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THE EVENING' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1922 room who had been in the orient, | Kennedy, as it demanding a, final|Nott, hold that rubber funnel over| back, exhausted by the effort. . home of polsons,.and in South Amer- | answer. his nose, and start the oxygen from | But he had ot Eralia “',;.",f:‘”f " MUDDIMAN’S ica. Which one had run across the| Again the hand moved in confes-[the tank. Pull his tongue forward| mas wos tourniquet that would Polson? il or curares sald Cralg| oo™ nd he feebly moved the fPBEr|so it won't fall down his throat and | fine the poison now in the sc £ “Woorall, rare,” sal on_which shone the ring, s s | ucross his face. Back of those l H choke, chiim. work his arms.|RGrorE Bl Hote Knew Sprlng s riere slowly, “is-the well known poison Our attention was centered on 5 with which the South American In- | Vanderdyke. Mrs, Ralston, unob-|Walter, make a tourniquet of your dlans of the upper Orinoco tip their | served, went to the table and picked | handkerchief and put it tightly on!'G.g gone, arrows. Its principal ingredient is|up the gourd. Before O'Connor could | the muscles of his left arm. ‘That| . o™ and, last, his eves. BY ARTHUR B. REEVE denived from the .strychnos toxifera | stop her she had rubbed her tongue|may keep some of the poison in his| jaured if it were po: & et o P 7 £ | tree, w! ich vields also the drug nux|on the black substance m:gd: Tt :rm;n"m snr_le_:f!nx li:‘flo l,he reit!a more dreadful torture than orence i ; 5 . 5 vomica. was_only a little bit, for O'Connor s body. s is the only ant]- a mind which so e of e Star’s Week-End Fiction Series, complete in three ’ A great light dawned on me. 1|quickly dashed it from her lips and | dote known—artificial respi-ation” | Endured by a mifd WACH b installments i __l (s) turned quickly to where Vanderdyke | threw the gourd through the window,| Kennedy was working feverishly. its own body, shut up, as ° Quality- nger || = siveing nexe to'sirs. Ralston, and | smashing e guss Soing. through the motions of first | Another of its own bods, shut up, o= Stoves L'f A M d ate T a llttllebbel:ilng he‘rf" l-ml :ls‘t’ony stare "Kennedy " he lhuuler}l trar:’ucllly. ::gn u:w‘: g;o;zh;dk man. )lxgfl, ‘IYTI:- - corpse. ity e—. e story thus fs 5 and labored breathing told me that “Mrs. Ralston has swallowed some er knees veside - wildermient. @t. the| X oaer The m-u’m attorney of Westchester county, g, loh IS that answers your | B0 Do e urport of Kennedy's | of 1" derdyke, kissing his hands and fore- | I looked in bewiderment o, the . Price B sro £ELE, Btk | D Mot was 100 overwhelmed 10| BCUS oy saie, Crati I gasped. | acuaris Toat T i 15\ Tepne Vihe R Bimat and crsing Soryn o | Ao 17 1 SRk, e Large Stock Just Arrived repl. “For God's sake, ' 1 gaspe lerdyke that had to repeat e 3 [ . Careful drew off the azure F| "2Rhd what fa this deadly poison?” |“An emetic, quick—Vanderdyke” | remark. chuyler. poor boy, 1 wonder how | Carefully Cral qrew qff g MLt fEmmi continued Craig, anticipating our| A trace of a smile over Vander-| Without looking up he said::“Oh, |you could have donme'it. T was with| Ji, ®"g roundea the blue 1 % Biemingham: ; Cafs _are thoughts, “I mave been fortunais | dvke's features, as much as to say|one can swallow it—it's strange, but him that day. We rode up in T e odicated & hollow point,! built for' those who want fore the day B or the. wedding. A enough to obtain a sample of it from | that he was beyond our interference.|it is comparatively inert If swal-|car, and as we passed through Wil-| . nceajed. It worked with a spring ec lc ans uality, who want depend- went 't ank Miss Walnwsighe fo Sme to B |t Museum of Naturap History. _lt| “Vanderdyke” said Cralg, with|lowed, even in a pretty good-sized|liston he sald he would stop a min- | 0G™ o ynicated with a little re- abili fort, 1 life iother and wister Marion to make some de.| cormes in ' little Eourd, of e(len & |What seemed o me a brutal calm- |quantity. 