Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-22
.poctor." he saio. r happen to nave

I'D better stay here for time," he
decided. "I'll follow you presently.
The service of dinner was resumed
Laura, however, sent plate after plate
away. The captain watched her anx
iously.
81 can't help it," she explained. 81
don't know whether you've had any
talk with Mr.. Quest, but we've been
through some queer times lately.
guess this death business is getting
on my nerves"
The captain was startled.
You don't for a moment connect
Mrs. Foston Rowe's death with the
criminal you are in search off" he
exclaimed.
t Laura sat quite still for moment
The bouillon was offered first tc
Mr.. Quest" she murmured.
The captain called his steward
Where did you get the bouillor
from you served-that last cup, espe
cially?" he asked.
From the pantry just as usual
sir" the man answered. 'It was al
served out from the SANE caldron."
ANY chance of anyone getting al
it,"
"Quite impossible, SIR"
In Quests stateroom the doctor
the professor, Quest and Lenora were
all gathered around two little tubes
which the criminologist was examin
ing with an electric torch.
mo reaction at ALL" the latter nut
tered. "This isn't an ordinary poison
anyway"
The professor, who had been stand
| ing on one side, suddenly gave vent tt
soft exclamation. Is.
''Waitl" he whispered. wait!
have an idea"
He hurried off to his stateroom
The doctor was poring over a volume
of tabulated poisons. Quest was still
watching his tubes. Lenora sat upor
the couch. Suddenly the professo
reappeared. He was carrying small
notebook in his hand, his manner be
| trayed some excitement. He close'
the door carefully behind him.
'T want you all,' he begged, ct,
listen very carefully to me. You viii
discover the application of what an
/ going to read when / am finished
Now, if you please
"This," he began, "is the diary of
tour made by Craig and myself il
northern Egypt some fourteen year
ago. Here is the first entry of i'm
port:
| MONDAY-Twenty-ni miles southeas
of Port Said. We have stayed for tw
days at a little Mongar village. 1 hav
today come to the definite conclusion ths
anthropoid apes were at one time den
zens of this country.
TUESDAY-Both Craig and have bee
a little uneasy today. These Mongal
into whose encampment we have foun
our way, are one of the strangest an
fiercest of the nomad tribes. They al
| descended, without a doubt, from the al
cient Mongolians, who invaded this coul
try some seven hundred years befol
Christ, but have preserved in marvelor
way their individuality as a race. The
have the narrow eyes and the thick nos
base of the pure Oriental; also much {
his cunning. One of their special veal
nesses seems to be the invention of Il
most hideous forms of torture, whic
they apply remorselessly to their en-
mics.
| WEDNESDAY-This has been wol
derful day for us, chiefly owing to VIII,
/ must place on record as an act of grei
bravery by Craig, my servant. Early tn
morning, a man-eating lion found h
way into the encampment. The Monga
behaved like arrant towards. They flt
right and left, leaving the chiefs lit
daughter, Feerda, at the brute's mere
Craig, who is by no means an adept
the use of firearms, chased the animal ;
he was making of With the child, an
more by good luck than anything els
managed to wound it mortally. F
brought the child back to the encam
ment just as the chief and the warrio
of the tribe returned from a hunting e.
pedition Our position here is now abs
1utely secure. We are treated like god
and. appreciating my weakness for 6
matters of science, the chief has tods
explained to me many of the secret my
teries of the tribe Amongst other thing
he has shown me wonderful secret pc
son, known only to this tribe, which thu
call veedemzoo 1t brings almost insta
death, and is exceedingly difficult to trac
The. addition Of sugar causes a curio
condensation and resolves 1t almost to
white paste. The only antidote is a su
stance which they use here freely, a.
which is exactly equivalent to our cal
phor.
The professor closed his boo
Quest promptly rang the bell.
Some sugar" he ordered, turnil
to the steward.
They waited in absolute silent
The suggestion which the professor
disclosure had brought to them W
Supplying, even Quests fingers, as
moment or two later he rubbed t.
knobs of sugar together so that t
contents should fall into the tubes
= bouillon, shook. The result W
a magical. The bouillon turned to
:. strange shade Of gray and beg
slowly to thicken.
e at is. Mongar poison!" the prof
i sor cried, with breaking voice.
r They all looked at one another.
Craig must be here amongst u
|. Quest muttered.
l. "And the bouillon," Laura cri
clasping Quests arm, "the bouill
e was meant for youi"
There seemed to be, somehc
among all of them, curious inc
D. position to discuss this matter. s.
IS denly Lenora, who was sitting on
S lounge underneath the portfolio,
out her hand and picked up C;
D. which was lying by his side.
1T glanced at it, at first, curiously. tt
she shrieked.
r "a message!" she cried. "a N
sage from The Hands! Look!"
d. They crowded around her. In t
c. same familiar handwriting '
Id scrawled across the face Of the C
these few words:
To Sanford Quest:
You have escaped this time b!