The Washington times., 1912-12-22
THE rIMEg DAILY SERIAL STORY
The RADIUM T'ERRORS
By Abert DorFington


wsrs Y part unknown until Beatrice
ios,: iSseomsss M,sss ne damonse.atsd its mir.cH.
ioli.s q siis,esi .aS seh,hSinie 'rsui. sur.
df&erd could hardly (, understand how
~: Tserka had bsconne acquainted with
She might have met him ct one of ~
ycnou1 medical congresses. But 0ifReSd
felt certain, at any rate, that q was
vpon- her iafallibls skin that the little
Ssspoas,Sns s!ss,n docsor he'd founded his Ma.
Once Beatrice became an acknowi-
ed9ed specialist In certain forms OF
dlo-aetivs surgery. II would require
only Judgment and organization TO MI
whose only hope isy In her infaiibis
When rsrcni rssrka bosstsd Of the
simple way. in which he had extracted
isSorsscfy. Ss h.a unwi,tins!y s.usst
Ing o. q huge medical trust was one Of
the schemes which had sscepsd British
aS .s a .: nsns:s: hsS 9, ben cen
Entail birth to Invent .. system whereby
scores Of wealthy people might be driv.
en- to pay huge fees TO escape psrma.
.Ss. . e osa:r SS.sS siSss Ss. which
The studio outrage illustrated the
methods Of the Tsarka organization.
-Four wealthy Art patrons had. been
Ing Ing ehamSes S.cssd out R'ssIs q resemble SS an
Tns studio. a. clifford haa discovered,
was Q network OF skillfully arranged
little cosisris Of art TT connoisssurs had
been persuaded 60 examine q certain
picture through radium.poisonsd
h, half =, .oc'u. Dozen rsS!um poisoned victims
There followed. naturally. . desire on
specialist Of undoubted ability. Where
was such q specialist TO- be found IN
on 1SSn Tie fnssrs rs of n one iH Ssnd % Ana among
these five rAdium specialists. how many
were capable even Of diagnosing cor.
rectly the exact cause Of Prince Hohen.
fSnI.., her, or the Duchess OF Asr''sers
Dir Floyd 0srston had already stated
that the Renwick case had given Bsa.
trice Messonier . lead IN. radioactive
s.9 cSra hS:s :ss Of snSs sS';
statement into print. So-it was evident
10 the young detective that the frst
reeds OF the Tsarka conspiracy were
bearing fruit. He himself .-.:a- had been zen
dium Tor the Radium Institute.
One hope shone through Gifiord's
far.reaching stions-his faith in
Beatrice Messonier's Innocence Of the
ns.ps1 ssouns sfssn' ~. %.: ss
art which promised to rsvolntionise
modern surgery. and It was this fact
which had caused Teroni Tserka to
create create those very complaint: I,n',., which her
0inord strobe thoushtfully In the di.
rection Of Huntington street. hating
near the corner to allow Q red landaulet
car to rush past him. TO his sm1se-
dunn institute. x moment later IL.
figure OF Prince Hohenhof descended,
and was assisted through the wide en-
trance b.. his Iiveried chau9surs;
tered. 10 he waited for the prince to
gain the consulting.room
:. Many Of the morning papers had pub
lished an account OF Prince HohenhoKs o
:: soss.SE Of sst s
his portrait. Gifiord's sympsthies were
suiIerings as ne entered the white:p pan
ssisd institute; supported BY :, his sSsf- cssuf-
had pinches his cheeks. leaving the
mark OF its fingers about his drawn
lips and sunken chin.
After he had entered the institute.
street angle. Intending to interview
turned 10 his car. The institute was
overshsdowed by a seven-story dental
sa1: SpDes r. sT yeeon eaTaass' g N.%
Bond street.
GinoTd. from his coisn Of vantage. bc-
came suddenly aware OF . small fem
inine ngure crossing the road from the
concealed in heavy motor furs. Clifford
had some difficulty in recognising the
slim. Madonna faced Pepio Tsarka. But
even her well-padded coat and veil
could hardly conceal her nationality; "a sssh
her eyes searched to left and right ~
she approached the institute. Then he
became aware Of q second approach to
the Radium Institute as the daughter Of
denly es s down esVs saif.sesn passage pe on the the
east side Of the building. and disap.
Oi6ord followed her down the passage.
and saw the edge OF her coat when she
the rear Of the institute. Soundless as
q panther. he was upon her while her
key. was opening small door in the
wsn: a.: ,,rn.d wit, a ,rsmb,,n. cry IN.
key almost slipping from her fingers.
A Japanese word escaped her that she
had uttered when he lay blind and hurt
In her fathers house.
'Pspio Tsarks' what are You doing
She raised her veil to look at him
now. and her Asian eyes seemed to sob
MAY / ask" he repeated. why you
are are .eskin. s,i.,. an entry Into the rear OF
II came to consult Nine. Messonier."
The sobbinG eyes did not meet his this
time. "You see'-she took OF her glove
quickly. holding out her slim brown
hand for his inspection-"I was playing
with some horrible radium stun this
morning. and the bulb broke. My fingers
are sore. and was afraid to tell my
father"
Her eyeA sought his inploringly al
he stopped to examine peculiar stain
on the tips of her fingers.
"Pepio Tsarka." he said. without
friend; 81, ,,s9 so.e lnousit'' tried to kill mo
Il saw It In the papers. Oh. the
shame Of 1.-THE shame!" Her breath
came In lsbored efforts.
He regarded her shrewdly. the beau
tifui Japanese face and downcast
eyes. and he thought Of the boy
Inouyitl. who had fired twice In hiS
direction. Of the bull-necked Horubu
who had driven his steei-h,pped car
over the bodies Of live men and