The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-05-31

change In his appearance. When
last saw him he was a strikingly hand
some specimen OF his race-thin and
wiry, upright as a dart, with finely
formed, supple limbs. Now his face
was emaciated, his eyes had the ex.
preston of suffering that one some
times notices in those OF a suffering
dog, his figure was bowed, and at in.
tervals long, shuddering signs escaped
his lips.
you are i'll. Gopinath," / said
abruptly.
"Sahib. / suffer-" he replied. He
pressed his hand to bis right side. 81
suffer agony" he said again.
Give me your hand" ! said. took
| IL In mine. The pulse was throbbing
wildly, the mans skin also burned !;
he was evidently very i'll, and fan
cied he might have fallen victim to
some form Of Oriental fever.
when / breathe, | suffer torture. "
he said, gasping sharply as he spoke.
| motioned him to take a chair. but
instead Of doing so he seated himself
on tn. loor with his legs doubled up
under him.
Can you relieve me?" he asked,
clasping his hands over his right side,
while big drops of sweat fell from his
forehead.
A sudden thought flashed through
| my mind. Gopinath's unaccountable
grief, the complete change in his ap.
! pearance, made wild hope leap with.
| in me. No suspicion in connection
with the murder had as yet fallen on
the East Indian. Suppose, after all, he
| knew more about IL than anyone else
| firmly believed that the person who
| stole the diamond was the one who
| committed the murder. Suppose that
the temptation to appropriate so val.
liable gem had proved too much for
| Gopinath?
Stand up" said to him suddenly
You suffer pain here?" | touched his
side lightly.
Much, sahib, much" he replied. I
saw that be could scarcely pull him.
self together, his sufferings were so
| intense.
Il am going to find out what is the
| matter" / said. stay where you are
for moment; will be back directly
[ hurried TO my laboratory, for !
felt that the moment had arrived when
/ could make a good test of the Roent.
gen rays. Was 1t possible that they
might be the means OF discovering
| crime, and perhaps saving an innocent
| life? The Crookes vacuum tube was
| got into the right position, ! saw that
] the rays worked well, and then | re
turned 10 Gopinath and brought him
| into the laboratory. | desired him tc
strip. and then arranged him in such
position that the rays would pass
through my body. ! turned off the
lights in the room. Ny electrical bat
terry worked well, the rays playing
admirably in the vacuum tube. / re
moved the cap from the camera, and
after an exposure of from seven tC
ten minutes felt certain that | had
taken a careful photograph.
That will do" ! said TO the black
man led him back TO the library.
Il have taken photograph OF you,
I said TO him. which may show me
the seat Of your malady When
have developed it, will come back &c
you"
returned to my dark room, and
quickly developed the plate. When
had finished, and saw what the mystic
rious X-rays had produced. | uttered
n shout of triumph. The skeleton o.
the wiry Brahmin was distinctly Wis
ible, and just below the region OF the
ileo-caecal valve, n foreign substance
about the size OF the Snakes Eye wa.
seen. ! had not the least doubt tha
| was looking at the gold socket of Tn,
cobras eye, the diamond itself being
probably not imperyious 10 the Y
rays. Men Of Gopinath's nationality
had swallowed precious stones before
now. This was not the first time IN
the annals Of history that the human
body had been made a hiding place
for stolen property
tolephoned at once 10 Crossthvaitt
and clever colleague OF mine, one
Or. Symes, to come to the house i'm
mediately. They made their appear
ance In little while, and | exhibited
10 their astonishcd eyes the photo
graph / had taken, ara narrated the
history Of the case.
Acute peritonitis, or course" said
| Symes. after he had examined the
well-marked' obstruction revealed In
the picture. Il agree with you, Hall
fax, that the Indians only chance fol
life is TO have that substance, what
ever il is, removed at once"
The three of us proceeded to the II
brary. where Gopinath lay fat on the
floor. moaning piteously. With Symes
assistance l placed him on a lounge
and bent over him.
Listen TO me, Gopinath." I said
You are very i'll, and this gentleman
indicating DR.. Symes-"and / have
decided that your only chance for life
is TO operate on you and remove the
diamond you have swallowed"
| His dark eyes, glowing like jewels
were fixed on my face. II did moi
even occur to him to deny my accuse
| ton.
rs there any hope that I may re
1 cnvar cahtho ha ostad