The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-18
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Peter Johnsoni" she repeated,
slowly. so. was right. He was In
tho plot He had something to do
with Uncle Roberts disappsaranoe.
He was the one who broke the amyl
pearls on board the yacht"
IL was my turn now to start OF
what was this young woman talking?
~Amyl pearisl" Was mad. or was
shef
She saw my psrplsxity. and hasten
ed TO eniishtsn me.
"oh. dear. Philipl" she exclaimed.
Il forgot again. There is 90 much to
tel you. Really. hardly know where
20 begin. Miss Clement has been Of
such aid to usl She 10 what they call
an Independent missionary That 10,
shs has no afiiliation with any of the
church societies or reform associa-
tions. For fifteen years she has been
working In Chinatown among the
white women. and she knows the
place and the people a. II she were
indeed one OF them. I had her out at
Cragholt for . day and I've seen her
four or i've times here In town. and I
have told her everything. and ehe has
explained. or at least given quite rea-
sonabls surmisss. concerning many Of
the Incidents that seemed to us mex
piicabls. DID you ever hear Of amyl
psarisf-
OF course I had heard something Of
amyl pearls. and I said 20.
Thsy are class oapsuiss." I added,
and contain . liquid which smells
Ike bananas. They use then, I BE-
fsvs. In heart attacks, by crushing
thsm In Q handkerchief and inhaling
the drug
But II was not the same drug, Eve.
iyn explained. Mise Clement had told
her all about II. She doubted that II
was an amyl, at all. though Il was put
up In the same fashion, and released
In the same way. and IL was like an
amyl. In that Il was extremely vola-
tile.
Miss Clement has never seen one
of them." Evelyn continued. but
some or the Chinese have told her OF
thsm. and Of the wonders that they
perform. She says the chemical,
whatever II is. is very expensive and
30 they are seldom used. but that In
China. especially In secret govern
ment 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, filled
with peculiarly-acting anesthetic-
an anesthetic so quick and powerful
In Its action that the victim falls into
insensibility without warning, and
emerges. after an interval OF ten or
twelve minutes, without knowing that
he lost consciousness or that more
than a single second has elapsed"
"The idea seems ingenious" I re.
turned. l was interested, surely, but
very far from convinced. But" I
objected. how is II that the anaes-
thetiDer Is not anaesthetized himself?"
"Oh. he doesn't break the pearls un-
der his own nose." Evelyn explained.
He casts them. The slightest con-
cussion fractures the shell. and every
one within a certain radius drops In.
stantly into a temporary trance"
And the swine before whom the
pearls are cast. do they drop to the
ground 10 rise again when the ten or
twelve minutes are concludedY /
ridlculed.
"oh. not at all. Your muscles are
not relaxed. You stand or SIT as II
turned suddenly TO stone. II your arm
10 extended. for instance, II remains
In that position until the eject
ceases" She was very much In earn
est. and tried to persuade me that.
aided by these pearls, IL would be a
very easy matter 70 commit all three
of the depredato-y acts which had so
amazed and shocked us.
am the last man TO regard any
thing as impossible in this day OF won.
ders, yet was by no means willing TO
accept such solution merely on the
hearsay evidence OF woman who had
spent decade and a half amongst the
Chinese OF New York City.
YES. Evelyn" | said. tolerantly. "t
Is worth considering. and at the first
opportunity | shall look into II. But
just now there must be more impor
tant matters for you and me TO dis
cuss. Did Miss Clement. by any
chance see Yup Slng?"
AT tie question the girls pale
cheeks flushed 10 her temples and her
violet eyes blazed.
Il asked her 20 see him. and she
did," was her anwer. II thought she