Show ua e eick wilette wi litte CLOA K CHAPTER CAPTER VII continued boswood Bo stood perfectly still before tier except elci ablat that tile the hand bund willett lial the airro permitted it to veit pendulum wise lae tier lier though always nt fit nn nil angle oat sent tha th bl beam m st ralgia into tier lier PMS eyes F prom ro tri my corner of if the room I 1 watched him film breathlessly of courso coursie it avit was obvious to see what heigis he waa doing the of tier pye ayi I 1 lind been 11 were pretext ills in inducing tile the girl to eyes uund d was uis to throw herl nto a hypnotic steel sleep file method lie he had bid token taken wits was on 1111 old fashner lOn ennd 0 lid one lie he rarely use AN ah UIL hie laboratory lie hypnotized til td 1 by the die simple and all floSt rist an 1 ous process of if having therit if lie down don fin and tilling telling them that hint all V to steel luit but ali that it mot lioi w a dependent upon 11 con coll could not exist elst here arhe iiii it expect ei Ct to ile he andri and be in a state of willing submission we lve mid had no to suppose that jat would submit herself afi elf to test ns as that in ill tilt hands of ali and men even with ill irrol ha devould hev not ie be aible to hypnotize tier lier if bhe should silsIe suspect ct tint tills v iq ahn chahe he was ais lilii ti trying lii to do 10 ind should sh res resist I 1 a hut bot ills his confident friendly his easy ens assumption of nit nil thor ltv the hie foci hint flint lie ome calne from t the 1 iq pame 7 part of the lie world bild ns as lier air i th tills Is speedily disarmed sus be end of three or four minutes of the doctor turned away and laid haq little mirror upon the tuble 16 its if lie ve minutes past eight tio tic i fjald alth n second glance tit nt his ili h we any time to lose Clofie all tile the windows tile first thing to do da aad lock them and then both doors it wont won t do 10 to take any chances and in keneal try to 4 rendy for any thing site she m may iv do I 1 think alok better stand behind tier her chair abal over mer yonder onder where here she rhe wont eee you nt at first now ne are you on rendyl he stat starlone lone himself where tie he lift taud bufore just n pace or two wo anway chair whore the girl fay asleep its ills eye ees wre w cre re shining anti evev line of the ettli attitude ude of tits his hig big body bespoke tile the relaxation r only to nervous s systems stems of order the relaxation that Is reada to jo exert eert its utmost effort in that Is braced against nothing because it Is expecting any n tl thine illg I 1 and A nd then softly nt at arst but growing gro wint louder loider lie he hegan to hurn hum onto once more inoru athold meorl death chant my mv santion behind the chair I 1 could see nothing of tile lie girl except which hung out over oer the tie I 1 arm of ii it I 1 fixed my mv eyes eves on tant i I 1 stood there saw it change rawln tn it the index of sonie some incredible ti that hut I 1 il must ile he permeating every tiller aber of tier her fiody bodifo it had boon been tone hot 1 I I 1 a t ngo n s linni bund P ady ll 11 lifeless inexpressive now in dennah d efrid 1 I lv it was different nl ni together fermil dif different tile the fincers stretched a little ns as if they tingled tim led with the warmth and life of a new current in titer tenser more electrical the bund opened wide then slowly clenched itself into n fist anti anil dinst of nil all it spring open again distended to its ito widest wid at reach with galvanic quickness which e jane perkins ns norves would nala have lieve been capable of command n tit the doctor broke oft off hla his song find there followed for one dead moment iii a silence whirl wits scattered tit nt the tie end ead of f it hy by 1 n I strange stran pe weird halt sup up r tir to td t outcry the nett in tant the gl 9 irl rhad had flashed out of tier her lmar chair nna and istook confronting me the quickness dofher motion was absolutely indescribable iter face wits was now the one wi had seen in the lie hospital ond and hoot kill ased dimly in the darkin henry margnus mo at tile the of me she shrank crouched rather for something about atie fiction action suggested that it might be b followed ollo wod by a 0 spring sprine tier her hand flashed Illi shed to her hosom bosom find and explored esp lored there for soni ethIng ij 11 knife ahl able tit t PIT dd not find what she he woula ii 11 