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Show . w Amnmvm Bo'IiP' THE GERMS OF DEATH ONE ttin oua f e in r slalksd ntlselaa&kv a i nan BOUBCsd Into o r apart nsnt anO ha njj his card o Kennedy w th out saying a J "Br Nicholas Kharkoff huny-r Jameson, you mu t ha a foriottsn to ialch Ui door W Dr Kharkoff hat caa. I da fr you Htnntdv askad Th (all Russian put hla forcflntar H als Hps and taking ona of our good tkitr. Jtacad It by th door Than he I toed oo It d perd autlo sly thro igh Ike transom Into th hallwa; Profas aor Kannadj I an be ne fo low ed It ta sneagh to drtva ma mad But th a s tMy raaaoo whj 1 ha e ama hara jtoajskl 1 bailara that 1 can truat ou a a. trlad at Justte friend of Rut a "It is abeut asll raiovak) he Of Xfee Russian re olut on aa e Wtl ht8a that 1 na ome to onauU be oaatlnued o,ol -kl Just two Kwks ao Be was taken II It came H Sfdkltaty a ytolant fe er which con BajsajB for a week Then he aeemed to (raw batter altar th crisis had rasaed tai eveo attaaded a meetlnc of our tantral committee the o her nigh But da Uw nuaottaw Olsa amaro a he little Russian dancer whom ou have Ijertaj-a aeen. fell III In th st e w marora is an ardent rerolut onist i ou tmm This atornlnx the sen am at avn home on Bast Broadway was also stricken, and who knows perhaps It Bate aoy turn next. For ton tht vara H& an even more latent return NslMMac. with Intense shivering ex BRAt? pains In the a tubs, and dell aB haadecfa. Can ou look In o tie flwPVWt It crows anj worse pro- HMl the Russian cot on the chair and RAwar the transom to be aura that I Hnt not beans: o erheard Hpjn van. 1 wtll go. co filled Ken E&t street uoor Kharkoff stopped Bjjaist drew Kenned) back. Look Hfvlfca street In the "hadow There Puffe It I start towad h na he i 1 Rfpr be Is et-j le er He fol BffVi frean aara o -sky s here and ! MHsJi watting for me to -ome oitt HBpH are two m aba waiting at KgeV suggesaed Kenned Doctor HKsjjp in the first and Jameson and ( HEsT tie second Then he an t fol gaaB& MF in a moment, and t aers Bnaway ta the hagrtn of the fig 9Bpa gIMad Impotent out or the PJfifto ra-n pun-u too late e en to Bhaaanbar of the cab. fHHgslng adven ure commented Bt we bumped along over New HRSfen aapha t. Ha a you ever H?I replied dubious!) He s a NM. narpactad by e ery factor) of Mfipajlaiilla 1 have hoard of this HpkMaT before, too Hi II i would KjR OB If he were In R ssla B&jaW nan. who fled after those n HHBfctjarjrislnSt, In 1905 Ah e are HKri cab had stopped Our quest HSfcliajbara. Here we entered the o d State of the past generation. tj&stalrs In a small back room we found Mb TMersMo Saratovsky tossing half EpKriattt wl h the over on a disordered Eel The brown dse was scar e y et out nf Ms Bowl g wt te beard a relic of his ristst trip ba -t t s fa herland where Mat hst e -"ed he s re police In tl a rt so f u Ue an gyn as urn p fea Sar' sk e et a n lo ema utoxl a ut o an an a ned an1n Teak a no oned feeb y oaer Tnfs Ke 6j wh apered re s s n e le il o K arkoff a" ' 1 a so weak-He weak-He groaned and sank back overcome bv h tha see ed o a k ha poor a n form Kasa ovltch an tell frofesaor Ken ned aoraethlnc lo lo I am oo veajt o talk even at tl a crlt oa tl ake him to aee Bora am Skater nu Almost e erently e w h h ad Kharkofr ed us down ten or other roon The door was aj and a tight d aclosed a n an In a Russ an peas ants Uo ae bend ng labo o a er a writing desk Sn hm-Ki ..... v. .... not unt I KharkoB spoke J d he ook up Hla figure was eomeha al gh a 1 s face pointed a d of a