Show AMULET OF Continued from Page Two Doctor walked over to her he placed one hand on either shoulder and looked into her ing eyes erml Helen he said quietly open your our hands bands There was a moment of uncertainty then the hard eyes erea closed and lh the tho 0 hands opened obediently With a cry err of exultation Mr Tarrant Tenant pounced upon an object hold held In one of them them them-it n rind containing an enormous engraved stone which looked like lIko a a. J ar Hero Horo it Is ho bo shouted Now then will ill one me of t you gentlemen go for an nn of- of 11 1 Doctor Immanuel turned round and held up a finger in warning I She he he doesn't hear you ou ho he said quiet qui qui- et i. i She Is hypnotized j t or exclaimed Mr Tarrant M rHy How could you 1 0 h hypnotize her in that minute She has hypnotized herself answered answered an an- Doctor Immanuel She came cameto cameo to o you ou in a hypnotic condition and in her normal her normal con condition would be totally ignorant of ot what hat she sho has done Helen he lie added softly you ou are in hr the han hands s of y your ur friends Oo Go over and nd sit down on that sofa BOra and sleep until I waken you Ou bile The girl crossed the room obediently obedient obedient- I 1 ly walking just as a normal person lerson would have havo done dono She found the sofa and mcl sat down but all nil the while white her hor eyes were wera closed Mr 1 Tarrant stood b by still sUll fuming Have e I 1 your our permission to proceed proceed proceed pro pro- asked Doctor Immanuel I believe believe be be- lieve lic you ou invited us hero for this very cry purpose Mr Tarrant Oh yes b by all means menns Tarrant an an- But nut you'll Joun have to convince I me mc before I allow her to lea leave this house except under police supervision sion flon I hope to to answered tho the doctor But nut first let me assure you ou that this young woman ornan could coul l never or bo convicted of oC theft In fn any any ny court Ignorant as our our police magistrates are the understand understand- I It I I q t M Mi i ii i fill i H 1 iiI r rt t I Ii f i I JI I i 1 i i I t. t 1 r l I OPEN OP N YOUR YELLED TARRANT WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE OPEN THEM I SAY SAYI ing ng that t there Is such a thing a n. n as alternating al at personality has finally ill into the public mind If It you ou will wilt remember you yourself told me that when hen Atlas Mies Blythe was arrested in the museum she suffered herself to be lH led away as 8 though she were In a comatose coma tOO lose condition Yes Yes yea yes The fact Is 18 Mr Tarrant that Miss I DIy Blythe the the governess is not noon In the It least least I Ithe the same personality as Miss Blythe the the tho kleptomaniac and has no knowledge knowledge knowl edge of her She realizes that when these theLle periods of or for forgetful 1 se come como on on she commits actions of she has no waking knowledge r id It Is the tho impossibility of explaining explainIng explain explain- Ing this thin to an incredulous world orld that has led It'd her to suffer In silence rather than attempt to vindicate her tion Now with your our permission I 1 shall proceed Tarrant and I eat down All An this while Miss MIllS had not moved a n muscle Jnue le live Ive me the amulet please said Doctor Immanuel and Mr Ir Tarrant handed It to him with obvious tance Had the situation been less ICES dramatic it would have been amusing to see sec the Intense gaze gazo which the millionaire mil kept upon the gem Helen said FAIl Doctor Immanuel holding up the gem before her can can canA A you ou read nad the Inscription on this No she answered In a voice which seemed disappointingly natural It Is in Ai Assyrian cuneiform Is it I not nol Oh yen yea you can read rend it it said raid the I doctor coaxingly You are not half halt i asleep yet Go to sleep completely now He stroked her tOrt forehead bead caressingly and wb when n he held up the amulet and tasked the qi question it juala rain JIl It It was a a. a to to- tally rally different voi voice t that t answered hima him a d woman womans voice but harsh birth and nasal nasal naul na na- sal ul and strident Why should I read It T it asked aske Read Rend it IU said Doctor Immanuel No read It ft in