Show 5 THROUGH THE WALL ALL VALLI i IBy By CLEVELAND LEVELAND MOFFETT f Copyright 1903 by mo OF I r THE E BATTLE ATTL f TC D. D t APPLETON LETON AND D COm COMPANY ANY u P Il y i CHAPTER HAPlER w. w Tho h Moving P Picture ci r Aro you Reeling b better kd thi Iha an an hour hOlli later ter when the tho accused nax asIM led back 2 11 l Yes JI answered Crooner with recovered ered self leU possession and again tho detect de do tc He noticed Ih he he glanced anxiously l lat at t t the clock It WI wa was o U quarter pat l 11 j JYo J Wo Yo will have the visual test now now 5 said ld we must go 0 to another room Tako Take tho prisoner to Dr ta I laboratory he ho directed tha the gu guard rd T J Parsing down the tha wide strangely silent now they entered a long Ions narrow p passageway leading to a a. remote wing of the palala do jus Justice lice First went the guard with Groener close beside him then twenty paces paes behind came amo AI M. 1 Paul laul Pauland and nd th the tM and aM l lat last came camo the clerk clork with Maitre Cure CUTe Their footsteps echoed ominously alo along the me atone Stone fl floor or their shadows danced fantastically fantas before th them m and behind them un un- un der er gas Jets that flared through th tho tun tun tuli- nel T I hope this thia sods gods 6 a off t well well whispered cJ the Judge uneasily You dont don't think the they have het forgotten anything A Trust Papa to obe obey O orders I replied Ah ho started and gripped hJ h s com companions companion's arm Do Da you jou ou tem J Mbel t what I 1 told tod yo yon about bout those BY t footprints About tho the t Look took and nd h hO polut pointed d ahead e. e l' l I 1 knew know it hi he h ho gout tout or h ihu- ihu u. u I m Just touches touche that thal come coma and go oo I Ho JIo had it that night when ho he escaped the and nd he lie has It nowr now r z The Judge observed 1 th the pr prisoner n r c care carefully fully and nodded In tn a agreement Thero Thoro Was no doubt about It a as at he walked talked Greener Groener was limping noticeably on his hla left Zeft foot loot t f Dr Duprat was waiting for lor them m in his laboratory ab- ab abr absorbed r d In recording tho re results to- to suIts of or his latest experiments A kind c eyed ed grave faced man was nas this who fur Ir It II his hili modesty t i O 1 q xer vrr Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope aa 38 a brilliant worker In tn psychological criminology had given tho the ame method hod of ot Identifying criminals criminals' and now Duprat was wu perfecting A met hod of ot recognising their their- mental mantal t s especially an any emotional disturbances disturb ances- ances cell connected I witO icar anger or Te- Te nose vre nc T Jn the tho laboratory they S ft found nd S themselves Ii In a JI Jarpe room quite dark save o tor an ri ele electric at end nU threw a brilliant on a 1 sheet sheat t at t h a at atthe oth other r end Tho Thought light d rd- rd tram from this sh shet jet t showed tho dim Outlines of or a tiered amphitheatre before which wa a w long table thie spread with strange looking Instruments men mens s electrical machines and special Apparatus for forI psychological pty experiments On tho w wails all alla were ere a ere charts and diagrams used b the doctor octor in his lecture Jr I Ii read read- Inquired the magistrate ma ma- after t nn Hn o of greetings with Ith Dr Duprat t l r Ev r thing answer answered d th the latter la Is thIs th the th cr th cr cr the subject t he lie glanced at atthe atthe atthe the S Hauteville n d dd-d dd a and 11 th thi d doctor b beckoned beck beck- ck ned io to 0 the tho guard ld S Please o bring him hint o over here bore u r Tha That's ts t's right right right-In In front of or the lantern mt Then ho poke gently r to ener Now Nw my 01 friend we WC arc aro hot g going Ing to do anything that will cau o you ou the slightest p pain lnor or nI n Th These Ic look formidable but they aro TP really good friends for tor or they help us