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(Copyright, 1917, by the Mc dure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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HYPNOTISM can't begin to
accomplish - what Karatoff
claims. He'- a fake, Ken
fake" Professor Leslie Gaines,
nedy;ht department of experimental
cf loiosnr at the university, paced ex
ps up and down Crag's laboratory.!
ThPre have been complaints to the
v Medical Society," he went on
C2t stopping, "and they have taken
v rase up ana anivu
119 c this afternoon. I've been dele
ted to attend it and report." -t
fancied from his tone and manner
.there was just a bit;more than
Sessional excitement involved. We
t not know Gaines intimately, though
course Kennedy knew of him and
f Kennedy. Some years before, I
Elected he had married Miss Edith
fhmore, ' whose family was quite
L-Tinpnt socially, and the marriage
Granted a great deal of attention at
the time,
for she had been a student
one of his courses wnen ne was
,lv an assistant professor.
"Who is Karatoff, anyhow?" asked
Kennedy.
"What is known about him?"
""Dr. Galen Karatoff, a Russian, I be-
1'pve " returned uamw- v.ouuo
tn be aoie to
ism sug
estion, he calls it, though it
something more than that,
As nearly as 1 can mane ouw, it musi
jlmost amount to thought transference,
telepathy, or some such thing. Oh, he
has a large following; in fact, some
Tery "well known people inthe smart
set are going to him. JWhy," he added,
feeing up, "Edith my wife has be
cometoterested in his hypnotic clinics,
a she calls them." Gaines paused, and
jt was evident that he hesitated over
asking something.
"When is the demonstration?" in
quired Kenndy, with, unconcealed in
terest
The Professor looke at his watch.
Tm going over mere now; in iact, tm
just a bit late. Only, I happened to
think of you, and it occurred to me
that perhaps if you could add some
thins to my report It might carry
weight. Would you like to cOme with
me? Really, I should think that it
might interest you."
So far Kennedy had said little be
sides asking a question or two. I
knew the symptoms. Gaines need not
have hesitated or urged him. It was
jast the thing that appealed to him.
"How did Mrs. Gaines become in
terested in the thing?' querrled JCraig
a moment later, outside, as we climbed
Into the car with the Professor.
"Through an acquaintance, who in
troduced her to Karatoff and the rest.
Carita Belleville, the dancer, you
Oil V TV
Kennedy glanced at me, and 1 nod
ded that I had heard. of . her. It-was
wily a few night before that I had
teen Carita at one of the midnight
revues, doing a dance which was de
icribed as the "Hypnotic . Whirr a
wild abandon of grace and motion. She
hi been "taken ur" by society.
"What is Miss Belleville's interest in
Karatoff?" pursued Craig, keenly..
Gaines shrugged his shoulders. "No
toriety, perhaps." he replied. "It i
a peculiar group that Karatoff has
gathered about him. they tell me."
There was little time for further
questions, for our destination was not
ft . Ar.-. AT T - . 1 . 11..
uuu uie unve irom me university .
nd the car pulled up before one of
the new, handsome and ornate "studio
tpartments" uptown.
We followed Gaines into the build-
fog, and the hall boy directed us to a
uite on the first floor. . ,
A moment later wb wer Admitted
Mow, bearder. somowhat sallow
Every feature of his remarkable face,
ever, was subordinate to a Dair of
oncierful, deep-set, piercing eyes. We
warn see that he was indeed a fasci
Kting fellow, everv inch a tnvstie.
"is clinic carried out well the im
pression of mysticism that one derived
ff"m the strange personality who pre
three rooms in the apartment, one
king the large room down the end of
-j un.il, wniun we eniereu.
un a quaint stand tea was -brewins:.
""d tne whole semhlfli?A lifcd an at
0SDherp ki, c - j :
. x uuuciuiau uuuitu ttuci ic
,nich. With thp nrnfps
Promised well that Kennedy was
wasting time.
