Charlevoix county herald., 1918-06-28

Osborne threw back Wingarde's
coat and drew open the shirt. Here
Is the wound" he said, pointing to the
puncture In the breast.
Dual bent slightly forward to in.
spect 1t closely.
yep, that's It," declared Heffy.
"Glace found 1t, but II was my idea
that the snake fanged the professor
first and that he pulled IL loose and
flung II away an 1t hit Charley and
bit him In tn neck. Gosh, can't you
see the DANCED thing settin' it's
teeth through that thin shirt the pro-
fessor's got on an hangin' there wrigg.
ling?"
can ingenious theory surely" said
Semi, still viewing the little blue
puncture which had not bled even
enough to stain, by 80 much as Q
speck, the silken fabric of the shirt
Heffy nodded.
ut was that made Osborne finally
conclude 1t could be a snake bite" he
averred. Before that he was puzzled.
Senior Laredo thought that might be
the way of it. too"
Dual nodded slightly. His eyes turn.
from the wound to Laredo.
The Mexican met his glance square
ly. 81 thought, senior, that there
might have been something venomous
among the rocks, where the Indian
was found" he remarked.
sarhara ora dnuhfIaco ANNA Jaod Az,
thing in that region" said Semi.
This Is typically envenomed
wound, made by an exceedingly sharp
and pointed object, which doubtless
conveyed its poison without cutting
and vessels. exactly as hypodermic
needle may convey solution beneath
the skin without drawing blood. ABB
sorption of the fatal substance would
be very rapid"
San the nature of that substance?
You imagine what the thing could
have been?" Laredo continued to stare
directly toward us as he spoke.
II imagine 1t to have been probably
Of an animal toxin in nature" said
Semi. Its effects on the blood or
ganization of these two men would
rather indicate something of the pro-
tein strain of poisons. They, you
know, are the natural poisons really.
Humanity first drew its knowledge
Of toxicology from Nature itself. The
earliest application, and the most
primitive, Is the poisoning of arrows
and spears and darts, by substances
made from animal sources. The
Aztecs and American Indians used
special material obtained from rattle
snake venom, and the South American
Indians still use venom made from
the saliva of variety of large toad,
the Bufus horridus."
"You mean the peculiar appearance
Of the bodies leads you to believe that
their blood cells were disorganized to
some extent?" Osborne queried quick
ly. He was observing Semi with what
/ judged was deep interest and
growing respect for his scientific quail
ifications.
Dual nodded. YES. AS a physician
you evidently agree, judging from
your diagnosis"
Most surely" Osborne appeared
pleased at this support.
"In my estimation your diagnosis is
absolutely correct, DOCTOR" said Duel.
He walked over to the Indians body
and began an inspection of the wound
in its neck.
Laredo rose and joined him. He
even began to whistle softly the meas
ures of Spanish waltz, while Dual
made his examination.
Abruptly Semi turned to Heffy. "In
which pocket did you find the mon
ey?" he inquired.
Heffy grinned. "In neither one" he
replied. "All found in a pocket was
a hole. put my fingers through it
and found the bills inside the feller's
pants. He'd lost 1t IL he hadn't been
killed, reckon. It'd worked through
an there was just one end stickin' fast
enough in the hole to still keep 'em
from droppin'."
Dual made no comment. Instead he
lifted one of the dead mans arms and
let it fall stiffly back into position.
Still rather rigid" he remarked. Il
was wondering If 1t would be possible
to place him in sitting position" He
paused and appeared to consider. "He
could be forced into 1t imagine, how
ever"
Amusement appeared in Osborne's
face.
Doubtless 1t showed also in my own.
AS for Laredo he frowned as seemed
to be his habit when he did not exact
ly comprehend what was forward.
Only Heffy, however. made some YER
bal expression of what we all felt in
regard to the matter.
What for?" he demanded as Semi
paused.
Dual turned his eyes upon him and
answered at once. Because l desire