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Show HO jr. iH I 1 m r y ARTHUR B- reeve I OP g a 1 JfPllO IfV ITl iCI 17 I fllfiOFlF TWIrfPl (Copyright. 1017, by the . III. The Soul Analysis. y t ERE'S the most remarkable ap-! ap-! H I peal,'-' observed Kennedy, one ' I I morning1, as he tossed to me a A A letter. "What do you think of that?" It read: Montrose, Conn. My dear Professor Kennedy: You do not know me, but I hare heard a great deal about you. Please, I beg you, do not disregard this letter. let-ter. At least try "to verify the appeal ap-peal I am making. I am here at the EelJeclaire Sanatorium, San-atorium, run by Dr. Bolton Burr of Montrose. But it is not a real sanatorium. san-atorium. It Is really a private asylum. Let me tell my story briefly. After my baby was born I devoted myself to it. But, in spite of everything", it died. Meanwhile m yhusband neglected ne-glected me terribly. Alter the baby's death I was a nervous wreck, and I came up here to rest. Now I find I am being held as- an insane patient. I cannot set out. I do not even know whether this letter will reach you. But the chambermaid here has told me she will post It for me. I am ill and nervous a wreck, but not insane, although they will tell you that the- twilight aleep Treatment affected af-fected my mind. But what is happening happen-ing here wiJl eventually drive me Insane In-sane if some one does not come to ; my rescue. Cannot you get in to see me as a doctor or friend? I will leave all to you after that-Yours that-Yours anxiously, Janet (Airs. Roger) C rails ton. "What do you make of it yourself?" 1 ! returned, handing back the letter. "Are l you going to take It up?" He slowly i looked over the letter again. "Judging by the handwriting," he remarked, re-marked, thoughtfully, "I should say that the writer is laboring under keen excitement excite-ment though there is no evidence of insanity in-sanity on the face of it. Yes; I think I'll ! take up the case." "But how are you going to get in?"' 1 asked. "They'll never admit 3xu will-: will-: ingly." ' ; Kennedy pondered a 'minute. ''I'll get in, all right." lie said, at length "come on I'm going to call on Roger Cranston first." "Roger Cranston I repeated, dumbfounded. dumb-founded. "Why. he'll never help you ! Ten to one he's in on It." '"We'll have to tako a chance," returned ; Kennedy, hurrying me out of the labora tory. Roger Cranston was a well known lawyer law-yer and man about town. We found him in his office on lower Broadway. He was ! young, and distinguished looking, which : proaably accounted tor tne tact that nis : oifi'e had become a sort of fashionable court of domestic relations. "I'm a friend of Dr. Bolton Burr of ZUomrose," introduced Kennedy. Cranston looked at him keenly, but Kennedy was a good actor. "I have been studying some of the patients at the sanatorium, and I have seen Airs. Cranston there." "Indeed!" responded Cranston- 'Tra all broken up about it myself." 1 could not resist thinking that h took it very calmly, however. "I should like very much to make what we cail a pyehanaiysis of Mrs. Cranston's Cran-ston's mental condition," Kennedy explained. ex-plained. "A psychanalysis?" repeated Cranston. "Yes; you know it is a new system. In the field of abnormal psychology, the oul-analysis is of first importance. To- ' day. this study is of the greatest help in i neurology and psychiatry. Oniy, I can't make it without the consent of the natural natu-ral guardian of the patient. Dr. Burr tells me "that you will make no objection." "Well," he returned, eiowly, "they tell me that without treatment she will soon . be hopelessly insane perhaps dangerous-j dangerous-j ly so. That is ail I know. I am not a specialist. spe-cialist. If Dr. Burr He paused. "If you can give me just a card," tirged i Kennedy, "that is all Dr. Burr wishes." ' Cranston wrote hastily on the back of one of his cards what Kennedy dictated, i Please a! low Dor tor Kennedy to make a psychanalysls oX my wife's ; nienLal condition. "You will let me know if there is any J hop-?" he asked. "As soon as I can," replied Kennedy, ' 'Til let you have a copy of my report." Cranston thanked us and bowed us to the door suavely. "Well," I remarked, as we rode down in the elevator, "that was clever. He fell for It, too. You're a.n artist. Do you think he was posintr?" Kennedy ehrugired his shoulders. We lost "no time in gretting the first train for Montrose, before Cranston had time to reconsider and call