1 doubt if Mrs. Ralston|ufe and wish Templston luck. I |Giiscle behind, in such u way hal SUIMEY (CONTIOKt, ong S SE the twe qeen. "8 fhe Arpankements, and foutd | calabash. This is In & gourd, It is|ness. “then it was you who were the lever heard of it Before except by|didn't think it strange. for he said| }o"yyrderer could ¢ the fatxl| Big Lot at moderate first cost. thelr heads. thrown back. The coroner, MF. | blackish Grittle stuff Incrusting the | VIsitor who last saw Laura Wain-| hears If she had, she'd have |he had nothing any longer against| . jtch while shaking hands with ig Lot on Way Nott, thought they, had been msphysiatéd ly | sides of the gourd just as if ug was | wright and John Templeton alive.|scratched herself with it Instead of |Laura Wainwright, and Templeton | i 5 iioin, The appointments please the Tumes from & charcoal burner, but Mr.|poured in the lquid state and left | Whether you shot a dart at them I|swallowing i only did his duty as a lawyer against | NS VISUI, 00 L pana haa the eye, the mechanical ex- Whitney thought It a case of murder: There | £ Grv ' Indeed, that is just what |40 not know. But you are the mur-| 1f Craig had been indifferent to|us,’but Schuyler didn't, after all. Oh, | 0 "yeen clasped by the one wear- 1 ye, e il st yere tales of jealousy on the part of Marian. | 10 LR by, m”e‘w’,“’: ana. | derer. the emergency of Vanderdyke be-|my poor boy, why did vou do it7| pnee BRER BOPPCE ¥ ik had sent C & eeficret: Mee s - is ST sisernhag gone tolechosl with JokE | o Vanderayke ralsed his hand as if|fore, he was all action now that the|We could have gone somewhere else 2t O e ana fow critical requirements, the 'mpleton and Schuyler Vanderdyke. an- | facture this stuff after a ngthy fell i and stated aif it Templeton, & A co EISICs 1 prid derdyke became Taura's firat husband, but|and somewhat secret process. to assent. 1t fell back limp confession had been made. In an tar! over ag: Vanderdyke himself to their deathis. 5 . Birmingham exclusive no- when she learned of his intimacy with a Miss | He placed the gourd on the edgejnoted the ring of the biucst "‘“‘ Instant Vanderdyke was stretched on |wouldn't have been the first time. THE END. 616 12th St.—1. axle construction guaran- Laporte she divorced him and assumed her| of the table where we could all see|l8zull. the floor and Craigi had taken out the| At last came the flutter of an eye- t.—1204 G St. o led ridabilit maiden name. Vanderdske went to Venezuela, | ¢ T was almost afrajd even to look |- Mrs. Ralston threw herself toward |apparatus I had seen during the after- | lid and a voluntary breath or two. —_———— tocst-uriequalled sidabilicy but is now back In New York raising capitai | J; it ‘him. “Will you not do something?|noon. Vanderdyke scemed to realize where | 1o .o % ieaq the want columns of and assures longer life. for » company to explolt a new asphalt con-| *uriis famous traveler, Sir Robert |18 there no antidote? Don't let him| “I am prepared for this" he ex-| he was. With a last supreme effort s cein e die!” she crled. tlaimed quickly. “Here is the ap-| he raised his hand and drew it slow- The Star. e Rolston. Mr. \\Imuey mn Cull that | Schomburgk, first brought it into Ride in the Bnrmmgham eion, & lawser, was appointed to take | Europe, and Darwin has described it. ‘You are the murderer,” repeated |paratus for artificial respiration.