The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-20
Copyright by J. b. LlpDlncoif -

lie continued:
want you to find ont tho crI,.i,
"nu ! know you will. But You will
sNc NE your word of honor that mn
Marin shall befall the murderer
Wy dear Armand" began.
Wait till | have flnished--ur,u 7
nave told you the names of two ner.
SOUS one of whom is poisoning me.
f's' mere are only two"
ne gave son, and after an uncan.
Il! silence suddenly screamed ont.
"Goron, either my wife, or AIarceljno
NY cousin, is the murderess. You NAV
Wei aaudder And now YOU will nm.
derstara why the chief Of police NAV
no. khD" Of the affair and why neilh.
or 81 these women may be harmed.
lA.y h.o sacred TO ME For one bears
my name; ana the other. the other
have loved am my irc!"
bl'ii"d ions buJ as my friends
lille was ut stake. reluctantly yield.
od, 'nl prom cd TO he,p solve the
mystery without injurlnr the women.
Thank You he whispered y shall
no. tla happy
49, / interrupted him, YOU will
MOI .'' Heaven knows what is lu,k-
Ting h.aa AN uis, aud what startling
discovery ! may make But you will
La}, .u place Yourself mrcsp.vud'y in
"J " 1881. obey my instructions
.... l.o- taua my motives
"I..
N .N D.. more about your gus-
i.."'.
I Va. eau ,l.n usli.ia1s. Look
'.' r'p. J"p months ago was a
s'.a "H NGt moss" AhJu, six
! ".. ago ar a.ailh suddenly began
e.. ."1. D experienced burning PAINS
.n .." .i.n tive organs. ana . 0isa
'". TOT. taste iD mF' m".H d.tcr
r.. J consulted 10y m a..al man,
. SSH" ,..i mn ia was n form OF inaice--
! 'un, ard prescribed treatment
which followed Eu' nay condition
( grow Iowly worse, and for he last
. iu.s- hI have been sustaining my
a.'I an 'hree eggs 4 day and a little
milk
II consulted Or. T. and Trofes sor
/ c.. renowned specialists They
took q biz ice. and informed me that
my medical mans diagnosis VAS right.
( Until that moment the idea OF poison
/ ing had never entered my mind until
/ Is q singular coincidence happened
! 10 r,ad the report OF poisoning case
in Milan. where "A man had been sys.
,cmalically administering arsenic to
| his victims was struck by the sim.
! ilarity Of the symptoms described with
what myself experienced. except
/ that one Of the victims had dark spots
ON his body.
"Goron the next night when I'M
dressed | discovered dark spots on
my thighs, II flashed upon me that !,
TOO was being poisoned and. under
an assumed name went TO the itote'
Dieu hospital. where ! told the con
sul,ing physician that feared ] had
Inadvertently swallowed dose of ar.
sonic He did not seem 10 believe my
story but az I accused no one. he
made the necessary eAa"l'"''o", i"u
after few days informed me that |
| had really taken poison, ana pre-
scrihed the proper remedy.
And them" | asked.
And them knew that o"'y 'e". .,.
or NarcCllne could nave been suli'y
Of this horrible crime. Jeanne and l.
- you know. are not hapPS anu "u'
only too glad 10 spend lew hou' .
with Marceline. Sometimes lunch
with her. at others ! invite myself 20
d;rror-sbe Is always glad to see me.
,na during the last week have ia
ton all my meals at home or at my
aa"sin,s"
And these pains, and the nasty
taste. did YOU notice 'hei'' "''''
warce,,,a'so"
II knew YOU "ouiu asN '
,oa IN for those very same symp-
,oms show themselves when return
from my cousins ana "heh ! S'"' -
home"
sc, that Won are inclined to suspect
the two women" :,
81 don't know. 1t IS TOO ''riiu'. r.,
rs Jeanne on good terms with Mar
celine?"
no"