up Dr. Burr. The Belleclaire sanatorium was on the outskirts of the town. It was an old stone house, rather dinsrv, and surrounded surround-ed by a rush stone wall surmounted by sharp pickets. Dr. Bolton Burr, who was at fhe head of the institution, met us In the plaittly fumished reception-room. which also served as his office. Through a window we could sec some of the patients valk-in valk-in or sitting about on a small stretch of serussly grass between the house and the wall. Doctor Burr was a tall and commanding-looking man with a andyke beard, and one would have Instinctively picked him out anywhere as a physician. "I believe yon have a patient here Mrs. Roger Cranston." bewail Kennedy, after the usual formalities. rn-. Bun-eyed Bun-eyed us askance. "I've been asked bv Mr. Cranston to make an examination of his wife," pursued Crais', presenting the card which he had obtained from Roeer Cranston. "H'm!" mused Dr. Burr, looking- quickly quick-ly from the card to Kennedy with a searching glance. "I wish you would tell me sometrdn.ir of the case before I see her," went on Kennedy, Ken-nedy, with absolute assurance, 'TVell," temporized Dr. Burr, twirling the card, "Mrs. Cranston came to me after the death of her child. She was in a terrible state. But we are slowlv building- up her shattered nerves bv plain simple living and a tonic." "Was she committed bv her husband?" queried Kennedy, unexpectedly. Whether or not Dr. Burr felt suspicious of us I could not tell. But ha seemed eager to justify himself. "I have the papers committing her to my care," he said, rising and opening a safe in the corner. He laid before us a document in which appeared the names of Roger Cranston and Julia Giles. "Who is this Julia Giles?" nsked Ken-nedv, Ken-nedv, atter he had read the document "One of our nurses." returned the doctor. doc-tor. he has had Mrs. Cranston under observation ever since she arrived " r "1 E!lol,lcl ,ike to see both Miss Giles and Mrs. Cranston." insisted Kennedy "It ts not that Mr. Cranston is In anv wrjv dissatisfied with your treatment but he thought that perhaps I might be of some assistance to you." Kennedys manner was Ingratiating but firm, and he hurried on, lest It should occur oc-cur to Dr. Burr to call up Cranston The doctor, still twirling the card, finaily us through the wide central hall and up an old-fashioned winding staircase to a large room on the second floor He tapped at the door, which wis opened, disclosing an interior tastef'illv furnlshed. ' Doctor Burr introduced us to Mss Giles conveying the impression, which Kenned'v had already given, that he was a specialist, special-ist, and I an assistant. Janet Cranston was a voting and a!o remarkably beautiful girl. One could see traces of sorrow In her face, which was exceedingly, though not unnloaslnglv pale. The restless brllliancv of her eves spoke of some physical, if not psychical disorder. . She was dressed In deep mourning, which heightened her pallor nrd excited a feeling of mineled respect and !nteret Tnick nrown coils of chestnut hair were arranged In such a manner as to give an extremely youthful appearance to her dedicate dedi-cate face. Her emotions were expressed by the constant motion of her slender fineers. Miss Giles was a strlkin? -woman of an entirely different type. She seemed to be exuberant with health, as though mir!ng had taught her not merely how to tako care of others, hut had given her the e-cret e-cret of caring, first of all. for herself ' I could see. as Doctor Burr Introduced us to his patient, that Mrs. Cranston instantly in-stantly recognized Kennedv's Interest in her case. She received us with a graceful grace-ful courtesy, but she betrayed no undue interest that might excite suspicion not-was not-was there any bint given of the note of appeal. I wondered whether that might not be an instance of the running for which 1 had heard the Inla.ne are noted. yhe showed no Mgn of lnan!tv however. I looked about curiously to sea If there were evidences of the treatment which sne was receiving. On a table stood a tl Mm sfh t ill Km mil wflVm ft r'--" v-i- i' ' ti1 hMMw&. k. - -CVJ "Are you ROing (o take it up?'' bottle and a etIps, as well as a tenpoon, and I recalled the doctor's remark about the tonic. "You look tired, Mrs. Cranston," remarked re-marked Kennedy, thoughtfully. "Tiiy not rest while wa are horo, and then I will be sure my vusit he a had no HI effects. " As he spoke, Kennedy arr,mp-d the pillows pil-lows on a ehruse loneue and pia.