The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-20
CHAPTER xrv.-ccontinued.)

- puTGt1 MI. oJOllO. IIO uu-
aopsy showed 3 fatal dose of
aaconitine. Aconitine, as you Of
course lnow, is the herb-wolfs-
bane-of the Hellebore tribe, all
the species of which are poison
aous. Aconitine is an intensely
poisonous alkaloid obtained from
aconite. Taken in a moderate
quantity, it acts as a powerful
sedatiye, but the dose absorbed
by Miss Darlington was undoubt-
eddy fatal within half or three
quarters Of an hour"
"And she died at what timef''
~About 2 o'clock"
"Proving she took the poison
at about lis or 80" .
eyes; Whereabouts. 1t is not
possible to fix these hours pre-
ciseIy, but the poison was admin
astered positively between ] and
q O'Clock"
"Administeredf You do not
think, then, that she took it her
seIff"
"Most certainly not! Miss Car
rington has been in my care, pro-
fessionally, for many years. 1
knew her very well, and l know
nobody more opposed to medicine
In any form or drugs Of any sort.
1t was q most difficult task to per-
suade her to take wen the sim
plest remedy, and then she had
TO be assured over and over again
chat it was harmless. NJ, Mr..
Stone, nothing could have made
her take that dose Of her own &C.
cord, nor could any one have per-
@uaded her to take it, consciously.
Ht was, without doubt, given to her
secretly, by the clever ruse OF the
murderer. Of course it could not
have been an accident. The mar
Vicious part is, to my mind, how
any one secured the poison. 1t
is not an easy matter to buy aconi-
tine" "t
"Then that ought to make it
easier to trace. If the public could
easily procure it at will, there
would be greater difficulty in
running down the purchaser"
"That is SO; and yet, / think
yAur search will be a hard one
How shall you go about itf"
"By ca~nvassing the drug shops
of the city and of the small towns
as we'll" ..t". a.t ~
at may be you can trace the
sale. But If It was bought dnder
pron5se OF secrecy, and if that
secrecy were well paid for--f"
sF'True, there Is the difficulty.
But what's a detective for if not
To find out s~ecrets2"
AQuitc right. May your quest
succeed" -. ..,. ,....~ r..
"And now, a little more about
che action of this poison. What
are the immediate effects of a
fataI dosef"
Sin a few moments there oc-
~urs a tingling numbness Of lip
and tongue and pharynx. The
aumbness increases and affects
all the muscles, and death ensues
Inside of an hour. This paralyz-
Ding effect renders it impossible
FOR the victim to cry out, and
there are no commissions. The
body remains calm and undis-
turbed, and the eyes open. A di-
fatation of the pupil takes place,
out the expression on the face re-
mains as in life. This is why Miss
Darlington continued to look
happy and smiling"
"And proves that when she
cook the poison she was happy
and smiling, and therefore in no
way terrorized or frightened into
IT."
EXACTLY so And that indi-
Gates that she didn't know she
was taking tt"
iOr, that 1t was administered
by some one she knew and loved
and had all confidence in"
~H would seem So" and DIR.
Stanton's fine old face showed a
sad apprehension.
"H0w was it taken--in what
mediumf"
HThat we can't tell to a GER
SANITY. There we're traces Of the
sandwiches discovered at the au-
topsy, but, though the poison
could have been given her, con-
ecaied in a sandwich filling, it is
Improbable"
aWhyf"
wBecause the white granules or
powder, which are soluble in wa
Ger, sRould be more easily dis
oerncd in solid food"
sRut on tbs other hand, it