as et o 1 T eloome, comrades he sa d It flashed o er ne st once hat th a waa the famous Russian, novellat Boris Kasanovltoh I had nol a first con necttd th name it,l that of the autho of those gloo s t ea of pee sun I fe I gased c rtous abo t he room There aeemed to be a narked touch of a i oman a hand here and here It waa unmlstaka-hle. At last m eo rested on a careless heap of da nty wearing ap Parol on a chair In the orner There Is Ne ka asked Dr Kha koff appa e tl m asing the pereon w ho owned the ga men Ekaterlna hai none sta , w th friends on East Broad u on ght bhe has deserted roe and he e I a n all a one finish ng a s ory f r one of t e Amert can magazines. h Professo Kennel t a la un fortunate ommented Kharkofr A brilliant woman la Mademo ae e Ne fky devoted to the cause I know on y one who equals her and hat la m pa lien downsUlra. the Ue dsn e Same ro -a "Same o a s fa t ful Ve sk a a genius p Rasa o tch Kha koff said Doth ng for a t me though It nas JjJl, "c he "larded the actress Samaro a. he aa d at length to us J2? 'Tested for ler part In the as easel nation of orand Ouka Sergiua and inrown Into solitary confinement In the rortress of St Pete end St Pau But sne would not confess, and ftna 5 theS had to let her go Ne ak who was a student of b olog a he Lol cral v of St Petersburg hen on P ch e was assess net ed nas a reste I b t her ela tves had suff c en fluence to secure he re ea e T ei met In Paris and Nevaky pcrsua lad Olga to go on the sun and come nj New York Vest lo Utaterlna s de o Ion to the cause Is er de -otton to " en t said Kasanovltoh open u 1 loo o a 1 tie 00m Pf ee he abort o It " the be ne a e n afford The labors or sis snpe a mos r-1The deep Ma ned deal tab e was uttered with beakers and teat tubes. How is Marsto k asked the writer of the doctor as de as we gased ur lous) about Kharkoff .hook his lead trra ely We na e Just ome from h 1 roon He was .S t k but le asked that on tell Mr Kenned anything that s ne essar) he should know abo t our susp c Ions. It la tba e are II ng with the sword or Damocles onstantlv dang ng over our heads gon en en" ried Kaiano llch pas onatel turning toward us. Tou will ei use me f r g some lgaret es downsU raj er them I will t you what e fear A call from Saratovk took he doc to i) also at e same momen and we we e eft alone A n ee e us on P alg I remarked gun g n olunla 1 a the heap of fern I In ne ftnerv on t e hs r as I sat down before Kazano I s desk Q e fo Nen 1 ork not fo St Pe itersburg as his la onlc reply as he ooked a ound or a o he ha E er thing tie ed w h h ki and pa pers. and at last e eaned over and lift ed the d ee f om P l-ha n nl9M It on the bed as the easiest a of se ur g s see n the scant furnished room po k book anl a e e fe I to he Hon r ti r old of the dress He stoope 1 p ck then up and I eaw a strange k of su p se o nle fa W ho t a pome n hee at on he shoved the 0 e in o his po ke and e placed h o ho J ings as he had found them A m ent la or Kaza o ho ned wi h a a go ox of R pg an gn e es Be ed r esado Kenned sweep rg a mass of books and napo 8 off a large d an Amid he ouds of f agrant gh smoke we a ted fo I azano h to break the ence Perhaps sou think t la the I on hand of he R as an p Tie m n ster hai b ken ha k one on n Ru Fa he 1-esan at eng o a a Vp a e no ao e p The aeen of go orn ment kuotv To a e desp a e The ng a m -a es en o lo h h s land of f eedon He ose and ex fled y pa d e oon lust w at f 1 tha ou suspe asked Cra g anx u o d spense w th 1 the rhe o a d o o a ts j Po son