Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-05-05

Their q Lore Of the occult, as it ha
been my favorite study since youth
When | saw an advertisement In tn,
PAPER that genuine worker OF blacl
magic. as laid down in the Leinegeton
had located Ia Chicago. and offered hii
services TO whoever required them,
lost no time in looking him IN. I die
net altogether like the locality the
| address took me to, but I've been ir
many worse one in Calcutta looking
up fakir who was said to perform
me mango trick better than any OF his
| fellows
| Il found a typical magician's den
on the top floor of an otherwise va
cant BUILDING. At first l did not recog
nize Stephanovitch In the person OF
the magician. There were several
persons In the room and he dismissed
them In turn and left mo until the
last Then l saw who IL was. That
Is the last remember very clearly ul
10 the time you gentlemen rescued me
must have been hypnotized or
druSged or something, and | suppose
nave been prisoner In that house
ever since.
Twice | WAS permitted to send mos
sages TO Miss Watrous. but by Steph
anovitch's ordnrs they were limited &c
the seals OF the spirits. used two
winch was pretty sure Miss Watrous
would know. as we had studied black
magic together, but without her IN
thers 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 that ere the sun rises on
the third day from now you will he
dead / did so and remember no
more until awoke bound. looking into
! MS eyes which were peering at me
through the holes in the wall The
rest you know.
| But how. Mr.. Clarke. do you &C
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 well as several other
| points which bothered me. Stephano
vitchs sole reason. probably. In per
hitting you to write was to obtain her
address. so that he might at tho prop
er time send her n decoy letter. But
do not understand why he should
| have delayed his revenge for q month
when he had you in his power and
had the means to find Miss Watrous
Il think can explain IT," said King
What date is this?'
We told him.
"Ah, | suspected so. II Is 20 years
ago today that The Brothers Of the
Left Hand Path were broken up. But
MIR. Clarke, / am interested to know
how you found us and how you ap
peared 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
put me on the right track. When
found IL was black magic, I 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 n gypsy and
| Is an adept at the art himself
| have Romany blood in me and speak
his language. Besides. he Is beholden
TO me for many favors. He was one
OF the persons who also answered the
advertisement and was in tna room
when you came"
| But your disguise!" I exclaimed.
| THAT, | am afraid, was a bit o.
harmless vanity on my part, but an
now convinced that It was fo-.u:Iate.
for nothing else would have oecn as
safe or as effective. II Vas only this.
Black Magic for something like
thousand yearz has been striving to
call forth the devil 1t is safe to say
that never before tonight has an in
vocation been answered was a 1T
tie curious to know just what effec'
would be created should his Satani'
majesty appear In his own proper per
SON"
But the costume?" / persisted.
"Oh, that was simple. a Cheste;
field coat covers multitude OF sar
torial sins. Boards and mustachei
are easily carried In the pocket and
little chewing gum does the rest"
When We had seen Stephanovitcb
oaiCiy uCpoSlVSu III SSll anu INC ca
plantations had been concluded. King
said:
Without putting you gentlemen uL
der the pledge OF absolute secrecy, q
ask that nothing of this be given ia
the papers and that no names be d.
vulged. Ny reason for this is that
my mother is OF the most noble birth
I'm Russia and is intensely proud"
But" said the inspector, you will
have to appear against this man"
Cannot that be avoidedT
We'll" said the inspector thought
fully '1f it's a matter OF great impor
lance 10 you we can book him on q
vagrancy charge. That will hold him
TO- a year"
,,,r,- -, ., ,, - go.