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Show Jmtm on tho chemical compositions of va-H va-H Ses bacterial toxins nnd antitoxins, a tiling Vfh ff'5 n3 unfamiliar lo mo as Kamchatka, Ifiailiar to Kennedy as Drondway and Forty-j"" Forty-j"" ho remarked, laying down liiB fountain El lighting bis cigar for the hundredth time, ftrt ono thinks of lion- the modern criminal ii'a opportunities the more astonishing it acorns, i.. lev stick to pistols, chloroform and pruss'u: Stj there is such ' splendid assortment of Jcttbods they might employ ?" E,i i Up, old man, I replied helplessly, 'un-L 'un-L h because they haven't any imagination. I ir don't thein. What would become of KtfSi if thc.' t,,(" fIoxv woulu y" cvcr Pct a nnotlc nbws feature for the Stnrout of t tblcgT 'Dotted line marks roijto taken by Mjj,. cro5 indicates spot where- unti-toxin lt ha! ba! uol much for the yollow jour-u jour-u pfmhv?, Valtcr. it would be the height of kzatic sir more dramatic than sending a. fj',0 a man. Any fool can shoot a pistol" or Wut, but it lakes brains to be up to date." Bajniv'bc so," I admitted, and went on reading, BjftMedy scratched away' diligently on his lee- 'fl'tu ptrbaps a nuurtcr of an hour later when flkittr on our hall door sounded. Imagino my flfcT ca opening tho door to discover tho slight Kef what nppcarod to bo a most fascinating Kbdr tfbo was heavily veiled. Sho was in a flllho$t bordering on hysteria, as even I, in Kit my usual obtuscness. noticed. 9k Professor Kennedy in?" sho inquired anx- Hfe, oa'am." I replied, opening the door into Fu'viiiccd toward him, repenting her inciniry. iKini Pjofe?sor Kennedy. Prny be seated. he flk piticncc of a lady in our apartment was Vfi novelty that really 1 forgot to disappear, flkt'fj myself straightening the furnituro and flfca window to allow tho odor of stale tobacco fll; tame is Evelina Bisbee," sho began. "I MKtri Professor Kennedy, that you are an adept flfc; st the bottom of difficult mysteries." fllK flatter me," he said in acknowledgement, mito foolibh as to toll you that?" friend wbo has hear-d of the Kerr Parker replied. Hbz your pardon," T interrupted. "I didn't Hfeintrnilc, I think I'll go out. I'll bo back Hjttr or two. ' ' Hnue, Mr Jameson it is Mr. .Jameson, is it Slhrtd in surprise. BP it Is pojblo I wif-h you would stay and fltj rtorv. I uin told that you and Professor Urn ilnnys work together. flu my turn to bo embarrassed by the com- Hjn. Fletcher of Great Nock." she explained, HU ne. 1 believe Professor Kennedy 'has per-H per-H great scrvico for the Fletchers, though I hoiv what it was. At niw rate. I have Ujou with my case, in which T hrive small W' obtaining assistance unless you can help Professor Kennedy cannot solve it well. I'm mi wbody can." She paused a moment, then fl'?" doubt you have read of tho death of Miin the oilier da v." Mnie wo had. Who did not know that "Jim" tUe southern California oil magnate, had died Of typhoid fever at t lie private, hospital jWl.whero he had been taken from his magn'ifi-Pjrtuen magn'ifi-Pjrtuen on Riverside drive? Kennedy and I writa" it at tho time. Tndned wo did know MtV feath of Jim Bisbee But there was noth-'"'""s noth-'"'""s about it. Tt was iust typical in all Wndin; of the first decade of tho twentieth R1" a great, artificial city a lonely death of P fan unrounded by all that money could flfoj. "ad of, his ward, too, tho beautiful Mis? H ioce. n distant relation. As under the room and her excitement, sho raised her eie very much interested in her. HJ" !J iomlhiiig about m.v guardian 's death," J5 ,n lw and tremulous voice., "that I F'm hear investigating. Tt mav bo only 2nw5h fears, but but T havon''t told this "11 now, except Mrs, Fletcher. My guardian ttorliaps know, spent his summer at his PUteat Iiisheo Hall, New Jersey, from which mm v r SU(1dcnlv about a week ago. The Kl ti, . ,returnHl. his gardener fell sick of M: J fisl decided Mr. Bisbec to return to tho Si fir!i iv'0Xv"lP dav. Imagino his consterna-Hf consterna-Hf fJh I valet stricken the vcrv next morn-St morn-St i !? motorcti o To"v York immediately, Mlii . .to ,nc ,lt- Newport, and together we Wl apartment at tho Louis Quinr.e. HC ?" was not to bo tho end of it. Ouo after Eorvants at Bisbco JIall were taken S i ,al, u,ltn five of thorn were down. Then K& & bj0' lr- Bisbco fell a victim in Now Hi! i .av fin spared. But who knowe 'Kt I T n, last? 1 ll,,vo bcon 50 frig"1 v tm iVcn, eaten a meal in the apartment, w "hen 1 am hungry J simply MifiaV llolcl a aifferont ono every time. J BSSlv r iw?ter C3CCCPl' tnlt which I have iKfKji'f y"(!d in my own room ovor a gas hllih, l, s an(1- gonnicides havo heen used MVkffiaild,st,U 1 don?