that gives the current an outlet and--"

"But even if the lights had been short-circuited," interrupted
Josephson, "Mr. Minturn would have escaped injury unless he had
touched the taps of the bath. Oh, no, sir, accidents in the
medical use of electricity are rare. They don't happen here in my
establishment," he maintained stoutly. "The trouble was that the
coroner, without any knowledge of the physiological effects of
electricity on the body, simply jumped at once to the conclusion
that it was the electric bath that did it."

"Then it was for medical treatment that Mr. Minturn was taking the
bath?" asked Kennedy, quickly taking up the point.

"Yes, of course," answered the masseur, eager to explain. "You are
acquainted with the latest treatment for lead poisoning by means
of the electric bath?"

Kennedy nodded. "I know that Sir Thomas Oliver, the English
authority who has written much on dangerous trades, has tried it
with marked success."

"Well, sir, that was why Mr. Minturn was here. He came here
introduced by a Dr. Gunther of Stratfield."

"Indeed?" remarked Kennedy colorlessly, though I could see that it
interested him, for evidently Minturn had said nothing of being
himself a sufferer from the poison. "May I see the bath?"

"Surely," said Josephson, leading the way upstairs.