and of a k nd h ev n h po son do t s of P bu g ha c e er mr e r K a V h on p ote baf ed J Ame an d o Ea t s he phu fe B K a koff knpwh f e Tee no p a Bcs doa a e eaned o wa 0 mp as z words one does o o phu a k and have a sta a Sa a o Pk r Dor o a d K nn a Kharkoff n e ed o om affa 00 sup pope you ou gc om p e ean tea ubos and r bou on f 0 yl qa No sk fi abo o v &u e answe ere K a ko f On o wav o t a g ook he do or aR o a reomen and e ta ked ea nes At ast Cat, mo oned o me a he xp a ed P Kha k ff s go ng op epa e son u tures n c es ubes ton ght so hat T an make an os op c exam na o of he b ood of Sa atovsky fcamo o a and late of h so a The tubes w I be ready a n he mo n g and I have arranged v. t e docto fo you to ca and get hem f ou a e no object on T assen ed and ve s arted downs a rs As wo passed a doo on he second f oor a woman s vo e a ed out Is hat o Bor a o O gn hs s Mcho as repl ed ho do to It s ba naro a he said h as e ente ed I a few momen s e rejo nod ue She g o be te cont nued as we aga n h a e awa I may as we 1 te 1 you P o osso Kennedy J st how ma ters a and o e ama o a s head o er hee s 0ve w Kazanov tch yo hea d e fo h m Jus now Before they eft Pa b Kazano h showel some pa t 1 fo O ga bu ow Ne akv as ap ,1 A m S e s ndeed a fasc na g .... A we I sha et jou know f any ng new appens Good n g and a thousand anks for your he p gen No"" g e he of o 1o P 0 wdB a e and J e c a o n en on o go nff bed I fo nd ntead e aa down n n easy a 1 iladel h ee ppa en n er ought Va 1 at od by e ube o I my pile for t s ojte I bu a waa curcfu reicn d g e o e a picket p u nt o e e ! nprarently oba gw BfWft odovhl om k nd of pape u bo steamed Pe . c eav K u e o ra n a kel ana e poken ues , 11 k o e e Uow before ne I rtm he drt MA exa de A exand ov tch O off Rue de Pa a FVun e Let e open tig hat, been ra eed o fine art b the ae ae e agen a of rorelgn 0un r es e ont nued W not take a chan e 1 ry a bc e t f way Be neen two p o ea of moo h wood Ora atd the fe e f a no a e edvea projec ed abou a 1 j ae ond o a IP h He fa tened he p oj t na edge of the en e ope t e roughened and final y s ope Tpu aee Walter ater 1 lace t e letter back app y a a ne of 8 Ollfif whltA aiim nn.4 un A ari. of he an e ope dor p easu e e a see what we ha e here lie drew ou hat aeemed o he n nanuacrlpt on e th n pape an ead it out fla on he able be e Apparently It naa a aclen f pape 0 a rather unue al aubjec $pon aneoua Genera on of I f What do vou make of It aaked Kennedy noting the pun ed ook o n fa e sa I f n ahed ead ng e 1 recent rosea roh n e prob em of t e orig n of e a be e n tere8 c I epl ed The e a e a good man heru ca a n en onol ere n der f ans of then a po aonoue Bu 1 am of he op n on hat there s s n e th ng more o le man a pt hun a mere actan f c pape Exact v AaJ er aa d I e nedy ha f ra er Una I wa ed o know was how jou nourt auggea get ng a t at someth ng lgeltjpraj Anada a It a a e Ferhapa e ad be e b turn n and a ha e aom A on he norn g Ko a sxver e e e nhook k head aod cont nued to ac b e a 1 u e paper W th a tan s o k I ahu n y door de e ed o e , ear y In, he morn ng a d go for h u hat Kharkoff waa o pre e But n e mo n g Kenned wn goee. 1 d eased last and wu j t, about o go Dut n hen eh el showing pla n effe a o a n apent a sleep esa nlgl i flung an ea ed Ion of a newapaper o e ab e Too ate he excla med I tr ed ra h Kharkoff but t waa oo a e nolhe Kajtt Side Hon b Ou age I read Who e urn g at a la c h last n ght fr m a pa ent Nk.no a Kharkoff of Can Broad wa na so erelv 1 ju ed b a bon