The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-23

pany nus taken the pains to employ the
I services of some Of our, most learned
professors in the attempt: to decipher
this address, but apart from the fact
that m r. appears plainly. nothing
can be made out Of it. .. It is neither
Greek or "sanskirt, but it may be,
am told the rough symbols Of a tribal
tongue: In these circumstances, there
fore, what may it not contain. Not
the kohinoor, of course, for that is
already taken; but, my friends, the
orient IS rich. in jewels and gold"
AND thus the willy man went on. -
twelve dollars" said Inray Khan
quietly. There was no other Bidder.
| AS the box was handed to him and his
eyes Tell upon the superscription, I
again saw the ashen pallor appear on
MS face-the same look of terror, only
not SO accumulated, as on the night OF
! which l have written. Tremblinely he
drew his purse, placed money: into an
! attendants hand, and was gone.
And gone, stoo, from the employ Of
! Reed & Bartlett was ITS most learned!
! Days came and passed; yet no
| word from him! 1.-THE house Of call
officials knew nothing of his where
abouts; the astute police headquarters
| men, to whom + appealed at last, en-
tered the case on the blotter and for
got it. and burt for my determination
and Doctor Rat1ibones wise remarks
the story of Imray khan would never
have been writfen--at least, in Eng
fish!
1t was fixed habit for my friend
the doctor to prowl: about the poorer
sections Of New York when time hung
| heavily; he was a charitable man, but
| this he denied, avowing that inasmuch
| as his future profession comprehended
1.-The study Of the inner workings Of man
1T behooved him to become acquainted
| with all classes and conditions Of the
human family, their methods Of living,
etc. His rescue Of child from drown
ing in the East river, not far from our
workshop, entailed the necessity Of
! accompanying the child home to it's
parents. In the room the grateful
mother assigned him to dry himself
| he discovered not only a welcome fire,
but something more acceptable: on the
mantel lay the miniature photogra phi
of Imray Khan; in the. habiliments of
a high priest of some eastern order
unknown to him.
The doctor emerged from the room
in quicker time THAN it. takes to tell
1T, and, wet and *bedraggeled, came to
me with the information that Imray
Khan had been found, he having
gained from the woman that our lost
friend was in q room at the. woman's
house, but would: see: no one:
1 will not weary the reader with de-
tails leading up: to :our determination
to visit Imray Kbanat a late. hour on
that fateful night OF October 3, mark
ing as it did the thirteenth night of
his disappearance. Rain and a sour
rying wind accornpanied us, and gloom
left. it's impress Everywhere. Arrived
at: the house, We made known our mis-
sion. The woman, while recognizing
the savior of her child, was chary az
to letting us IN. Imray Khan's orders
a q SSe5sss sbs saah 8;
allowed 70 see rim; zhe was terrible II
HIS anger; to her knowledge there hat
been no stir in hts room for at leas
two weeks and his room was paid TO,
by the. month
MADAM" said Dbctor Rathbone. ::
am a physician. Has it. struck 70,
that you may have a corpse in you
room?"
The woman's face paled ''Thanl
God, there is some, one, then, to hea
my story. Fearing the very thing o
which you speak, sir, I have twic
gone to the room zand raped. Their
came no response7-nothing save
death1y sweet smell; as of spices. Thi
morning T bethought me of a secre
door, and sumnioning all my Strength
| rl RI cd G1Jf on Si~ n
ask me to do it again!
Doctor said significantly, 81
:, may be too late"
Our duty. is, "pla in,'""he replied, AM
feeling the woman literally he tool
, from her the key and small lamp.
r "He is on the top floor back, in tn
, room that overlooks the river" sh
, whispered after U.S. IT beg you t
make: no noise.a. Above all, he mus
- not hear the sound Of human voice.
> ''Humph!" growled the doctor, soft
: voce, what new mystery is this? I
! may, after all, be but q plain case o
: neurasthenia, which has many damn
! able characteristics. Also, it may b
: that our friend is taking the starvation
cure for the same disease. There i
no accounting for the doings. of tn
: ultra-learned." 49,
, This pet phrase of the doctors I lie
. pass; to my mind we were on tn
S Everge of a discovery thoughts o
. which set my heart beating furious
4 ly, We passed like ghosts down tn
Hallway and up the stairs Arrived a
|. the landing on the top floor, the doc
y tor. finger to lips; distinguished tn
$ light. Silently, soon after. he turne
the key in the lock and the door slow
,. ly moved back; *
t Luxurious1y furnished was the apart
t ment. The carpet. Of the softest ma
:. terial, sank beneath our tread, max
n ing: noise impossible. while the heav
:, portiere which we swept aside was q
t the costliest :velvet.> A. screen. Of Orl
r entail design, SO large as to shut OF
d half the .room,, barred our further pro
z gress. Behind this screen arose
t faint light, of blush tinge. while ou
t nostrils were saluted with the odor G
:. a drug the properties of which hav
read in the pages Of De Quincy.