-ed hor on it, with her h-ad pli'hUy elevatf-I. .Having .Hav-ing di.cufjpd the subject of psyehanaly-Fia psyehanaly-Fia with Kennedy before, T know that whs i-o that nothing mipht dlsTra-t her from the fre aoct;! t ion of iden. He placed himeelf nar her head, and motioned to us to stand fariher back of him. where she could not see us. "Avoid all muscular exertion and distraction," dis-traction," he continued. "1 want you to concentrate your at tent ion ihorouKhly. Tell me a n thli ? that ,omea into your mind. Teil all you know of your symptoms. symp-toms. ' Concentrate, and repeat k II you think of. Frankly express ail the thoughts that yo1 havr, r-vp-w though t hey m.iy be painful and embarrass! njf." He f.i id this poo thinly. and he srned to understand that much d pend-ed pend-ed upon her nns-wirs and the fitct of not forcintt hrr ldo-u--. "I yni thinkintr of my hu.;rajnd." Tr". Cr:'n.Hton Yfin', rin.-illy. In a dreamy ti e. ""hat ni hmiV" v.t;t rr-d K'niiedy. "Of h"'.v t iie ha by .v pa rat ed us and " $.bf pauf 1, aim Of-1 in tear. From what I knew of the met hod of psyeh.n n;tlysi, I r-i n I led it was the pap and hrlttiors whu h were moMt inipor-t-mt in arriving at tin: truth r.-KUJ"dinK Uie cau:-e of her troubl. "I'erhaim it w:i rnv fault - imrhan T was a port .-r rr.'ithcr thn n a wife. I thought I was dome what he would want m" to io. Too late I se my mistake," It wan e?Ny to rt-n.d into h-r stoi-- tliat there had been other women In his lif. t hai wounded hr deply. ft it was equally plain that he stnl Inved him. " Jo on," Kennedy urced. pently. "Oh, ye?," rhe resumed, dream iiy ; "I am thinking about one when I left him. I wandered through the country. I rv-nienibr rv-nienibr little, e.ct that it was the country t hrouch whb-h we had p;f.. on a.n au ioinoKile trii on our hnnrvmoon. jiry I thought I paw him. anrl tried to t?et to hiin. 1 Inn Red for hint, but eneh time, when 1 almost r- in lied hini. he wou Id disappear. neerned to be .so d inserted in-serted and alorio. I tn.'d to rail him, but my ton cue r-fucd to y h ih name. It must have been hours t ha t wa mb-red about, for I r rrnl no It 1 1 1 if ; t f t r that until un-til I wan found, disheveled and vx-hau: vx-hau: t-rl." h be Jiaure. nrtd ejrv-ed ber oir-t, v, bie I could ye,, f ha f. Kenh.-.!y cjildei nl tliiy ap very in. porta nt ''Ik, n't plop.'' pwruMed Kenned;. . "Oit' O we (piai r'led over ono of hla rlje -nt !- v. fio wa h Ptiunr for a 1 i vorrr. 1 thoMbt h ?at devotlnir t'o mtu-h time and Httention to her. While theae miht not have ben ;i 1 1 y 1 1 1 i n cr wionc. xtlll I wnn afmid. In 1 i "' aner ati'l nnxiety 1 nr. cii;e(j b.lm. Me retorted bv phirnnilnc tho door, a nd I db not nee him for t vi p or throo dti'.-p. I realizei my nervous condition, condi-tion, a nd one da v a ni ut ua I friend of ourrf Iritrodijend rue to I o-tnr Hurr h nd advised mo to lake a r;Ht-rure at bin nanatorlum. Hy this time koer anrl I were on .Mpeakint t'Tins nnin. Tint the den th of tl ur ba by n nd tho quarre left rne still an nervous, an be.fnrn, Tie neonied ari?c Iouh to have jne do norncthlnK, and so I camn her." "Do yoti remember anvthlntr thnt happened hap-pened after that?" asked O'aip. for the first time a:ikinr a mllilly leadniff question. ques-tion. "Yep- T recall everythlnc that happened when earn hero," .she went on. "UnK'er r, i trie up with niC tfi rompletn tbe neces-fyi neces-fyi i v arrantrerneiitH. were met. at tbe, ft a t ion by Doctor Hurr ami 1 1 Ms worn a n, who ban si nee been my nure and companion. com-panion. On the way up from the Ftatlun to the sa nal or I nni I km tor I lurr wa n very i nriPlo'era ! e of me,, and I noticed Unit my husband prerned ltd ei e ed In M ls ( JileH and tho cure .hi v:ut to take of me." Ken nedy f la Hhd k la nco at mo fro rn a note -bonk in which be was a ppa pen t ly buHlly e.iu:a ;:ed In o 1 1 hr down her answers. an-swers. I did not know Jiiat. what Inter pret a 1 1 m to ptj I, on tt, bu t annulled that It meant that hn had struck what the new p.i.velmlociHiH ca II a 'coinplex," In the. rniranrc- (,f Alis Olles Into (be ciu-te. Tb'fore we re:ill.c( t, ttuue c.amu H fiiidden outburst of feeline. ". rul now 1. 