The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-02-12

Q8uS10&. I'm gong 70 steal Ono,'
she laughed. She selected, Z peach
and began. eating it on the way up te
her room.
The maid passed on into the library,
Whats this? :" inquired Florence, al
the maid held out the basket. She
selected a peach and was about to SET
her white teeth into It when Jim In,
terposed.
"Wait a moment, dear" Florence
lowered the peach. Jim turned to the
maid. Who sent it,"
Il don't know. sir. A messenger
brought it, saying It was for Miss
Hargreave."
Let me e II there is a card"
But Jim searched in vain for the card
of the donor. At once all his suspi.
cions arose.. Don't touch them. Bet
ter let the maid throw them out.
Fruit from unknown persons might
not be the healthiest thing in the
world"
What do you think?"
THAT in all probability they are poi.
soned. But there's no need trying to
prove my theory right or wrong. Ask
Jones. He'll tell you to throw them
away"
"Horrible!" Florence shuddered.
But they do not want to poison me.
I'm too valuable. They want me
alive"
who can say" returned Jim
gloomily. They may have learned
that they cannot beat us. no matter
wha, card they turn up. l may be
wrong, but take my advice and throw
them away. Good Lord, what's
that?" startled.
Some one cried!"
20, Miss F1orence!" exclaimed the
maid, terror stricken as she recalled
Susan's act. Miss Susan took a
peach from the basket and a eating
1t on the way to her room!"
Good heavens" gasped Jim. Il
was right The fruit was poisoned"
Jim had head enough to send for a
specialist he knew. The specialist ar.
rived about twenty minutes after Sus.
ans first cry. To his keen eye it
looked like a certain poison which had
TOR it's basis the venom of the cobra.
will she live?"
20, yes. But she'll be a wreck for
some months. Send her to the hos.
aital where a visit her frequently.
And I'll take that peach along for
analysis. No police AFFAIR.""
mo. We dare not call them ill.,"
said Jim.
That's your affair. I'll send down
the ambulance. Keep her quiet. She'll
have a species of paralysis; but that1l
work off under the treatment. A
strange business"
80 it u.s." agreed Jim grimly.
Florence knelt beside her friends
bed and cried softly.
"You called me just in time. An
hour later, nothing would have saved
her. She would have been paralyzed
for life"
Jim accompanied the doctor to the
door and went in search of Jones He
found the taciturn butler eying the
fruit basket, his face gray and drawn.
though his eyes blazed with fury.
"Poison!"
"A pretty bad poison. too" said Jim.
we can't do anything. We've just
got to SIT still. But in the end we'll
get them. That she devil . :"
mo. my friend; that he devil. The
woman is mad over him and would
commit any crime at his bidding. But
this is his work. We want him. He
wasn't without courage to send this
fruit, knowing that l would instantly
suspect the sender. Yet, l have nc
definite proof. could not hold him
In court in law. He will have bought
the fruit piece by piece, the basket In
a basket shop. He will have injected
the poison himself when alone. Poor
Susan! That messenger was without
doubt some one over whom he holds
the threat of the death chair. That's
the way he works."
Jim tramped the room while Jones
carried the fruit to the kitchen. The
butler returned after a while.
What about that blank sheet Of pa
PERI
1T has to be dipped into a solution;
after that you can read 1t by heating
l have already dipped it into the solu
ton. The moment the heat leaves the
sheet the writing disappears again
The ink Is waterproof. In show YOU
Jones got a candle from the mantle
lit 1t, and held the sheet Of paper very
close to the flame. Gradually, almost
imperceptibly. letters began to form OF
the blank sheet. At length the mes
sage vas complete.
Dear Hargreave-The Russian min
lister Of police is at the Blank hote
under the name Of Henri Servan. HI
Is investigating the work Of the Blacl
Hundred in this country and can fret
you from their vengeance II you sup
ply the evidence needed"
Now, what evidence can he want?'
asked Jim.
Such as will prove Braine an unde
sirable citizen"