The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-05-02

: glass from him and flung it on the
carpet, where it smashed to pieces.
Have you drunk any of it7
Have you drunk any of It'll" she
gasped, in a choking voice.
He replied:
"No, not yet. Why?"
She stammered:
"The water in that bottle 80
the water in that bottle"
"WellY"
cts poisoned!'
He leapt from his chair, and
in his turn, gripped her arm
fiercely:
What's thatq Poisoned! Are
you certain2 Speak,"
In spite Of his usual self control,
he was this time thoroughly
alarmed. Knowing the terrible eff.
fects Of the poison employed by
the miscreants whom he was atA
lacking, recalling the corpse of In.
spector Verot, the corpses Of Hip.
polyte Fauvillc and his son, he
know that, trained though he was
to resist comparatively large doses
of poison, he could not have es.
capped the deadly action of this. 1t
was a poison that did not forgive.
that killed, surely and fatally.
The girl was silent. He raised
his voice in command:
"Answer me! Are you GER!
tain9"
"NO *s* 1t was an idea that
entered my head--a presentiment
*"* certain Condolences"
1t was as though she regretted
her words and now tried to with
draw them.
Come, come" he cried, 81
want to know the truth: You're
not certain that the water in this
bottle is poisoned9"
"No - it's possible"
"Still, just now"
II thought so. But no
mol"
cts easy to make sure" said
Perenna, putting out his hand for
the water bottle.
Shs was quicker than he, seized
it and, with one blow, broke it
againct the table.
"What T you doing7' he said
agrily.
81 made a mistake. And so
there is no need to attach any i'm
portance--"
Don Luis hurriedly left the din.
ing room. BY his orders, the water
which he drank was drawn from q
filter that stood in a pantry at the
end of the passage leading from
the dining room to the kitchens
and beyond. He ran to it and took
from a shelf a bowl which he filled
with water from the filter. Then,
continuing to follow the passage,
which at this spot branched off
toward the yard, he called Mira,
the puppy, who was playing by
the stables.
Here" he said, putting the
bowl in front of her.
The puppy began to drink. But
she stopped almost at one and
stood motionless, with her paws
tense and stiff. A shiver passed
through the little body. The dog
gave a hoarse groan, spun round
two or three times, and fell.
"She's Dead" he said, after
touching the animal.
Nile. Levasseur had joined him.
He turned to her and raped out
"You were right about the poi
son--and you knew it. How did
you know it
All out of breath, she checked
the beating of her heart and an
swered: ,
81 saw the other puppy drink
ing in the pantry. She's dead. !
told the coachman and the chauf-
feur. They're owe there, in the
stable. And l ran to warn YOU"
SIN that case, there was no
doubt about it. Why did you say
that you were not certain that the
water was poisoned, when"
The chauffeur and the coach
man were coming out of the sta
bles. Leading the girl away, Per,
emma said:
"We must talk about this. We
will go to your rooms"
They went back to the bend in
the passage. Near the pantry
where the filter was, another pas.
sage ran, ending in a flight of
three steps, with a door at the top
of the steps. Perenna opened this
door. 1t was the entrance to the
rooms occupied by Mile. Levas.
seur. They went into a sitting
room.
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