1 Watched
& r "oo uetween tTOiessor uaines
a Edith Gaines, who was already
ft 0ne could nt help noticing
Petite, light of hair, dainty the
m n? 6 of woman Who. craved, for
wived on attention. Here at
there seemed to be no lack of it.
mere wn 1 : ...
the r y otner woman in
room who attracted the men equal
fnta Belleville herself. Carita
.i!:.lndeed a stunninsr --woman tall.
ofmf' dark with a wonderful pair
--aueuc eyes.
ompr. ,Fatched I could see that both
ttPri perhaps even rivals for his
Carito 1 saw Gaines watching
f,m vely' nover in the mean
8. GaJ 5 l0ngr t0 l0Se ISht f
or ! ! fast that neither- Kennedy
tie r..;r uuun opportunity except for
konu l.CUrsory observation Of thfe
ticed
Among thft men. hnwovpr
tlv especially, who-proved
well
ccessful.
on. One was Armand
"Well known as a
he
broker.
was better
Etf... ne of thHa whn AaA Wall
to be found late In the afternoon at
tne tea-dances uptown.
, Anqther Cyril Errol. a man of
leisure, well known also In the club
world. He had. inherited an estate,
small perhaps, but ample to allow him
to maintain appearances. Errol im
pressed you as being one to whom the
good things of the world appealed
mightily, a hedonist, and withal very
much attracted to and by the ladies.
It tvas fortunate that the serving of
tea enabled us to look about and get
our bearings In spite of the suppress
ed excitement and obvious restraint of
the occasion, we were able to learn
much over the teacups. Errol seemed
to vibrate between the groifp about
Mrs. Gaines and that about Miss Belle
ville, -welcome wherever he went, for
he was vphat men commonly call a
"good mixer." Marchant, on the other
hand, was almost always to be found
not far from Edith Gaines. All Of
which I saw Gaines duly noting, not
for the report he had to make to the
Medical Society, but for his own in
formation. In fact, it was difficult to
rtell the precise degree of disapproval
witn wnicn ne regarded Karatoff, Er
rol and Marchant, in turn, as he noted
the intimacy of Mrs. Gaines with them.
The conversation was at its height
when Karatoff detached himself from
one of the groups and took a position
In a corner of the room; alone. Not a
word was said by him, yet as if by
magic the bu2z pf conversation ceased.
"So that there can be no question
about what I am able to do," he began,
Ait " .... i.
wisn eacn or you to tvrite on a
piece of paper what you would like to
have me cause any one to do or say
under hypnotism. You will please, fold
the paper tighly, covering the writing,
I will read the paper to myself, still
folded up, will hypnotize the subject,
and Will make the subject do whatever
is desired. That will be preliminary
to what I have to say later about my
powers in hypnotic therapeutics."
Pieces of paper and little leadpencils
were distributed by an attendant
Sidwly I wrote :v "HaVe Mrs. Gaines
pick out a record, play it on the phono
graphr then let her do as she pleases.1
Some moments elapsed while the
others wrote. Apparently they were
trying to devise methods of testing Dr.
Karatoff a mettle. Then the papers
were collected and deposited on the
table beside him. Apparently, at ran
dom Karatoff picked out one of the
folded papers, then, seemingly without
looking at it, and certainly without
unfolding It, as far as I could determ
ine, he held it up to his forehead.
It was an old trick, I knew. Perhaps
he had palmed a sponge wet with alco
hol or some other liquid, had brushed
41. -oyer the. paper, making -the writing
Visible through; it, and drying put rap
idly, so as to leave the paper opaque
again, long before any of us saw it a
second time. Or was he really exer
cising some occult power? At any
rate he read it, or pretended to read
it, at least.
, "I am asked to hypnotize Mrs.
Gaines," he announced. It was some
thing of a shock to realize that it was
my paper he had chanced to pick up
first, and I leaned forward eagerly,
watching.
Mrs. Gaines rose, and every eye was
riveted on her as Karatoff placed her
in an easy ,chair before him. There
was an expectant silence as Karatoff
moved the chair so that she could con
centrate her attention only ton a bright
silver globe at the celling. Karatoff
moved before her, passing bis hands
with" a peculiar motion before ' her eyes.
It seemed an incredibly short time in
which Edith Ganes yielded to the
strange force which fascinated all.
Slowly Edith Gaines rose from the
chair, faced us with unseeing eyes,
except as Karatoff directed. Karatoff
iimself was a study. It seemed as if
he had focused every ounce or nis iac
ulties on the accomplishment of the
task in hand. Slowly still the woman
moved, as if in a. dream walk, over to
ward the phonograph, reached into the
cabinet beneath it and drew forth a
book of records.
