Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
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After a little when the two girls hac
been borne to the house and delivered
over into the separate care OF the be-
wildered Aunt Anne and the moribuno
Dinah Abe Cronkite drew Kennet
with him up the stairs into the doctor
room. The strange, sweet, slcklsI
smell and taste which still permeateo
would have been overpowering had Il
not been for the strong draugh
through and through from windows
open top and bottom.
On the table stood a flask of out
landish style and make half filled WITH
dark liquid. 1t was tightly corked
On the bed lay DR.. Frisch. His arms
and legs were tightly pinioned with
stout rope. His eyes were closed. Ill:
face was sunken and livid and the SCI
expression of it was that of conquered
old age.
why, he's dead" cried Harry
shrinking from the awesome sight.
Yes" admitted Cronkite apologeti-
cally, that is one of my little mis-.
takes. You see after had downed ano
bound him 1 forgot either to stop uI
the flask or to open up the windows
His own queer medicine was too much
for him, l guess. But if / hadn't fol-
lowed the old gentleman close l never
would have recovered the treasure
"The old gentleman? What old gen.
tleman?"
II don't know; 1 never saw him
before. From what l could gather
from those scared women downstairs
they both thought that they had seen
the late Mr.. Victor Duvall; but OF
course that is all rot, the result or tha'
Internal stuff in the flask, of which
bod aoca NV how
The simple fact is that l saw a
very respectable old gentleman glide
out of the front room where Miss Es-
telle was staring into that big crystal
and as the doctor had evidently been
watching for some enc when 1 necked
him it seemed advisable to follow
him. And it was
But what became of him."
Il don't know. After he led me to
the break in the cellar wall l was too
busy digging out and fetching up that
iron bound box over there to notice
My, but it was heavy. But he may
have dropped in upon those women
after ALL"
II never heard such an incompre-
hensible lot of stuff in my life" de-
clared Kennett stoutly. II don't be-
lieve a word Of it. You must have
been dreaming" :.
II didn't dream the flask and the
crystal. I saw them in the doctors
bag the day of my arrival, you know
and recognized them in glance as
part of the paraphernalia Of an East
Indian adept"
Nonsense. If the doctor made out
to dope the whole household why
didn't he begin with you first of all
since he had reason to be suspicious
"He did," answered Cronkite. but
you see l wasn't there. When l de-
cided to watch after I left you last
night I made up a very creditable
dummy of myself in my bed, which he
doubtless put to sleep"
You can't tell me-" persisted Ken
nett such weird doings never hap
pen in this age of light and learning
Undoubtedly there was gang Of Hin
du dagoes who were after the dough
that old Duvall copped from some
trumpery temple or other. There was
flesh and blood, though not much
muscle to those chaps I polished off. y
Those chaps?" asked Cronkite in
surprise. when and where"
why. the two foreigners that l put
out of business down in the summer
house"
"Only the young ladies were there
when / came" replied Cronkite grave.
ly THE summer house is in plain
sight from the window. You can see
for yourself there is no one there"
Heavens" murmured Kennett
turning white. And their long slim
hands with that soft, deadly pressure
Maybe that is the way the old gentle
man was done to death If he Is dead
He is dead enough to have his es-
tate duly partitioned," said Cronkite
briskly And that answers for all
practical purposes. Come, help me