1 iey a i o keeping me here rr fot ce," H'nn rrierj. "Doctr,,- Hurr oolu:d I us rdirt 1 1 f lea n 1 1 y, fir, nni'b as to rnv, ",Iii?rf what tnlulit be CXI rr el, ynu Mee." Kenticdv rofldci1, but ma do no effort, to rf op Mrs. Cran- M."M. "The v have fold Hocer that T nm In-n:iri.,1 In-n:iri.,1 and I know bo must hcllm-p. It, rir lie won h not lea e nro hern. Hut t heir real motive. I curt i:uej'n, la nu-reenary. I ran't complain a limit my treatment hern It roj.l.f; euotiifb." I v tbla lime 'the wan sMtlmr holt up-rlfdtt, up-rlfdtt, (Marl in; pfT.ilr.ht ahead, fin Munich , a ma .e, at her I loldnejtn hi ipealt I nit so franklv heroic, th.-m. "I feel all rb;iit at times -fhen--it Is nt 1 1 1' ' I rt; I) I ba-1 'a panilv.'U.i of the ho,v. tail mil or Hie mind - not of Hie mind," rli" repeated, tenpelv. There waa a fl iF'.hleiierl l(,o fit b ' I face, 1 J J 1 1 1 he l' Vllb'fl v. a now wil' 1 1 v a ppea II ni; . Wlia t would havo luiluw c.l 1 cannot cues, for at that Instant there came a noise outside from another of the r- oms as thunuji pandetnoniitm had broken looe. I :y tbe shout in an. I conf un'on, one niiuht easily havo wondered whether keepers and lun'atles mitjht not have ex-cha ex-cha n.u.'d - kn.es. "It is ju-:t one of the patients who has escaped f i mn his room," exclaimed Doctor Doc-tor Hurr; "nnthinE; to be alarmed nbout. We'll soun have !ti:n quieted." Doctor f.::;rr h.urried out into the corridor corri-dor whiio .Miss; Giles was looking out of tile d 'or. I Qui kl- TCermedv reaci-.ed over and ab-I ab-I si racieil several drops from a bottle of tonic on t;;e table, pouring it into his handkerchief, w hi-'h he rolk-d tin tightly and Muffed into his p"rhet. Mrs. Cran-Mon Cran-Mon vat-:!ted hini pb-adin-ly. and clasped her huraJH in mute appeal, with a hasty glance, at .M;ss Giles. K"nnedy said nothing, either, but rap-lid rap-lid lv folded u a pa'e of t lie noteti ok on which he had been writing antl sliovod H into Mrv. t."raii ton's band, tocetiur with somerhinv be had taken from his pocket. She understood, and quickly placed it In her coisau'". "Keil u when you are absolutely alone." lie whisp"-nd, bisf a? Ms Giles hb'.'t t lie (i-v,r a urne-1 to Tbe evMerr ,-nt hubvjf)..,) al'!:-. t as 0'ib'Ulv j- it hot arisen, hut had been stiffici'-n t I o 1 1 ;;t. a Hop (n ate .':jrt n-r tlaly of tho case ,ibntf f'ose lines. Miss !';iUs k'-i! e,'N n,t..l no Action or j movement of her t i n f . I Dr. li.nr returned siiorth. It wis ev-! lent from h.s nann.-j- that ! wislu-i In have the nsit terndnated, and Kenne.iv lie thank"1 t Mrs, I'ransfrn. an.l we withdrew with-drew uuietlv, after ilddintr h'-r -otv-hv in a titanner an reason rim; as we could make it uiidiT t b.e c I r en m s t a n ces. "You so," retnarked Dr. Hurr. ns we wnlke.i down the hall, "she qtdte un-st un-st rnnif e-1 ill. MCr. a nst on conies up here once In a while, and we nojjce that after these ihjIr she is. If anv thins-. Worse," lown the hall n rloor had been left open, and we could rnr h a ejirrnse of a I a t lent rolled in a hl.t nket , while t wo nurses forced snicf hi iu: down his t hroat. Dr. Hurr hastily closed the ,j00r nM u-e pa-e.l. "That H the condition Mrs, Cranston misht have yt into tf,he had not come to us when she did," he said. "As it is, she ft never violent and is ono of the mnd tractable patients we have" We left MlinHIv. without fitidfntr out w he i her Dr. Hurr si i,--peeled us 'if anything any-thing or not. As we made .ejr wav h.'-k to th rtv. T , t.nld not help the fe.dln ni (ej,rm,,n s.j' h as I'oe mentioned at Mceint: Hie prh-ate n.1(ilioi;.ve jn l-Vance. '"I'h.i ! shmps.' wo bad Into the other Toem almost makes one rcall the soolh-iti? soolh-iti? system o' I 'r. Milliard. Is Dr Kurr'a hiem better?" I a-ked. "A irnchi deal of what we used to think and practice is out of rlnto now." returned Kenned x. "I think you ri re nlreadv familiar fa-miliar with the theory of dreams that has been developed by T r. Slcmnnd Kreud if Vienna. Hid prrha pn von a re riot aware of the fart that Freud's contribution contribu-tion to the sfwlv of Insanity Is of even preater scientific value than his dream theories taken by t heinselven. "Hers, I feel tire now, (m what is know n a ?; one of t he so -rp lied 'border-lino 'border-lino ruses.' " be continued. "It is clearly a ease of hvnteHa not thn h steria one bears spoken of commonly, hut (lie con - lltlon which scientists, know as such. We traeo the impulses from whb-h hvstrrteal rnndlthuiR nrh-e, penetrate the 'dlidse whlrh (hesn repressed fTi)Ul."es or winhen muff, a ssu me f n order to n pnear In the consciousness. Such t ra us formed Im-, Im-, pulfieM arn found In not mal people, too, sometimes. The hysteric puffers mostlv from remlnlsrepees w hb-h, pa i Hdoxlca