b w ah ha been placed In h a ha wa ea e In b" e eulng Dr Kharkoff who a a we I known physlcla.1 on e Kaat b de ata ea hat he iaa been one a shadowed h a meone unknown for t paa week o two He attributes h a eavape w th a fe to the fa t lat a e he ahr shad owed he hai observed e t erne ca tton TeetenJa ha ook w&a po ao ed and 6 nnw dang ro a 11 D Klia koff a and igl n t e Ru alan con nun j and 1 a bought b he po e tha e bomb waa pla ed by a Russian pol t al afje aa Kharkoff has been at e In he anka of the re olutlon a Bit u ha made -o anticipate 1 1 aaked of Kenned ona derabl n jatl fled The man lacrlp he rep ed The manua rip V ow W he e t After I found tha t waa too late to aa e lOwrkoff and that he wtta well cared for at the hospital I h rrled to Sa ato sky a. Kharkoff had fortunate! v left he tube there and I got them Here they are Aa for the man user pt In the lette 1 waa going to aak ou to al p upsta ra b aom strategy and re t n t wher I found hen ou wen for the tubes h a om ng Kaiano Itch waa ou and I have returned It myself ao vou need not go now He a coming to aee you toda Ian t he I hope ao T Wt a note aak ng him to bring M sa Vevak f poas b e too Tome let us h vkfas and go oer to the laboratory They ma arrl e at an moment Besides I m nterested to see what the tubes disclose Instead of Kaiano Itch awaiting us at the aboratory howe er we found Miss Ne -k haggard and worn She was a tail striking g I w th more of he Gau than the Slav n hr appearance There was a slight snFuo s rune to her mouth but on the who e her face was striking and ntel ectua NeTSk appeared erv excited She talked rapid. v an I Are flashed from her rra e ea Ther te me at e cub he began, that vou are In eattgat ng the terrible th ngs hat are happening to us Oh Professor Kennedy It s awful Lat night I was s aylng with some friends on East Broadwa Suddenly we heard a errifl e p o n up the street It was n f ont of P K 1a koff s ouae Thank 1 ea en he s a a e But I was so unner ed I ou d ot sleep 1 fan e I m gh be 1 e ne to go Earriy th s no n ng I has ened to re tu n to F f h a enue s I entered the door of n oom I cou d o he p th nk ng of he hof b fa e of Dr K arkoiT o Home kno n ca on st as I was bout to pu h h door a the open 1 ! hes ta ed and ookrd I a most fa nted 1 There stood ano her bomb Juat ins de If I had moved e door a f act on of an n h it wo d ha o exp ded I f eaned and O e.a s ck as e e was ran o my a alstance o pe haps she o ght some h ng had appened to Bo s It p dnd ng here et None of s da e to h Oh P ofesso Ken ned s d eadfu read uL And I a tlo find Bo 8 Mr Kazano itch I nean Saratovsk who s ke a father o us a s sea e y ab e o fcpp k D Kharkoff s he pi n e hosp a Oh vha are we o do w a a we to do Ca n ourse f s Ne sk sad K nnedj resabsu R o b t do vn and et us p an I take tha t was a c ma bomb ad o onp w t f se o ou ou d avo a d ffe e s o to e r Bt of a ve n u& re mo e Tl a s eaa do e le ca ed pa nea by ga age and 0 dered an auto vt c I w l drve mygp f e o de e on v aend a man aro nd w h mmed a e No no no b e r wl un ng owa d h m ou must not r sk It s bad enoug ia we should r sk ou es Eu s angers must no Think P ofes so Kennedy Suppose e bomb should pxp ode at a tou n Had we not better ca t e po ice and et them take thf sic even if it does get i to the pa er0 rp ed Kennedy firm j M ss Ne sk I am quite w rig to take t e sk Bes des ere comeB t e automo b e You are oo k d s e excla med Kazano Itch h msel could do no more How am I eve to hank you? On the back of the automobi e Ken nedy