Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-03-07
The Curse of
Quetzal
BY ]. u. Giesy and ]. b. Smith
Copyright---The Frank A. Munsey Company
BY ]. u. Giesy and ]. b. Smith
Copyright---Th Frank A. Munsey Company

met in q way which would have made
It awkward without speech.
you play strong cue," remark
ed.
He smiled in a purely mechanical
way. "And you, senor?" He paused.
"Would you give me the pleasuref"
Small pleasure, fear" return
ed. my fate would be similar to Day.
toms and Miss Wingarde's." How
ever, l arose and picked up the Eng
lishman's cue.
Laredo's face became interroga-
tory in expression. "You know
them?" he questioned quickly.
shook my head and picked up a
cube of chalk "Only from hearing
you mention their Names"
Delightful people" He racked
up the balls. "Mees Wingarde is the
daughter of Professor Matthias Win
garde, an English archeologist. The
Hon. Spencer Dayton is the secon'
son of British title. Your break,
senor-"
"Glace." l bent and drove into
the massed balls, getting one on the
rebound.
Pleasure" said Laredo. myself
-Senor Rodriguez Laredo, Of Mexico,
senor. Alias / got my second ball
-"be generous, senor."
II think I'd better take what can
at the start, after watching you play"
/ retorted, and dropped the two ball
into corner.
His teeth flashed.
"Take fortune by the iorelock?
'Tis motta of mine also, Senor
Glace. No time like the present. Pre-
cisely, the three is yours. But you
will not be SO fortunate with the
four"
wasn't. Laredo lifted his cue.
| / watched him. Save for faint
accent at times, he spoke perfect Eng
lish, and he had splendid poise. Be-
yond doubt, he was a man of the
world. / wondered as to his mission
in life.
And, no doubt, If you had fol-
lowed the course of my somewhat er-
ratio honeymoon, which succeeded my
marriage to Connie Baird, would won
der how Dual and myself and my
wife CHANGED to be at the Grand
Canon Hotel
1t came about in a very natural way,
yet, perhaps, / had better explain
briefly, none the less, for some may
not know my friend Semi Dual, that
strange latter-day metaphysician of
whom l have written from time to
time.
first met him when a reporter on
the Record, long before l myself took
to detection as profession. In fact,
it was DuaIs association which put
me into the latter game.
In my earlier accounts Of our
friendship have told of his wonder
full exploits in bringing wrongdoers
to justice and freeing the innocent
from suspicion, and l have described
his use of the higher universal laws,
the so-called occult powers, in bring.
ing this about.
The man was an ardent student of
astrology, telepathy, chirography, psy.
chometry, and the higher psychology
of life on purely scientific plane.
l think he knew more of such sub
jects than any man i have ever met
1t was his canny ability to unveil the
truth from a mass of misleading seem
ing which first made them dub him
the occult detector" in the city where
we both lived.
Wherever he went he seemed al
ways to be drawn into tangles of hu
man affairs, which his wonderfully
unravel. He was the most altruis
tically sympathetic soul have evel
known.
And 1t was this readiness to hell
which had left Connie waiting at the
Goldfield home of Colonel MACEDONIA
hue Sheldon, while Sheldon and Sem
and / went on to San Francisco t.
save the life and welfare of two
women before we were done,
Our original destination, when w
became Dual's guests for honey
moon trip Immediately after our wed
ding, had been the home of his mining
partner, John Curzon, in Goldfield
and it was here we returned after tn
San Francisco matter was ended
Dual spent several days looking owe
the properties he and Curzon owned
and then quite without warning sue
gested stop at the Grand Canon o.
our way back home.
: We were sitting on the yeranda O
Curzon's home when he brought u
+. the matter.
"Mrs. Glace," he said to Connie
with faint smile on his firm lips an
: lighting his gray eyes; "this has bee
a sadly irregular honeymoon for a III
; tie new bride, fear. AS your hos
should like to atone in measure fo
taking Gordon away from you, as eli
. cumstances compelled me to do. Ho'
!, would you like to return by way
!. the Canon of the Colorado? 1t is on
. of the Great Builders masterpiece
Won know"