Hy, nuiv bo completely- forcnttcn. "ribsessinnH and phobias have their oriel ori-el n. accord I iinr to Fret id, in neMtal H fo. The obsession represent a conmensa Hon or Kuhitltute for nn unbearable peun Idea ami takes 1 1 s placo in consciousness In normal seVtial life, no neurosis i 1 pOF.'dhle, snv the l'reiiil,'d m, sr.x Ih thej strnni;esf Impuhie. yet Kllblert to the irrealest reprensnn, and henee the we;tk- esl toiiI nf our cult ura! development MyHleii:! arlier lhrnm;h the conflict between be-tween 1 1 bhlo and sex - repression. nrt eii ex - w hdies. ma v be coriMclousIv re Jert iv but iineoiiwcloiiHly nccented. ' So w ben lliev am understood every Iniino uller-ance uller-ance baa a reason. There la really method In m-tdueM'-t. "When hvstrrki In a wife rains her the attention of nn otherwise in:i 1 1 en t h-o hu-'arid hu-'arid It fills, from the standpoint of her deeper loiii-imr. an Important pbieo. and hi a. senjie, mav he sal.l to be d.dr:iMo! The t:ieat point aboit( the tw -.dia pa vt (e 1 o.elho!, ns dhteov.-red bv Frelinr an-1 Fro id Is that certain svnipf nniM of h-s-teida, illsrioin-nr wlu-ii Ibe bbbh-n cnuses nr.- brounht to llrht and the repres.sed , desires a re r ra t i fled." "How iloes thai apply to Mr. Ci'an- stoli'"' I Olierled. "Mrn, ' 'ra mil on," he replied. "In suffer-I suffer-I tic from wdmt Ibe ii.mcIui nal v.-it call i a psvebb trniimn - 'i soul wound, nn ( vere. II in the tieidect. hi 1 1t f m c,inm, nf tier huHbaml, whom rdm deeplv loves That In Itself Is Tmfl'bdeid to explain Imr experience wa nd - i' 1 1 1 C through the country'. coun-try'. II wiia Hie reKioii which she nsan- (.laVod -vllh li v r Xir:jL lu.vu ul'tulr, aa uho told ils. The wave of recollection that swept over her entrulfed her mind. In other words, reason eon Id no longer dominate dom-inate the cravings for a love so long suppressed. sup-pressed. Then, when she saw. or imagined imag-ined she saw, one who looked like her lover, the strain was too great." It was the middle of the afternoon when we reached the laboratory. Kennedy at ones feet to work studying the drops of , tonic which had been absorbed in the handkerchief. As Kennedy worked, I he- j san thinking over a sain what we had seen a t the H-liec'.aire sanatorium. Somehow or other, I could not-get out of i my mind the recollection of the man rolled in the blanket and trussed up as helpiess :ls a mummy. I wondered whether that alone was sufficient to account ac-count for the quickness with which he had b-. n pacifi-:-..;. Then I recalled Mrs. i 'ran s ton's remark about her mental alertness and pnysiral weakness. Had it an jt hln to do v ith t he "tonic?" "Suppose, while I am waiting," I finally final-ly suggested to Craig, "I try to find out what Granston does with his time since bis wife has been shut off from the world." "That's a very good idea.' acq uiesced K". n tied v. Ton't take too long, however, f'cr I may strike, something important h'.re any minute." Alter se vera 1 inquiries over the telo-phon--, 1 tound that since his wife had been in Montrose Cranston hid closed his a part men t a nd was living at one of bis ( lubs. I la vlng two or three friends who were members, I did not hesitate to drop around. Unfortunately, none of my friends hap- i'mhmi i o ue i n ere, a no. i was i nrceu, finallv, to ask for Cranston himself, although al-though ail that I rcaliy wanted to know was, whether he was thTe or not. One of the clerks told me that he had been In. hut had left in r taxicab only a short tune before. As there wpi a cab-stand outside the club, I determined to make an inquiry and perhaps discover the driver who had hud him. The starter know him, and when 1 said it was very important business busi-ness on which I w a nted to see him he motioned to a driver who had Just pulled up. A chance for another fare and a generous gener-ous tip were all that was necessary to iniluce him to drive me to Cue Trocadero, a fashionable restaurant antl cabaret, where he had taken Cranston a short t ime before. It was crowded when I entered, en-tered, and, avoiding the head waiter, 1 st nod by th door a few minutes and looked over the brilliant and gay throne-l-'inally, I managed to catch a glimpse of Cranston's head at a table in a far corner. cor-ner. As 1 made my wav down the line of tables. 