to understand on one another Most of oC th hI h- trouble in this world comes omee because half hal tho the people do donot donot donot not understand nd the other half Please turn ri l s to th the light S For some Ome n he studied the tho pris prisoner pris- pris oner In t r t r ry e r tnt interesting ic mur mur- mur he the doctor his W fine 14 face tace 5 Alight l ht Esp Especially tho lobe of ot his ear nr S 1 II will l leave heava av a It tote hole abol t It for himself he he mustn't tho the lobe lODe of ot this UlIs af- af a turna tutu little lot fot oc the back of or the head nead Thanks Thanks' Gr Great Groat at width Ex Ev- tt fullness Now ow around toward the tho light Tho rho ct ahl cs c ah The brow brow fx e. Yes yes res es I know about aboul the hand ii h he nodded to but ut the had Is ii even cn mor more r remarkable m I 1 must study this head liCad whim when we e have ha time time time- r c ry vc-ry rem T sll II me mc my friend d dp S YOU ou suffer from toni II dd aI n shooting pains pains- bere here o er your our oui e es S V Xo O o said Groener S j 1 No o I 1 should haXe ie thought Jit S SS you ou ml ht Well ell chi well ho io pie proceeded d ded cd kindly S S h Vo a talk on one of these Jise e days MI S Perhaps t I Oh h make some somO Hug suggestions suggestion fI I Iee e ee ed t t-o t O m many Jn heads but not hut not man many like yours no 1 ilO IO o not many like jour He lIe paused d and glanced to toward ld an asS ns- ns S Iet l vho ho t was wa busy bRay n with the tho lantern rho assistant looked up and nodded r rS tt rt- rt S n ri rih S Ah Mi h we can begin continued tho the doc doe c tor We e must have ha these off he pointed point point- ed e-d to the tho handcuffs Also 11 1 0 tho the coat Pont Don't b be ai alarmed Toil H hil experience e nothing un I u nt nothing There Ther I 1 1 o ow I w want nt the tha ri right ht arm bar ar above the tho Ib No 0 no lea its the l left Idt ft arm I Ire rc- rc I want nant the Ie Jett leU arm hare bare c abo the elbow i S When the these thie e had been tar tar- I tI tied d out Dr D Duprat pra t pointed to a heavy Ir-avy wooden chair with Uh a high back and wide arms Si S u sit lIlt lt h here r h he w went nt on ori and nc your our ln arm rm Into this tJ leather 81 sieve 0 Its Iff a little tight c ul it ha haS hai a rubber r lining but ou Wont Won't n t ra lI d 1 It it after atter aCtOr aCtOr-a a minute or two to i 1 f walked to tho and then drew back W What at ar are j you on goIn going to do doto doto to me ne he tie Sk r t 1 t- t V c J going to o show t you jou ou s ome f magic tant lantern rn I picture tU t-tU If erell th the doctor 1 Why must I sit In this chair Why do rio you want m my arm In In that leather thing I. I I I you ou Gr ener put puLls In th the judge were CO COln coming ln here here- for tor tho the vl visual ual test teat ite iti part of your examination ilon Somo Some pictures of persons persona and places paces s will be he l t shUl sheL and as as n one ap ap p pears L want ant you lou to 10 sa say Bay what it Il It La Mo Most t tot of ot tho pictures are familiar to eV every T one Ve Yea but tho the le leather I v fI persisted persist persist- ed t the he- he prisoner r The leathor flee Is Hk a top stop watch alch I a It r records your o lr emotions ns Sit down Gr Greener ner r hesitated and th tIu guard pushed blip Win toward towar l the chair Walt he ho said Bald I vi I want to how c ll it records my cn o Tho answered with a pa thence tience ti surprised M M. Paul There Thero t ta ha Id h Ida a a pneumatic arrangement ho explained h which n the he pulsations of tiC r your sour h heart nd od the blood pressure p ur In your our arteries arterio Ire te re re lIt automatically Now Othen O then hen J 1 I warn jou OU Jf Jr you ou don't dont alt art down well willingly well you jou had better elt ett down iown J 1 was yoa watching closely and h th the half shut c eyes os ho lie caught a flash lash of or anger r. r u a quick clench clench- Sn of or th tim the