- feel safe. Even the JTffi " don 1 remove mv fonrs. With my ftker ii V hnd bKu" to" feel that possibly Ki ,n r no- ',a morning another servant tvP yoni the hall last wook was taken Vft. . .or pronounces that, tvnhoid. too. Kino ?,x 7 Js it.-l,lHt 11 foolish "tear? 'Why S5bv. tjV01, saw !1 living creature more P1:! hiJ - nn visible deadly fear. 3n- WMT blard Kcuncdy' lny n'H m5n3 !Kf M,&'.-no,,vou suspect of being tho causo 9'm JS Ucl; . 1,0 nsKed. "I may a9 well M"Bt omt 1 hnvo already formed two Ler?hi5g naturaI. tn other liabolicaT. mSaot cxPectcd to receive a fortune of K'lair I , ' r.ro, anfl c,er. bv his will, and WV'-M n? "'.formed by his lawyer, .Tnmetf Bl7 .wll had boon made. It is still Kp&tr of X remainder, instead of going VNcd. p1 in which ho wuh known to H?' of rtt0 for,n a tr"st f"nf1 for the Bis-mP Bis-mP IrnEtrn3-"1 Arts, of Ayhich Mr. .Denny "Co" I can't help wondering about it Bfi?oi1fnou condor at least what other rea-iBl rea-iBl cau't r wonaerinsr?" 'ounn-'fl'fcw thorn. Mavhe after all it's IK'1.8 tbo - !,yr ,nt"ition. But often I havn tAtd .. ,as 5,0 queer. Ifo was always so iBi't JW "now the rich don't, often have "fcvcrC0? .u?0,80." lo supposo that it was nol "'UUiil e died V 'No' t0 replied 'but if you. had Knowti Mr. Bisbee you would think it strange. , too. Ho had a horror of infectious and contagion" nn0?- ?.Iev1Ved.wnat onc of hlH friends clllod , an antiseptic hfe. Maybo 1 am foolish, but it keep jotting closer and closer to me now, and well, 1 ZlSh Jn Ai ,ook ,,,tn tho cah0- P1,-'"2e sot my mind , it is allauraf" mU thUt l Wrn' lbal "J will help you. Mi.s3 Bibbec. Tomorrow night '.want to tako a trip quietly to Bisbco Uall. fou will sec that it is all right, that I have the proper ?rs?i ca" ,vstiguto thoroughlv?" I shall never forgot the mute and eloquent thanks wi ti which ho said guod nigh: after Kcnuody promise. Kennedy sat with his eyes shaded un.lor his hand for July an hour after sho had left. Then ho sutf-dcnly sutf-dcnly jumped up. "Walter," ho said, "lot us o over to Dr. Be l's. 1 know tho head nurse then-. vo may possibly learn something." .vii3. 7 sat iu. t'o waiting room with its thick Uriontal rugs and handsome mahogany furniture J loniid myself soing back to our convo'rsation of the early evening. "By Joc. Konnedy. you were riht " I exclaimed. "If thoro is anything in this germ-plot germ-plot idea 01 hors it is indeed the height of tho dramatic dra-matic it is diabolical. So ordinary mortal would ever bo capable of it." Just thon tho head nurse mine in, a large women breathing of gcrmlohsneas and cheerfulness in her spotless uniform. There was, in fact, nothing to conceal, con-ceal, rim vi.it set at rest my last suspicion that .perhaps Jim Bi&bco had been poisoned by a drug. The charts of his temperature and tho sincerity of the nuryo were absolutely convincing. It. had really been typhoid and thoro was nothing to be gained bv pursuing that inquiry further. Back at, the apartment, L'raig began packing his Mtitcnse with tho few things he would need for a .lourncy. "I'm going out to Bisbco Hall tomorrow for a few days, Walter, and if you could find it convenient con-venient 10 como along I should like to have your assistance." "To tcl yon tbc truth. Craig. 