Her fingers passed over, page after
page, untfl finally she stopped, drev
forth the record, placed it on the maj
chine, wound it, then placed the recon
on the revolving disk. My first sur-
prise was quiokly changed to' gratiflca
tion. She had picked out the music
to the -Hypnotic Whirl." I bent for-
ward, more intent. What would she
do next?
As she turned I could see even in thd
dim light a heightened color In her
x;heeks,-;as though the excitement o
the. catchy music had. infected hen A
moment later she was executing, and
very creditably, , too, an imitation Of
Carita hefsellf .inJthe revue. What did
it mean? '
Next to Kennedy, I saw Gaines lean
ing far f ofciSKSSSSlookirtr now at' his
wife, now 4tf-thfe little group. Erro
wsa no less engrossed than Marchant.
Quickly I glanced at Carita, wonder
lng If shefigj$ be gratified at the
performance. "Vas surprised to see
onCarita's face something that looked
strangely akin io Jealousy. It was as
thought; Wmmhei woman had
usurped hefejrogative. , She leaned
over to spe"aic to Errol, with the easy
familiarity- of aft old admirer. He
glanced, at Marchant & moment, as if
she : iHtd 'sald- something about nun,
then back at Edith Gaines.
I had just about decided that the
little) drama In tha audience was . of
far more importancand interest than
even the daJteeVwha& the muslo ceased.
Karatoff approached,. tdok jMri. ; Gaines
by the hand, led her back to the chair,;
and at a word she regained her normal
consciousness. As she rose, still in a
daze it seemed, it was quite evident:
that she had no waking realization , of
what had happened, ' for she walked
back and sat down beside her husband
quite as though nothing had hap-
pened. " . .
Karatoff seemed to realize that 1 he
had made a hit. Without giving any
one a qhance to question him the
reached down quickly and picked up
another of the papers, repeating the
process through which he had gone
before.
"Mr. Errol," he summoned, placing
the second folded paper on the table
with the first. .
. Errol rose and 'went forward, and
Karatoff placed 'him in the chair as
he had Mrs. Gaines. There seemed
to be no hesitation, at least on the
part of Karatoff's followers, to being
hypnotized. Whatever it was written
on the paper, the .writer had evidently
not trusted to chance, as I had, but
had told specifically what to do.
At the mute bidding of Karatoff
Errol rose. We watched breathlessly.
Deliberately he walked aross the room
to the table, and, to the astonishment
of all save one, picked up a rubber
dagger which was lying in the mis
cellaneous pile on the table.
Quickly Errol turned. A few strides
and he had advanced toward our little
audience, ndw keyed up to the highest
pitch of excitement by the extraord
inary exhibition.
"Of course," remarked Karatoff, as
at a word Errol paused, still poising
the dagger, "you know that under
hypnotism in the psychological labora-
.; Errol in the maritime was pacing the
floor like one in a dream. Events had
followed one another . so fast in the
confusion that I had only, on unrelated
series of impressions. It was not until
a moment later that t realized the full
Import of the affair, when I saw. Ken
nedy standing near the. table in the
position Karatoff . had assumed, a . look
of perplexity on pis face. Slowly I
realized what was . the cause.' The
papers on which were written the re
quests for the exhibitions of Karatoff s
skill were gone I
Whatever was done must -be done
quickly, and Kennedy looked about
With a glance that missed nothing.
Before I could say a word about the;
papers he had crossed the room to
where Marchant had been -standing in
the litle group about Edith Gaines as
we entered: On a side table stood the
teacup from which he "had been " sip
ping. With his back to the rest, Ken
nedy drew from his breast pocket a
little emergency case he carried con
taining a ' few thin miniature glass
tubes. Quickly he poured the few
drops of the dregs of the tea into one
of the tubes; then into others tea from
the other cups. .
The clang of a bell outside threw us
all into worse confusion, and a mo
ment later, almost together, a white
coated surgeon and a. blueTcoated
policeman burst into the room. It
seemed almost no time, in the swirl
of events, before the policeman was
joined by a detective, assigned by the
Central Office to that district.
"Well, doctor," demanded the detec
tive as he entered, "what's the ver
dict?" "Arterio sclerosis, I think." replied
: At once he drew forth the little tube got Xhadn5 told you what t suspected. one of your patients, along tbT'Carit:
containing the few drops of tea, and
emptied a drop or two Into a beaker
of freshly distilled water as carefully
as if the tea had been some elixir of
life. As he was , examining the con
tents of the beaker his face clouded
with thought.
