Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-13
By C.. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON

call his stuff" "daturoform," he had
said. The semitropical flower datura
figured i'll 1t, but there were two or
three more plants, and the formula
Don was keeping secret-except
| from few BRUSH and Italian
scientists-until further experiments
should have been made botn in Eng
land and Italy. The ADVANTAGES
were that greater quantities OF
daturoform could be given than of
chloroform or ether, without Ill ef-
tects upon heart or lungs; a patient
could be kept longer under the in :
nuence without danger, and nausea,
on waking, even after a heavy dose,
was slight and brief.
That, day in the laboratory Pan
nau laghlngly asked to have a little
daturotorm on her handkerchief. and
she had said she had loved the
/! smell. 1t was more like per-
| fume than an anesthetic." Where
! upon Don had given her a small
| bottle of the stuff fastened up with
| a little crimson wax imprinted by
his seal ring.
Last night-or was it last night >
| she had had good cause to remem-
| Der the daturoform. And now.
again, 1t was hanging about her like
cloud.
She could not, she was sure. mis-
| take the odor. Did it's presence and
| the drowsy faintness she felt mean
| that Don had come to the police
| station at Ardryle- Mare, got into
her cell by some means, drugeed
her and spirited her away while She
slept?
Somebody had done the thing,
And as Don very jealously guarded
the secret OF his anesthetic, it SEEM
cd more likely to have been he than
any one else. Still, why should he
have wished to get her out of nrison
and hide her, when her testimony
could help him to prove his in
nocence?
The fact that there was he'd
with scented linen and a coverlet
for warmth looked as il her life
were not to be threatened; and in.
any case Pan did not feel actively
AFRAID. She cared too little now
what happened to her to be fright
ened easily. However, she would
nave been more or less than human
II the strangeness of her surround
lngs mad not pricked her to curl
osity. She got up again from the
low couch and lifted the piece Of
tapestry on the wall against which
the head of the bed was set. Moth
Ing was behind 1t save solid bricks
and on the opposite wall II was the
same. But not so with the hanginss
on the two walls at the side.
Behind each of these tapesfriea
which poured out dust as they were
!ifted-was a door, a low. small door
or wood which looked like oak
These two doors were destituteT ~
knobs. but had queer old from
latches. The first was fmmova HE
and must-Pan thought-be firmly
fastened on the-other side, but the
second latch lifted and the girl
opened the door without difficulfv
Her hear. jumped at first. for n
seemed that here might be a wav of
escape from this green-lit place Of
mystery, a way forgotten by her nm
known gaoler.j When she had seen
what was on the other side. how
ever, she realized that there was M
hope in that direction. The adioin-
ing space-not much bigger than an
ancient powder closetr-was
crudely fitted bath and dressing
room.
Anyhow, they want me to live.
whoever they are" the girl said to
herself aloud. And this suppositfon
was further confirmed when she mo-
ticed several dishes on the table IN
the sleeping room. There was some