1 was genuinely amazed to rv that he was with a woman. It was Julia Giles! She must have come down on tho next train after wo did. hut, at any rte, it looked as though she had lost no time in seekiiiR out Cranston after our visit. I took a seat at n table nct them. They were talking about Kennedy, and during a lull in the music, 1 overheard him asking her just what Craig had done "tt was cerinlnly very clever In him to rlay both you ami Doctor Hurr the wav he diil. He told Doctor "Purr that von bad sent him. and told ou that Doctor Hurr had sent him. Vy w hom do you suppose ho really was sent'." "Could It havo been my wife ?" "It must have been, hut how she did it is more t ban I can Imagi ne," "I low is she, a ny way ?" ho asked "Sometimes she seems to be getting alon-r tlnoly, and then, olher daws, 1 feel quite discouraged about her. HorVo la very obstinate.'' "Perhhps 1 had better go and Hurr " ho considered. "Et Is cnrlv In the evening. I ll drive ou out in mv enr I'll Slav at the sanatorium fmkht. and then, perhaps. Til know a little better what wo can do." It was bis time rather than his words which gave mo the impression that ho w as more interested In beitiK with M is Clles l ban with Mrs. Cranston. I onI dered wheiber it was a pint of Cranston's ami Mis (Mies'. n.ul ho been posing belore Kennedy, and were they rrallv tr t ng to put Mrs. Crnnst on nut . ' wa y ? As the mmde started up ngnln. T heard her say-, "Can't we have Ju:U one more dance?" A moment, later they were lost in the gav whirl on tho dam-lug floor, Thev made a. handnome couple, ,tiul it w.im evl". detit that It was not the lirst time that the.v had dined and danced together The music ceased, ami they relumed lo'tbelr places relud n nl ly, while i 'ra union telephoned tele-phoned for his car to be brought around lo thn cabaret. 1 hastened back lo the laboratory to inform Craig what had seen, s I ttdd my story he looked up at liie with a hm-den hm-den flash of coup rehensinn. "I am pjnd lo hrmyv yvhrre Ihey will all be lonluhl," he said. "Sonm one'ha.s been j giving her henbane - h y oscyam in . 1 bve Just db covered It In the topic." ! "What's henbane?" nsked. "It Im ii drug derived from tho hvosev-!amus hvosev-!amus plant, much like belladonna, though t more distinctly j;. -dative. It Ih ;i hvpnofn used often hi mania and mental excitement. excite-ment. Tbe feel I in;' whteh MrN f,-,,,.... ' dcicilbed Ih .tn,. of Us etrects, Yon ' cad Ibe bright ne-.t of Iter eves.' Thai V, ono. of thu effect a of iho mydriatic alUii-I loids, of which thiH is one. The ancients we"e familiar with several of Its P"aj properties, as they knew of the closet V.a'othe text-hook, at the present time fail to say anything about tne remarkable re-markable effect produced by of this terrible alkaloid. This effect (an he described technically so as to be m- ( telllciWe. but no description can convey, even approximately, the terrible sensation sensa-tion produced in many insane patif-nti. large doses. In a Keneral way It is trie condition of paralysis of the body without, the corresponding paralysis ot the mind. "ind it's this stuff that somehorly hds been putting inlo her tonic? I asked startled "Do vou suppose that is pari of Bun's svstem. or did Miss Giles lighten her work by putting it into the tonic. Kennedv did not betray h.s suspicion, but went on describing the drug which was having such a serious effect on yr. Cranston. , . . ii The victim lies in an absolutely hem-less hem-less condition sometimes with his muscles so completely paralyzed that he cannot so much as move a finger, cannot c.ose his lips or move his tongue to mol-.en them. This feeling of he Ipiessnes. and depression is absolutely unlike any otner feeling imaginable, if I may judge from the accounts of those who have experienced experi-enced It. Other sensations, turn as pain, mav be judged, in a measure, by comparison com-parison with other painful sensations, but the sensation produced by hyosc.yaniln In large doses seems to have no basis ior comparison. There is no kindred eelin,. Practically every institution for the insane in-sane used it a few years ago for ' controlling con-trolling patients, but now better methocs have been devised." "The more I think of what I saw a the Trocadero," I remarked the more i wonder if Miss Giles has been seckm to win Cranston herself. ' "In large enough doses and repeated often enough," continued .Ke""?; suppose the toxic effect of the drug might be to produce insanity. At any rate, u we are going to do anything, it mignt better be done at once. Ihey are all out there now. If we act tonight. eurel we eha.l have the oest chance or