p aced a pecu ar ob ong box swung on two concent c rings ba anced on pivots 1 ke a most del cate ompass We rode qu ck j downtow and Kennedy hurried Into e 1 ouee b d dins us stand back W th a ong pa of tongs he se zed the bomb flrjn y 1 was a ense moment Keep ng pe fact y nor zon a ho carr ed it a efu out to the wa ting au omob e and p aced it g nge ly in the box Th s is . safe y bomb can e he ex t a ned It s known as t e Ca da suspens on You see t s a wave e d a perfec 1 o zo ta pos o no matte ow you ja t I am ow go ng to ake he bomb o some safe and on i cn en p ace whe e I an exon e t a my e su e Meanw e M ss Ne a j 1 w eave vou charge of M Jarao on. T ank o ao m ne sa d be e now d da go n own oo ha bomb at e oo IE M a neson a only fl d 4 ou traitress1 cried Olga passionately, forgetting all in her outraged love but w at a be ome of M 1 uza o t h tha s a I wan V a do ou sup Hae as happened o la he too, u oil e we then Crag rep ed I wl omm hs on ou W aJ e o find Kaiano I h a be back aga n kbort efore oon to exam ne he wre It of Kharkoff s office Meet me the c Jood bi M as Ne sky I co ujumed practically the hole mom ng go ng f om one p ace to an other on he east side But nowhere had they any word of Kaaanov ch unt I lared a Po la ar 1st who was 1 ue trating ha stores He ha 1 heen the e looking e wo n and red and had talked a anU abo e ake hes wh h the artlat had a owed hm er that I loat all trace of h n agaWi It uas eery noon aa I hurried to mee era g at Kha kofTa , Imagine my aurpr ae to see KaMiovitch a I read there Heated n the wrecked of Ace furiously amoking c garettea and showing e Ident signs of ha tng some thing very d aturbing on h a mind The moment he caught sight of me he hur ried forward Is Professor Kenned coming soon' he nqui ed eager j 1 waa going up to h s labora or but I ea led up Nev sk and she said h wou d be here at noon Then he put h s hand up to my ear and wh spared I have found out who it waa who shadowed Kharkoff Who I aaked saying nothing Of my long seatxh of the morn ng His name la Re atenko Feodor Rev tiieimu omn ... street in front of the house last n ght after you had gone When Kharkoff lef he fo owed him I hurried out quiet y and fol owed both of them Then the ex p os on ams Th s man si pped down a narrow street aa soon as he saw Kha koff fa As peop e were run ng o Kharkoff s ass stance. I d d e game He saw me fo owing hln and an and I ran too and overtook him Mr Jame son when I ooked 1 to s face I cou d not be le e Reva enlto he s one of the most ardent members of our organ zat on He woud not el me why he ad fo owed K arkoff But I am su e he s an agent provocateur of the Russ an go e n ment, hat he is secret y giving away he pans t at we are mak ng e eryth ng We ave a pot on now pe aps he has Informed them of that I sha denounce , him at he first opportun j i I sa d not ng Kazanov tch egard ed me keonlj to see what mp ess on the sto y made on n e but I d d not et my : ooks betray an h ng except p ope sur prise and e seemed at la fled It m gh be ue afte a I reasoned the more I nought of I ad heard hat the Ruse a cons genera had a e ex ensl e sp sys em n he c j At as Ke neJv appea ed WW e Kazano pou ed fo is s or Ken npdy o.u k exam ned e wa s ajid f oo of ho w ecked off e wl hla atrnl ng &bp When he a on ded h a sea h he u ned to Kazano J Wo d n pos be he asked o e h s Re a enko e e e ha e ou d us o a ou d be -af fo m 0 v s yo ton u t nt Sara ovsk Su e y o can f nd some ay of ro absuring m Yes I nk a a be a anged sad Kazano I w go o h