New-York tribune., 1909-02-14
The Trouble with TulliVer
CozHEae5 from rage 8

Of Cruelty Of Animals. They entered the place
Yesterday, and found a sort Of treadUil where
TWO dogs were working themselves almost TO
death, for no apparent reason Whatever
There was a bed and a table and things n one
OF the rooms Of the lower floor, but there was
nothing up stairs but the dogs, the treadinlll.
and a table that looked IS II Il had been used
Tor dissection
A STRO had stood listening TO every word
As EalesSa spoke, his face cleared y
smile appeared on his lips. He threw of his
crimson silk robe, tossed his turban INTO
a corner. and on the instant appeared as the
vIrile, keen man of activity.
.' have it" he exclaimed. Il IS al over
District Attorney TulllVer VII have no mere
mysterious attacks of fatIguel The boodlIng
Brooklyn Aldermen VIII be prosecuted from
now on with al dcspatchl'
He went up to Naleska. and gently led her
TO a seat, laughing at the wonder N her eyes
Listen" he sand had Il al deep IN my
memory; but until this moment ! Couldn
make connections with 1t and apply my knowl-
edge u this case. Now ! recall everything
Herr Weichardt, a Munich pathologlst, some
wears ago made some experiments winch
showed that fatigue was an actual pathological
condition In other words. he proved 1t was
disease by discovering the germ and mocu-
1ating living organisms with It. He took some
aninals.-pIgS Il | recall arght,-nade them
work till thev were almost dead Of fatigue
the serum from them With this he InoCu-
lated other animals. He found that a small
dose Of his serum culture caused al the char
acterlstiC symptoms Of fatigue IN the patient
and that heavy dose produced even death.
But how could this gang administer such
a Poison.'
engaged and paid, Of course. Al she had 10
do after she had received the serum from the
man YOU saw was 10 dip her nail scissors INTO
draw blood. The neTest scratch would sulilce.
and no noticeable sore IN the finger would be
caused: but the toxic germs would per1neate
the veins and be distributed all over the body.
II was the fact that she had cut IulIlver
finger that aroused my memory, then the
story Of the treadmin instantly suggested
Weichardt's experiments. 1t was devlllshly
subtle plot. You see. they dldn I dare actually
to poison him, or give hlm any easily recog-
nized disease. All they needed was % put him
out Of business for a day or 50 ii crItlca! mo-
rnents when they needed time 10 prepare their
fight -,
Certainly. With the police behind him, he
can easily run down the plot and do what he
wishes about it. Most likely he'll see that the
manicure girl leaves town, and let the rest go
NALESKA looked thoughtfully at the huge
CRYSTAL ball on an ebony table IN front oil
her and spoke as II To herself. ! wish some
other symptoms besides fatigue could be trans
sllitted in that way. One might intuse some OF
the District Attorneys own strenuoslty ana
honesty. for instance, INTO persons VINO need
moral stamina.
L can think Of better things than that 20
do" Astro gazed dreanIly at the pretty.
flushed face in front of him. His eyes fingered
on the dark curling hair, the lovely curve OF
the neck the gracile, girlish hands the sens1-
tive mouth, the cunningly nodded figure, and
he sighed.
What would you try to give me, if you
were undertaking the experiment. Naleska
asked without looking up.
Astro did not answer Instead he took one
more long. tender look at her, and walked.
swiftly into his laboratory.
The rcrt Seer o. Secrets story, " The HeU 10
Sootj,oid, ," sciH appear February 28.