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"Sir, I would give my life, almost, for madame. She was always so good to me." "I don't ask you to give your life for her, Marie," said Craig, "but you can do her a great service, a very great service." "I will do it." "To-night," said Craig, "I want you to sleep in Mrs. Close's room. You can do so, for I know that Mr. Close is living at the St.
Francis Club until his wife returns from the sanitarium. To-morrow morning come to my laboratory" Craig handed her his card "and I will tell you what to do next. By the way, don't say anything to anyone in the house about it, and keep a sharp watch on the actions of any of the servants who may go into Mrs. Close's room." "Well," said Craig, "there is nothing more to be done immediately."
The presentation of the note quickly brought Mrs. Close's maid down to us. She had not gone to the hospital because Mrs. Close had considered the services of the trained nurses quite sufficient. Yes, the maid had noticed how her mistress had been failing, had noticed it long ago, in fact almost at the time when she had begun the X-ray treatment.
Francis Club until his wife returns from the sanitarium. To-morrow morning come to my laboratory" Craig handed her his card "and I will tell you what to do next. By the way, don't say anything to anyone in the house about it, and keep a sharp watch on the actions of any of the servants who may go into Mrs. Close's room." "Well," said Craig, "there is nothing more to be done immediately."
"Why, Close's lawyer, Lawrence, called up the editor this morning I don't suppose that you know, but he has some connection with the interests which control the Star and said that the activity of one of the reporters from the Star, Jameson by name, was very distasteful to Mr. Close and that this reporter was employing a man named Kennedy to assist him.
You must show us the million dollars you were to have by four P. M., on Wednesday, May thirty-first." "I don't have to flash it for twenty minutes," claimed Johnny happily. "At that hour I will show you a certificate of deposit on Joe Close's bank for half a million in bonds, and a sure-enough check for five hundred and ten thousand dollars." "No fair!" objected Val.
One of these persons had a compelling motive, something to gain by using this deadly element. "The radium in this tube in the casket was secreted, as I have said, in the metal work of Mrs. Close's bed, not in large enough quantities to be immediately fatal, but mixed with dust so as to produce the result more slowly but no less surely, and thus avoid suspicion. At the same time Mrs.
"Why, Close's lawyer, Lawrence, called up the editor this morning I don't suppose that you know, but he has some connection with the interests which control the Star and said that the activity of one of the reporters from the Star, Jameson by name, was very distasteful to Mr. Close and that this reporter was employing a man named Kennedy to assist him.
Only the other day, before any of this came out, you told me the whole story with your fears as to the outcome. I know that that lawyer of Close's has been keeping this thing hanging over your head for a long time. And I also know that you are one of the most careful X-ray operators in the city. If this suit goes against you, one of the most brilliant men of science in America will be ruined.
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