to be picking them up, running his fingers through them, and once
I remember he seemed to want to send for Mr. Kahan and tell him
something. 'I can make them, Kahan,' he said, 'the finest, the
largest, the whitest--I can make them.'"

Kennedy was all attention as Dr. Thornton added this new
evidence.

"You know," concluded the doctor, "that in cyanogen poisoning
there might be hallucinations of the wildest kind. But then, too,
in the delirium of pneumonia it might be the same."

I could see by the way Kennedy acted that for the first time a
ray of light had dawned upon him in tracing out the case. As we
rose to go, the doctor shook hands with us. His last words were
said with an air of great relief, "Gentlemen, I have eased my
conscience considerably."

As we parted for the night Kennedy faced Andrews. "You recall
that you promised me one thing when I took up this case?" he
asked.

Andrews nodded.

"Then take no steps until I tell you. Shadow Mrs. Morowitch and
Mr. Kahan, but do not let them know you suspect them of anything.
Let me run down this Poissan clue. In other words, leave the case
entirely in my hands in other respects. Let me know any new facts
you may unearth, and some time to-morrow I shall call on you, and
we will determine what the next step is to be. Good night. I want