The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-19

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nine his photograph. There were three
boats he might have come on-the
Adriatic and Cecelie from Cherbourg.
and La Touraine from Havre. There
Ia nothing else hat I know Of" he
added thoughtfully. except that Frey
nnghuisen thinks he has discovered. the
nature OF the poison. He says 1t IL
acid
Yes" I said. "I heard him say
something Of The sort last night.
II had a talk with him this after
noon about II, and he was quite
learned" Godfrey went OF This II a
great chance for him to get before the
public, and he's making the most Of
II. / gathered from what he said that
ordinary prussic acid. which Is deadly
enough. heavens knows. contains only
2 per cent Of the poison; while the
strongest solution yet obtained con-
tatns only 4 per cent Freylinghufsen
says that whoever ~concocted this par
tcular poison has evidently discov-
cred a new way OF doing tor redis.
least so per cen effective. In other
words. II you a get q fraction of a
drop OF IL In q mans blood, you kill
him by paralysis quicker than II you
put q bullet through his heart"
Nothing can save n man. then?" I
questioned. .
Nothing on earth. Oh. I don't say
that IL somebody had an az handy
and chopped your arm off at the
shoulder an instant after you were
struck ON the hand. You mightn,t have
a chance to live; but 1t would take
mighty quick work, and even then, Il
would be nip and tuck. FreylinE-
huisen thinks IT is q new dfscovery. I
oont think some one has dug up
nTaA ~ kAA la AA~1NN
IT was placed IN the secret drawer. SO
that there would never be any lack Of
ammunition for the mechanism"
Godfrey" I said. are you stiH bent
on tQoltng with that thing?"
More than ever; I'm going to ind
that secret drawer. And II the fangs
strike-weI- I'm ready for them. See
here what i had made today"
he e from his pocket something
as n sees on suits OF old armor He
slipped 1t over his right hand. ~.
You see 1t covers the back of the
hand completely" he said, half way
down the first Joint OF the fingers. It
Is made OF the toughest steel and
would turn a bullet. And do you see
now II Is depressed in the middle.
YES" I said. IT was wondering why
YOU had It made in that shape"
Il want. to get a sample of that
poison. My theory Is that when the
rangs strike the hand. the shock drives
out a drop or two Of the. poison. l
don't want those drops to get away: I
want them to roll into this depression,
and ! shall very carefully bottle them.
Think what they are. Lester-the poi
son Of the Medicii"
sat for a moment looking at him.
half in amusement, half in sorrow. II
seemed a pity that his theory must
come tumbing down, 1t was SO pic
turesque. and he was SO interested and
enthusiastic over it And IL would
my glance, and put h gauntlet back
into his pocket.
We'll. what is 1T" he asked quietly.
for answer, 1 got out the cable
gram and passed 1t across to him. He
read 1t with brows contracted.
mi seems to put a puncture In
our little romance. doesn't it?" /
asked. at last.
He nodded thoughtfully.
yes. II does" and he read the mes
sage again, word by word. "Armand's
man hasn't called YETI"
mo. I didn't get the message till
. O'clock. I suppose he'll be
around tomorrow"
You win have to turn the cabinet
over TO him. OF course 20
why, yes, 1t belongs to him. At
least. 1t doesn't belong to Vantine."
he slipped the message into it's en-
veiope and handed IL back 20 me I
could see that he was perplexed and
"wen. in spite of this" he said fin
ally, II am still interested in that cabi-
net. Lester. and ! wish you would keep
possession of 1t as long as you can. At
least, / wouldn't give 1t up until he
delivered to you the other cabinet
which Vantine really bought"
"Oh, TIL make him do that" 1 agreed
few days-ionger than that IL va Van
tines cabine is in Paris"
Godfrey raised a finger to the waiter,
asked Tor the check and paid II.
And now let us go down and have a
look at this one" he said, "as we in
tended doing. You will think me fool
ish. Lester, but even that cablegram
hasn't shaken my belief In the exist
ence of that secret drawer"
And all the rest?" / asked.
Yes" he answered slowly, and all
the rest" He said nothing more until
we stopped before the Vantine house,
but / could see, from his puckered
brows. how desperately he was trying
to untangle this quirk in the mystery.
The siege seems to nave been lift
ed" 1 remarked, as we alighted.
THE siege?"
Parks telephoned me that your
esteemed contemporaries had the place
surrounded. 1 told him to hold the
Poor boys!" he commented, smiling.
To think that all they know Is what
Grady Is able to tell them!" Then he
stopned before the house and made a
careful survey of 1t.
Which room Ia the cabinet ln?" he
asked.
The ante-room Ia there at the left
where those two shattered windows
The cabinet Is In the corner room
is one window on this side and
two N the other"
Wait till / take a look at Them" he
said, and, vaulting the low railing, he
walked quickly along the front of the
house and around the corne He was
gone only a minute. They're all
he said. In a one Of relief.
"Of course they're all right. You
didn't suppose"
IF that cabinet contains what /
thought 1t did. Lester-yes," he added,
a little savagely, as he saw my look,
"and what I still think It does-it
be safe In the strongest vault
the National City bank" and he
motioned for me to ring the bell.
i did so, in silence. ...+
Parks answered 1t almost instantly,
and I could tell from the way his face