South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-02
Qril1rrlphs Of "A
MJonquelleX
by MELVILLE DAWSON POST
o 1000 NrA Service Inc

or. through the Crevice under the
doorslll. he put out his free hand
and with his finger touched the
woman gently. The flesh under his
finger yielded. and STOPPING over, he
put the formula into the fire"
Like one who has come 10 the end
OF his story. the huge Oriental
stopped. He remained for some
moments silent. Then he continued
IN an even, motonous voice:
ct cot up from the floor then, and
purified myself with water. And
after that I went into an upper
chamber. opened the window 20 the
east, and sat down 20 write my re-
port TO tho brotherhood. For the
thing which I had been sent 10 Go
was finished"
lie put his hand somewhere into
the loose folds OF his Oriental gar
ment and brought out q roll Of thin
/ vellum-like onion, skin, painted In
/ Chinese characters. It was OF I'm
mense length. but on account OF the
thinness Of the veI1um. the roll
wound on a tiny cylinder OF wood
was not above two inches in thick
! ness.
/ ~ExceIlency." he said. Il have
! carefully concealed this repor
through the misfortunes that have
attended me. II is not certain tha'
/ I shall be able 20 deliver 1t. VIII
you give It for me TO the jewel
merchant Vanderdick. in Amster
dam? lie will send IL 20 Mahada
in Bombay, and It will so nortl
with the caravans"
put the scroll into my pocket 2nC
went out. for a motor-car had com'
into the park, and L knew that Jon
quelle had arrived.
/ I met Jonquelle and the super
intendent' in the long corridor; the!
had been looking in at my interview
through the elevated grating.
"Jonquelle." 1 cried. "the judg
was right 10 cut short the crimina
trial and issue a lunacy warrant
/ This creature is the maddest luna
tic in this whole asylum. The hu
man mind is capable OF any absur
dity."
/ Jonquelle looked at me with
queer. ironical smile.
Perhaps" he shrugged, ~there
some explanation in the report il
your pocket, 10 the Monastic Head
It's only a theory, you know"
He smiled, showing his white
even teeth.
We went into the superintendent
room. and sat down by smolderinl
fire Of Goals in the CRATE. 1 handet
|. Jonquelle the roll of vellum. 1t wa
in one of the shan dialects. lie rea
10 aloud. With the addition of Ger
, tain formal expressions, it cOntaine
] precisely the Orientaps testimony be
fore the court and no more.
All" he said in his curiously If
Elected voice.
And he held the scroll out 10 I'll
heat of the fire. The vellum bake
slowly. and as II baked. the blac
Chinese characters faded out an
faint blue ones began TO appear.
Jonquelle read the secret messag
in his emotionless drawl:
The American IS destroyed, an
/ his accursed work is destroyed wit
him. Send the news to Gangko
and west TO Burma. The treasure
OF India are saved
I cried out in establishment.
AN assassin! The creature wa
an assassin! He killed Rodma
simply by crushing him in h
T arms!'
Jonqueiie,s draw heightened.
: IT'S Lal Gupta." he said. 9Th
/ cleverest Oriental In the whole {
Asia. The jewel-traders sent him :
, watch Rodman, and TO kill him il h
, was ever able to get his formula
worked out They must have PAL
, him an incredible sum-"
And that is why the creature al
tached himself 10 Rodman." l sai'
Surely replied Jonquelle. II
, brought that bronze-ROmulus cal
/ ry!ng off the Sabine woman-an
staged the supernatural to work OF
5 his plan and 10 save his life. kne'
the bronze as soon as I got my ey
on it-old Franz Josef gave it as
present 10 Mahadal in Bombay fc
matching up some rubies.'
I swore bitterly.
And we took him for a lunatic.
"Ah, yes" replied Jonquell'
What was It YOU said as 1 came in
The human mind is capable of an
absurdity.'
Another VI. Jonauclle story. eth
Fortune Teller" will begin I'm on
/ unvr