The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-29

| tHtnlY but then he held a secret
That secret might mean anything =
Il might even feVelutiouize the
world. Did madame mean by this
! subtle trap tu lure It from him. II
was more thun probable. II would
efpiain Pollak'a excitement aud his
attitude In faet. tie scheme WnH
worthy OF her colossal brain.
A | entered Nandeieufa room I
waH surprised 10 see him pacing up
aud down With hla coat Off. his
hroWa knitted IN anxious thought
lie Vas evidently IN the thick OF a
problem. and one OF no ordinary
magnitude On the table lay mum
Der Of breakers. retofts and test
tubes.
! ssit down. hr aaid roughly. clad
you've come. See thfs9a
IL held ap n glass tube contains
Ing what appeared 10 he milk.
sIAHten." he Haid You VII see
thai my fears were justified With
regard ia Ptozzt Poor fellow. he lH
IN the tolls II ever man waa. a
hurried meaaanRer came fnem his
place tn fetch me this morning.
guessed b. bis face that something
serious had happened. and / vent to
Duke street 1t once. found the
professor ln bis bedroom. half dress
ed on his bed. cold saapiuu. ifyid.
he had bfaakfaatsd half an hour
before lie mufmured apologies for
his treatment Of TIE. hut | cut him
short aud went straight to the case.
/ made full Investigation. and
came q the conclusion that II Is a
case u poisoning fhe agent used
being ia all probability cocaine OF
aane allied alkaiol1. ~ the aid OF
nitrate nf Amel - paules l pulled
him round. hat VAS literally only
Just IN time. when ! entered the
room &c WAS touch and SO with the
poor fellow. believe Il b had not
had immediate resistance h. would
have been dead In few minutes
aa3ea his life. NuN. Dfuna. We have
20 face fact There has been 4
deliberate attempt At murder uu the
part If SOMEONE. have bafneI the
murderer IN the momeut Of vic
tory"
Who would attempt his iifs7s I
erIef
Nod yoo AK he answered
Kfuveiy.
our EYES met We we're both n.
lent
when I vas Nlth him this mofn-
inR he y - too bad fof me TO get any
nartle ulafH Whatever from him. No I
know nothing 81 the motive or de-
taiI hut have discovered by
| means Of a careful analysis that
there has hHen introduced into the
| milk ntth which he uaH supplied
aonts poisonous aikainid Of the cry
thfoxYinu group. Feeling pretty Ger
tain that the poison aaH conveyed
thtsush the foea. tosk away a per-
tor pt his breakfast IN particular
took eaule % the milk which at8ad
IN a jug un hln breakfast table And
here I have the result am gnlnx
back there At once. and Y0u had bet
ter eame along
| Yanaalear had poured out his
xpfaa IN such a torrent ef excite
mant that he had not noticed how
unusual il was for ma to visit him
At this early hour IN the afternoon.
NnW. however II seemed to strike
him. and he said abruptly:
you look strange yourself. Sure
b rot haven't come here On pur-
poser You can't possibly have
heard Of this thing YETI
We I answered. I have heard
nothing. have come on my own ae-
count. and on a pretty bis matter.
too. and. what Ia mere. II relates to
our young professor. unless ! am
much mistaken. / aill tell You what
I haxe 10 tell In the cab. Naudaleuf
, Il will save time
A hanson Was summoned aud We
were soon on our aay TO Duke street
| IA Ne drove I told ynndeieur ia a
feW uurAa what had occurred be-
tween rollak and myself lie lis-
tened with the intentuems which al
Nays characterized him. lie made
not a single remark
| As We acre entering the house.
however. he turned 10 me and said.
with bruyity.
1T II clear that she has tapped
him We must Ert from him what
she knows This may be matter u
millions. :.
on arriving At plozxl,s flat In
Duke street Nc we're At once shown
into his bedroom by his man ser
want. Stretched upon the outside Of
the bed vas the young professor.
i wrapped In a loose dressing gown.
Hlp face was CHASTITY pale. and there
was blue tinKe obaefvable round
his mouth aud under his eyes. lie
raised himself iauEnidly as We en-.
tered.
BETTER. see. Capital said
Nandelear. In cheerful tone.
A very slight color came Into the
young mans face. lie glanced At
me almost In bewilaefment.
!. "Yon know my friend Druee1
said NandaleHr. lie Is with me In
this case. aud has just brought me
Il important Information. Lie down
again. professor"
"A he spoke he sat on the edge
Of the bed and laid his hand on the
young mans arm.
u am SORRY 10 have 10 tell you.
Mr.. ptozzi. that this In very Sc
rloua case. A rapid qualitative anal
/ ysin Of what you took for breakfast
has shown me that the milk which
WINS supplied for your use has been
poisoned. What the poison II l can
not say. II IL very like cocaine In
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