1 am afraid to 20 I said. "You needn't be. I'm going down to the army post on Gevoiner'fi Island first to be vaccinated against typhoid. Then 1 nut going to wait a few hours till it takes effect beforo going. It's the only placo in tho cit' where one enn be inoculated against it, so far as 1 know. While three inoculations arc really best. J understand that one is sufficient, for ordinary protection, and that is all wo fehall need, if auy. " " You're sure of it?" "Almost positive." "Very well. Craig. I'll go." Down at tho army post the next morning wo had no difficulty in being inoculated against tho disease. dis-ease. "Do many civilians come over to bo vaccinated! " asked Craig of Mnjor Carrol, tho surgeon in charge. "Not many, for very few have heard of it," he replied. "I supposo you keep a record of them," "Only their names wo can't follow them up out-w'do out-w'do tho army, to e'oe how it works. Still, when the' como to ub nB you and Mr. Jameson have done we are perfectly willing lo vnccinate them." "And would you let 1110 see tho list?" "Certainly. You may look it over in a momcut. " Kennedy glanced hurriedly through tho short list of names, pulled out his notebook, made an entry, and handed the list back. "Thank you, Major." Bisbee Hall was a splendid placo set in the heart of a great park whoso urea was measured by square miles rather than by acres. But Craig did not propose pro-pose to stay there, for he arranged for accommodations accommoda-tions in a nearby town where wo were to take our meals also. It was late when wo arrivod, and wc spent a restless night, for the inoculation "took." Jt wasn't any worse than a light attack of the grippe, and in tho morning we were both all right again, after tho passing of what is called tho ''negative phase." I, for one, felt much safer. The town was very much excited ovor the epidemic at the hall, and if T had been wondering -wiry Craig wanted my along my wonder wan soon sot at rest. He had me scouring tho town and country looking up every case or rumor of typhoid for miles nrouncT I made "tho local weekly paper my headquarters, and the editor was very obliging. Tfe let me read all his news letters from his local correspondent at every crossroads and I soon had a list, of all the cashes in that part of tho country. It was not a long one. but it was scattered. After I had traced them out. following Kennedy's instructions, they showed nothing, excopt that they wcro unrelated lo tho epidemic epi-demic at the hall. Mcanwhilo Konncdj was very busy there. He hnd a microscopo aud slides audi test tubes and chemicals chem-icals for testing things, and I don't know what all. for thero was not time to initiate nte into all the mysteries. He tested tho walor from tho various driven wells and in tho water tank, and tho milk from tho cows; ho tried to find out what food had come in from the outside, though thero was prnc-ticallj- none, for the hall was self-supporting. There was no stono loft unturned. When T rejoinod him that night ho was clearly perplexed. I don't think my report decreased his perplexity, cither. "There i3 only ono thing left ns far as I have bcon able to discover aftor 0110 day's work," he said, nftor we had gouo over our activities for tho day. "Jim Bisbco never drank tho water from his own wells. He always drank a bottled water shipped down from a camp of his in Now York stale, where ho had a remarkable mountain Epring. I tested a number of tho full bottles lit tho hall, but they wore perfectly pure. There wasn't a traco of tho bacillus typhosus in any of them. Thon it occurred to me that, after all, that was not tho thing to do. 1 should tost tho empty onos. But there weren't any cmpt' ones. They told mo they had all brou taken down to tho freight station yesterday to bo shipped back to tho camp. I hope they haven't, gono yet. Let's dTivo around and see if thoy are thoro." Tho freight master was just leaving, but when ho learned wo woro from the hnll ho consented to let us examine the bottles. They wero corked mid in wooden cases, which protected them perfectly. By tho light of tho station lamps and tho aid of a pockot loh: Kennedy oxamincd thorn on the outside and satisfied himself that after being rcplnccd in tho wooden cases the bottles thomsclvcs had not been hnndled. , , "Will vou lot me borrow somo of theso bottles to-ni'ht7" to-ni'ht7" tie asked tho agent. "J '11 givo 3-ou mv word