Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-05

Of other days. At once | drew all
analogy between the image of Bast
and that OF Queizal, and | felt that
! ! knew the weapon which had been
used in this case, and that, as in the
Egyptian instance, ii had been Il
poisoned blade. dipped in some venom
which had maintained its active na-
! ture throughout all the years since il
was made"
Have you any idea of the nature
of the poison" Osborne inquired
! with acute interest Its physical
effects resembed snake poison 80
| closely
There is even possibility that It's
| source was snake venom said Dual.
We know that that substance con-
/ tains various alkaloidal principles
! which gave il its toxic effect. The
AAec priesthood may have known
/ how to use them in preparing their
+ poisoned weapons. even as the Egyp-
ton priesthood did
Osborne considered They had a
/ flendish ingenuity he said.
! Having determined the actual
/ cause Of death" Semi once more took
/ up the interrupted thread of his expo
/ sition, Il next determined TO visit The
i scene of the crime, to see il perhaps
it We're possible to read the story OF
the murder at that spot
We were aware already that
Wingarde had been led away from
the hotel by one OF his Indian guides.
That, OF course, pfeSupposed pur-
pose on the Indians part and sup
posed object on the professor side
for going.
But AS the indian had been killed
also, and as he was in possession of
some new currency notes, 1t appeared
that he had been merely the agent Of
a third party who had paid him to act
as a decoy. You viii remember that
| asked TO STE the bills found on The
bOus
The serial numbers upon Them
were Sl1t tt314, and + S511o2A'
They We're u an issue made by the
Anglo and London Paris Bank OF
San Francisco,
Hel1y dug into his pocket and pro
duced the bills.
~ s,., ,iuht ha .y,iat.,a1 4tt. -
BRIEF inspection.
Dual nodded
And three days ago this hotel re-
ceiyed shipment OF small denolnlna-
ton bills trOm that bank, as the clerk
himself and also the manager told ME,
before ! joined YOU at breakfast.
Furthermore, the bills found on Ute
Charley are of the same series, and
were evidently given out by this hotel
to some one from whom the Indian
had them"
by Jove! Did YOU find out who
got a bunch OF those bills" Dayton
asked
Dual shook his head.
patience. one step at a time.
Mr.. DAYTON. That was the obvious
course. | inquired certainly, and re-
ceiyed a list SO far as the clerk could
remember, of such guests as had re-
ceiyed any of the bills. There were
oevpral names. Now, YOU all saw what
happened at the scene of the crime
itself. Suppose that we draw men
tai picture of what occurred there
some hours before.
"rhe Indian, acting as "A decoy, had
induced the professor, carrying the
image of Quetzal and the jewel, 10 ac-
company him there. In all likelihood
he told him he had found some object
of interest or discovered some one
who knew something in which Win
garde would find material of interest.
1T is easy 10 deceive one who is
wrapped up in a subject. Such one
will Outlines overlook Inconsistencies
which a less biased mind would sense
They had come through the night,
therefore, to that spot where the one
who bought the Indians service WAS
waiting Tor his victim. his mind cen
tered on obtaining the great Jewel he
knew he carried upon him. and which
Charley was to know was present be-
fore he brought him, as owing 10 its
bulk he could easily ascertain while
talking to Winearde at the start
'Wingarde was mol Of "A suspicious
nature. His going as he did shows
that. Not until he arrived at the ap.
pointed spot and found one he did not
expect did he conceive OF tfeachery ia
the affair.
THE one who waited demanded
what he carried on his body What
he proposed may never be known, but
Wingarde refused. The OTHER sought
to take them by force. The footprints
at that spot SHOW that they struggled.
But the thief was the stronger,
gro BE CONTINtfEpD