Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-05-16
The Curse of
Quetzn1
By ]. u. Giesy and ]. B. Smith
CopyrightThe Frank A. Munsey Company
By J. U. Giesy and ]. B. Smith

told you all that you wished to know.
Him you took into your plan and
bribed to lead Wingarde to you.
THAT you met him we know, for
the print of your foot is up there, a
record against you. / knew when l
Jaw the print at the first, for l had
noticed your feet, and the imprint
was of similar nature and made by
similar brand of shoes.
Back in my present residence
| have record of every civilized brand
of shoes-their imprlnts, the number
and arrangement of their pegs All
nails, the shape of their heels. And
so / knew that you wore shoes i'm
| ported from France, the factory OF
| Villet ct Gle.
And the imprint showed that
form of shoe. You yourself knew l
was correct, for after that, as knelt
and you stood on the brink of the
canon, you shuffled your feet from
| time to time in order, to blur their
marks.
And the imprint of your hand is
luGle, lOO, SShol-tuC usthu Wllh lhC
missing portion of the little finger
pressed into the soil of the canon's
lip to make the Identification sure.
$50 you took the image and used
its dagger, and you took the emerald,
and you brought them back to the
hotel and hid them, and went down
to the billiardroom, and there you
were joined by Professor Wingardes
daughter and Mr.. Dayton. What did
you say to them?"
"Dayton?" Dual demanded sharply.
II suggest game of pool, senor,"
said Laredo.
"Why-er-he told us he'd been
upstairs, writing letters all evening,
you know, and said he'd take us on
for a game or two if it suited our
fancy"
Osborne shook his head. There's
your attempted alibi," he iremarked.
God, it's all checking out!"
Heffy reached into a pocket in
manner entirely suggestive. l could
imagine what he was after. We'll,
l reckon it's my cue, amt it?" he
questioned.
Dual glanced briefly in his direc-
tion. First search this room," he
said.
"Senor," Laredo protested, this is
an outrage! You accuse. You allow
no refutation. You order a search of
my room. You transcend all bounds
of endurance. l shall appeal to my
national representatives in this mat
ter"
go on an appeal" snarled Heffy.
II kin get done wild dis coop before
you git an answer" He rose heavily
from his seat and glanced slowly
about the apartment, as though seek
ing point to begin. 1t was an ordi-
nary bedroom with bath. After a
moment Heffy walked over and dis
appeared into the latter.
But say" broke out Dayton, you
wouldn't think a chap would hide the
things in his bedroom. You'd think
-
what you were expected to think,
Mr.. Dayton-of every other place.
Therefore, the bedroom. Senor La
redo is man of no mean intelligence
in material matters. He would have
been successful in this, save for un-
foreseen and unforeseeable conditions
which arose to confront him. You
must admit his remarkable finesse
and control, in that throughout our
entire association he aroused no sus-
picion in the minds of any of you.
Yet his position was one of the most
trying" said Dual.
Quite unexpectedly Laredo rose.
He bowed. "Senor, l value the CON-
pliment of your words" He laid a
hand on his heart. 1T is too bad we
should oppose one another"
Indeed, yes" said Semi. II am
grieved always to see good mind de-
voted to objects unworthy. 1t is such
needless waste of God-given power,
and leads to only ruin in the end"
Mine, of course, in this matter?"
the Mexican suggested.
yours, Senor Laredo"
"But. no, senior. Admit that your
deductions are clever-that they ap.
pear true. How prove them true.
senior, without the emerald and the
image, which none of us have seen? |
/. as / told you-I have heard stories
of this stone. Are stories proof that
1t eXists?"
Dayton has seen it," said Semi,
calmly.
"Ah, yes-I forgot! Then it does
exist But unless found could you
prove me guilty of what you accuse
in a court of law?"
NO"
"Then-" Laredo paused and |
smiled thinly.
"Heffy is seeking II now" said
D~nl. ..rGFsEIaGxs ~..rs~3s's.s4 ~,s...
"Ah, yes! Heffy-" Again La
redo smjIed