Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-17

On we stole sunietiv along a marrow
! paved passage yvhieh extended for
about a dozen FsacssSsnd which ended
abruptly IN "a .l5ghtsof steps These
i YcOn mounted, lhesitsiing juskl q mo-
ment to listen. Weftnllowed close In
his footsteps. .Jim1ncxt, l bring.rg up
the rear I'm this maIler we vera rap
idly reached IA higher level. and then
we paused once, more Yon drewFclose.
Makee welly calefol step" he2ghis-
spered. You 'hSideeane. cap'n- Your
'fiiend 'osdee YOU sA2skee knife asady.
u Ne can tell
3 we did as we ERE; 6iiden 3nfsal our
: .bsrre feet stole ssfonYsl 2lrough the dark
4 for at THIS ipoiri .YoH had dropped the
l lbrs zier Eurturatelyshe knew his way
I and after creepipgyon for some little
l time we came eto Sai5further fig1t of
steps which, tie upy 10Y. l saw were
bafned with llip.hf ,lllaleed as ssorr as
WE had reached .Ghe,aep of 1hen we
wc1sa enabled tthror..s a great fI.nnei.
sfS.if were, tOssaett hessty.
We are i'm tSlB- ,ll;casGa?''. Wig lered
5im. All Yuninodddd
Brt how to get out? SO far We had
ssen fortunate in Guiding the vigilance
t. hat strange ,subterxanean prison or
nhuation, but we were not ;yei out
81 de, land even supposipg that we were.
e Were still on iKuug's island and
m 'weSer less in the power of hiri and
his creatures
Hooked UP and around, but could see.
no WAY out of the difficulty. The walls
rose sheer to the dilapidated top, and
even the first window was 20 feet
| above rs. There was no door that l
could see, but "A smhllTpsssagel edsoff to,
our right, ana when ,.Js6n pointed to-
ward. this Yon nodded
The only way" heSsakl. ,Itynakee
Though -KungS loom. Come .tIook,
L see! Pelhaps K.ung mo; there
We erept on.s s silently as before in
sfthe sarnerOrder and presently perceived
"a light shining throuph,a-creViee Yon
slackeRed.. and we instipetively follow
7 ed his example. i wondered, what was
qoming next.
AS we approached there WAS a. sud
, aen clattersas of BOLTS and
presently the door swung open. Then
!, "a mans voice was heard hurriedly
speaking. and shortly after itsuowner
stslpeared apSthe doorway, but theaz7as
like a shadow in the mdiStinct lig hit
and l faiAed NutterFy 10 identify him
17se voice within next said something,
tor, which the person IN the ,doorw az
answered politely, as servant ~wopld
to- iSS MASTER, then. closing the door
sof'uE after SAM, ile came toward us.
We. squeezed back against ythe wall
and held our breath, and The man. .sse-
tuallyl passed within a foot of Ime AS
his figure disappeared at the end, OF. Ilsc
passage All Ton glided swiftly after
him, and we waited in the horrible ex-
pectatio1 Of hearing another death
groan- But, much to my relief, our
,sworthy friend hip1sel returned and
whispering TO jim iand me as he pass
ed, '"Makee leady suppose my rmakee
'exll," he slipped from us and went to-
ward the> door. flushing it open gen
tly, he disappeared within
What was happening now it wz,uld-
he impossible to say, and Jim and j
shank still closer &ns gainst the wall
AND listened intently. 1t was terrible
ordeal thai, avaiting there in the dark
expecting We knew not what. and 30
me the seconds, frauglTt with horror as
they ,were, erept onWaSl with heavy
feet. But presently the stiffness WIS
starflSd by cry, a groaIl- sort Of sta-
fed sisriek, a'sl felt every nerve OF
me ttagle with apprehension. For 4
little space we stood irnesolute, and
then yihn, calling to me, Come along,
Davie. crushed forward. at his heels.
Pushing open che door. We entered.
Mnd In THE far -aerner OF a. low, long
shamb Der (which was lighted tby a soil
barry lamp ! saw che figure Cpe a man
sSooping aver something WHICH lay up
on the foar. Rushing forward, l rec
oguized In dhe mar our servant Yon.
but he WAS $50 intent upon the thing
beneath him that he never raised his
head at our approach-
lyon. Yon." cried Sim. what have
you &one?' J
Look see. eap'n," WAS the Cheating
reply he rose AS he, spoke. and q saw
that his long hnife was smeared with
substance the name, ofcwhich I guess
ed only too we'll
The thing beneath him was a man, |
but the face was $50 ftransfgured with |
blood that at the Asst glance failed TO
recognize 1t. A second, however. drew
from me the one war,ti '''Kungp' 1
YES" seid Alb Xan, and in his ex-
element he grinnaS with a frenzya
which was perfectly idiotic5 this be-H
long Kung."
"He is deadp I
"Makee LOOK see," and he touched
sthe body contemptuousig with his bare
toes. my makee one-tN0o-thEast. He
fell Good. Kung makee no more toll, 1
lure. He no more tleatse poor piece
chinaman alec samee dog. Bah" Andi
again he spurned the body and began /
to rail at it in his native tnngue "My
makee mark, you see. Knng makee
plenty mark once. he makee no more i
mark" AS he spoke he pointed with 4