"Did you find anything?" 1 asked.
Kennedy . shook his Head. "There's
something wrong," he hazarded. "Per
haps it's only fancy, but I'm sure that
there Is something with a slight color
in the tea; something tea-like, but
with a more bitter taste; something
that would be nauseous if not con
cealed in the tea. ' There's more than
tahnni and sugar here."
"Thep you think that someone pres
ent placed something in the tea?" I
inquired, shuddering at the thought
that we had run some unknown danger.
"I can't just say, without further in
vestigation of this and the other sam
Vles I took. I began to suspect some
thing the moment I noticed that those
notes which we all wrote were gone.
When we find out about this tea we
may find who took them."
As for the autopsy that was per
formed on Marchant, it did indeed
show that he was suffering from hard
ening of the arteries, due to his manner
of living, as Karatoff had asserted. In
deed, the police succeeded in showing
that it was just for that trouble that
Marchant was going to Karatoff,
Even to my lay mind the treatment
of arterio sclerosis by mental healing
seemed, to say the least, incongruous
Yet the evidence against. Karatoff
and Errol was so flimsy that they had
little trouble in getting released on
bail, though it was fixed very high,
Erro! poised the WX Vl
Why, digitalis-foxglove, you know. I xJeileville, Marchant, Errol , antf -ith.
suppose it never occurred to the police I rest," 'added Kennedy. " x :
that the rubber dagger might have cov- j Karatoff smiled. "I would not, haTC !
erea up a peculiar poisoning. Well,, if J saia tnat myself. But since yotf havt '
they'll take the contents Jof the stom-1 said it, I. cannot help - admittlfir . tf.
ach, in alcohol, with a little water I truth. Don't you suppose Iconld ttf
acidulated, strain off the nitrate -and diet the nature of any report he worV f
try it on a dog. they will see that its make?" . feiS H:
ciievi is me eaeci, or digita lis, xisi- "aiuu. laceu xienneuy square ; V ', i,
talis is an accumulative poison and a There was an air almost of Irinci' ft
powerful stimulant of arterial walls; in his eyes. "I think I had, better; sa p'J
by experimental evidence an Ideal drug noy more, except" under the- advice cl j; ?
for the purpose of increasing blood my lawyer," he remarked finallyj V
pressure. Don't you see it?" he added When the police want me they ; can Mij I
excitedly. "The rubber dagger was And me here."
ohly ajneans to an end. Someone who "The fishing was good," remarked ill
; X. . . . . - . .1 w . . . . . . . .
Knew tne weaicness or Marcnant first xenneay tersely, as we went out ci n.
nlaced dieitalis IrV. hl tpa That -was I the studio. "Now. harm- T . ."F!r-W' :!i
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"For just e
rubber
i omen t
lagger.
tory a patient has often struck at his
enemy with a rubber dagger, going
through all the motions of real pas
sion. Now!"
No word was said by Karatoff to
Indicate to Errol what it was that he
was to do. But a gasp went up from
some as he -took another step, and it
was evident that It was Marchant he
had singled out. For just a moment
Errol poised the rubber dagger over
hs .rJYlctim," as if . gloating. 'It was
pamatici, realistic As Errol paused
Marchant smiled at the rest of us a
sickly smile, I thought, as though he
would , have said that the play was
being carried too far.
Then, swiftly, down came the dag
ger on Marchant's left side, just over
the heart, the rubber point bending
pliantly as it . descended.
A sharp cry escaped Marcnant.. I
looked quickly. He had fallen for
ward, face down, on the floor.
Edith GaineS screamed as we rushed
to Marchant and turned him over. For
the moment, as Kenndy, Karatoff and
Gaines bent .over him arid endeavored
to loosen his collar and apply restora
tives, consternation reigned in the lit
tle circle.
Marchant was dead!
There was not a mark on him, ap
parently. Only a moment before he
had been one of us.
"Call an ambulance, quick! f direct
ed Kennedy to me, though I knew that
he knew It was of no use except as a
matter Of form.
