We're
in college these instruments were
inst coming to use in America. Ken
nedy had never let his particular
branch Of science aie5ro% is..'~ h,9s nesspins Dus
episs and methods la other fields.
BESIDES, 1 had read articles aoout the
chronoscope, the plethysmograpn' tne
sphygomograph. and others OF tne
new psycholSsiSea. Sa1nHsl ins.rameIitth as Il he ala
that sort of thing as an everyday
..Hox. Miss Bond" he said. and his
voice was so .reassuring and persuas!ve
that could see she was nc not anr n,ros s,mnle %
nreparations, .'the game-it is just IKE
a children's parlor eame-is' just TINS:
will say a word-take dog TOT lnstance.
You are. to answer back immedla.e'y s y,ind tnd
sngeested bv it-say cat I will say
chain for example, and prooanly you
will answer collar and so on. do
YOU catch my meaning? It may seem
ridiculous, no doubt, but oeioTe we
are are tnrough nnna51e sucSa cSea test is. partcu-
larly in a simple case OF nervousness
such as yours"
don't think she found any, SIN :
lister interpret tation in his words, put
1 did. and Il ever i.wanted o 20 Do p.0-
ed to stick, in my throat.
He was beginning. It was clearly
up to me to give IN and not. inter
fere. AS closely az was able l
kept my eyes riveted. on, the waacn Ten
and heart followed with mingled
emotions the low, musical voice OF
the girl.
was much OF it, particularly, at sne
since it was merely. leading up to
the "surprise tests From the col
orless questions Kennedy suddenly
changed. 1t was done In an instant,
when Miss Bond had been completely
Might" said Kennedy. DAY"
came back the reply from Miss
"Automoaile" Horse"
BAY" Bead"
Road" Forest"
cate" Fence" !.
path" SHRUBS"
"Porch." House"
Did 1 detect or imagine a faint
hesitation?
Yes, it was plain that time. But
T. words followed one another in
quick succession. There was no
rest. She had no chance to collect
herself. I noted the marked differ
sympathy, damned this cold, scien-
tifif ipsrIs.a tn1.a dsFrss; sFrssee."
Quarter Latin" ''Students.''
"Apaches." Craig gave it its Gal
llClZcu hp6Sn. real.
1y, Dr. Kennedy" she said. there is
nothing I can associate with them
we'll, yes, les vaches, / believe. You
had better. count that question. out.
I've wasted good many seconds.
Very well, let US try again." he re-
piled with forced unconcern. though
the answer seemed to interest him.
for '1es vaches' meant "the cows
otherwise known as the police.
No lawyer could have reveled in
an opportunity for putting leading