Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-05-24

W1ry, upright as DART with nnely
formed, supple limbs. Now his face
was emaciated, his eyes had the ex-
preston of suffering that one some
times notices in those of suffering
dog, his figure was bowed, and at in
tervals long, shuddering signs escaped
his lips.
"You are ill, Gopinath," / said
abruptly.
"Sahib, / suffer-" he replied. He
pressed his hand to his right side. Il
suffer agony" he said again.
.Give me your hand" said. took
it in mine The pulse was throbbing
wildly, the mans skin also burned;
he was evidently very i'll, and fan
cied he might have fallen victim to
some form of Oriental fever.
when / breathe, / suffer torture"
he said, gasping sharply as he spoke.
I motioned him to take a chair, but
instead OF doing so he seated himself
on the floor with his legs doubled up
under him.
Can you relieve me?" he asked,
clasping his hands over his right side,
while big drops of sweat fell from his
forehead
A sudden thought flashed through
my mind Gopinath's unaccountable
grief, the complete change in his ap-
pearance, made wild hope leap with
in me. No suspicion in connection
with the murder had as yet fallen on
the East Indian. Suppose, after all, he
knew more about it than anyone else?
I firmly believed that the person who
stole the diamond was the one who
committed the murder. Suppose that
the temptation to appropriate so val
liable a gem had proved too much for
Gopinath?
"Stand up" said to him suddenly.
"You suffer pain here?" touched his
side lightly.
"Much, sahib, much" he replied. l
saw that he could scarcely pull him.
self together, his sufferings were so
intense.
II am going to find out what is the
natter I said. "Stay where you are
for moment; will be back directly"
[ hurried to my laboratory, for I
felt that the moment had arrived when
l could make good test Of the Roent-
gen rays. Was it possible that they
might be the means of discovering
crime, and perhaps saving an innocent
life? The Crookes vacuum tube was
got into the right position, saw that
the rays worked WELL and then | re-
turned to Gopinath and brought him
into the laboratory. l desired him to
strip, and then arranged him in such
a position that the rays would pass
through my body. turned off the
lights in the room. My electrical bat
terry worked well, the rays playing
admirably in the vacuum tube. I re-
moved the cap from the camera, and
after an exposure of from seven to
ten minutes felt certain that had
taken careful photograph.
"That will do" said to the black
man I led him back to the library
II have taken a photograph of you,'
I said to him, (which may show me
the seat of your malady. When l
have developed it, will come back to
you"
/ returned to my dark room, and
quickly developed the plate. When
had finished, and saw what the mystic
rl6us X-rays had produced, / uttered
a shout of triumph The skeleton of
the wiry Brahmin was distinctly Wis
ible, and just below the region Of the
ileo-caecal valve, a foreign substance
about the size of the Snakes Eye was
seen. I had not the least doubt that
I was looking at the gold socket of the
cobra's eye, the diamond itself being
probably not impervious to the x
rays. Men Of Gopinath's nationality
had swallowed precious stones before
now. This was not the first time in
the annals of history that the human
body had been made a hiding place
for stolen property.
/ telephoned at once to Crossthwaite
and clever colleague of mine, one
DR.. Symes, to come to the house i'm
mediately. They made their appear
ance in a little while, and exhibited
to their astonished eyes the photo
graph I had taken, and narrated the
history of the case.
Acute peritonitis, of course" said
Symes, after he had examined the
well-marked obstruction revealed in
the picture. 81 agree with you, Hail
fax, that the Indians only chance for
life is to have that substance, what
ever it is, removed at once"
The three Of us proceeded to the IL
brary, where Gopinath lay fiat on the
floor, moaning piteously. With Symes'
assistance / placed him on a lounge
and bent over him.
Listen to me, Gopinath," I said.
"You are very i'll, and this gentleman"
indicating DIR. Symes-"and / have
decided that your only chance for life
is to operate on you and remove the
diamond you have swallowed"
His dark eyes, glowing like jewels,
were fixed on my face. It did not
even occur to him to deny my accusa-
tion
rs there any hope that I may re-
cover, sahib?" he asked.
None whatever, unless the diamond