"It It was an accident," muttered
Karatoff, eagerly trying io justify
himself, though trembling for onee In
his life. " "Arterio sclerosis, perhaps,
fiardenlng of the arteries, some weak
ness of, the heart I never"
! He cut the words short as Edith
Gaines reeled and fell into her bus
band's arms. She seemed completely
prostrated by the shock.
the young surgeon. "They tell me there i
was some kind of hypnotic scene gOing
on. One of them named Errol struck
at him with a rubber dagger, and- -"
The policeman handed the detective
the rubber dagger which he had picked
Up, forgotten, on the. floor, where Errol
had dropped it when he came out from
the hypnotlzatibn.
The detective took it gingerly and
suspiciously, with a growl. 'Til have
the point of this analyzed.' It may be
well, we won't say what may be.
But I can tell you what is. You, Dr.
Karatoff, or whatever your name is,
and you, Mr. Errol, are under arrest.
It's a good deal easier to take you
now than it will be later. Then, If
you can get a judge to release you,
we'll at least know where you are."
"This Is outrageous, preposterous!"
stormed Karatoff.
"Can't help it," returned the officer,
cooly. -
"Why," exclaimed Carita Belleville,
excitedly, projecting herself before the
two prisoners, "it's ridiculous l Even
the ambulance surgeon says it . was
arteroio sclerosis, an accident. I "
"Very well, madam," calmed the de- j
tective. "So much the better,.. They'll
get out of our hands that much quick
er. Just as present It is my duty."
Very weak and trembling still from
the triple shock she had received, Edith
Gaines leaned heavily on the arm of
her husband.
"I told you, Edith, it was a danger
ous business," I heard him utter. "Only
I never contemplated" that they'd carry
it this far. Now you see what such
foolishness can lead to."
Kennedy seemed well contented, for
the present at. least; to allow the police
a free hand with Errol and Karatoff.
As for me, Mrs. Gaines and Carita
Belleville presented , a perplexing plob
lem, but I said nothing, .for Kennedy
was hurrying back now to his rooms.
Quite unsatisfied with the result of
my investigation, I could not restrain
my impatience to get back to the lab
oratory to find out whether Kennedy
had made progress in his tea tests.
"If you had been five minutes earlier,
you would have been surprised to find
a visitor," he greeted me.
"A visitor?" I repeated. "Who?"
"Carita Belleville," he replied, enjoy
ing my incredulity.
"What could she want?" I asked.
"That's what I've been wondering,'
he agreed. "Her excuse was plaus
ible. She said that she had just heard
why I had come with Gaines. I sup
pose it was half an hour that she spent
endeavoring to convince me that Ka
ratoff and Errol could not possible
have had any other connection than
accidental with the death of Marchant.
"Could it have been a word for them
and half an hour for herself?" I quer
ied, mystified.
- Kennedy shrugged. "I can't say. At
any rate, I must see both Karatoff and
Errol, now that they are out."
"Have you found anything?" I asked,
noticing that his laboratory table was
piled with its usual paraphernalia.
"Yes," he replied, taking a bottle of
Concentrated sulphuric acid and pour
ing a few drops in a beaker of slightly
tinged water.
The water turned slowly to a beau
tiful green. No sooner was the reac
tion complete than he took spme. bro
mine and added it. Slowly again the
water changed, this time from the
green to a peculiar violet red. Adding
more water restored the green color.
"That's the Grandeou test," he said,
with satisfaction. "I've tried the
physiological test, too, with frogs from
the biological department, and it shows
the effect On the heart that I "
"What shows the effect T I inter
rupted, somewhat Impatiently.
'Oh, to be sure," he smiled, '1 for-
possible because of the taste of the I should like to see Gaines again."
tea. Then, in the excitement of the I tried to reason it out as we walked, e I
act pantomimed by Errol, Marchant's along in silence. Marchant had ki&wn:. fit
disease carried him off, exactly as was Edith Gaines intimately. Carita Belle-) S !
to be expected under the circum- ville had known Errol as welbCHad 4 1 1
stances. It was clever, diabolically been interest in Errol that had led hen ,:
clever. Whoever did it destroyed the to visit the laboratory? Kennedy was 1
note in which the act was suggested, weaving a web about someone,; I knew.! 5
and counted that no one would ever But about whom? '--iM-
stop to search for e poison in the As we passed a corner, he paused i
tangle Of events." entered a drug store and Called up -
'Slowly but clearly I began to realize several numbers at a pay station, tele-ji
how certainly Kennedy was recon- phone booth. Then we turned into the! !
