The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-11
Peter turned TO the map drawn s

uIAlided by the hand Of God beconi
lost"
AT the end of twenty minutes @
study DeWolfe stood erect and dre'
In a deep breath. These pages the
were those which Parmalee had sough
and found, the same as those whicl
he had torn out of the book they ha
been associated with some strang
call. Was the call to that region 0
was the call something that followe'
his search for this quaint old volume
and it's possession?
To Peter it appeared now that on
more piece of material was needed t.
Ali the pattern. He had been reluctan
to seek this piece but now there wa.
too much confirmation to allow any
thing to stand in the way.
He could not wait he took his hat
The evening was now filled with moon.
light, so clear, upon white cloud banks
on a purple velvet sky, that it invited
all to walk leisurely under a spell OF
silvery calm that even transformed
the rectangular prisms Of the city and
the deep streets between. Peter knew
nothing of the moon; he pursued one
end, blind to all else.
After hurrying on foot for two
blocks he succeeded in stopping an
empty taxicab that was gathering
southwark on the avenue.
"Take me there" he said to the
1.f.1r xN,f+inr n aord In h{c hand
The car turned about as if 1t had
forgotten something uptown and after
ten blocks on the asphalt, swung
through a cross street to the car
tracks upon which it purred like G
brush on velvet until it turned around
a hospital on a corner and found q
block of old-fashioned ~brownstone
houses.
Up the long steps of n of them
Peter climbed, looking for a doctors
sign, and finding 1t there he rang the
bell.
The man he had come to see met
him in a typical doctors office with its
mingled and vague impressions OF
IullhH kldDS GldUC1 hl1hCl 1aohi INV
trays, the vicious appearance of q
harmless nose and throat apparatus
books bound in dark red, scattered
medical journals folded twice length
wise, the sound of water dripping into
a washbowl behind a white door ano
the faint smells of ether and aristol
powder.
Peter gave no inspection to the man
who received him he began abruptly
by stating his name.
The professional man, acting from
habit, nodded, put or his glasses, took
out a card case and said in a carefully
nurtured tone of sympathy:
whats the matter?"
Nothing is the matter" replied De
Wolfe, I'm not i'll. 1 took a chance
on finding you on Sunday evening. ]
know nothing of your Office hours. APP
parently I'm lucky"
Possibly"
81 came to consult you in your other
capacity"
The other man got up: Peter could
now see that he was a tall man who
had neglected to shave that morning
He guessed that the practice of this
physician did not flourish, but he
sensed at once the vanity of the man
the moment his second field of skill
had been mentioned.
Eyes, | do a little of that, too" the
said with fraudulent modesty.
81 should say So" replied Peter
who do you suppose sent me hereT
zone of my lawyers, perhaps"
"The district attorney"
The doctor was plainly pleased. He
said, "Well, handwriting has been my
hobby, Mr.. Devote, for nearly TWEEN
-y-two years. 1t began c%uriously
by a triviality-an attempt tc
'ead character through penmanship
t has ended in a scientific inquiry
he development of method, a system
If rhythm measurements. Scarcely a
lay goes by that l am not consulted
~ the prosecuting authorities in many
/ testified in London in the fa=
nous Speere murder case"
81 was told" said Peter, 81 was told
hat you were in advance of any other
nan in America with perhaps one ex-
option. l came to you for that reason.
came for an opinion. For that opin-
on l will gladly pay the fee you ask,
ut l want to say to you that the re-
ult of your opinion will have the
ravest bearing upon the lives of at
east two persons
Il do not give opinions" the other
aid severely, 81 give facts. l guess
t nothing. My reports are not specu-
ltions; they are statements"
Peter CALCULATED n word: Exact
~ He was nervous and he could not
)nceal it.
"Well?' said the doctor.
From his memoranda book DeWolfe
'ok eut two pieces of paper. One of
lem was that with the symbol of the
gathered serpent and the two words
The Sign" which once had been in
le possession of Jim Hennepin; the