English for English for the voice had begun to talk in a sort eort of gibber gibbor- gibberish ish fah totally unlike any language that I 1 had ever heard spoken and bearing a distant resemblance to what I imagine Chinese must beTo be To To the high priest of in Babylon whined the voice Made for forand forand forand and donated by Pi- Pi leser king in Nineveh Nineveh- Paul Tarrant leaped leape out of his chair shouted and That solves it he sank Bank down again and stared round him like a man thoroughly bewildered Solves what 1 a asked k tl Doctor Immanuel Immanuel Im Im- manuel quietly That word Nineveh doctor Tho The translations read King of Bels Bel's slave and were vere utterly meaningless If IC that thatis is correct correct It it must be but the atone stone was so rubbed none of ot us could decipher decipher de de- cipher It why It-why why it places the date back to the thirty fifth century B. B C. C Instead instead in In- stead of the twenty And tha thaS explains why the old cuneiform wa was used b by the engraver Who has this stone atone asked Doctor Immanuel and we all gripped our seats more tightly at the snarling monosyllable I Why did you not deliver It to the high priest of tho the doctor asked I r did He would not receive e It It shrilled the woman on the sofa Instead Instead Instead In stead ho sent sont soldiers to arrest me It Il is his He does not know He HeHer lIe lIe- Her voice ceased her eyes ees were I open and she ehe was waa clinging desperately 1 round Doctor Immanuel's neck and death deathly pale She shuddered and quailed as though in intolerable fear and she would have screamed but that she could not find her voice again Then she collapsed a dead weight in inthe inthe the doctors doctor's arms arms and he placed her herIn herin herin in a a. supine posture upon the sofa IOta Call your housekeeper and we will help carry her to her ber room said Bald Doctor Doctor Doctor Doc Doc- tor Immanuel No Not oz Mr T Tarr nt was waa Yas protesting t It will be all right now The strain was waa too intense for tor her ber the awakening in too sudden but she O I will sleep peacefully and but for a littie lit lit- tie the nausea tomorrow she will be quite herself again And she will have no recollection of what has occurred I dont don't want to let the housekeeper know Mr Tarrant answered Help me doctor and anti we will take her upstairs upstairs up up- stairs Im I'm glad my wife is not at home tonight he added grimly She mightn't approve of this But Dut Air Mf Tarrant took good care to secure and pocket the amulet before belore he took Miss Diy Blythes Blythe's thes the's head and shoulders shout shout- dare ders into his bin arms and led the way out of the library I sat there for three or four minutes wondering I could not quite understand Just what had oc oc- oc The two to mon men came back arguing arguing vio vio vio- Doctor Immanuel's voice rose rote high and shrill above that of his bI friend She told you the inscription on t the stone and set you right some sonic six centuries centuries ries he cried What other proof do you ou want Tarrant 7 Oh well It its ita all rubbish you OU know Answered the tho millionaire Of course now that I have the amulet I dont don't want to have the girl sent ent to Jail Jan But ButI I cant can't keel keei a thief In my houie now house now can I doctor I Sho She need not be a thief Doctor Immanuel Im Ins manuel answered It all depends depend upon upon up up- on OD you yoo How 80 BO sot f Didn't you JOU yourself tell me that she sho would steal Iteal again Yes As long as she was waa looking for tho the opportunity to restore tho the lost JOlt amulet to the high priest Well I guess shell she'll have bavo to go 10 on looking for him said Mr Tarrant What do you want me to do tAke do-tAke take her herto herto herto to Babylon and look for the Incarnation I then tion of tho the old fellow among the desert Bedouin Why my dear Tarrant you dont don't I Continued on p. p Page Pace Six Su Amulet o of ar u Continued From Page Three Throe suppose find him there do you 7 the doctor asked BIked quizzically More probably In this city Do you a B. man of that Intelligence la is II condemned to bo be reborn as a camel border horder Tho The civilization of Babylon Rome Rom