Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-28
|TheCurse|
of QuetZal|
BY j. Y. GiESY 4 J. 3. SMITH )
Authors Of Semi.Dual Stories
Copyright,
The Frank A. Munsey Co.
The Frank A. Munsey Co.


Perhaps he received DR.. Osborne's
suspicious telepathically.' suggested
Laredo with ihin-lipped smile.
wait one moment" Osborne spoke
quickly. AS was coming back with
the glass | went after this morning a
man stopped me in the main hallway
and asked me about Wingarde and
Charley. He mentioned his name as
Dual, and asked me to see Miss Win
earde later. told him that we had
found a suspicious mark on Charley,
and expected to find one on Win.
garde"
Laredo's smile became more expan.
sive. ESQ much for telepathy in that
CASE he ehuckled.
Back up" Heffy advised him
Dayton was down then, and he said
he'd asked before he come. How about
that?"
Dayton nodded. "Thats right"
said he.
so" said Heffy. II reckon he
found out about the snake bite In n
way OF his own. know he's pulled
stuff like that before, hasn't he.
Glace?'
Eyes. / had him tell me my city
editor wanted me for a murder case
once--,he fir time met him. in fact.
And he was right. Furaermose, he
helped me find the murderer. and told
me what would happen to him--and it
did.
"You folks can believe it or not, but
he knows what he's doing, even II he
doesn't use every day methods. can
say from experience that he gets re-
suits
lpaused. realizing that my own faith
and admiration for Dual were carry
ing me beyond the confines of a mere
answer
"An' there was that time he pinched
that gang what looted the Fourth Ma
tional," Heffy threw in. Remember
how he kept tabs on the main guy all
day and grabbed him at night. without
the feller's ever even suspectin'?"
"Peste!' exclaimed LAREDO, frown.
ing. rs the man modern magi-
cian?"
Il don't know what he u.s." said Hef-
fly, "but when It comes to grabbin' a
crook he's a regular wbirwind,'
Osborne had been sitting silent.
Now he leaned FORWARD. Gle has a
wonderful head. noticed that this
morning" he remarked. "Also, his
voice has the meditation of perfect
control and he certainly has hypnot-
ic eye. Isn't your friend rather an
adept psychologist, Mr. Glaze"
HE u.s." replied; "but il you mean
that he gains his results purely from
psychological control Of persons. you
are wrong. doctor. think he Is rather
anything of that tenn.
so far as | can expain his work,
he has reduced all life and natural
phenomena to the basis of vibration
Force to him Is but vibration, in no
matter what way 1t is exercised
whether as sound, light, or thought
waves. He claims that what we call
fate Is but the result produced by the
mean influence of the several magnet
ic planetary force waves affecting
the earth from the stars
Osborne's eyes lighted. "Well
WE'LL" he considered, that is surely
placing astrology on modern scien
n tife basis
nodded "As result he says that
II he can find what influences were
acting on an individual at any certain
time, he can predicate what would
have been the persons natural fate"
THAT is how he knew Wingarde
was dead, them" said Dayton.
Exactly
Heffy shook puzzled head.
Maybe, but 1t was cuttin' il pretty
fine to dope out he'd been bit by a
snake. .Darned II can see how q
bunch OF stars can run guy ny
against rattler. Still - he got IL,
guess"
The waiter came back and served
us, | gave him an order TO be taken
UP to Connie. Laredo poured his cog
mac over some sugar, set II alight
and presently slipped at his cup.
Setting 1t down he smiled, ano
shrugged his well.set shoulders In .
typically Latin way. Admitting that
all this ~ YER. interesting indeed. an