|ly across his face. Then he fell'filed througn them. —know why our $10000 . ;fl'::fi in the get-rich-uick company| It is now an article of commerce roadability challenege was and is to be found in the United _ never achp!ed by agy oth- xrfi-?'fn'Lfimlrfitfiefumfifmg“: ::2"..';’322 States Pharmacopoeia as a medicine, the charcoal brazier, The cat died. Whitney | though of course it is used in_only = er car. ined the victims | very minute quantities, as a heart s something t] ».1! l|¥hz|und mux | stimulant.” vomica present In the blo s seemed | ~Craig opened a book to a place h Birmingham Motors || Keimear 3 wigention. Waiter went | 130" mariced. pacete jio interview Mire. Haiston and Vanderdske | “.pt least one person in this room 828 14th Street N.W. [k e e ssopiesatt will appreciate the local color of 5 a6 Found ‘out. froms the editor of & Spanish. |2 little incident T am going to read— ‘Washington, D. C. American paper that hm-ymhnlx done mm: mlfllus‘na]tle what death from n;‘xa S crooked work to get the title to an am poison is like. Two natives of the Bll.t:(.'lll ::l— ‘ICESx goncession. | When Walter returned to Wi | part of the world whence it comes 1341 Wixconsin Ave. d by bottles and j e 1d o mnl;‘r‘;mu::;:qm::s;ly Quite excited | Went hunting with blow-pipes _and Cleveland 1135 and nervous. quivers full of poisoned darts made of 3200 Rittenhouso St.. Chevy Chase. D. C. - EH = i - =0 thin charred pieces of bamboo tipped ) with this stuff. One of them T was a large party that 9“"“";"’" dart. It missed the obfect overhead. In Kennedy's laboratory that|giunced off the tree, and fell down o night, one of the largest he had | the hunter himself.” This is how the in- | other'native reported the result: Lunhéons. Tess, ever had. Mr. and Mrs. Wain-| ".‘Quacca takes the dart out of = wright and Miss Marian came, ”"‘:\ls;"huuldrn Never a word. Puts it ¢ ladies heavily veiled. Dr. Nott and|in his quiver and throws it in the Mr. Whitney were among the first to ;““:'"l"';‘ug h_hn s me hllaxU brlr?e“ g;::gde ;Q; = arrive. Later came Mr. Vanderdyke|for his wife and the village. Thou = Appropl‘late £ |and last of all Mrs. Ralston with|he lies down. His tongue talks no = % g Inspector O'Connor. Altogether It|longer. a:m;mfieTonr:so\?e‘::;owfie - = Glfts = | was an unwilling party. His mouth moves without sound. I = " = This i St fae “I shall begin,” said Kennedy, “by lfel hi'lhhenrz It goes fast and then iis is a Shop uniqu i : i slow stops. Quacca has shot hi £ for new and attractive going over, briefly, the facts in this|Jlow. It stops. . s = novelties of all kinds. case.” We looked at each other, and the = Whenever ~""“h are ‘""k'r Tersely he summarized it, to my horrnrlodf lh%‘ thing sank deep into ing for somethinz out o Fos n the|Oour minds. Woorall. What was it? = the ordinary vou will surprise laying great stress o | There were many travelers in the find it here. A few proof that the couple had been as = suggestions: % = | phyxiated. = 2 = Sterling Silver Lip- “But it was no ordinary asphyxia- o8 levery. 10 = = wal ?, = = stick Cases, Silk Van- tion,” he continued. “We have to sales made _th i - = ity Bags and Cases, deal in this case with a poison which S8 § Sterling Silver and is_apparently among the most subtle K - = aimm g itver Vanit known. A particle of matter so Zhe same force % £ = Plated Silver Vanity minute as to be hardly distinguish- R\ that draws 10 10 S Cases, Perfume Nips, able by the naked eye, on the point! VLmmaN oenrer. L Powder Pufis of all of a meedle or a lancet, & prick of | S tw e 3 A Y, s criptions. the skin scarcely felt under any T E = descriptions. circumstances and which would pass on “whould e A Q % ional quite unheeded If the attention were know it or be con- X\ E The Nation: fotherwise engaged. and not all the | tent losing_most X\ == power In the world—unl es3 one was o = = Remembrance Shop = | Py prepared-—coala save the life| ates. 2\ g (Mr. Foster's Shop) § of the person in whose skin the punc- 6th Floor. o E 1 Door from ture had been made.’ = 3 aus , but no one Munsey Bldg. 14th Street * 5e0r 1= it s naneed's moment: by Bes. 1. 5. Zat, op, Munsey Bidg | showed any evidence of being more than ordinarily impressed. “This pelson, I find, acts on the| so-called endplates of the muscles and nerves. 1t produces complete INT UP! paralysis. but not loss of conscious: hess, *sensation, circulation . OF res- CLEAN UP! piration until the end approaches. [ ] : It seems to be one of the most power- Call up Ferguson for painting ful sedatives I have ever heard of. R Satimates. Bervice Ix our motto. 