Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-05-09

Dual smiled slightly. you placed
to Dayton" he replied. "Treachery
has been called by the words "a forked
tongue"
Heffy's hand crashed on his knee.
"By granny, that's right. The Indians
say liar has one-a forked tongue, l
mean"
Exactly" Dual went on. Il
therefore decided that l must myself
examine the bodies. You saw what
] did, but only Osborne knows what
j found. 1t was "A small clot OF blood
in the throat of the mar Ute Charley.
1t was not larger than q pin-head, but
it was adherent to the membrane on
the right side of his throat at point
slightly below the level of the wound
In the outer surface of his neck.
yet 1t was sufficient to indicate
that the puncture ran entirely through
the muscles of his neck and entered
the cavity of the throat. 1t was there.
fore clear at once that it had not been
made by the fang of any snake, be-
cause of its length alone. No rattle
snake ever recorded has a fang which
could reach such depth.
"At once DIR. Osborne and l probed
the wound in Wingarde's breast. We
followed it to depth of some three
inches-far enough to prove that it
had reached the heart"
Dayton had been showing signs of
excitement as Semi continued.
Good God!" he burst out at last.
"Then they were murdered? Mr..
Dual, want you to find out who did
it. Find him and give him to justice.
Make him pay for the life of that
mild-mannered old man. Make him"
Patience" said Semi Dual. BE
lieve me, Mr.. Dayton, he shall be un-
veiled and justice shall be done. The
mills of the gods, Mr.. Dayton, are in
operation as much today as at any
time in the past, and - they grind
exceeding fine"
Quite right. l beg your pardon. l
was shocked. You see l have not fol.
lowed your later work in the matter"
Dayton subsidized.
''Thus," Semi resumed, II found
my calculations once more supported
by material fact. 1t became evident
that Wingarde and the Indian had
died from the effect of wounds admin.
istered by stab with some poisoned
weapon.
Poisoned because of the condition
of their bodies, which showed the
effects of the toxic substance, in the
swelling and discoloration-the very
thing which caused Dr. Osborne to
seek an explanation in possible fight
with serpent in the dark. The next
question presenting was the natural
one as to what the weapon might have
been. l found an answer ready.
Gentlemen, / once saw small
image of the cat-headed goddess of
Bast. 1t, too, had a handle something
like that described as being attached
to this image of Quetzal which Pro-
fessor Wingarde found. But the han.
die to the Egyptian idol was really the
handle of a slender dagger of which
the image was but the masking
sheath.
That dagger was STEPPED in a
poisonous substance, so that prick
from 1t meant death. AS you will re.
call, Mr.. Dayton, last night spoke OF
the similarity between the basal ma.
lures of mankind, past and present,
and of the skilfulness of the artisans
OF other days. At once / drew an
anology between the image of Bast
and that of Quetzal, and ! felt that
knew the weapon which had been
used in this case, and that. as in the
Egyptian instance, it had been a
poisoned blade, dipped in some venom
which had maintained its active ma
ture throughout all the years since il
was made"
Have you any dea of the nature
of the poison?" Osborne inquired
with acute interest. "Its physical
effects resembled snake poison sc
closely"
"There is even possibility that Its
source was snake venom" said Dual
1--WE know that that substance con
tains various alkaloidal principles
which gave it its toxic effect. The
Aztec priesthood may have known
how to use them in preparing theil
poisoned weapons. even as the Egyp
tion priesthood did"
Osborne considered. "They had &
fiendish ingenuity" he said.
Having determined the actua
cause of DEATH" Semi once more tool
up the interrupted thread of his expo
Bition, II next determined to visit the
scene of the crime, to see If perhaps
it were possible to read the story o.
the murder at that spot.
I'VE were aware already tha
Wingarde had been led away from
the hotel by one OF his Indian guides
That, OF course, presupposed pui
pose on the lLuian's part and "a sup
posed object on the professors sio'
ior going.
"Dut as the Indian had been killed
also, and as he was in possession %