lono done then alien whether whet lier slip site would have hae flung flun herself me un ton iii ined I 1 do not know but the doctor by YORKE DAVIS service I 1 lilt began speaking to tier her jut just then quietly authoritatively anti in tile the meorl tongue ile he wits was not kit trying to soothe tier her fears or at least not tiring doing it in ill tiny way that Is lity by ua modern people lip ile was MIS civill her orders orders which lie he wits hii fir prepared to enforce hv by trite astren strength th if slie she should jinhe it necessary so much was na froni from his manner of course I 1 could not 1 n I word lie he said the girl gill cowered coi cd nt the bof oto e hut but it seemed led to rei astle rs tle ie ier her for nil fill of that lint the will wild light lit in her ter eyer cus died they shillen illen sl silo she squatted t or on the floor door in a orner of it ow alif dooin evidently anti their uses were ero us its str illige it to tier ni as tier pres present sent bide would have been to tn jane perkins then began one of the alie strangest I 1 e rr for lint I 1 rould could from their fevog find from tin iho atlon I 1 of ills I 1 bilies ions nil and her sullen half defiant nn an i it wits totally I 1 igi file to tile ien tile told tile me little for tile lie itself Is spoken lit in it n queer sort of song billeb alli be h tinier tie no family WRIT with any other language I 1 ever eer heard but in the doctors face I 1 could rend strange ilia t daw dawdling fling comprehension I 1 and dawning horror lioi too it wits ns strangely to know that tills mystery mastery tile thy CRIO clue to which I 1 had MI sought Klit wits in process of hu he lilt right gerore my eyt find I 1 was ili it the lark It irti is cis ever eor then ns if the hie doctor beaff my mv thoughts lie spoke to the llie girt in elig list losli Fallen lia tp lip gilld 1 I 1 am till kIng 1 11 glish I 1 am going to tn tusk you ion ques gions in und and you mill will under tind me ine dad you iou understand what ft hat I 1 said jn the girt girl nodded atul yet iet I 1 was sure sine that it if I 1 lilt and spoken to tier she would not have comprehend eI a word it wila ns ili ID its way uny us as strange ond and perfect it a of tile possibilities of us its I 1 had ever ei seen the doctor colled called in jane per berklas klas iii einor to net act ns as the girls gills interpreter 11 what Is the minis matis mine tile lie doe doc tor asked llie ninn who seat ent you ou her answer was is two MO words word that sounded ithe bosn J llos 11 I 1 saw that for n ti moment loment it tiro ole doctor dot tor us its much ns as it lid did tile me lint but the next neu nio illo rhent evidently eldont ly lie be understood stood for ills fine face lighted rather lather grimly you cume callic away n ay did you ou without tile lie tiling lie ile sent you jou to to get S she lie nodded acid you iou been told tod to kill tile lie old ninn man you alean to 1111 him when you iou stole into the house S slie lie answered with n deep throated guttural even een to my ears unmistakably ik abl ui ln the negative then why lid did you iou lill 1111 him she flung tier her head buck back tier her eyes eed blazed de dedi flance ince an and froni fron tier lier lips poured ferth a torrent of speech stop I 1 said tile the doctor if you iou can understand ru duglish glIsh you ou can talk it too speak in tile the situe same language liin I 1 irn am speaking in tit and tell 11 why you killed him 1 I was sworn to kill litin lit in the words came thickly slowly cluin clumsily for tongue and lips were finding difficulty with them but they were clearly and quite intelligibly hns eng lish I 1 saw the doctors face light up at tile sound of them for it wits tile the completion of the inot interesting exper intent lie hud ever eer tried the girl was ia still submerged completely in tier her under self she was tio no more june jime perkins than ns as if she lind occupied another holy hody altogether together nl aind yet iet by b the strange power of suggestion tile lie doctor wits com coin tier to use june jane perkins kiino edge ede of english angll li to with I 1 who swore you iou to such nu nil oath lie w ailed my aly mother mot lier when slie was dying it was a ile he lid had my father fat lier lie ile nour murdered dered him hill before I 1 was vas burn bum if it happened before you ou were horn suid said tile lie doctor quickly then ll ien miless