The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05

now. The main witnesses are dead; the
case n stale. OtheEwiss--'
Otherwise. in oass Of . private in
terest such - mine. what would you dor
Cronkite had asked.
i believe I'd keep on piping the woman.
Abe. She never inquired but once BEST
II I don't think she knows white faced.
tigerish creature. she's got something mp
her sleeve. I'm glad It's for him. not me
CrOnkite accordingly nov worked his
way into M third story hack oG the second
entry Of ~ Sunderland street. A bare.
restricted room. there was something about
the cold. stih order in which Mrs Pricely
had left L ON going 90 her daily work
that reminded the detective Of the chiefs
! description Of her.
Here were no gracious touches. no soft.
simple tribes. no wOrsteds. no books.
not even q booking glass. No letters. no
/ pictures. no papers but wait. II this
was q woman with a secret and a pur-
pose. then there must bs something kept
[ TO intensity the one and the other kept
/ for remembrance. kept for revenge
CrOnklte SEARCHED further He found
/ Under the bricks Of the hearth was q teak
boz. Within the teak box was a lacquer
box. Within the lacquer box was a wicker
box, In this wicker boK was a wax image
II British officer with a bOdkin thrust
through the heart. and several small
packages Of a ooarse. brown powder Of
equal weight CrOnkits touched his tongue
20 this powder The taste was acrid. a.
Mr.. JObsiOck had said was the taste Of
the brown incrIstAtiOn on the spoon.
The bOxes, the one laid within the
other and ~ On from the largest 20 the
least, seemed even direotsr proof % Crun-
kite. lheir use, 80 unnecenaanly COM
plioated, sprang from that love u particu-
hdty which - a trait u the East Only
an ORIENTAL would have them, OF having
them WOuld une them ~ a matter Of course:
and what Oriantal woman could thus
Ounceal a deadly poisOn with the image
81 a British officer marked BY a spell blIt
the kurlsian wife 81 Lord COurosy9
With a smile CrOnkiio pat aside once
for all the Judges only prlctiOabls dedto-
tionp More malignant paaai0ns than
Rreed were here al work. should Mr.
JOhstOok be murdered by polsun. then the
woman innOcently administering Il 20
him IN the wine. who posed and plumed
herselt ~ hts wife, fOrRUtful. unkROWing
" that other wife whom she had once sun
FN-.tA1H AAHtAh AANNNAN kHgM nus ltafLaau
by him. would surely ~ Accused, tried
convicted and executed.
Ihen and not until then would this
other wife, unknown. undraamed %, vet
Wronged, deserted. dead willis alive. have
rUVonge But would this REVENGE ha
ampleY No. Such Wild inaistene, Rnaw-
ing passion, the very spirit Of the poiaon
itself. could not he aatiated until the man
who had started this train of evil should
also b accused. tried. convicted and
executed.
IN fine, 10 Cronkite's sNcitad but LOGICAL
iancy the spirit Of the poisoa was q femi-
nine passion. starting with ne chance
cynical remark u the chief Of police, and
Eeeniorced by what b. had laamed from
ne Judeo and Mr.. Johltock, thaas coat
iered details nov fitted and united into
one demonstrated proposition.
bQfd Charlea Couro1y'n wife, Eliza
the Euraalan. had noi died u ths pnianV
be had given her. she had sst upon. 4