that the3' will bo returned safely tomorrow. If necessary, I'll get an order for them." Tho station agent reluctantly yielded, especially as a small green bank noto figured in the transaction. Crni"- and X tenderly lifted) tho big bottles in their cases into our trap and drove- back to our Tooms in the hotel. It quit excited the hangers-on to see ns dTivo up with a lot of empty five-gallon bottles and carry them upstairs, but I had long ngo given up having any fear of public opinion in carrying out anything Craig wanted. , In our room wo worked tar into the night. Craig carefully swabbed out the bottom and sides of each bottle by inserting a littlo piece of cotton on the cud of a long wire. Then ho squeezed the water out of tho cotton swab on small glass sides coated with agar-agar or .Tapaueso seaweed, a medium iu which gorm-culturcs multiply rapidly. He put the .slides nw'iy in a littlo oven with an alcohol lamp which ho had brought along, leaving them to remain over night at blood uoat. . J had noticed all this time that ho was very particular par-ticular not to touch any of tho bottles on the outside. As for me, I wouldn't have touched them for tho world. In fact, I was getting so I hesitated -to touch nnvthiug. I was almost atraid to brcnthe, thouch 1'kncw thero was no harm in that. How-ever, How-ever, it was not danger of infection in touching the bottles that make Craig so careful. Tie had noted, in tbo dim light of the station lamps, what seemed to ho finger marks on the- bottles,. and they had interested inter-ested him, in fact, had decided him on tho further in-veatigatioa in-veatigatioa of the. bottles. , "I am now going to bring out theo very faint finger prints on the bo tics." remarked Craig, pro; ccedinc with, his examination in the bettor light of our room. "Hero is some powder known to chemists ns 'grcv powdor' mercury and chalk, sp inkle it ovSr the faint markings, so and then brush it off with a camel's hair brush lightly. That brings out the imprint much more clearly n y0u can see For instance, if you placo your, dry thumb 0 a JSoco of white paper you leave no visible impression. ?f grov powder ii RprinUea over the spot and then S??" "A higher court than that of Nevf York has passed judgment on this astounding criminal." brushed off a distinct improssion is seen. Tf tho impression of tho fingers is loft on something soft, liko wax, it is often best to uso printers' ink to bring out tho ridges and patterns of the fiugor murks. And so on for various materials. Quite a science has been built up around finger prints. "I wiBh C had that enlarging camera which 1 have in mv laboratory. However, my ordinary camera will do, for all 1 want is to preserve a record of these marks and you can do tho developing of the films. Tonight wo Ml improviso tho bathroom as a darkroom and get everything ready so that wo can start in bright and early." We woro, indeed, up early. One never has difficulty diffi-culty in getting up early iu the country. It is so noisy, at least to a city-bred man. City .noise at 5 a. m. is sepulchral silence compared with bucolic activity at that hour. Thero were a dozen negatives which 1 set about developing nftor Craig had used up al our films. -Meanwhile ho busied himself adjusting his microscope and test tubes and getting tho agar slides ready for examination. Shirt sleeves rolled up. T was deenb' immersed in my work when 3 heard a shout, in the next room, and tho bothroom door flewopcn. "Confound you. Kennedy, do you want to ruin fheso f ilmsl tJ 1 cried. Ho shut tho door with a bang. "Hurrah. Walter! " ho exclaimed. "I think T havo it, at lust, J havo just found some most promising colonies of tho bacilli on one of my slides." I almost (Vrouiiod tho nan of acid 1 was holding, in ir.v excitement. "Well," I sntd, concealing n;y own surprise, "I've found out something, too. Kvcry ono of tlieso finger prints so far is from the same pair of hands." Wo scarcely ate any breakfast, and were soon on our way up to the hall. Craig had provided him-solf him-solf at the local stationer's with an inking pad, such as is used for rubbor