structing the strange case. But who campus and proceeded rapidly toward -i
was it? What was the motive-back of the laboratory of the psychological de-'
this sinister murder, that had been so partmeht. Gaines was there, sitting, 1
carefully planned no one would even at his desk, writing, as we entered. . l! ; ,
suspect a crime? "I'm glad to see you," he greeted,'! lj
I had hardly framed the queries when f I. s 2 M" WdrK T am Jt flu-J f S 1
our telenhon- ram?. It was the Cen- hing the draft Of my report nn, thatU I f
tral Office mam The detective had Karatoff affair. I have been trytng toi -j
anticipated my own line of inquiry, feach you by telephone to knowlf youjj
only had gone much further with it wo"la da anything to It - Is- thereD
He had found a clear record Of the anything new?"
business relations existing between Ye returned Kennedy, "there, is, ;
Errol and- Marchant. One episode ffme n6w- I've just come from; 1
consisted of a stock deal between them ana on tne way i aeciaea
in which Errol-had Invested in a stock sudienly that- it was time we:. did
which Marchant was promoting. something. So I have called -up, and
- , . the poHce Will bring Errol here, as wen
Ar " 1" Jrr": r. Miss Belleville. Karatoff will cornel
suddenly: Tw7 mZt .flSTiS th librty M"-
hp announred. "To come here ?" repeated Gaines, 4n
- . . . . ...... i Tnun anrnrtM an nr rnaM .
we found him easily at. nis studio r. . V. 7
. rr. i x mk. nnim vim win nn rnnn .mm -
apartment, nor. am we nave any an- " Z, " ' r . .
ncuity m gaming admittance, ne : . . TV. . . Ji
irr,Pr that wi, mthtA-nfM tw.t sota Y0 psychological laboratory H
frankness would be his best weapon P- ana x tnougnt tne easiest
of defense. I " woum oe to use. it nere, rawer
n . TA rtY.A sr I -na taKe it all over to my place, and
fa-nAw Y-z inWtmllnn Kad aTkrrom I Set " UP again. '''
that you were right in your diagnosis , f0" everything, it at your serv-
. x.- vrr fiiive.' offered Gaines. ;:? !
aertn .feroslH for which vflu were Kennedy was now running his eye 15
treating him' UTCi wwbb insiruraenis wnicn
"it would be unprofes-sionai to dis- ahd hie students' usedin; their
cuss it," hastily parried Karatoff, "but ?dles; and was ow examining; some
since Mr. Marchant is now dead, I thing m a er on a little taWe, it
think I may say that it was. In fact W8f pe?ulia affair, qnite simple,
few persons, outside of those whom I btiLlTre.iflI1S to m n, o lta
nave associated with me, realize tpi j: T.
, .r,.,! v.-w. remarked Gaines, noting with , some.
may be carried in the cure of disease." satisfaction how Kennedy had singled j
"But another patient might have . v
known .what. Marchant was being vB uua .iBui.iaui
treated far?! interrupted. Kennedy. returned Jienneay. IX 8 an improved
"I suppose, so," .said Karatoff. .TSfo "r"8- tuier' inai reco one ?;
doctor was. ever .able to control hial Zt' "' M , ,
paUents' tongues. Sometimes they "ne f mf etudents is preparing an
boast of their diseases." 77, r , , 7 weiit on "
"Especially if they are women.- hd fj 1
hinted Kennedy, watching the effect of bl0? distribution of different stimuli.'
the remark keenly. "1 have just had for tance. cold, neat, chloroformi:
the pleasure of a visit from Carita f' Qes5. uisgust. iear, pnysicai.
Belleville ih my laboratory." cuwuuom,- arugs, emotions au sorts
"indeed?"- returned Karatoff, with """S8 n De siua Dy mis pie-.
nmMiit rffrirnif.oi Mo thysmograph, which can be set to red-
I VI J - . .V. . A. J 1
"Miss Belleville has been Very kind to u - T:. r tne orav tne
introducing me to some of her friends "1:rlcoi.i" ir J 7 '
uq 4icq.ua.iniiwiues, ana x natter my-1 . ... - , .5
self that I have been able to do them "vo ww"eu up a uw neni.
