The Washington times., 1912-12-23
By Albert Dorrington

Mrs. Cranstone was drawing near. Dhe
would come. vith her dausnnSSSr: az snS.:: 20 .sss sns
in him scw stern desire to chsllsnge
fortunes Of the Radium Institute. .
power which threatened to Grind the
last coin frem its tremeling victims; !nm.n
r..easS = ss'nsa hin. fs: fs: voice S q primes ~.
henhoR was heard very faintly. OLE
ford strained forward to catch Bce.
triee's answer. AZ that Tom,SSns e,SsH. tns
tho"Sh the oSsSiisur had bssn @.
eretiy notified Of bis readiness to ds.
'is; leaning on the sttsnasnt's arm. Ho.
ana anS"SM entered 'Si he Machine. binord rsss,
with Pepio's hand In his. and walked
delibsratsiy into the iaxuriovs n,, SnssiSs. ~ T.
the royal visitor only few moments
Bsstries Messonisr was standing
midway between the high. seated chair
and the door. A look OF depression, OF
exhausted effort was upon her. - On, one
the crucible Of her science.
gesture and pose would he have known
her. She looked once at Pepio. and
then straight into his own fearless
why do yeu honor me with 2 visit.
"Peopls who have been blind rarely
come back to my little theatsr."
current Of vain in her words. And
oifford remSmbered the day he had
sta ggered into her operating chair.
when the fingers OF the radium devils
\: ooSs :s'"s S s.;::. seS: ~ :s:Ss ss
Srs.SSISiit Sriy.n Kim 10 hi.' sssii-.liottsi ss:K.
"Mme. Messonier" he began with
assmsnt Of tni: institutsv"
.yos. OK nsa some 'sRS slss Of mental pertarbs:
tion, some shadow Of annoyancS g. St
"This institute was organised by an
old university associate Of mine. A.
present i 10 entirely under my d.
"Entlreiy. Nine. Messonierr'
She flushed slightly At his question.
II speak In the sense OF an ordinary
house surgeon. Mr.. Renw!ck. With
tie Or nothins to DO"
May l ask the name Of the uni
ysr.,.y mamsy, :..os!ase ..%sI you mentioned a
There Is now no. secret about the mat
ter" she added. innocently.
clifford felt that Pepio was secretly
.n. adar.s!sd hs sis 1ss ss.tqee t1Ss A her
"You are aware. Nine. Messcn!er,"
he went on, "of tho recent attack
on . party Of art connoisseura BY .
Japanese, painter by the name OF Soto
'"ISi; "PTinee Hohenor explained tho cir.
cun,stances q few minutes ago." she an.
swered thoughtfuliy. "Thsre were hve
or six victims. I understand"
Il en- in ! slightly subdusd voice put
"Xre you aW are that Soto Inouyiti. the
yc ung japanese artist. who perpetrated
the !n,9a''y. Is . prossse OF Dr.
Her eyes famed instantly and then
y think you are mistaken. Mr.. Rem
wick" she said. There cannot bs the
dinord felt the pressure Of Pepio's IN
Gers on his arm. He regarded her with
!%Sifiir Sfr you = 'Sii '':!i Nine; M...on!.r .n.. l
y: wi! you s tell H her ,h.. L Soto !. % %yosi
fGther's friend. and that only last night
repio inclined her head. while q
;Ss s:i:PsS S.n:
shook the trembling Japanese cir! BY
the shoulder. Speak out. child! Were
those people trapped In SotO's studio
with WITH your fathers kncwlsdgeT',, .
harshly. He IL only a boy. II was
Horubu'. fault. and".she paused a.
Ali the life had gone from Beatrice &
face. great detection came upon her.
q wearincss begotten OF her patrons
criminal dupiicity. This. then. was the
he had 9, s
distress were the result Of his Aachiav.
Gillian schemes.
Clifford was loath to tell the woman
who had saved him from blindness that
Infamy. The urgency Of his mission
May / ask II the fees charged b.
the institute are arranged BY your he
mot BY me-" she answered bleakly.
"Yeste riay"-s,e waited a moment n
though trying to regain her usual com.
posure-"yesterday I read Of the studio
c%trsse In piesnSiliy ,Sn ana ,..,; W.s =, II,
Anarchist's plot. although the scientific
manner Of its arrangement set me
Ps. ssTts" 8; s.; qsss q.sss. e'oTHe1 gss passed
slowly to, the window ovssiook tho
street, and the young detective saw II
| tear fash on the hal alf.turned cheek.
"Now that we understand" he con
tinued quietly. II want to beg favoI
Of you In regard to Miss Violet Gran
stone. You are aware. perhaps, that shs
10 the NTH victim In the studio affair."
she came early this morning." Be
atrice spoke With her face to the win
dow and the effort seemed to shake her
"shc came this morning. and wa
compelled to demand Q certain fee
You will nnderstand. .Ss Mr.. Rsenwick Fs hov
fused treatment heres"
Gifiord bowed slightly. Miss Gran
stone win call at 1880. Have ! your as
surance, Nine. Mcssonier. that she vii
receive the same treatment which yo'
accorded me?'
II cannot promise until have an op
portunity OF consulting my PATRON" wa
her unexpected answer.
"You mean DR.. Tsarka?"
II shall mention no names, Mr.. Ren
| wick. You are q detective. and yO,
have made accusations against DR.
Tsarka which feet me also. He wa
my friend and university associate Il
Toxic. cannot believe what you "a!
is true" she cried bitterly Some ter
rible mistake has happened."
Her eyes sought Pepio'e Tor an In
stant, but the Japanese girl had coveret
her face, as though to avoid meetini
Oxford Understood the poisnancy o
her emotions. and was losth to impos
his will upon her at such moment. Blu