stamps. At tho hall he proceeded proceed-ed to got the impressions of tho fingers and thumbs of all tho servants. It was quite a long and difficult pioco of work to compare tho finger prints we had taken with those photographed, m spito of the fact that writers descant on tho caso with which criminals aro traced by this system devised by the famous Gallon. However, How-ever, wo" at last finished tho job between us; or rather Craig finished it, with an occasional remark from me. For a moment we sat. regarding each other hopo-lcssly. hopo-lcssly. Nono of tho finger prints taken at tho hall tallied with the photographed prints. Then Craig rang for the housekeeper, a faithful old soul whom even the typhoid scare would not budge frou her post. "Arc vou sure T have seen all tho servants who wore at tfie hall whilo Mr. Bisbee was here"?" asked Craig. "Why, no, sir you didn't ask that. You asked to sec all who ure here now. Thero is only ono who has left, the cook, Bridget Fnllon. She left a couple of days ago said sho was going back to Kow York to gel another job. Glad enough 1 wns to get rid of her, too, for she was druuk most of the time after tho tvnhoid appeared." "Well. Walter, J guess wo shall have to go back to New York again, then." exclaimed Kennedy. "Oh. I beg pardon, Mrs. Rawson, for interrupting. Thank vou ever so much. Where did Bridget come from?" "She enme well rccommendod. sir. Here is the letter in my writing desk. She linn been employed by tho Caswell-Jouoscs at Shelter .island beforo. she camo here." "T may keep this letter?" asked Craig, scanning it quickly. ''Yes." "By the way, where wcro tho bottles of spring water kept f " "In tho kitchen." "Did Bridget fake charge of thorn"" "Yes." "Did Mr. Bisbco have any guests during the last week that he wns hero J" "Onlv Mr. Denny ono night." "H'm!" exclaimed Craig. "Well, it will not be hard to unravel this matter, after all, when we get back to tho city. We must make that noon train. Walter. Thero is nothing more for na to do here." Emerging from the "Tube" st Ninth street, Craig hustled mo into a taxicab. and in almost no time we wero at police headquarters. Fortunately, Inspector Barney O'Connor iwas in and in au nmiablo mood, too, for Kenncdv bad been careful that tho Central Office received a "largetshare of credit for tho Kerr Parker case. Craig sketched hnstily tho dotails of this new case. O'Connor's face wns a study. His honest blue Irish eves fairly bulged with wondor, and when Craig concluded with a request for help I think O'Connor would havo given him anything in tbo offico, just to figuro in Iho case. "First, 7 want one of your men to go to tho surrogate's sur-rogate's office and get the original of the will. T shall return it within a couple of hours all J want tc do is to make a photographic copy. Then another man must find this lawyer, James Denny, nnd in iomc way get his finir prints you must arrniigo that yoursolf. And send another fellow up .0 tho employment em-ployment offices on Fourth avenue and have him locate this cool;, Bridget Fai'on. I want her finger priuts, too. Perhaps she had better bo dct'iincd. for 1 don't want her to get awny. Oh. nnd say, O'Connor, O'Con-nor, do you want to finish' this case up liko the crack of a whip tonight?" "I'm game, sir. What of it?" "Lot me see. Tt is now 4 o'clock. If you can get hold of all these people in time I think I shall be ready for tho final scene tonight say, at nine. Yon know how to arrango it. Have them all present pres-ent at my laboratory at nine, and 1 promise wc shall have a story that will get into the morning papers with leaded" type on tho front page." "Now, Walter," ho addod, as wo. hurried down to tho taxicab again, "I want ou to drop off at the department of health with this card to the commissioner. commis-sioner. I bclievo you know Dr. Leslie. Well, ask him if ho knows anything about this Bridget Fallon. I will go on uptown to the laboratory nnd get my apparatus ready. You needn't come up till nino, ohl fellow, for I shall bo busy till then, but be sure when you como that 3011 bring the record of this Fallon