The Washington times., 1912-12-16
THE TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
TheRADIUM TERRORS
By Albert Dorrington
v Albert DOrrington


sWliHiuH uut"', uh ne iduieb cuiu!i
10 sacn ',,, otner' .ne s!ualo Was Y n.!e M
panae,melnum. SIT. teiephoned very
,,,, p,om,p' ~ ,ne pOmce. an ne nag
couple ni ooctors mere ~ no time. Inc
,.,,,,I, nsS 81, VII. away ~ tme prInc.s Sar,
Somc. ' hv ,he d"'.,"r. "ere r stn. 70 tne,r
y, ,,r,,a, ,ae pu.1n .9, nc ne WAS On MS way 10
GiT"rd foitnwah ,,'" h.v ,,,., A.. .,,,-
do. and found n ocs,,nisd ~ a gro,,p
of reporter. Mi ben, ny, ,,,s,! sVSp ,Sp
mystery of the phenomenal % outrnsc. '"e
pngoSa," mad been raSn,v.I nt.Tord
learned that a fore,gn.looxins man with
| a whelbarrow ind remnv.d ,tnn' "n,v
a few minutes before the arrival OF the
| police. a visit TO the second floor ate
Her revealed a number Of small oil
OF magnesium wires at the stair head.
The voices OF tie reporters rose ana
,eIl as they compared notes. each seek.
| Ing to attach some real meaning 10 the
| japanese boy artists crime. ue had
not sought by threats to suueeze
money from his disting guished visitors.
| They had come to see his pictures with
view to their ultimate purchase.
| Yet. at IA moment when the wealthy.
rrs Sren.ss ,a nass. of Marls.er had ey'nced de-
] lures. the young artist had deliberately
| set himself out to blind and ,njure hi,
well-disposed patrons. "''
| What were his ,noti,,,,
| The pressmen retired as +. ,,dv ,o,v-
| ing the myster; of Inonvi,i's cnnIur,
| still unsolved, Clifford n, T.. Ia,'s
over the banisters. was sSdden,y 'a"S. e"n.
sclous Of a tall, red-faced woman wait
dressed i'm n Sadsd .'.a or'1M. ,,'. one %as
| eyes appeared 10 bo searsh,n@ a,.nr,,
! corner OF the n mar, w., e"'e"'"s every
rs Mr. inouyiti ;np" sh, ,,,,.,,,
| in n high. nil chad ,,,., .,,',,, any demanded
| tell him thai H., w., VIII some one
rho so,,nd mcclure IN hercY
| ford win st,r,,,.M M voice reached Gif-
remembered her au ,ot, , IN nash he
| Tsark,.s eleased him from DR..
spcciaIis, hod aiter the little nerve
Sr,,"aT naa ieit MIN. blind and half
| The Jahorat,r,, me sieepihs-room adjoining
| out sound. and confronted her s,,ddon,~
,,,,r. Excuse me- he began briskIy. Il
'''ns Wnr we Sson nave ] met before"
Win an easy laugh. she appeared % To-
sure / never met ,e before" sh. so-
'S!red. I'm entirely a STRANGER "a
AT DR.. Tsorka.s ."" :" =. ,, .
morning you came m cinar ip,o,'psed. I Iht
house. J think you understand, mt .e"p''
,,;a a look of blank anncyanc" crossed
"Tve no remombra,co y, ,,, ,,.o,,
stance. or Id be adinittin. H." .ho .,o',n- M
piled with assumed mncnmc.r,., ~. she re-
You appear to be on h" hana ,v,o
house or stndio :" S,ny sa,y deserts
Hcreat the chair,.atne hcii,ma tne truth"
torrcn OF Ii","an expIanations" a broke broke into a
truth Of her first and S Sn,W !" ,i,nsri W,ness the
fortunes Of his chier hi'hsa b,s sw swiftly; , The
depended on the sneedv so,%t;nr MN tutI,n. 1 re-
thing, and was trns,snn e Woman an knew rev SOM.
blindness would nrcvnn; Ma, Ma. t n.s recent
| lively Identifying ber "'"' from posi-
Approaching the teiepbono I, ,,o ,,
| the Internationai Hmroa,, LII OF
| deliberation that startIed ,ha nr,sh
from her attitud.. 'aS'.arm oS scor,r, tns woman
ence. " ''''i"' ihdiner-
,,.I'ar "E'sase s.,s send a man to the rnouyi,,
1 into the receiver 'sh,r,,, ne SPOKE
There's "A person here / ma NAV bavn % =,
/ arrest" ' '''e 10
The charwoman tremh,.d vio,.,,,,,
cee,!ed to lock the ra.s,"o H. "e pro-
"I'm be honest, s sorr an roSr Sro. >, =,
whole truth II yen spare a ,lliv avid
woman the shame OF roin' 10 i,iI ""'o
manded. Speak quickly m. ,,o,, ,,',. u".
regret the circumstanccs, ~" "a'
Twas MIR. InOuyiti that ,,,,or.,,
me to go to the first-t floor room P,orr' snr,.
| Tis only Il boy he is. an. snrr" ""i W. y.
| to see him in such tronh,. "o''y ! was
Her voice broke into a painfuI ,,b,r,-
per: tears courscd down her w. rr,.d
cheeks.
Don't sind me to the lookup. sorr,
| I'm ovid an wicked but mi ~
oh. not a thief, sorr.. '''t-
| go on. Did you come ber, ,,.
papers left behind-letters or inS,r,.
! No. sorr," she sobbed. wiping her
cheek with big red kerchief. The