The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-05-08

| pHCaUIe' Dlu Jou ever nthT Oh amy
pearlsH"
OF course had heard something o
amy pearls, and said so.
"They are glass capsules" l added
and contain liquid which smell
like bananas. They use them, be
lieye, In heart attacks, by crushing
them in handkerchief and inhalinl
the drug"
But It was not the same drug, Eve
Ign explained. Miss Clement had tolC
her all about 1t. She doubted that 4
was an Rmyl, at ali, though II was put
UP In the same fashion, and released
In the same way, and II was like an
amyl, in that It was extremely VIOLA
tile
Miss Clement has never seen one
OF them" Evelyn continued, but
some OF tho Chinese have told her OF
them, and OF the wonders that they
perform. She says the chemical
whatever It is. is very expensive and
so they are seldom used, but that in
China, especially In secret govern.
men' enterprises, they are employed
on occasion. The effect is seemingly
to make invisible the person who
uses them. Really. they don't do any
thing OF the sort; for they are moth
| ing more nor less than capsules, filed
with q pccuiarly-acting anesthetic-
an uncsthetic so quick and powerful
In IT'S action that the victim falls into
insensibility without warning, and
emcrgos, after an interval Of ten or
twelve minutes, without knowing that
he lost consciousness or that more
than a single second has elapsed"
"Ihe idea seems ingenious" | re-
turned. was interested. surely, but
very far from convinced But" |
objected how is It that the anaes.
thotiz"r is not anaesthctized himself?"
"Oh, he doesn't break the pearls un-
der his own nose" Evelyn explained.
He casts them. The slightest con
cussIon fractures tho shell, and every
one within a certain radius drops In
stan'ly into temporary trance"
And the swine before whom the
pearls are cast. do they drop 10 the
ground to rise again when the ten or
Twelve minutes are concluded?"
ridicued.
"Oh, not Mt all. Your muscles are
not relaxed. You stand or sit as II
turned suddenly TO stone. II your arm
ia extended, for instance, It remains
In that position until the effect
ceases" She was very much In earn.
est, and tried to persuade me that,
aided by these pearls, It would be
very easy matter to commit all three
Of the depredatory acts which had 80
amazed and shocked us.
| am the last man TO regard any.
thing az impossible in this day OF won.
ders, yet was by no means willing to
accept such a solution merely on the
hearsay evidence Of n woman who had
spent decade and half amongst the
Chinese OF New York City.
Yes, Evelyn" said. tolerantly. at
is worth considering, and at the first
opportunity | shall look into II. But
just now there must BIO moro impor-
tant matters for you and me TO dis.
cuss Did Miss Clement by any
change, see Yup Slng?"
At the question the girls pale |
cheeks flushed to her temples and her
violet eyes blazed.
Il asked her TO zee him, and she
did" was her anwer. 81 thought she
might learn from him when and where
YOU parted. and what led up TO the
plight In which you were found. But
he told her that you had failed to
keep an engagement with him He in
3Inuated that you had come to China
Town intent upon making trouble, and
7nded by declaring that he had no
ime TO devote to answering the Co
1undrnms OF such harebrained
american as you had proved your.
elf. Did you ever hear Of such i'm
lertinence? | wanted Miss Clement
o take me to him that | might tell
lin what | thought OF his outrageous
'Onduct, but she refuaed She says
lo stands very high amongst his peo-
lie, and that 1t 10 not we'll to antag.
,nize him"
| smiled at her Indignation. After
H." | said. he isn't so much TO
lame. ] must have cut a rather undig-
lified figure chasing Mr.. Johnson
through DoyerB street. and then fall
ng down cellar stairs. When | am
bile to get out again. Ehall &c to
ir. Yup and apologize"
But before Twas able to get out
gain. ! changed my mind. To be
uite definite | changed It that same
vening. when. in reading the reports
t O'Hara, the detective who for near
y two weeks had been shadowing the
ed giant, PhIletus Murphy, came
pom this entry:
%. At b:27 he entered the
lott street store OF the Yup Sing Com.
any, remaining until SAP. when he ,
anne out with tall, thin, well.dressed
'hinaman. said to he Yup Sing. him. ,
elf. Together they went to Ching
Vung's restaurant on Doyers street. :
rom there Ch!naman known as
!pa Chuen returned with Murphy to
na Cob "