The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-15

II know this much" replied Average
passed through the door which their
host held open. You prepared, in the
loneliest part of the Hackensack mead
ows, some kind of poison which, / be-
lieve, can be made with safety only in
the open air. You found that your man
was coming 20 New York. Knowing
that he would probably put up at the
Palatia or the Nederstrom, you re-
served rooms for him at both, and
took an office across from each. AS
1t was hot weather, you calculated
upon his windows being open. You
watched for him. When he came you
struck him down in his own room
with the poison"
But how?" 1t was the diplomat
who interrupted.
Il think with a long blow-gun."
by George," said Bertram softly.
so the spirit-wand of bamboo was a
blow-gun!"
The fumes, whatever they were,
killed swiftly"
They did. Instantly; mercifu1y.
Too m~ercifully."
How could you know it was
Mcintyre.
by the dead flies, the effect upon
the bellboy, and the fact that no
wound was found on the body. Them
too, there was the illuminate of mer-
curry shell. l think the shell vas
blown through the blowpipe to clear
the deadly fumes from the room by
its explosion, before any n else
should suffer. Mr.. Smith is, at least,
not a wanton slaughterer."
You are right, sir, and l thank
you," said the foreigner. He drew
himself up weakly but with pride.
Gentlemen, | am not a murderer. I
am an avenger. 1t would have gone
hard with my conscience had any i'm
nocent person met death through me
AS for that Turkish dog, you shah
Judge for yourself whether he did not
die too easily"
From among the papers in a tiroir
az ills thS nO toOh " INiiN
journal, and read, translating ~fluently.
The article was a bald account OF the
torture, outrage and massacre of Ar
menian women and girls, at Adana,
by the Turks. The most hideous por-
ton of it was briefly descriptive of the
atrocities perpetrated by order Of a
high Turkish official upon a mother
and two young daughters. An Ar
menian prisoner, being dragged by in
chains, went mad at the sight" the
correspondent stated.
Il was that prisoner" said the read
er. THE official was Telfik Bey. }
saw my naked daughter break from
the soldiers and run to him, pleading
for pity, as he sat On his horse; and I
saw him strike his spur into her bare
breast. My wife, the mother of my
children"
DON'T" The protest came from the
fifth assistant secretary Of state.
But what was the poison?" asked
Bertram.
Il think Mr.. Jones has more than q,
suspicion" replied the doomed man,
with a smile. You will find useful
references on yonder shelf, Mr..
Jones'"
Moving across the shelf, Average
Jones took down a heavy volume and
ran quickly over the leaves.
"Ah!" he said presently, and o
noticing, in his absorption, that the
host had crossed again to the tiroir
and was quietly searching in a COM
partment, he read aloud:
Little Is known of cyanide OF cacodyI.
In its action the swiftest and most deadly
Of existing poisons; In the '4Cs, Bunsen.
cacodyl with cyanogen. n radical
OF prussic acid, producing cyanide OF
cacodyl, or dimethyl arsine cyanide. As
both of it's components are of the dead
lest description, II Is extremely dangerous
to make: 1t can be made only IN the open
air. and not without the most extreme
celles Scott of England nearly lost his
life experimenting with II in 1904. A small
fraction Of a grain gives of vapor suf-
ficient to kill a human being instantly.
"This is all very WELL" broke In MIR.
Assistant Secretary Thomas Colvfn
Mcintyre, but l want this man Az
ASotOHs W. Sah "o hhOW Lilo ho
isn't shamming and may not escape
US, after ALP"
by this" retorted their host. He
held aloft a small glass vial, lead
sealed, and staggered weakly to the
door.
stop him!" said Average Jones'
sharply.
The door closed on the words.
There was a heavy fall without, fOl
lowed by the light tinkle Of glass.
Average Jones, who had half
crossed the room In a leap, turned To
his friends, warning them back.
TOO late. We can't go out yet
Wait for the fumes to dissipate."
They stood, the four men, rigid
Presently Average Jones, opening q
rear window, leaped to the ground.
followed by the others, and came
around the corner of the porch. The
dead man lay with a peaceful face
Average Jones uncovered.