matting the Euilty person betray himself. Kennedv elephoned for a fast tour.nc-car tour.nc-car and In half an hour, while he gathered some apparatus together, the car was before the door. In it he placed a conp.e of light silk rope ladders, some common wooden wedges, and an Instrument wmcn resembled a surveyor's transit with two conical horns sticking out at the ends. We made the trip out of New YorK and up the Boston post road, following the route which Cranston and Miss Giles must have taken some hours before us. In the town of Montrose, Kennedy stopped only long enough to get a bite to eat and to studv up In the roads of the vlnicity. It "was long after midnight when we struck up into the country. The meht was verv dark, thick, and foggy. "Ith the encine running as muffled as possible and the lights dimmed, Kennedy quiet:y Jammed on the brakes as we pulled up along the side of the road. A few- rods farther ahead I coula make . . .II rTn.tf.Mlinl Oil Tmi I P it (! ou me nci ie Liu cr .T.nio . ...... . i - v. bv its picketed stone wall. Not a light was visible in anv of the windows. "Now that were here." I whispered, "what can we do?" "You remember the paper I (rare Mr. Cranston when the excitement in the hall broke loose'-' ' "Yes," I nodded, as we moved over under un-der t iie shadow of the wall. (i "I wrote on a sheet from my notebook' said Kennedy, "and told her to be ready when site heard a pebble strike the win- dow: and I gave her a piece of siring to iet down to the rc-und." Kennedy threw the silk ladder up until it cauizht on one of tile pickets; then, with the other ladder and the wedges, he reached the top of the wall, followed bv me. Wc pulle'! the first ladder up as we clung to the pii kels. and let It down airain inside. Noiselessly we crossed the lawn. Above was Mrs. Cranston's window. Craig picked up some bits ot broken stone from a walk alxiut t'e house and threw them ecr.tiy against the pane. Then we drew back into the si'.ai'nw of the house, lest ;iny prying eyes might discover us. In a few minutes the win.iow on t ',e second sec-ond flcor was stealthily orened. The muffled muf-fled figure of rs. Cranston arpe-ircd in the dim light; tl.en a piece of string was lowered. To It Kennedy attached a light silk lad- I der an.l motioned In r-ctomime for her I to draw it up. It toc.it her some time to! fasten the ladder to one of the henvy. piecis of furniture in the room. 'wavincj from si.le to side, but clir.glr.g witii frantic fran-tic dcsieiation to the ladder, while w-e did our best to steady it. she managed to iha r-TniitiH ;he ti'rrierl t'rim 1- building with a sudder and whispered: "This terribie place! How can 1 ever thank you for getting me out of it?" Kennedv did rot pause long enough to say a word, hut hurried her across to the final harrier, the wail. Suddenly there was a shout of alarm from the front of the houe under the columns. It was the night watchman, who had discovered us. Instantly KT.nedv seized a chair from a little summer house. "Quick. Walter." he cried, "over the wall with Mrs. Cranston, v. hl'.e I hold him! Then throw ike ladder back on this sl'le. I'll Join you in a moment, as soon as vou get her safclv over." A ihalr is only an indifferent club if; thnt is all one cm think of using it for. Kennedy ran situarviv at the watch- I man. holding It out straight before hini. I Only oii.o did I cast a hasty glance back. There was tne man runned to the wall bv , the chair, with Konnodv at the olher end ol it and safely out of reach. Mis. I'r.mston an! 1 managed to scramble scram-ble over the wad. although she tore her dross on the po kcts before we reached the other side. 1 bustled her into the carl anil niado everything rcadv lo slut: It ' was only a couple of minute threw the ladder back before r,. " joined us. ' "How did you get away from th man?" I demanded, breathlessly ''' shot away. ' e v "1 forced him back with the t'r-t tbe hall and slammed the door jammed a wedge under it." h Vfc "That will hold it better than irU'' Every push will jam It tighter" 1 !v-. Above the hubbub, inside now hear a loud gong Eounding W.V''' All about were lights flashing im"" windows and moving through th. ,st " ways. Sihouts came from th'e T--the house as a door was finali-'"' there. But we were off now, wiVb fct start. 