Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21

of pictures. But when it came to the
story of the tragedy itself their ac
counts were far less detailed and init
mate than that In the Record. sus-
pected that it was the realization of
the Records triumph which had caused
the descent of the phalanx of report
ers upon the Vantine place.
went over the whole affair with
Mr.. Royce as soon as he reached the
Office and spent the rest Of the day
arranging the papers relating to Van
tines affairs and getting them ready
to probate. Parks called me up once
or twice for instructions as to various
details. And then, toward the middle
OF the afternoon. came the cablegram
from Paris which | had almost for
gotten to expect:
Royce & Lester, New York:
Regret mistake in shipment exceedingly.
Our representative will call to explain.
ARMAND & SON.
| So there was an end of the romance
Godfrey had woven and which l had
| been almost ready to believe-the ro-
nance of design, Of carefully laid
plot and all that. 1t had been merely
accident after all.
/ put the whole thing impatiently
away from me and turned to other
work. but found l could not conquer q
certain deep seated nervousness, so at
last | locked my desk. told the boy
would not be back and took a cab for
a long drive through the park. ! was
able to greet Godfrey with a smile
when he called for me at o'clock.
"I've engaged a table at a little
place around the corner" he said. 1T
is managed by friend of mine. and
think you'll like it."
did Indeed. the dinner was so
good that it demanded undivided at
tentiOn.
Anything newY | asked as we
pushed back our chairs.
mo. nothing of any Importance The
man at the mOrgue has not been iden-
titled In the first place. the Paris po
lice have never taken his Bertillon
measurements. He has never been ar
rested More peculiar is the fact that
he hasn't been recognized here The
police have no report Of any such man
missing"
THAT is peculiar. isn't it?" l COM
mented.
Its very peculiar 1t means one of
| two things-either the fellows friends
are keeping dark purposely or be didn't
have any friends. here in New York
at least"
Perhaps be had just reached New
York and went direct to Vantine's."
GOdfrey's face lighted up.
"FrOm the steamer, Of course!
ought to have guessed as much from
! the cut of his hair. He hasn't been
| out of France more than ten days or
so. Excuse me a moment
He hurried away. and five minutes
passed before be came back.
81 phoned the office to send some
men around to the boats which came
In yesterday. If he was passenger
some one of the stewards will recog-
nize his photograph. There were three
1 boats be might have come on-the Adj
La TOuraine from Havre There is
| nothing else that | know Of" he added
/ thOughtfully, except that Freyling-
| huisen thinks he has discovered the
nature of the poison. He says it is
some very powerful variant of prussic
acid"
YES" l said. IL heard him say
something of the sort last night
"Freylinghuisen says that whoever
cOncocted this particular poison has
evidently discovered a new way of do
ing it-Or rediscovered an old way. In
other words, If you can get fraction
OF a drop of it in a mans blood you
kill him by paralysis quicker than if
you put bullet through his heart"
Nothing can save a man, then"
| questioned.
Nothing on earth. Freylinghuisen
thinks it is new discovery. l don't.
/ think some one has dug up one of
the old Medici formulas Maybe it
was placed in the secret drawer, so
that there would never be any lack of
ammunition for the mechanism"
Godfrey" | said, 'are you still bent
on fooling with that thing"
More than ever. I'm going to find
that secret drawer, and if the fangs
strike-well. I'm ready for them. See
here what had made today"
He drew from his pocket something
that looked like a steel gauntlet such
as one sees on suits of old armOr. He
slipped it over his right hand.
You see it covers the back of the
hand completely" he said. halfway
| down the first joint Of the fingers. 1t
| is made of the toughest steel and
would turn a bullet. And do you see
how it is depressed in the middle,
Lester?"
Yes" | said 81 was wondering
why you had it made in that shape.
81 want to get a sample of that poi
son. Think what it is, Lester-the
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