you iou knew beforehand that irenr I 1 lenry wits the inn you iou were ere sworn to murder how flow did you know it when ft lien you found him in house husset out of the friet of her blouse she pulled a n little aklu bag which hung about tier neck by a tine alae gold chain lly 1 tills this slie she said it lind had ile bo longed to film tile murderer N my ay another kept it anti g gao five it to me 1110 so that lint I 1 should know illow hill for nn nil instant I 1 did not understand but after tle the wu silo sho had find detected our presence pic sence in that lint room fly 1 tile lie smell pine gave file nn an ink inkling then ion yeii can call tell people ty by their odor the doctor asked As it i dog doi dous s she answered blin pl lie ite murdered your father you sou say fore you iou were loru born do yot iou know who your father wits mils what was 1114 hi II 11 slip answered for tin nil the doctor gazed nt at tier bior wide eyed then turning no away to conceal ills his 11 hf e struck one lial p ilin lil softly three or four limes dines with the other list lar bently lio he inck brick to the gl girl rl told ild your nir mother bar you to fifty hl alg else no did site she alvi gl you ou anns tiling when silo ahi died I 1 no not even it a nies I 1 dinean ill did he tell you iou about rubout Fl blanka anka sliu she told nip me these suld sold tile the girl the she said buld them thein a grent great allany ninn tillI times CS ouan fech tl olies ten sout gout that Is tile best reproduction I 1 can ninke of the sound of them I 1 supposed silo she was vita speaking in ili maori planting glancing up lip ut at the doctor I 1 saw alint lie lic was ns us 08 much puzzled us as I 1 wits us Ul that tie he asked say it again she blie repeated the syllables glibly will nd 1 without I the slightest variation tn lit tier lier inflection of them what does docs that inel inella ln lie he alles cloned Tl ints not your aur lang language liage nor mine ahe shook tier her head fiend you dont don t it yourself agnit anan silo bhe feli tier lier head and re otice once more the uie queer meaning less syllable I 1 there was vita a moment of silence lie doctor gazing at tier ivr lit in a pulled puzzled way wi nil all ills faculties concentrated concentin lod upon tills fresh mystery in the midst of that silence tile gli I sprung suddenly erect find nd frow tier her I 1 lene ense attitude it wis was evident that she vas as listening that slie silo lind find headd to our cirs cars till all was still 1 I ll tell enrin ring alnorma ab norma 1 too the doctor in ili a swift aside to me then tie ho spoke to the girt girl forien nit na lie said you on are to go into that lint other room and wait until I 1 call for you ion when I 1 want you ion I 1 will tall call Iller reruns king und and you iou will come out believing that it Is esthe the first time I 1 have called you ou from tile the bedroom you will remember th knife nife ano ami vase of water but you will believe that you iou have dren dreamed ined it and when f I 1 call the word I lerkins you will wake up nad come coine in go now ile he unlocked ole alie door as lie be spoke slie shu obeyed without hesitation by that time I 1 myself heard footsteps till pro preaching aching down the corridor go tit in there after tier her phelps said raid the doctor and see that tare windows and doors in fit till all the other rooms of tile the apartment are locked and bolted tiler then come back here its as quickly a as you iou carl can I 1 heard atall u gnp tit at us its was lini finishing shing tile the tusk task arid and ly lv afterward heard the doctor open it when I 1 returned to the sitting rouin room lip lie turned toward nie me arid and spoke rather quickly there wais a note of suppressed excitement in his voice Ili phelps elps heres ashton come to pay us a call 11 ll ith iut waiting for me ine to comment on the situation lie turned back to the district attorney 1 I 1 thought it not unlikely he said that with otle one intention or another you lou donld would nuke us a visit lilt this evening ills munner manner was perfectly neutral neither friendly in the old way nor hostile us it might nil lil have been ex to he be after the lim stene scene st ene in we laboratory ashton flus hushed lied a little oil oh ive ie colne to tit apologize he suld sly my accusation cusa tion against you nil and sir phelps Ilic lp tills was quite unwarranted TO ato BE CONTINUED |