The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-26
The Man With the Master Mind
Continued from Page 7.

as harmless. disappointed fanatic. 1
then lost track of him.
"I-suppose l inherited from my
father love of the occult, as IT has
been my favorite study since youth.
When I saw an advertisement in the
paper that a genuine worker of black
magic, as laid down in the Lemegeton.
had located in Chicago, and offered
MS services to whoever required them,
lost no time in looking him up. 1
did not altogether like the locality the
ADDRESS took me to, but I've been in
many worse one in Calcutta looking
up fakfr who was said to perform the
mango trick better than any of his fell
lows.
L found a typical magician's den on
the top floor of an otherwise vacant
building. At first l did not recognize
| Stephanovitch in the person of the ma
gician. There were several persons in
, the room and he dismissed them in
turn and left me until the last Then
saw who it was. That is the last
remember very clearly up to the time
you gentlemen rescued me. I must
have been hypnotized or drugged or
something, and l suppose / have been
prisoner in that house ever since.
Twice l was permitted to send mes
sages to Miss Watrous, but by Steph-
anovitch's orders they were limited to
the seals of the spirits. l used two
which / was pretty sure Miss Watrous
would know. as we had studied black
magic together, but without her faith
er's knowledge. Besides, she had a
Grimoire and could look them up.
About two days ago Stephanovitch
came to me and said: You will now
send to the young woman who is called
Miss Watrous the seal of the dread
spirit Glasyalabolas that she may know
Il 1n ..f.1 ~
day from now you will be dead / did
so and l remember no more until 1
awoke bound, looking into his eyes
which were peering at me through the
holes in the wall. The rest you know.
But how. Mr.. Clarke, do you ac-
count for the other message Miss Wa
| trous received telling her to come TO
me?"
You have cleared that up for me,
Mr.. King, as we'll as several other
points which bothered me. Stephand-
vitch's sole reason, probab bly,, in per-
hitting you to write was TO obtain her
address, SO that he might at the proper
| time send her a decoy letter. But T
do not understand why he should have
delayed his revenge for a month when
he had you in his power and had the
means to find Miss Watrous."
II think l can explain it," said King.
What date is this?"
! We told him.
| "Ah. / suspected So 1t is twenty
years ago today that The Brothers of
the Left Hand Path were broken up.
But Mr.. Clarke. i am interested TO
know how you found US and how you
appeared just at the right time
THAT Is simple enough" answered
| Clarke. THE clue TO the case plainly
! lay in the seals which you drew. This
] mt on the right track Whom
found it was black magic. 1 went at
! once to the one man in Chicago who
would know every worker of the art
who might be in the city. This man
is Ramon ZingarO. He is a gypsy and
is an adept at the art himself. l have
| Romany blood in me and l speak his
language. Besides, he is beholden 10
me for many favors. He was one Of
| the persons who also answered the ad-
| vertisement and was in the room when
you came"
But your disguise" i exclaimed.
THAT, / am afraid. was a bit of
harmless vanity on my part, but / am
now convinced that it was fortunate.
for nothing else would have been as
safe or as effective. 1t was only this.
Black Magic for something like thou
sand years has been striving to call
forth the devil. 1t is safe TO say that
never before tonight has an invocation
been answered. l was a little curious
to know just what effect would be
created should his Satanic majesty ap-
pear in his own proper person"
But the costume?' 1 persisted
"Oh. that was simple. A Chesterfield
coat covers a multitude of sartorial
sins Boards and muStaches are easily
carried in the pocket and little chew
ing gum does the rest"
| When we had seen StephanOVitch
| safely deposited in cell and the ex-
plantations had been concluded, King
said:
without putting you gentlemen un-
der the pledge of absolute secrecy,
ask that nothing of this be given tC
the papers and that no names be d.
vulged. My reason for this is that my
mother is of the most noble birth In
| Russia and is intensely proud"
But" said the inspector. you will
have to appear against this man."
Cannot that be avoided?"
well" said the inspector thought
fully, "if it's a matter of great import
vagrancy charge. That will hold hin
for a year"
THAT will do nicely. Long before
the time is up. Miss Watrous and
will have been married and will be
away on my ocean yacht. Then / vii
defy Stephanovitch to find us. Now
Mr.. Clarke, 1 know there is no ade-
quate return I can make to you. but
is there anything / can do?'
Mr.. King" said Clarke. drawing G
small book from his pocket. IF 1 may
be allowed to keep this / shall be more
than repaid. No: do not think l an
foolishly generous. This book is price
less It is an original edition of the
! Grimoire of Honorius printed in the
seventeenth century. I found 1t in the
magician's quarters"
IT know no one more entitled to 4
than you" answered King, extending
, his hands to Clarke and myself. 81
seems a small payment for two live:
but my lifelong friendship and graft
tude to both of you go with it,
, (The fourth story of the Carlton
lClarke series of adventures. entitled
: THE Squared Triangle" will appeal