m w make h m h nk I ave m aundei stood m tha I a e no os fait n n prov ded he can e p a n a He wi come Trust n c Very we hen Ton gh at e ght I sha be the e pom sed Ken edj as e no e st and e shook hand Wha do vou nl o the Pe a enko eto I as d of C a g as esa tod up ow aga n Ant ng 6 poss bei thscae le answe ed ysen e t ous. y We I exc a ned at a s t u r as an Fo gue hey are e aln y e eade s of he wor d todaj Somebod a P ng a to C a g Who U t . j T a s ha sc ence w te us to ng t was h s pr ef ep p on pt v at e ght we met a the o d ouse on 11 avenue K a koff s wounds ad pro 638 severe tha had a f st be suspe ed and hav ng re co e ed f on e ock e ns s ed o be ng ansferred f om the hosp ta n a p Iva e ambu ancc so t at he o d be nea s f e ds Sa a o sky n sp e of h s gh fe e orde ed hat e dooo o a oon be ef open and hs bed moved 80 A o ou d ear a d see w a passe n oom o e a Ne sk was e c a d Kazano and e c b a e O kh Sama ov e p e a e bu ng w he feve wou d no be n e n U s e was ca ed ups a s a oug t) K a koff o e ed v go os a m g a o ta co be qucn ea Te a nko a en g a of a n an sat sto The on h ng 1 no pd a ou h n was an occasional look of ma gn a e k and Kazanovitco we c oug e was unobserved er one v as on the qu ve as Ken ned placed on the ab e a email wire basket onta n ng some est tubes each ube co ked w a sma wadd ng of cot ton Ther was a so a receptacle ho d fng a dozen glass handled p aunura wires a microscope and a number of s Ides The bomb now rendered innocuous by hav pg been crushed In a huge hydraal c press ay n fragmenta In the box. rirs I want you to cons der the evidence of the bomb began Kennedy No cr me I ft ro y be eve Is ever per pet ted without eav ng some clew 1nt late j however science was power e&s aga nst the bomb thrower fctl 1 the bomb thrower Is sad y decel ed if he be eves the bomb eaves no trace for t e scientific detective It is d ffl cu t for the chem et to find out the secrets of a sha tered bomb But t can be done I exam ned t e wa Is of Dr Khar koff's house and fortunately was able to pick out a few email fragments of the contents of the bomb wheh had been hrown out before the flame Ign ted them I have ana yzed them and find them to be a pecul ar spec es of b ast ng ge at ne It made at on y one factor in this country and I ha e a Hat of purchasers fo some t me back Oqe name o rather he description of an asaumed name In he bt agreea w th other ev denee I have been ab e to co ect More over the explos e was paced n a ead tube Lead tubes a e ommon nough Howe er there Is no need of further evi dence He paused and the e olut onlsts stared fixedly at the f agn en s of the now harn ess bomb before hem The exp oded bomb cone uded Cra g was ompoaed of e sartie ma ter a s as th s wh ch I found nex ploded at the doo of M ss Ne sky s roon t e same so t of ead tube the same blasting ge a ne The fuse a ong cord sa u-a ed n su p ur was n e e a b nd The rea me hod of ex p os on was b means of a chem ca con a ned n a ga s tube which was Insert ed af er the bomb was put n place The . east ja such as open ng a door which j would tip he bomb ever ao tie out of the ho zonta was a that was nec lessary to exp ode The exploded bomb and he unexp oded were n al e pects den ca the ame and et bo h But Kennedy hurried along the thing tha nterests me most about th a case is not the evidence of the bombs It is he evidence of a most d abo ca cunn ng that has been shown in the ef fort to get Id of the father of the revo ut on as o ke o ca h m Crag c eared h hroat and p a