4r-i I could imagine the frantic telfV-that telfV-that was going on in the sanatonCV-I sanatonCV-I knew that the local police of iV" and every other town a pout u, UV;'- Lug informed of the escape. T.7' required by the law to render ali i''" assistance, and, as the country i-' several institutions quite on s Vs Belleclaire, an attempt at an eaL-'' not an unusual occurrence. v The post-road by which wo j. was therefore impossible, and K,." swung up into the countrv. in t-n;r,r-of tiirowin? off pursuit long enojV ' give us a better ciiance. 3 " " "Take the wheel, Walter," he n-. "I'll tell you what turns to rt't"'? must get to the ttate line of N.' : without being slopped. We can W " most any car. Bui that is not eN, A telephone message ahead mav strr" unless we can keep from being sef-n ' ' I took the wheel, and did not "(,", . ' car as Kennedy climbed over thA e-, the back of the car, where Mr"crt" waa silting, he hastily adjust', peculiar apparatus. "Sounds at night are very harj , cate," be explained. "Up this road '! ter; there is someone coming a-tPV'L us." - I turned and shot irp the detour ping in the shadow of some tree ' :-we :-we switched off every light and sj the engine. Kennedy continued. toV". the instrument before him. 'c' "What Is it?"I whispered. "A phonometer." he replied invented to measure the "inttn--7' sound. But it is much more vali-a'- an instrument that telis with p-e V from what direction a sound ccrr-s" needs only a smail dry battery avj" -he carried around easily. The'o"'j '.' ters the two horns of the pcono:rX. focused at the neck, and str,j.-"eVV-delicate diaphragm, behind whkh . needle. The ciaphiagm vibrates ar.d-needle ar.d-needle moves. The louder the eo--.- -greater the movement of this vL-z i " "At this end, where It looks as t--I were sighting l;xe a surce.o " "azing into lens, with a tiny e'ecir1- close to my eye. The light of tit --is --is reflected in a mirror whi,h is""-r by the moving needle. When trills tril-ls loudest the horns are at right" t-"-" to the direction whence it corr.es. ;V is only neces-sary to twist the pl.Gr.r.-.-abcut on its pivot until the sour.i -ceived mosr loudlv- in rne hrt-r."!!-!r band of light is greatest, i" knov"--that the Lorn6 are at right agips redirection re-direction from " hich t'e souri p-r.- anj that, as I lift my head, I am l-L straight toward the "source of tie i-.-I can tell its direction to a few derr- I looked through it myself to sV- sound was visualized by" lirht. "Hush!" cautioned Kennedy. Down the rran road ' we cc-'g sv car pass aiong siow-v in the dr;-'-Montrose. from which we had V" Without the phonometer" to warn must inevitably have met us ar.d "b'oi.--our escape over the road ahead. The danger passed, on we sped. Fh minutes. I ca.;cu.a:ed. and we shoul-f cro; the state iine to Ntw York and s-i:"r y We had been going aiong nicelvyV "Bang!"' came a loud report hac's c; -i "Confound it!" muttered Ke-r.e:- . blowout always conies when vou 3si-.-v PC t it! " e climbed out v the car ar.d is; shoe ohT in short crdr. "Look!" cried caret Cranston. 12 frigi.ter.ed voice, from the back c' car. The light of the phonometer bd up. A car w-25 following us. "There's ;us; ore ohir.ee:" criei K-ned'. K-ned'. spr:r.g;ng to the wheeL "We z. make it cu the nm." Flacgir.g a :id rounding, we -"e-?-ahe oi. st-a:nir.r c.:r eves to . -roa.i. the d'.stan- e. the time, ar.d tic nerceter ail at ev e. ! was m u.e. A b, rrsT re-r was oerakiTg us. The driter cot;. us oer 10 the very eige of the r: men si.ot ahead, and. where The rc v " v. v " , i. uri,rr;oi;i p . ?! ; across the road In s.-ch 3 wav t,-.t: t h.id to run imo hini or s:ct. Quickly Craig's automatic c'r.-.mei the dir.i bearr.s from ti;e ship" l g'-.;?. "Just a minute." cauf.or.ei a vo::e was a plot acattis; n:e. ou.te as r..::i It was against her tr.e nurse to WJ -on. while the doctor got a r.c:l p5ur: I suspected all was not right. I"-;: I why I cave you the card. I knew it dlc.n't come from Burr. Tven. whf- I heard noihmg from you. I ie; Gh woman thirit I was corilug to Mer.t-;i to be with her. Fu;. really. I w:;,-; ; tviit the fai.e asylum '' Two n'erc.ng heso.'.igius shor.e deter :1 .read behind us. We waited & rrer.;: !unt;l 1'r.ey. too. came to a step. "Here they are!" shouted the veic? ' a man. as he Jumped out, followed : woman. Kennedy steprovl fprwaivU wa-irt 5 automat ;o r-euacir.g'iy. "Von are under arrest for cor.sp:rj.-bcth cor.sp:rj.-bcth of you'." he cr;ed. as we re.Y5"" Pocior Hurr sr.d Miss Giles. A little or' hehiua me s-.art'e rre. -I trr.fi. .hir.et Cranston lad fitirs !r-s'e'f !r-s'e'f lute the arns of the on'.T rrr vi-ho rould l-.esl her wour.,.s. : B |