Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-12
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BV THOMAS w. MANSMEW

suspecting you two. that smelled @
rat at once. Oh. but he's been crafty
enough in other things. Putting that
devilish stun ON the ninth finger OF the
skeleton. and never losing an oppor.
tunity to get his poor old father to
handle 1t and to show IL to people: It's
n strong. irritant potson-sap of the
upas tree is the base OF ft-productng
first an irritation OF the skin. then Q
blister, and. when that broke. COM
municating the poison directly to tho
blood every time the skeleton hand
touched 1t. A weak solution mt first.
so that the decline would be natural.
the growth of the malady gradual. But
II I'D found that phial in Your room
last night. as he hoped ana believed
The finger of the skeleton Is thick with
the beastly. gummy stuff tonight Dou-
bic strength. OF course. The next limo
his father touched IL he'd have died be-
fore morning. And the old chap fairly
worshipinR him. L suspected MN. ana
suspected what the stun that was be-
ing used really WAS from the begin
ming. Last night 1 drugEed MN. ana
then I knew.
knew. Mr.. cleekc Why. how could
YOU"
THE most virulent poisons have their
remedial uses, captain. he made reply.
you can kill a man with strychnine; You
can put him in his grave with arsenic:
you also can use both these powerful
agents to cure and to save. in their proper
same rule applies to ayupee. Properly
diluted and properly used. II Is one OF the
most powerful agents for the relief. and,
in some cases, the cure OF Brights DIS
ease OF the kidneys. But the government
guards this unhoiy drug most carefully.
You can't get a drop OF IL in Java for
love or money unless on the order of a
recognized physician: and you can't bring
Il into the ports OF England unless backed
by that physicians sworn statement and
fIa nffir ri al OF l.
thorities. A man undeniably afflicted
with Brights disease could get these
things-no other could Well. l wanted
to know who had succeeded in getting
ayupee into this country and into this
house. Last night I drugged every man
in it. and found out
But how"
"By finding the one who could not
sleep stretched out at full length, One a
the strongest symptoms of Brights dis
ease is a tendency to draw the knees up
close to the body in sleep. captain. and
to twist the arms above the head. Of all
the men under this roof this man here
was the only one who slept like that last
night" He paused and looked down at
the scowling. sullen creature on the floor.
"You wretched little cur" he said, with
a gesture Of unspeakable contempt And
all for the sake Of an old mans money!
II did my duty I'd gaol you. But IL
did 1t would be furnishing the Innocent
for the crimes OF the guilty. 1t would
kill that dear old man to learn this: and
so he's not going to learn it, and the laws
not going to get its own; He twitched
out his hand. and something tingled on
the floor. Get up" he said. sharply.
There's the key Of the handouts: take
1t and set yourself free. Do you know
what's going to happen to you? Tomor-
row morning DR.. Phllipson is going to
examine you, and to report that you'll
be dead man in a years time II you stop
another week in this country. You are
going out OF 1t. and you are going to stop
out of it. Do you understand? Stop out
of II to the end of your days. For If ever
you put foot in 1t again I'll handle you rs
a terrier handles rat! Dollops?"
Eyes. guv-ner?"
"My things packed and ready?''
Yes, sir And all waitin' in the arbof.
sir as you told me to have EN-"
Good lad, Get them. and Wen catch
the first train hack. Mrs. Bawdrey. my
best respects Captain. all good luck to
you The riddle is solved. Good night"
Copyright. 1918. BY Doubleday Page COB