The Washington times., 1912-12-21
CHAPTER XII.


The Price Of Treatmsat Advaness'
n N overwhelming sense Of defeat
~ seised Clifford Renwick when he
~ discovered that Horubu had
forced his torpedo car
through the crowd, leaving In his
wheel.tracks . score Of maimed ana
crippled pedestrians.
He was conscious Of Tony Hackeus
voice addrssdns him above the oaoe'
Come away, 0if. The ambulance
people arc attending the wounded. Great
Scott! those Japanese radium sneake
Sc sestsssns tssnss'pYS YS.S =; within stones '"F'" OF
Hail q dossn emergency police cars
had left Whitehall In the hope Of catch.
Ing up with the torpedo shaped ma.
chine and its two occupants. 0lnord
figure Of Horubu. Even the ohin-mssk
and goggies had not concealed from
him the personality Of DR.. Tsarka's
dghtinG lieutenant.
whipped" Tony declared, as they press.
ed in the direction Of the international
with japanese visitors who have come
here to zee the lion at he c
Japs. there'n be trouble. The govern
ment would start calling us names"
Clifford made an unbiased statement
Of the sffair to his chief. while the
reared through the city. Scores Of
police cars traversed the metropolitan
area In the hope Of encountering the
big Manchurian automobile.
III We assume that Dr. Tssrka and
We have the task Of separating them
from six or seven million people," Cyril
Coleman averred.
"ln spite Of the exhibition. there are
eesnss sSs 0's mn &onsp Ssp;H Hsets
had entered the room with clifford. His
advice In the present instance was con-
"scotiand Yard could round up the
OF course, there's the diplomatic aspect.
international ruptures. and all that kind
q music. Il o,s violent hands were laid on
"You can't round up criminals who
fcrd deciSred Saa veseme%tiy laSi:ss T:arSa % Is
of s.. % sssn BY sns .ns
changes his number about.
I've been trying to pick up his car
numbers without giving away the show
.ort,ss to ths metropolitan police" Hackstt
want the credit yourself. eh'" his
chief asked.
"For Coieman.s International Bu-
SnS sSShes 3STa With SSi suD'S ~
formation.
Ginord returned on the following day
to the house OF Mrs. Cranstone IN the
pay q Anal visit to the young comedy
actress who still endured the tormenta
Of radium blindness.
Mrs. Cranstones face showed signs
uns nSeeas smSo" Hsr 'S Sedss sreeisS
strangely. 1t was evident that some
ter's condition had occurred since the
you. must see Mime. .Messonier," he
advised: a thought surging through his
mind that Miss Cranstone had sue.
cgmbed to the terrors Of the long night
IIre.s, her grief a. she led him into the !,
visiting the Messonier Tnstitute. size
y 9cs ssonS ,Snsn sn GSpa
After Sir Floyd left here the colo,
storms became frighttul. I put her Into
CAB and drove to the institute
NO. The servant assured us tina,
madame could not sec us until thii
morning. SO Violet passed q night oi
torment without medical assistance o.
Mrs. Cranstone sobbed little at tn,
memory Of her daughter's .sufferings
This morning at o'clock. she con
tinued, I'VE again called at the Radlul'
ciousiS consented to examine M N;
vas sSiifuily Conducted. She % assured t
s .h., rdS% Tns pGs9,aTs Snsn.as xss ss
There was absolutely no cause 10
alarm u proper remedies were applied
Giford nodded apprcvlnsly. "Yo.
thusiasm, "for an, l net. a living wit
ness to her infallible skill?"
Mrs. Cranstone inclined her heat
somewhat doubtfuily. u might agre'
Tor her sri; fee The amount she asked i
simply absurd" :. :. 80.
admitted. Zone does not hesitate whel
certain person drives"
stone cried out her words. Nine. Mes
sonier refused to begin her treatmcn
unless a fee OF two thousand guinea
were paid aI,, IN q advance. 1t Is monstron'
clifford WINGED. The sum appeared I
him Incredible. He could not believ
that Beatrice Messoner would seek /
wiring so ruinous fee from a sufferin
patient. He turned to Mrs. Cranstone
q touch OF regret In his voice.
There Ia no other radlum specials
In England. ! begin to fear that othe
powers than Beatrice Messonier are di
recting the fortunes OF the institute
The shareholders. probably" he added
half to himself.
II had not occurred to him this
Beatrice Messonler might have becom
the mere servant of n dividend -huntin
gang Of shareholders who had taken at
vantage Of her unique powers TO fore
wealthy patients into the paying Of al
normal feas. The idea set him wor
dering whether the Radium Institui
had any real connection with Tsarki
At hrst the thought appeared MOI
facts balanced him into sudden bell,
Of Nine. Messonier's completely.
tInthinkable as II was to him.
could not disassociate the recei
Tsarka-Inouy outrakes from the Me-
pepio had risked her liberty to supp
him with funds to meet the institu
feos? he asked himself 00I
With some difficulty he calmed 4