ed wl Our feel ngs as a cat does w th a mouse 3 ange o sav the most dead y he most Ins d o 8 t e most e us e agency fo omm tting m rder s one that can be obta ned and d t buted w th pract ca ly no legs restrict one An docto can purchase d sease ge ms In quan t es sufflc ent to cause ouands and t ou ands of dea hs without giv ng an deq a e exp anat on for what pur pose he equ res them Mo e than t a an perso earning to be a e entt o hav g some acqua ntan e w th sc ence and sc entifl s ca s a v obtain germs w thout d fflcu ty W tli a most no effort I m se f ha e actua y u vated enoug germs to k ! e ery person with n a rad us of a ml e of he Wash ng on arc down the s eet TI ey are here In these test tubes We scarce b eathed Suppose Ken nedv shou d e oose th s dead y foe these germs of death whate er hev were Yet a was precise y what some fiend Incarrja e ad do e and hat fiend was sttng n e roon with ui Here I ha e one of he most modern da k fle d m c oscopes he eaun ed On s s de I have placed a It e p n po nt of a cu ture made from the b ood of ato skv I w s a n the cu e Now ei Wa ter ook rough the n os opo unde th s powe fu g t and te 1 us w at you see on the side I bent o e In the darkened fle d 1 see a number of germs ke dan ng po n s of co ored I ght I aa d T ej are w gg g abou w th a pecu ar tw st ng n o on L Ue a corkscrew nterr pted Ken ned n pa ent to go on T e a e of the spec es known as Sp a He e a ano her s de a cu ture fron the b ood of ama o a see then the e oo I ex a ed e one was now owd ng abou o a g mpse as I a sed m ead a s s ge m asked a ho ow o ce on the doo way e ooked art ed The e s ood Saaok noe keago an ng be ng I en ed p ang o wa d and a gh n as e swayc and I mq cd up an a m ha fo h m i It is the spirillum Oberemeleri said Kennedy the germ of he re aps ng fever but of the roost viru ent Asiatic stra n Obermey e w ho d scovered t, caught the d sease and died of t a mar tyr to science , A shriek of consternation rang forth from bamarova. The rest of us paled but repressed our fee ings , One moment added Kennedy I hastily Don t be unnecessarily alarmed-I alarmed-I have someth ng more to say Be calm for a moment longer He unro ed a b ue print and placed It on he ab e . Th te he cont nued s the photo graphic copy of a message wh ch I sup pose s now on its way o the Pusslan min ster to F ance in Pa s Some one in th s room bes des Mr Jameson and m se f has seen this e ter before I w l ho d it up as I pass around and let each one ee it In intense si ence 1 ennedy passed be fore each of us ho d ng up he b ue print and search ng y scann ng he faces No one betrayed by any s gn that he rec ognlzed it At last It came to Revalen ko himse f The checkerboard the checkerboard he cried hs eyes ha f starting from ter sockets as he gazed at it Yes sa d Kennedy In a ow tone the checkerboard It took me some time to figure t out. It s a c pher that would have baffled Poe In fact there is no means of decipher ng it unle s vou chance to know ts secret I happened to ha e heard of t a long t me ago abroad ye it y reco e on was vague . . and I had o recona u t with n u h dlf -aj flcu ty I to k me a g t to do t It I a a c pher owever that a we k own j among he offic a asaea of Rubs a And what for heaven a sake doea It evea ? aaked Saratovaky ean ng fo ward forgetful of the fe er that was onaum ng h m Kennedy pu ed out a p ace of paper on wh ch he had wr tten he hidden mea eage and ead Ha e au ess fully inocula ed S w th , feve Pub op n on Ame ca would 1 ondemn v o ence Think