Fal-lon woman if you have to beg, borrow or steal ifc." T didn't understand it, but I took the cird and obeyed implicitly. It is noedless lo say that I was keyed- up to the greatest pitch of excitement during my interview with the health commissioner, whon I finally got iu to sco him. 1 hadn't talked to him long botoro a great light struck me, and I began to see what Craig was driving at. The commissioner saw-it saw-it first. "Tf yon don't mind, Mr. Jameson," ho said, after I had told him as much of my story as 1 could, "will you call up Professor Kennedy nnd tell him I'd like verv much to bo present tonight myself?" "Certainly T will," T replied, glnd to get" my errand er-rand done in first-class fashion in that wny. Things must havo been running smoothly, for while r was sitting in our apartment afle. dinner, impatiently waiting for half-past eight, when the commissioner com-missioner nad promised to call for mc and go up tv the laboratory, tho telophone rang. Tt was Craig. "Walter, might I ask a favor of 3011? " he said. "When the commissioner comes ask him to stop at tho Louis Quinzo nnd bring Miss Bisbee up, loo. Tell her it is important. No more now. Things are going ahead fine. ' Promptly at nine.wc assembled, a curious crowd. The henlth commissioner and the inspector, beiny members of tho. same political pnrty, greeted each other by their first names. Miss Bisbee was sullen. As for "Kennedy, he was, as usual, as cool as a lump of ice. And I well, I just sat on my feelings to keep myself quiet. At o'ne end of the room Craig had placed a large white sheet such as ho used in liis stcreopticon lectures, lec-tures, while at the top of the tier of seats that made a. sort of little amphitheater out of his lecture rmm his stcreopticon spluttorcd. "Moving pictures tonight, ohl" snid Inspector O'Connor. "Not exactly," said Craig, "though ya. thov will bo moving in another sense. Now, if wc are all ready, I'll switch off tho electric light." The calcium spluttered some more, and a square of light was thrown on the sheet. Kennedy snapped a. little announcer such as lecturers lec-turers use." "Let me invite your attention to these enlargements of finger prints," ho began, as a huge thumb appeared on the screen. "Here we have a "erics of fincor prints which I will show one after another slowly. They are all of tho fingers of the 'ame person, and thev were found on bouio empty bottles of spring water used at Bisbco Hnll during tho two weeks previous to tho departure of Mr. Bisbee Bis-bee for New York. "Hero are, in succession, tho finger prints of the various servants employed about the house and of a guest' added Craig, with a slight, change of tone. "They differ markedly from tho finger prints on tho glass." he continued, a; one after another appenred. "all except this last ono. That is identical. Tt ie, Inspector, what we call a composite tvne or" fineor print in this ca?e a combination of what i railed the 'loop' and 'whorl' types." No sound broke tho stillness "save the splntlcriug of tho oxygen on the calcium of tho stcreopticon. "Tho owner of tho fingers from which thos prints were mado is in this Toorn. It was from typhoid germs on these fingers that the fovor was introduced into the rrinkin water at. Bisbco Hall' "J m now going to ask Dr. Leclie to ra ui a little talk on a recent discovery in the field oi flfl typhoid fever yoo understand. Commissioner, whtt i ineas, 1 believe! " "Porfeotly. Shall I mention namerl" "No. not yet." HH "Well," besau Dr. Leslie, clearing his threat 'Nfl "within the pait year of two we have made a mot flfl weird and startling discovery In typhoid fever. W flfl kavo found what wo now call 'typhoid carriers' flU Eoron9 who do not have tho diseaio tbem-eives. pe: jH ap never havo hnd it, but who arc litorallv living NrH test tubes of the typhoid bacillus. It is positive! 