"
"But the number's on it," put in Kent swiftly. "Come, Stone, call
up the druggist, repeat the number to him, and ask if it calls for
your aconitine prescription."
Stone hesitated as if about to speak, then, reaching out his hand,
he picked up the telephone and held a short conversation with the
drug clerk of the Thompson Pharmacy.
"That is the box which contained the aconitine pills for Mrs.
Brewster," he said, when he had replaced the telephone. "Now, Kent,
I have secured the information you wished; kindly tell me your
reasons for desiring it."
It was Kent's turn to hesitate. "Do you know many instances where
aconitine was used by murderers?" he questioned.
"N-no. I believe it was the drug used in the celebrated Lamson
poison case," replied the physician slowly. "I cannot recall any
others just at the moment."
"How about suicides?"
"It is seldom, if ever, used for suicides." Stone spoke with more
assurance. "I have found in my practice, Kent, that suicides can
be classed as follows: drowning by the young, pistols by the adult,
and hanging by the aged; women generally prefer asphyxiation, using
illuminating gas.
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