tt freed d hands and then then thien then G Groener ner sat eat down f. f Quickly and skillfully th the thi assistant adjusted ad- ad the thi leather 51 sleeve ee e over the bared ert eft ann arra and nd dt drew w it clop w with th f Not too tight raid Duprat You 1 ou on feel a sense liens of ot throbbing at nr first t but U tt Is ts lIo nothing Beside we e shall tuko hike th the sleeve elee shortly 11 or II pow ow then theu ho he turned toward the lant lantern rn m. d j Immediately a familiar scene appeared tipon p the sheet heet a photograph o of the Place de la ha Concorde 1 What la It asked th the 5 doctor pleas i tj Th h fr was wan silent rit S nu Vou cutely recognize this picture 1 i rh l JAnet the fountain the rt s tI the arch arches s s of ot th the nut Hue d the J Ine there thereat ro t at end nd of the Come whit what hit Is U It Tbt b be Place haedt e dt la iii Concorde S nn answered d Greener sullenly 11 r Of or course You I see e how hor simple It Ip SI Now 1 another 5 The picture changed d to i U u vl view of at tho tue thorand Grand rand o opera ra and house and at the tho Mm sam mo ino moment mo mont ment a. a point of ot light appeared In tho the b headpiece a hack a of the chair It wn shaded d so that thu the prisoner could not see Cefi It and It It Illumined 1 l a 8 gradual d white dial on which was 18 a gloss glass tube tuba b about ut S thirty Inches l ng the whole hoJo resembling a barometer Inside the the- tube R a red column moved mO regularly Up and do down n S Up and nd down In steady beat heats ahl and Co t understood that this column WaY re registering tho the b heating beating of ot Gro Greener's 11 Standing behind the chair U th thi doctor tor the magistrate and tho the d detect detect- I ive le could it IL the came time watch tho the I pulsating column and mul tho the pictures on on onI I tile tho shoot q but the prisoner could notI not I lee ao tho the column ho he d did d not know it WAS vall I thorn there h s only the Chic pictures I What Ih is that asked tho tha do doctor tor had eh evidently decided to make mAk I th the thO best Of Of f the tho situation for he anI an answered at nt once Tho Grand opera I I i Go Good df Now w it la Jt i that 1 i Thi Ba column rod And this I Tho Champs Champs' I And this thief I Damo Dame church I So Eo far tar th the tho beats beatR h had id como coma uniformly I about one In a second for tor the tho man e eI I pulse was slow at each beat tho liquid I in tn tho tim tube shot up six Inches and then dropp hopped dropped d six Inches but at the thC vie view of ot I Notre Noire Dame Dam tho the column olumn rosa roso o only oly IY three I Inch Inches th then u n dropped back bac and Ahot up ups up s 8 v n Inches Tho The doctor nodded gravely while CoI Co- Co Qu with breathless Interest with a a. I morbid fascination watched tho the heating beating of ot this red column It 11 was like hike the beating of of or red rM blood And this AJ As the picture changed there thero was A Aquiver quiver r In tho the pulsating pulsating- column n in h hesitation hesi hesi- sl t tation with a 11 quick fluttering at the bottom bot tom torn of tho the stroke then tho red line Ime shot up 91 full fun nine inches M M zI Paul Pul glanced at tho the sheet shet h et cud rid sawa saw siw- In a perfect reproduction of or pr Jle JUo room No 6 In tho the was as there as se on the tho night of or the thu tho tho delicate yellow han hangings tho the sofa th the the- table set for tor two And slowly as aa they looked twp holes appeared in the wall Then a a. dim hape took form torm upon the I floor more and moro more distinctly until tho the dissolving l lens ns broUght ht a a mans man's bod body Into cl clear clearview ar view a bod body stretched face downward In a dark dirk red pool that grew rent and widened slowly slowly- and wetting wetting wet wet- Un ting the polished d wood Crooner aid tho She magistrate his big voice strangely lY formidable In the shadows do 10 you you recognize this room