Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-05
'TheCurSe:
of QuetZal:
BY j. u. GIESY & J. 3. SMITH
Authors OF Semi Dual Stories
Copyright.
The Frank A. Munsey Co.
The Frank A. Munsey Co.

so that By remark seemingly in
nocent in Itself another may he made
10 reply in "A way which will strength.
en- or weaken suspicion" said Dual,
Now to continue The bodies of Pro.
lessor Wingarde and the Indian We're
found dead as | might have predicted.
but almost Immediately after there
occurred conflict between the re-
suits of my calculations and the sur.
face seeming in their death
My calculations had shown that
Wingardc would die from a wound in
tlieted AT the hands of another man,
armed with pointed weapon in 9th
Ell words that he would die by murder.
both the Indian and he died from
snakebte II became necessary 10
harmonize the TWO variant opinions"
But you yourself said they died
from snake bite Heny Interrupted
If folked tongue wouldn't mean
snake
Dual smiled slightly. You placed
literal interruption on my remark
10 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 ) Ar ha onea fork d ton4iue, /
mean"
Exactly" Dual w.nt Oh. Il
therefore decided that | must myself
examine the bodies You saw what
| did, but only Osborne knows what
found. II was a small eliot of blood
III the throat OF the mar Ute Charley.
1t was not larger than a pin head, but
ii was adhelent to the membrane ON
the right side of his throat at a point
slightly below the level Of the wound
In the outer surface of his neck.
Yet it was sufficient to indicate
: that the puncture ran entirely through
the muscles Of his neck and entered
the cavity OF the throat. Ii was there.
tore clear at once thar 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 a depth.
al once Or. Osborne and | probed
The wound in Wingarde's breast. we
in n
nches-far enough to prove that it
had reached the heart"
Dayton had been showing signs of
excitement as Semi continued.
Good Cod" he burst OUT at last.
"Then they were murdered? Mr..
Dual, | want you to find out who did
1t. Find him and give him to Justice.
MAKE HIM pay for the life of that
nild'mannered old man. Make him"
Patience" said Semi Dual BE.
lieye me, Mr.. Dayton, he shall be I'M
yelled 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. | beg your pardon. |
was shocked. You see have not fol
lowed your later work in the matter"
Dayton subsidized.
"fhus,' Semi resumed II found
ny calculations once mole suppor,ed
by material fact. Il became evident
that Wingarde and the Indian had
died from The effect OF wounds admin
irIered by Il 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 disc0lOration very
thing which caused DR.. Osborne 10
seek an explanation in a possible fight
with serpent in The dark The next
question presenting was The natural
one AS 10 what the weapon might have
,bsen. / found an answer ready.
Gentlemen. ! once saw a small
image of the eat headed goddess of
Bast. It, too, had a handle something
like That described as being attached
to this image OF Quetzal which pro.
lessor Wingarde found. But the han.
die TO the Egyptian idol was really the
handle Of slender dagger OF which
the Image was but the masking
sheath.
That dagger was STEPPED In
poisonous substance, so that pi1ok
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,
aud Of the skiltulness of the artisans