5 When Introduced in even a minute UEUS (o7he (o8t thisiSpHios: quantity it produces death finally < muscles of respiration. This as- yxia Is what 8o puzzled the coroner. TR B EaL 1 will now inject a little of the I’AI\TING DEPARTMENT ot ot of thovvictime fntol The ‘New Jewett Light Six is now on exhibition at You have only to ride in the best four that was ever l white mouse.” A :-;é'}fi}fifi'fi:fififi?fifi:{:é the automobile show. built to realize its fundamental imperfections. pince 5o lightly didibe touctiit, but 'he Four must “fight” to get under way. It delivers pparatus %o chb away, without pein Red ity To you, and everyone who is interested in motor u . £ vici stgabbin ilOWS on theycrank shaft. N cars, we extend a very cordial invitation to see this car = a series o Vlcmus,th 5 g i v o Next he took the gourd I had seen S an and Parts |5 at the earliest opportunity. Iniiconsdgtmnce, €ho-eatuoicar T black licorice-like stuff that incrusted | it. He dissolved the particle in some | 5 Icohol 5 J. C. Harding & Co. || 355eiea™his Eaperiment ona second Pays 6 Per Cent mouse. The effect was precisely simi- like a tuning fork. How long, do you imagine, can any mechanism re- And we do not hesitate to say in advance that you are going to be surprised, delighted and not a little Elcctrestats e fegr ot Produced by the blood onljll on shares maturing in 45 2 main staunch and tight under such punishment? 709 12th Street N.W. It did not seem to me that any or 83 months. It mysufied- g €€ ” x SRS s Shawed Sy Smpllor excent Bos: v Fours will “run,” of course. But how do they run? sibly the slight exclamation tnat es. caped Miss Marian Wainwrl Pays 4 Per Cent fell to wondering whether f wu . prompted by a soft heart or & guilty [lil on shares withdrawn be- You are going to be surprised because the Jewett is all that you have imagined—and a great deal more. And how much genuine satisfaction is there in = 7 | Sonacience. : the running? We were all Intent on what Craig fore maturity. 25 uick Service ‘:«?fi‘}}:&;}{ifi??flfi{é&lhz Assets More Than You are going to be delighted because it is the very Is it a nerve racking chug-chug-chug or the soft, | Prmtmg ‘.';,“(,‘;.1‘:":‘,3:d‘,‘:,}.:“;‘,:";g,,é&:,&;;‘::,m'}{;g $7,000,000 car that you have hoped for—and waited for—these thrilling purr of overlapping impulses. e ases. Rad I ks the same Surplus Nearing many years. For these reasons, and many others, the New Jewett e 507 13,;1 ;? wB et Sladeeted s TRt ot 3 g You are going to be mystified because you will, for jg 3 six with a mighty reservoir of fifty horse power. Vi use eir death? . Manige «We Ll1n oth ds, I the last doub Comn 3 i i i . = ;?:Zr;iii‘%n?,:E?.i;:n?:f";o:“’i.? un's'u:ln'u::g.n sx'-'.'..".'!.’; thefirst time, view afine quality six atthe price of a four. It will sweep you over the road at sixty miles per Ty | o . CARR, Seereta 5 2 o )5 et orEEfe it Sekhadt e To produce this car and sell it for *1065, f. 0. b. * hour, if youlike, or amble along at three. And, at either ed the ether—how do you know tha e 3 BRI o s We Wish to Announce I::“. :gvll'eyrx l:Clr:: :"?ufl?m" o 1t was s Detroit, has required years of study and all the inge- pace, you.will travel as sensible people want to travel . v his quiet reply. “I've isola i . . . . . 5 A the Appointment of ,:gl ;*;5;r,g;;rgugxgn;;egfl;:_;‘:“:uued ’ nuity and resources of the Paige Enmnmg staff. —easily, smoothly, qunetlly.l iy . n brcathigss amuzements with eses : i i i i w price, the Jewett is a Mr. Conrad Herzog N iifieeheri®uis Wia"Ss recover X It would have been a simple matter to compromise In spite of its amazingly low price, J o Tims of tnis orime six ceontigrams| NS on four cylinder construction and thus achieve a car of rare beauty, finish and appointmen is a A B z‘é‘?fil:::"xi.'s‘eg‘:'e“}‘:‘?:f::'m‘:’l’i‘x:i’:fi ey B Y J popular price. But mere price was not the aim and stinging rebuke to the commonplace designs of the o chie g::k:;‘;n?;‘::;;‘::;yioflt‘g:l%e ng then| RS ; the Four can no longer be considered in terms of popular priced field. ; Universal Auto Company N| &% ony“Vers appreciable revaics | SN - 7 1 fine engineering. Best of all it is built as all Paige products are built other than to cause some dizziness, i 1529 M Street N.W. slight vertigo, a considerable degree of assitude; and an extremely pain- § This is the day of six cylinders because the six is an * to serve you faithfully and with deep respect for your Authorized Ford Dealers ful headache of rathr unusul duration. 