bes death shou d appea natura amarova nfect ed a so Cook unfortunate y took doae in food n endM K arkoff Now have t ee cases Sha atop the e at P eaen Dang oua exel e further suap cion hea th author es Rap d y I e m nated n my m nd the persona men on d as Cra g ead Sara tovaky of ourse wah not gui y for the pot had en e ed about h m Nor wa e San a ova no Dr Kha koff I noted Reva enko and Kazano Itch glar ng at each o he and haatl y tried to dec de wh ch I mo e s ong y suspected Wi ge K. cont nued Kenned Th nk bomb pe haps al right K. ase d fferent f om S Ko pub c sen men So Kharkoff had been marked for laughter I thought Or was K Kazanov tch I regarded Reva enko mo e c ose y He was auspic ous y sul en Must ha e mo e money Cab e ten hou and rub es at once Russ an consu genera W ad se you plot againat Czar as de al s perfected he e Kxpe t b eak up New Yo k band w h dea h of $ If Kennedy h mse f lad thrown a bomb or s attered broadcafct the contents of the es ubes the effe cou d not ha e been mo e star ng han his last qu et sen i en e and sen en e was in two 1 senbes & gned he ad fo ding he paper up de be a e K a e na Ke sk I was a f a d.b e had snapped and a we gh had fa e Reva enko ap ang up and g asped Ka ano t h by tJ e and Forgi e n e orr aJe for e en suspec g you e ed ) And fo g me fo suspect ng yoj P 1 d K anov but how d d you ome o h d w Kha koff I orde d m o fo low Kharkoff seetyad oe hm epa ned Sa atovsk O ga an Kka e na fa ed eac o e i e e 0 a wa emb n w th erao J on Ne sky ood o d y. del an v If ee eewasa on urama e ac ress t was she wno had pu e bomb a her own doo and had ushed of o s art Kennedy on a b d ra I You a s c ed O ga pass on ate y forget ng a n er ou aged o e You won s af e oris f om ne by a e he.au e a he me ou won d ha e k ed h m ke a dog o the czar s go d At a ou are unmasked ou Aze fn kLs ta se f end ou wou d a e k ed us a Sara o sky Kha koff j Be st e oo ex la med Ke J skv contemptuous Ba I w not J not stay wth oewhoae o read to 1 suspect a od omrade on t e mere wo d " of a char atan Bo s Kazanov c do . 1 you stand he e s en and e hs nsult j be eaped upon me t For answer Kazanovit de be ate y turned his back on s o e of a mo I ment ago and c ossed the room O -a I he p eaded I ha e been a fool Some day I may be worthy of your lo e Fe e or no I mu3t be0 your forgi e ness th a c of de e,ht the actress flung her arms abou Bor s as he Impr nted a penitent k s on her warm ps S mp e o h ssed Kevsky with cur Ing Ip Now you too wi 1 die. L A One moment, Ekatenna Nevsky in terposed Kennedy as he picked up some vacuum tubes full of a go den ye ow 1 Drwder that lay on the tap e. The pir 11a, as scientists now know be ong to the Fame faro ly as those wh ch cause what we Call euphem st cal the T ack plague It s the same species as that of the Afr can s eep ng sickness and the Phi pp ne yaws Latt year a famous doctor whoe pho ograph I see In the next room Dr Ehrl ch of Frankfort, dls covered a cure for a I these d sea es It , wil rid the blood of your victims of the I As a tic re apsing fever germs in forty e ght hou s In these tubes I have the now famous sa arsan W th a p er ng shr ek of rage at see Ing he dead v work so quick v and com p etely undone Nevsky flung herself into the 1 tie aboratory behind her and bolt ed the door Her face sti 1 wore the same cold con emptuous smile as Kennedy gently w th drew a sharp scalpel from her breast. Perhaps it is best th s wa after al he said simply , ; (Copyright 1913 by the McCIure New a ' i paper Syndicate!) |