The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-09

by this" she said. ut had be-
longed to him, the murderer. My
mother kept it and gave it to me so
that l should know him."
For an instant / did not understand,
but Immediately after, the way she
had detected our presence in that
room, by the smell, gave me an inkling.
''Then you can tell people by their
odor?" the doctor asked.
las dog does," she answered SIM
ply.
He murdered your father, you say,
before you were born? Do you know
who your father was? What was his
name?"
"Flanka," she answered.
For an instant the doctor gazed at
her wide-eyed; then, turning away to
conceal his excitement, he struck one
palm, softly, three or four times with
the other fist.
Presently he turned back to the girl.
ibid your mother swear you to any
thing else?"
NO"
did she give you anything when
she died?"
mo"
mot even message? ] mean did
she tell you anything, anything about
Flanka?"
"She told me these Words said the
girl, ''she said them great many
times, 'Ouan feet, ii cues. Ten sout.'"
That is the best reproduction can
make Of the sound of them. l sup
posed she was speaking in Maori,
until, glancing up at the doctor, saw
that he was as much puzzled as /
was.
whats that?" he asked. "Say it
again."
She repeated the syllables glibly
and without the slightest variation in
her infection of them.
"What does that mean?" he ques-
toned. "That's not your language
nor mine."
She shook her head.
you don't understand it yourself?"
Again she shook her head, and re.
peated once more the queer, meaning
less syllables.
There was q moment Of silence, the
doctor gazing at her in a puzzled way,
all his faculties concentrated upon this
fresh mystery.
In the midst of that silence the girl
sprang suddenly erect, and from her
tense attitude it was evident that she
was listening; that she had heard
something. To our ears all was still.
Clearing abnormal, too," murmured
the doctor in a swift aside to me.
Then he spoke to the girl. "Fanen-
na," he said, you are to go into that
other room and wait until I call for
you. When I want you, will call.
Perkins, and you will come out, be-
lieving that 1t Is the first time have
called you from the bedroom. You
will remember the knife and vase of
water, but you will believe that you
have dreamed 1t. And when I call
the word Perkins you will wake up
anu COtuC H. w AOWs hc UulOCkGu
the door as he spoke.
She obeyed without hesitation. BY
that time I myself heard footsteps ap-
preaching down the corridor.
go In there after her. Phelps" said
the doctor, "and see that the windows
and doors in all the other rooms of the
apartment are locked and bolted.
Then come back here as quickly as
you can"
I heard tap at the door just as I
was finishing the task, and Immediate
ly afterward heard the doctor open it.
When I returned to the sitting room,
he turned toward me and spoke rather
quickly. There was note of sup
pressed excitement in his voice.
phelps, here's Ashton come to pay
US a CALL"
Without waiting for me to comment
on the situation, he turned back to the
district attorney.
II thought it not unlikely" he said,
that, with one intention or another,
you would make US a visit this eve
ming"
His manner was perfectly neutral,
neither friendly in the old way, nor
hostile as it might have been ex-
pected to be after the scene in the
laboratory.
Ashton flushed a little. "Oh, I've
come to apologize" he said. "My ac-
cusation against you and Mr.. Phelps
this afternoon was quite unwarranted."
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