and thence to England Eng Eng- d. d passed on to I land Jand and America Just jnet as the tho Hindus became the Egyptians and the tho Greek republics the republics of Florence Genoa and Pisa and Venice in the mid midi middle dIe dle ages Now look here Tarrant he contino continued continued contin contin- o as they sat eat down here is the situation situation sit alt as I 1 size it up Believe Bellevo me or not as 38 you jou OU please please please-It It doesn't matter Tour Helen Blythe was once the priestess of Ishtar It wasn't a position post post- tion that called for tor any high Intellect it was a servile semi servile position in fact tact and nd the priestess was chosen mainly for lor her appearance and birth We may suppose that In her former birth she had merited her good fortune by generous generous gen gen- erous deeds but once the reward had been enjoyed she sank down to the tho grade of governess again or again or its Ita equivalent equiv equiv- equivalent alent in the ancient world She had the care of this amulet She was bound under the most sacrosanct of i oaths to deliver It to the priest of For some cause she failed to fulfil her task and the omission so eo profoundly affected her that it Jay like Uke an on Incubus on her soul during her next incarnation She stole rings obsessed solely by the desire to discover the lost ost amulet again At last she found it IL She took it to the museum museum still still in her ber entranced condition and condition and was on the point of placing it with Ith the other halt hall when she was waa arrested or lr a aa as she rather lather confusedly Interpreted the occurrence oc oc- currence when on on the borderline between be be- between tween sleep Bleep and waking the king sent soldiers to arrest her probably her probably tho the police poUce and watchmen at the museum Now Tarrant send the halt hall amulet to the museum and you ou Will find lind It perfectly per per- safe to keep Miss Blythe in your house henceforward Well Yell said Mr Tarrant to be frank I have intended to present It to I the museum shortly and after my experiences ex ex- experiences of the past few days Ill I'll follow follow fol tol low your advice But as aa for tor keeping her ber in my employment employment- Try It It Tarrant plead pleaded d Doctor manuet Suppose she steals steals- She wont won't steal any more when the amulet is in safekeeping Mr Tarrant drummed his hJ hands bAnda on Ills his knees Oh all right have your jour way ho bo said Bald shortly But by tho the way Immanuel lm- lm manuel do you ou mean to insinuate that Z 1 Doctor octor Faust our curator is a J Ration nation of the high priest of He would be horrified to bear hear you oa say AT that Why Whys b he is a director of two Sunday schools and contributes liberally liberally liber liber- ally any to foreign missions In In In- He paused Yes Yea where asked Doctor Im- Im nanueL In Assyria and Mesopotamia answered an an- Mr Tarrant sheepishly And Doctor Immanuel to pr press si his advantage home bome But look here said Mid Mr Tarrant presently how does your our 1820 year period work out doctor The amulet According to our revised d estimate was wu made in the thirty fifth century before Christ Doctor Immanuel began to estimate Our period takes us ua b back k to the year d does 1 It not 1 be asked The Tire birth before that then would have been een about 1750 B B. C. C probably In la Egypt Add 1820 years and we have havethe havethe havethe the year ear Yes Yes there you are Tarrant Tar Tar- rant And If it you can con discover the precise pre dee cise ago of ot the amulet you will be able Ito lo o estimate the exact age of your jour our gov- gov It must have bave been a a. mighty might strong Influence to last over OTer three Incarnations incarnations incarnations doctor said sold the millionaire ir lr reverently Where do you suppose she he spent the last two two and and how Expiating her ber crime Doctor Jm- Jm manuel answered Doubtless as os a thief and outcast outcast faugh faugh dont don't let us pursue that matter Tarrant She's on through all of that poor girl Youre You're oure going to keep and help belp her Tarrant Tar- Tar rant ant arent aren't you i c And Tarrant promised Copyright ht by bT W. W O. O Chapman |