991 uncanny. Everywhere they go they scatter the di IjKfl oaso. Down at the department we have the record? IwH of -a number of such instances, and our men in tbf. iaB research laboratories have come to the conclusion iiflB tint, fax from being of rare occurrence, thcio case; gfll are comparatively common. I have in miad ono par Hfl ticular case of a servant cirl. who. during the pant mm five .or six years, has been employed in scvornl (fflfl fnmilios. IfWi In every fninily typhoid fever ban later broken (till out. .Exports have traced out at leat thirty cnsr. ifffl and several deaths duo to this ono person' LaM flfl spring wo had her undor surveillance, but as- there pH was no law by. which wc could restrain her pcrar.a.- uSD noutly ho Ls still at large. I think ono of the Sun MM day papers at the time had nn account of her they nfl called her 'Typhoid Bridget and in red ink she was drawn across the rJco in gruesome faehion, fry- fflHH ing the skulks of Iter victims in a frving pan over ? wBn roaring fire. That particular typbofd enrrier, I un BjfS dersland " nfl "Excuse mc, Commissioner, if J interrupt, but 1 think wo havo carried this part of the programme flfl far enough to bo absolutely convincing," said Craig. fll "Thank you very much for tho clear way in which fll you havo put it. Craig snapped tho announcer and a letter ap- pearcd on tho screen. Ho said nothing, but lot ns 1 read it through: N 9fl "To whom it may concern: 1H ' "This is to certify thnt Bridget Fallon has bcoa SB i employed in my family at Shelter Island for tho ptt H j season and that I have found her a reliable servant mm 3 and un excellent cook. MM "A. ST. JOHN CASWELL-JONES." H "Before God. Mr. Kennedy. I'm innocent' Mm screeched Bridget. " Don't have mc arrested. T'm MM innocent. I'm innocent." mm Craig gently but firmly forced her bnck into her flfl chair. Hfl Again the announcer snapped. This time the last Hfl page of Mr. Bisbco's will appeared on tho sheot, end- flfl ing with his signature and tho witnesses. JUn j "I'm goinj to show these two specimens of hand- HH ' writing very greatly enlarccd," he said, as tho stcre- nB opticou plates wero shifted again. jtOM "An author of man3' scientific works, Dr. Liud MB say Jordan of London, has recently elaborated a new H theory with rcmird to individuality in haudwriting. HH lie maintains that in certain diseases a person's puUe wMa boats aro individual, and that 110 one suffering fro'u 83 any such disease can control, even for a brief space fll I of time, the frequency or peculiar irregularities of an ' his heart's action, as shown by a chart recording hi? ffSj pulsation. Such a chart is obtained for medical pur jflj poses by means of a sphygmogrnph. an instrument sRSj fitted to tho patient's torearm aud supplied with A "jEj needle, which can be so arrnuged as to record auto Hi matically on a prepared sheet of paper the pulsatiou. fwj Or tho pulsation may be simply observed in the rise f and fall of a liquid in a tube. Dr, Johnson holds ijja tho opinion that n pen in the hand of a writer sorves, fll in a modified degree, the same end as tho needle in u tho first-named form of the ephymograph and that Km in such a person's handwriting one" can sco by project- BH ing tho lcttors, greatly magnified, on a screen, tho jUg scarcely perceptible turns and quivers made in the (fl lines by the "spontaneous action of that perton's sB peculiar pulsation. "To prove this, tho doctor carried out an experi- HH ment at Charing Cross hospital. At his request a Jj8 number of patients suffering from heart and kid- 9fl 1103 diseases wrote the Lord's Prayer in their ordi- fl nary handwriting. The different 'manuscripts were then taken and examined microscopically. By throw- vfB ing. them, highly magnified, on a scre'en, tho jerks iSB or involuntary motions duo to the patient's peculiar pulsations were distinctly visible. Tho hanawritioc s of persons in normal health, say 8 Dr. Johnson, doc Mgm not alwaj's show their pulse beats. What one can mm say, howevor, is that when a document, purporting to jfgl be written by a certain person, contains traces of IBM pulse bents and tho normal handwriting of thnt per- am son does not show them, then clearly that document fra is a forge ry. illB "Now, in these two specimens of handwriting lEm which wc havo enlarged it is plain that tho write HH of both of them sutfered