, 1917-09-27

cOnultlon OF rather than IA
produce a distinct toxic effect"
you have diagnosed it right A.,
sured Marvel. within an hon,
shall probably know the properties =,
the medicine"
"That will aid US materially" wa,
the reply.
There seemed to be a great man,
r~amiications to the operations =,
Resilius Marvel. 1 was beginning ~
understand conditions. The alleged
embezzlement was a subterfuge on IN. |
part of Purvois to secure a new s1oOs |
900 from the surety company. Tbs /
plan was to the disappearance
of the unsuspecting Ransome un,n |
the conspirators were ready to ON
bark with their loot for parts IN
known.
/ further knew, as Marvel entered
another room, that he had discovered
the men whose part 1t was to keen tho
man denounced as the a~bsconder ont
Of the way. Three men were ranged
on a bench along the wall, hand.
cuffed, and three men guarded them.
1 soon knew, too, that the end one was
Tod Ferret. My friend brought a lei.
ter from his pocket and extended 4,
with a pencil to this man.
ITS understood that I'm to get the
benefit IL / sign?" said Ferret.
You will go free, unfortunately. ~
Purvois comes to time" replied Mar.
vel. II promise nothing"
He dispatched a man with the let.
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came into the room. He was pale,
breathless, cowed and crushed as Mar.
vel placed him on the rack.
your course can be plain or
crooked, as you choose" advised nv
friend. What l demand is the $1OO..
600 you secured from the bank in your
clever raids. The surety company
will protect itself. 1 advise you to
close up business and depart for new
fields after that. I regret that the
policy of the banks Is to avoid pub
licity, or you and your friends would
have a long spell of rest from business
Notwithstanding my Lady vitriol."
Hal" exclaimed Purvois with a
spasmodic jerk Of his head-"you
know that?"
she was a bold woman, with her
foreign record SO well known, to ven.
ture into prominence again." said Mar.
vel. She is waiting for you-after
you have settled your bill with the
bank"
1t was a ~foregone conclusion that
the prime " in the plot, Purvois,
should see his way clear to turn over
the 100000 belonging to the bank.
With a knowledge of the action of the
drug administered in their possession,
the physicians knew how to cope with
its d%eadening effects. and Alison Ran.
some was Dol out of danger.
You gave me my cue the night you
advised me Of the intention of Purvois
to employ the young man as his cash.
ier," Marvel told me. 81 was ready
then to spring the trap as to my Lady
Vitriol, but 1 fancied giving them a
little more rope might close the net
more securely. At her first visit to
the bank our Miss Tichenor managed
to get possession from the waste pa.
per of a rejected sub-treasury wrap
per. On the second occasion she
made the substitution. AS to the
satchel episode. she utilized what she
had learned of the bank routine from
Ransome, Aid posted her ally, Ferret"
"Ransome's uncle will be glad to
see the affair cleared up" I remarked.
And a certain young lady with
whom Ransome has faltered in his
fealty will be glad also" added my
friend. He will find his way back to
her, I am sure. a wiser and better man
for his sever lesson"
And Lady Vitriol?" I asked Resil-
ius Marvel the next morning.
The great n drew two thin, vitre-
GUS objects from his pocket. They
were delicately carved disks, exquisite
ly constructed and tinted.
MY Lady Vitriol." he enlightened
me, was a famous Berlin beauty five
years ago. She got into trouble try
ing to blind a grand duke or some
thing of that sort out of jealousy.
The corrosive vitriol struck her own
eyes instead. All she won was ban
ishment, notoriety and the name as !
give 1t to you. 1t took me a week to
account for the missing eyes of blue
another to secure these duplicates
OF the hlmy disguise she now wears"
l looked long and ~interestedly at the
hlmy shells. They represented no
mean workmanship.
1T must have taken an artist to
make these" I submitted.
YES, and my Lady Vitriol is a real
artist herself in her line, as you have
seen," was the reply of Resilius Mar.
vel.