The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-26

/ knocked The fOOtgteDs ceased. Tneu
! tba door onaned slowly and | could
zee cold blue automatic.
aTts ail right Michael treasured
i Craig calmly. San right Walter" he
added u me
TIC onn dronned back into the foot.
mans nocket We entered and Mi
chael again locked the door Not a
word Mad been spoken by him so far.
Navt Michael moved 10 the center
~ tho room and as / realized later,
brought himself IN direct line with the
onen window He seemed to be over
come with fear AZ his betrayal and
STOOD tbera breathing heavily.
"prosessor Kennedy" he began. Il
h.va neon 90 pistreated that i have
nado ~ nv mind N tell Won all
brow obout tbis clutoSing-Y
Suddanlv he drew sharp breath
ord both bis hands clntched nt his
avn breast He aid not stagger and
fou in tho ordinary manner but
seemed n bend at the knees and
woiet ana literally crumnle down on
HI foco
We ron n him Craig turned him
over oentlv on his hack and examined
hin, uo called No answer. Michael
NO, almost nulseless
orjorI,, Craig tora off his collar and
horad bis braast Tor the man seemed
81 ~, etrras,;ro for breath As he did
60 he drew from, Micbaers throat a
small sbarn.nointed dart
"whot's tbat9D 7 calculated. horror
str,cron
"a noisoned b,owgun dart such as
&, need bv tbe South American In.
diors on tho unner 0rinoco" he said
elowIv
He examined If carefully
"Wbat is the poison ?" | asked.
"Curari" he renlied simply. aft acts
nm the respiratorv muscles. paralyzing
them and causing asphyxiation."
The dart seemed TO have been made
of Quill with a very sharp point. hol.
low and containing the deadly poison
in the sharnened end.
Look Quit" I cautioned. as he
handled II
"Oh that's all right" he answered
casually. "If | don't scratch myself. 1
am safe enough could swallow the
stuff and it wouldn't hurt me-unless
had an abrasion of the lips or some
internal cut"
Kennedy continued to examine the
dart unfit suddenly heard low ex-
clamation of surprise from him. In
side the hollow quill was thin sheet
of tissue paper, tightly rolled. He
drew 1t out and read:
ITO know me is Death.
"kennedy-Take Warning"
Underneath was the inevitable
CIutchlng HAND sign.
We jumped to our feet. Kennedy
rushed to the window and slammed 1t
smut, Wnile l seized the Key from MI
chaels pocket opened the door and
calieu lor heip.
moment before on the FOOT OF a
Dulidlng across the street. one might
nave seen Dent' skuiking ngure'
ms race was copper coioreo ana on
MS heau was tnlcK thatcn Oh mat
tea mar he looked IKE south
AAlerlcah lnuiah, Ill very uiiapiuateu
SUI. .. cast'oh Anleilcan ciotneS
ne hau siippeu out tniousn uooi'
way ieduine " n,sn' Vi s'epS run
tne TOOL 10 the hailway oi tne tehe'
liien'' anu, my one " Us i'I''se 'on
uLaouo 90 pen.s' wv Neu MS ""' "o"A u
w S''l-
MY outcry Drought d Verl'aOie pa''
tallon oI anu Inc notei proprietol'
the negro waiter ana several others
uasneu upstairs loiio"eu snor'iy ny
d Portiy poiiceinan'
craig LOOK tne poncenlah INTO MS
cohnuence' showing MN the uart anu
explaining ABOUT tne POISON Inc OH
Ger stared piankiy.
Il must get away, too, hurried on
Craig "ofcer, l VIII leave you 70
take charge here You can depend on
me Tor the inquest