4 5 R e R ; Al inherently balanced mechanism. The natural balance pocket book. - Coonie Herzog has been con- nected with the sales force of this company for the past three years and we take great pleas- N N N N N N N N N \ N N N N N N N N N N N N \ \ N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N R N N N N N N N N N N N \ N § ure in mflk‘"ls this announce- N N N N N N Nz e, e distressing, and six centigrams, the A and overlapping power impulses mean, smooth, even, But come to the show and see the Jewett for your- U orRape T was not Wise in & ‘motoring experience. For this car is plainly and clearly when I was overheated and below par top of the five centigrams previously eas just the amount needed to bring best pama.n d ache liniment. Ask your | £75% and I was soon reduced to hfe, ]mmmd ty you whole amount which I pad recovered ‘Perhaps I was not wise in giving ¢ the st \ et i ¢ . : the test dollar-for-dollar value in America. e Ander i handiing. this cdse : . friction and vibration are the chief destructive agents greal taken that for a time I had reason - o ; : . . d my experiments to a permanent close. % ey 2 — “Within three minutes of the time 5 / . & of injection the dizsiness and vertigo : had become so great as to make % 3 @ walking seem fmpossible. In an- : - 5 = other minute the lassitude rapidly| [ L g crept over me, and the serious dis-| [EKEEES s . p ickly relieved by | (Orbance of e tnat whlking, waving ; = : s applymg Sloansl.mlment freely. | 2P e anythiney SwWas Y & » encirales without rubbing. ve. My lunga feit gluca up. and = For fortg rs, folks all over the | the muscles of my chest refused to b lking up and down the laboratory =) . g s T oA SThrifty Si Built by Paige falling on the floor by holding fas u it o e by ey, | B S0 B B B | el an Cho rosala |, ok rifty Six ilt by Paig st X (S i . vertigo and lassitude that was most ol eriant ot Sy ite. iant“hee in 4 wibration-less riding qualitiss. self. Come prepared for the biggest surprise of your myself so large an injection on a day | W N ; These, in turn, mean maximum economy because T oduicea ki mtinty e o] { in mechanics. . 1t is the first real quality six at the price of a four. to fear that that additional centigram world have K)Tnd Sloan’s to be the | Work. Everything swam before my will give your hair the to me that I spent hours gasping are definite. you good. Sloan’s Liniment is clean | for breath. It reminded me of what and non-skin-staining. lorom-r::axno;lagleed n" the Cave !:t b Be litehe mf New- Kezp Sloan's kandy for those sudden | the Winds of Niagara, where water ro’s f, today and unexpected attacks of neuralgia, | 13,00 2 4y "natch ‘atterwards in.| 2nd have long lustrous . : ‘ lumbago, eciatica, lame back, s dicated only about twenty minutes bea tiful tresses. 7 3 ts, sprains and strains, bruises, | of extreme distress, but that twenty nd Department Steres weather after-effects. m|nuteu is one never to be forgot- 2:: tions at Barber Shops e . d I advise you all, if you ever At all druggists—35c, 70c, $1.40. {578 so foollah a8 to try the experi- ment, to remain below the five-centi- 9 gram limit. “How much was administered to the victims, Dr. Nott, I cannot say, ' 5 Metropohtan Motor Company o ot 327, 0 ‘ PAIGE AND JEWETT DISTRIBUTORS ‘ : mlmel-l D aneTstool sz jeaatlarams: ke . 1028 com,_ Ave. A Main 5724 which I recovered from these small ;i S ~ ey samples, are only nine-tenths of a grain. Yet you what effect 1t