No r ad said aId the prisoner Impassively but the C column was was pulsating wildly You have been In this room room Nev Never r. r rY these hol Nor looked through cy S No Nor r seen- seen that man 1 lying Dg on on th the floor No Xo Now ow the prisoners prisoner's heart was as beating evenly event again he had ad I regained hits his self pOff You You ou aie aro arof lying GlO Groner n a accused ll d tho the jud judge e You rpm rem remember th this S man man per Come Coma W pc wr will lift him from th the floor and look him in the face full tun in lii inthe the face There 11 He lie signaled at d the Ian lantern torn opera operator lot and there thero leaped heaped d forth on tho the sh sheet t Ole tle head of or Martinez th murdered m mutilated head with shattered eyo and painted cheeks ek and and the gr r en cn- cn IMi ish death pallor showing und underneath mi ath h. h A Agha gha ghastly t leering cadaver In collar and necktie dressed up and photographed at atthe atthe atthe the morgue mor and land now noshed flashed hideously at the prisoner out of or the darkness y Yet YeC R heart pul t d on with only a slight alight quickening ing with loss less quickening quick ening aning than han felt in his own O he heart rt Who ho Is It If demanded th the tho Judge I don't dont know kno declared the ac accused accused c ac- Again the thic picture ch changed Who ho ho Is this 1 Napoleon on Bonaparte And this Prince Bismarck And this Queen VIN rl f JI lUre Heie Ie suddenly at atthe Uw the l view vit i w of oC Eng Eng- lands land's peaceful lQ cr so Ign Groener Greener seemed emed thrown Into frightful agitation g not nol Gro Greener mer as aa he lie sat satin In the chair cold and 5 self JC contained but Cro n r as t re revealed re ve led by the unsuspected dial dla R lip up anu and an down down- downin In toad mad excitement leali leaped d the red c column lumn with many man little littie break and nd at nt tho the bottom of r the beats I Iana end and with tremendous up shootings as asIf asif If II the th f lightened frightened heart vi 2 ro try ng t to lJur burst t the tube tubo with Its ita red Jet jot The doctor put his mouth mout close to par oar ar and whispered p red I Its Ifs th the tho shock showing now hOWe the shock shack that he ho 11 held ld back hiack after alter the body bod- Thon n he lie leaned over o shoulder uJ der and ad a asked kd kindly Do you ou feel reel your our beating heating fast fasl my ray friend T. T heart No murmured th lh the prisoner f Y m my heart hart Is heating beating as Mi usual L LYou Y You Y u will certainly r recognize the th nei next picture pursued pur the jud Judge e. e It n nf f shows a a. woman and a little girl There Thet Do you o oit Know th these s faces Croener A A. As 4 hf ht spoke th thre Me appeared th the take fake fake fake- phot photograph grah that i had bad found foud In JT aru Brussels fi 18 Alice at the age age- of or 1 15 12 with 1 h widow the tho smooth young oung Tho The prisoner rr shook hl hU lila Lh heed head d. d I Ont don't know them I never taw sav them Groaner Greener warned the magistrate thero there is 18 no use In keeping u up this denial have o betrayed ro r eC al sl r ready l d I I I. I No uNo cri cried l d the prisoner with it a 11 RU- RU u pr p prema mCl ema rally lily of 01 his hi will p power er S 1 hay have bet betm rayed d nothing nothing And once while the doctor marveled his lus more moc pulse puls t and strengthened fled ened and grew gre normal Whit hilJ h t a man malt C We ve know th facts acts went on haute haute- villa lito sternly f we WC know wh wl why SOU ou Wiled killed Martinez and wh why you ou disguised yourself yours 01 wood car er carver as af a Tho prisoners prisoner's face tI lighted with Ith a J aIn mockIng mock mock- k- k Jn In Ing emilo If U you ou know all ab about ul that that m me 7 why h waste time questioning Youre y ure a good goo actor sir but we t shall strip oft off your our mask and your tnt Ini- Look t tho the girl In tn this thia |