much good." j 'certainly a very promising- one :xor
"Then she was not a natient?" bur-1 put in Kennedy. "How. has. this
sued Kennedy, studiously avoiding en-lmachine been improved. rve-,seen the
lightening Karatoff on the visit. pia ones, out tnis is the first time rye
"Bather a friend," he replied quick- seen this. How does It work?"- ;
ly. "It was she who introduced Errol." "WelV explained Gaines. With. inst f
uio. sne introduce mr. marcnant r la touch or prrae. " rou see, xor stuay-
She introduced Mrs. Gaines, who ing blood flow in the extremities 1 slip
introduced Mr. Marchant," the hyp- this cuff over my arm, we'll say. Sup-
notist replied, with apparent frankness, pose it is the effect of pain 1 want to
You were treating Mrs. Gaines?" I study. Just jab that needle , in my
asked Craig, again shifting the attack, other arm. Don't mind. It's In the
"Yes," admitted Karatoff, stopping. Interest of science. See, when I then
I imagine her trouble was . more! winced the plethysmography recorded It"
mental than physical," remarked Ken- thft waiter" Kennedv in-
nedy, as though feeling his Way: - Uerruned. riancine at -Ms watch. , -Call
Karatoff looked up keenly, but was Un and if thevve started trlth Er
unable to read Kennedy's face. "I rnl aTtd thfl Pftai y6 non't -ton. Gaines.
r
t
fit .
P
hi
it
war,
think," he said slowly, "that one trou
ble was that Mrs. Gaines liked the
social life better than the simple life.'
"Your clinic, Mr. Marchant and the
rest, better than her husband and the
social life at the university," amplified
I must understand this . thing before
they get .here. It's just .the thing I
want"
"I should be glad to let yon have It
then," replied Gaines.
I think Til need something new
Kennedy. "I think you are right. I with these people." went on Kennedy.
wiouia say nai mr. . wroi. .waa jn do yQU knOW what IV dis
K-xna wno woum care more ior tne I rftvorort V
social life than the simple life, aS you
put it, too."
"I had noticed something of the
sort" Karatoff ventured "I saw that
"No, but I hope it's something t can
add to my report." i
"Perhaps. We'll see. In the first-
place I found that digitalis had been
of course,
friend."
Suddenly the implication flashed over
me, but before I could say anything
Kennedy cut In. "Then ; Mr. Errol
might have been enacting under hyp".
notism what were really his own feel
ing and desires?"
they were alike In that respect But put m Marchant's tea."
mr. marcnant was ner HThvMt AttW" T wmnrturt
from the telephone.
'It couldn't have been an accident. (
as Karatoff said," went on Kennedy '
rapidly. "The drug- - Increased the
blood pressure of Marchant who was:
already suffering from hardening of !
th ftrtr1d. In nhort it ts mv nellfef '
"I cannot say that replied Karatoff, tum iRnrta r th m'bW darter
seeking to dodge the issue. -But under was deliberately planned; an elaborate,
the influence of suggestion I suppose scheme to , get Marchant out of , the .
. ixub mat aa evu-minaea person WAyr No on eiBe seems to have no- !
might suggest to another the commie- them .Hn at rMr nn: i i
sion of acrime and, theother, de- whlch we ali wrote have disappeared I I
prived of free Will, might do it." ' a th wert it would look like an I II
"Did you know that the Medical So-1 ardent. Karatoff would be blamed, j I
-"-"j "- .v-. j uu auu wui i ma Aliens was u.iiyuio uuuiu . , t - y
ciimc, Dezore tne demonstration ion the car pulled up..
Professor. Gaines was arranged?" -
"I susDected someone "tm inte!.
hut T YislA- nn whn mlo-tot aA
answered Karatoff quickly. . "As I
think it over, perhaps it was Prof essor
Gaines who instigated the wholle in
quiry. He would most likely be in
terested. My work is so far in ad
vance of any that the conservative
psychologists do that he would natur
ally feel hostile, would he not?"
"Especially with the added personal
motive, of knowing that bis wife was
Before even a word of greeting pass j t
ed Kennedy stepped forward. 1t was..'
not ah accident1' he repeated. It was ; i f
deliberately planned as an apparently - i
safe means of revenge on Marchant ?
the lover of Mrs, Gaines. Without
your new pietnysmogroph, Gaines, yon; 2 :
might have thrown it on an innocent
person."-- ''i
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