The Washington times., 1912-12-05
THE TINES DAILY SERIAL STORM
TIE r ADIUM TERRORS
By Albert Darlington
0y AlDeEt OOIIIl18tOu
tcopyrishl, aua, Franz A. 1funssy Company

apology from the ood-nstured Tony.
81 blame ron for allowing the young
feeling that Il ras not 9ood 70 apollo.
s aHSos sns met o e. s7SS .ss. @s: ws
known among HE intimates. y .wss .
rious momoerS. Of the criminal plssses,
WI who . %ssd tsss. snoyiSS.s with craft
pathies were attracted In any given al.
INIT; HS: 1w,!~e. .a..,r va. . cas-. in point.
!! Employs ~ SX firm Of .ar s. me-,
mot hsd BEEN drawn BY a. older eisrk
iins,iy tStsisd n.!SriS ,S pounl:. '"
c, MalmSss family va In 't,aissned
inss Sss gone % relieve lie s's Il. SICKNESS SS
them through the unexpected death Of
the father. AT the last moment Rem.
Dives % fnsst hs "a .s sS =. to
America. where he was soon in Q po.
s s,a e., e rsiSna in full the amour. Of
s,uds him .. The Isss moment h Ssd pE near 70
service of Anthony Coleman. He e.
capeS: however: With severe lecture
70 uds o sRss ySSn. u ana Ds sSS:h
Tony Hackstt's words scarcely reused
Oxford from his broodine quiet. When
&c spoke the dream glow Of the rcd
i've been waiting all day." he said
Without looking up. tramp. tramp.
s srS.m11R'ns In the wake Of lost ideals
q III =. :.. snSSss
$ .' "Gns!i vh..r. Tony demanded blunt.
" say on. Kenny. Don't stew in
S9S 1so ow" drs. s,i.p sis ace too long
hsart.beets. Then his voice Ssd the
weary information Of an awakened
,:;I met ..!,,yy young I'M. lazy today who h..
time. I'd Axed on her father a. the KIND
Of man likely to have been mixed up
IN the Morit5 case: I've lived near the
Is hem Of her . SHADOW y. for z long time. un.
were not the kind I was after. l came
erence library. q pretty darkish place.
s nd se scnd ;as vas in
Tony was not scientifically disposed,
and his companion's words Tell trife
short Of their true significance. 0inord
1.-THE young lady I refer to has been
chemical matter. in q laboratory per-
haps. and II may have happened that
she e. has been allowed to handle rsdium
rs this rsdio-activ'ty easily detected
Yes. itacts like phosphorus In the
dark. It may get on the fingers. and.
trinkets or jewelry worn BY the expert
menter or thief. It was the young
lady, . brooch far'ns IN the dark that
Tony sighed. "A lot depends on
whether she or her people have been
handling the Morttz rodium: II You hrst
suspected her Of the theft. and then
discovered A radium fisre on her person.
sonsliy Td have shsdowed her to the
He stared at the broodins. boyish face
e n. .nn III she; pretty. y YOU" S,a
:..e ssi savise: ana shoot her :" into
time: It's fame with : big +: :Why@''
I he paused to hammer Renwick's stoop-
"This MORT. radium case fairly smoth.
/ cred the Scotland Yard people: II Great.
ed . vacancy In their thinking depart
ment and gave their best men pain
ses ne ao snIonsn eoy es ssia
radioactive girl slip through your
Ill Will be like arrs.ting = Madonna y
9ift ,SSSys confessed Il shall have to DO
when you grow older. you'll be les.
merciful to thieves and scoundrels. y
Hackett averred. 80 get your hooks
% you |. lot of good with the firm after
" .:I! bunslin,ss. eh h., vo,.v. al.
lot Of e se0s ana n Keen 70 your s
| CUTS bright"
clifford sighed a. he prepared to DE-
part. II IKE the theory work best y;
.nsns sS K Il m:ssss
Good essa 'n nisss, ; Tony." '' -'
Rsnwiss fer The The rain sting ,.. his chss 81.
.mn b. !sons aa,1 ssrsSsh th
uprising mists. shapes fitted past
with almost Shostly stealth. while herr
and there he saw half-dressed waifi
sat SfIs sss x: SaSsss
The entrance 10 Dr. .Fsarka's hous.!
was lit BY q pair Of pedestal lamps. 4
.nslssed sT from Win Il. rosd cA ''' n'os'
clifford had mapped out no particular
plan Of action. but trusted that som.
propjtious circumstances would enable
him to ents. the Japs,hn,sse doc etc :,
ton seemed the only way. 4 moments
Iefiection, however. revealed the foil!
| Of such q proceeding.
STOPPING in the shadow of the hedge
he waited while the passing minutes
heightened into eternities. The theatel
cars sped past In rapid procession.
glance at his watch showed him thu
Il was past II.
observed q small Daimler landauiett'
halt suddenly within few yards OF tn
pavement. Pepio Tsarka slipped out ant
passed through the gate before he hat
recovered from his surprise.
At the first touch Of the house bel
the door opened smartly to allow her ,
swift entry. Renwick almost lespe,
on her heels as she passed in, hi. shoui
ders hurting back the door In the fac
OF nat-eyed Japanese servant.
Pepio faced him instantly. the quicl
. blood darkening her olive cheek. 'Hov
dare you come in here:" she flashed
"What IL your business7'
.. "Your excellent parent. Pepio San.
He was breathing hard, like one VIII
had gained the threshold OF a long
desired goal. "A question Of his nat
uralisatien papers. I would like to We
them"
She stamped her foot you have n
, risht 81 q , entry here. Our consul sha
D clifford has been loath to force hi
/ INV int0 the h0nae NJ m vr.o 81 W,