The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-10

IAu asking AIIIuu II IIIH NIHi-IUII8rA
ought not % make a lhlaaiIon ~ iat
case n hts own landlord janco urlI1l
me ofcr 10 tie shadow Ia ihc fccts
" the carved bow windows Ilf
boards were up. end the rooms were
only ~ hy one tiny Oh lamp. Their
was no chance Of my being seen u J
stayed still.
Presently. The rroana below eInscd.
and we heard steps cn the sin.fllHc.
That was The feal-cuticf lie stopped
outside She door a. the terrier barked
and Azlzun frmblcd ~ the chain. and
be- told suddlioo % blow out The hmp.
This lefi the place IN lei darkness. ~.
cept for the red glow from the i've
huqas that hcl6nged 20 Ianoo and
Azizun. The aeai-cnffiT came Ia. nnI
/ heard Suddloo throw himself down
On the il0cr and gIoan. Azlzun caught
her breath. and lanoo backed GA o.
one of the beds with a shudder. There
was a cllnk of something metallic. aud
then shot up a pale blneereen fame
near the ground. The light was just
enough 10 show Azlzun.pfesscd against
one corner 81 the room with The terrier
between her knees; Janoo. with hef
hands elapsed. leaning forward as she
sat cn the bed: Suddhoo. face down.
qulvering. and che scal-cuitcr
hope ! may never see another man
Ike that seal cuitcg. lie WAS stripped
Ia the waist. with a wrath Of white
Jasmine as thick as my waist around
his forehead. a Eaimon-coi0red l0in.
rIrfh round HIn r..IFII. arN =. ~s..I
bangle on each ankle. This was not
awe-insplrlng. II was the face Of the
man that turned me cold II was blue.
gray IN the nrsg place. In the second.
the eyes were rolled back tin you
could only see the whites Of them: and.
In the third. the face was the face o.
demon-a ghoui-anyihlng you please
except u TIE sleek oily old fulIian
who sat In the day time over his turn
lng lathe down stairs. Tie was lysng
on his stomach With his arms turned
and cr iscd iiehlnd him. a. n he had
been ihfown down plnloned. Ills head
aid leck wcrc the only parts % him
on the floor They were nearly AZ right
angles 10 the body. like the head OF n
cobra M spring. II was CHASTITY. IN
the center of the room. On the hare
earth iioor. n big deep brass hdsin.
with a pale hluc-gretn light iloailne Ia
the center like a night light. Round
that hasln the man on thc floor wrig.
I cled himself three times. How De- did
Il do not know could SO the mus.
cles ripple along ms spine and fan
smooth again. The head sfemed the
only thing alive About him. except that
slow curl and uL.url OF She tailoring
back muscles. Janoo from the bed
was BREATHING seventy % ihe Minute,
Azlxun held h.r hands before hei
eyes: and old ,eddhoo. lingering M iht
dirt that had got into his white beard
was crying % himself. The horror Of
Il was that the creeping. cfawiy thlng
made no sound-only cfawled: and. re
member this lasted Tor ten minutes
while the terrier whlned aud Azizul
/ shnddered and lanoo gaspcd and Sud
ihoo cried
I felt the hair Mt AZ the hack OF ms
head and my heart thunp Ike a thcr
maniidote paddle. Luckily the seal
cutter betrayed himself by his MOS
impressive trick aud made me calm
again. After be had finished that an
sneakalie crawl. De- stretched bis heas
AWAY from the floor as hlgh o. IL
could. and sent out a So % IRE fran
his nosirils. Now know how fire
spodilng u done-l can d. u myself
~ I felt 90 ease. The business was
fraud. II he had only kept % tha
crawl without trying 70 raise the 81
Ia {. goodness unlws what ! nigh
hive thought Both the girls shrlckel
AZ the JET Of irc aud she head dropped
chin uown on The iloor with a ihud
the whole body iyiuethcn Ike q corps
with lis arms irussed. There WIS
PAUSE of Fun Eve minutes after thl.
and the blues green flame died down
lanoo STOPPED 10 settle one of De
anklets. while Azlzun turned her fac
10 the wall aud took the terrier In he
arms. Suddhoo put out an arm mn
chanlcaily 10 Ianoo's huua and sh
slld Il across tho floor with her foo
Directly above the body and on th
wall we've n couple " flaming POI
traits. "a stamped paper frames. q
the queen and the prince " Walc'
They looked down upon the perform
ancc. aud. 10 my thinking. seencd Z
helghicn the grotcsqucucss Of u an.
Iust then the silence was getting M
cndufahlc. the body turned over an
rollcd away from the tasln 70 the std
Of the room. where Il lay stomach a.
Thcrc was faint "plop~ from N
haSin-cxacily like the noise ~
makes when Il takci q ily-and n
green light In the center revived.
looked 40 the hasin and saw. Dol
hing In the water the dried. sllfiveiel
black head ~ a native hahy-op,
, EYES. open mouth aud shaved seal
u was worse. being 50 very sudde
than the crawling exhibition. We ha
, no Time TO say anything before u b
. gan 10 speak
Read roe's account II the volcc an
. came from re mcsmrrlzcd dying ma
aud y0u viii realize l,sss than onc-ha
/ the horror ~ that heads golcc.
/ There was an interval 81 sccoI
} or two between each wOf,l, aud SO
r ~ ''rlng. ring. ring" In The note % 4
+. voice Ike the timbrc ~ a hell
l. pcalcd SLOWLY. as II talking 10 ltst
/. Tor several minutes before ! got ri1
I my cold sweat. rhrN the blessed sol
b ton struck me. ! looked nt the hol
!. lying near thc doorway. and SAW. ia
b where the hollow % thc threat iol
Z on the shoulders. a muscle that d
u nothing 10 DO with any mans rcgnl
. hrcathlug. twllchlng away slcadil
Z The whole ihiug WIS a careful rcQl
q ducilon Of the Egyplian tcmphlm IA
/. One rvads about sometimes: aud &
/ voice WAS Us clever and as APPALLING
u piece of vcnirlloQuism ~ enc cuu