"
I must confess that I was little further along in the solution of
the mystery than I had been when I first saw Mendoza's body.
Kennedy, however, did not seem to be worried. Leslie had long
since given up trying to form an opinion and, now that the nature
of the poison was finally established, was glad to leave the case
in our hands.
As for me, I was inclined to agree with Dr. Leslie, and, long
after he had left, there kept recurring to my mind those words:
BEWARE THE CURSE OF MANSICHE ON THE GOLD OF THE GODS.
VIII
THE ANONYMOUS LETTER
"I think I will drop in to see Senorita Mendoza," considered
Kennedy, as he cleared up the materials which he had been using in
his investigation of the arrow poison. "She is a study to me--in
fact, the reticence of all these people is hard to combat."
As we entered the apartment where the Mendozas lived, it was
difficult to realize that only a few hours had elapsed since we
had first been introduced to this strange affair. In the hall,
however, were still some reporters waiting in the vain hope that
some fragment of a story might turn up.
"Let's have a talk with the boys," suggested Craig, before we
entered the Mendoza suite.
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