from a cortain peculiar EHJ disease of the heart. Moreover, 1 am prepared to fifa show that the pulse beats oxhibitcd in the case of HI certain pen-strokes in one of theso documents are IBB exhibited in similar strokes in tho other. Further- more, 1 have ascertained from his family physician, WW who3o affidavit I have here, that Mr. Bisbco did not BH suffer from this or. any other form of heart disease fl9 Mr. Caswell-Jones, in addition to wiring mo that he BBH refused to write Bridget Fallon a recommendation flfl after tho typhoid broko out in bis country house, H also says be docs not suffer from heart disease in Ml any form. From tho tremulous- character of the let- Hj tors and figures in both theso documents, which wheti flfl magnified is the most easily detected, I therefore In conclude that both are forgeries, and 1 am ready to 91 go farther and say that they aro forgeries from the TBR snmo hand. Ifll it usually takes a couple of weeks after infee tion for typho'id to develop, a time sufficient in itself Hg to remove suspicion from acts which might otherwise H! be scrutinized very carefully if happening immcdl atcly beforo tho disease developed. I may add, also. Bff that it is well known thut stout people do very poorlv K when they contract typhoid, especially if they are old. t&Bt Mr. Bisbee was both stout and old. To contract X& typhoid was for him a virtual death warrant. Know . ing all these facts, a certain person purposely sought MSI out a crafty means of introducing typhoid fever into jUni Mr. Bisbee 's family. That person, furthermore, wa? fflH inoculated against typhoid thrco times during tbe jffll month before the disease was devilishly nnd snnrep- kHD titibusly introduced into Bisbco Hall, in order to flfl protect himself or herself should it become neecj- flfl sary for that person to visit Bisbee Hall. That per flfl son, T-believe, is the one who suffered from an flfl aneurism of the heart, the writer, or rather the forger. of 'the two documents I have shown, by one of fln which he or she was to profit greatly by tho death Hfl of Mr. Hisbee and the founding of an allegod fcaoo? IJ in a distant part of the country a subterfuge, if mt you recall, used in at least one famous case for flfl which tho convicted perpetrator is now under a Hfo WM sentence in Sing Sing. flfl "I will ask Dr. Leslie to take this stethoscope Bfl and examine the hearts of every one in tbo room fln and tell mo whether thero is any one here suffer fll ing from an aneurism." JH Tho calcium light ceased to splutter. One per- ttfl on aftor another wns examined by the health com- fflB miasiouer. The suspense was terrible. I felt Mist CT Bisbee 's hand Involuntarily grasp my arm convulsive- ttfifl lr. Without disturbing the silence. I reached a glae.i BH of water standing near mc on Craig's lecturo table and nfl handed it to her. flfl The commissioner was bending over tfc8 Ixwytr, jflEfl trying to adjust tho stethoscope hotter to his ers. Mifl The lawyer's head was resting heavily on his hand. iiflB and ho was heaped up in nn awkward position la the mMm cramped lecture room seat. It seemed an ago as Dr. flfl Leslie tried to ndjust the stethoscope. Even Crsiz Bflfl felt the excitement. Wbiio the commissioner hesi Hfl tated. Kennedy renched over and impatiently switched Hfl on the electric light in full force. mw& As the lisrht flooded the room, blinding n for fmrnm the instant, tho large form of Dr. Leslie stood be- jjfl tween us and the lawyer. SiB "What does the stethoscope tell yoo, Dcttt" ljfl asked Craig, leaning forward "expectantly. Ha "ws iiOji ag unprepared for tbe answer as any of ns. HjBW "It tells mo that 3 higher court than those of Sl New York hah passed judgment on this astounding: Warn riminal. The aneurism has burft." SflfS T felt a soft weight fa'l on my shoulder. Ths iflil Morning Star missed the story, after all. I mjsseif flfl the greatest "scoop" of my life seeing Eveline Bis- Mifl bee safely to her home after she bad recovered frow 'inl the shock of Benny's exposure and puuishmeat. (Copyright', 1912, bv- the McCIure N"m4vo Srt . eate.) v I . 'i |