The evening world., 1911-04-22

ready sang " nobody on This earth had
ever sung before. he practised ventrilo-
quism and gave displays of leGsrdcrnsin
80 extraordinary that tho re-
turning to Asia talked about IL during
the whole length OF their journey.
In this way his reputation generated
tho walls OF the palace at Mazcnderan,
where the little s%ultans, the favorite OF
tho Shah-ln-Shah. waS boring herself to
death. A dealer In furs, returning 20
= markand from N~ljni-Novgorod. told
OF the msrvels which he Mad seen per-
formed In ErilS's tent. The trader was
summoned TO the palace and the daroga
OF Mazenderan was told TO question
him. Next the daroga was instructed
to go and md Erik.
lie brought him to Persia. where for
aomc months Erik's will was law. He
was guilty or not a few horrors. for ne
seemed not TO know the difference be-
tween good and evil. lie % part
calmly IN a number of political assss-
slnations. and he turned his diabolical
Inventive power against the f.mir or
Af%ghanlstan. who was at war with the
Persian empire The Shah took q iik-
ing TO him
This was tne lime of the o . hours
OF M~aaenderan. OF which the daroga's
narrative has given us . glimpse. Erfk
had very original ideas on tho subject
OF az architecture and thought out . pal
ace much a q c0nturer contriNcS .
trick -casket.
The Shall ordered him 60 construct An
sdinos Of THE kfnA Ersy dA %: and
the building appeArs 70 have ossn 30 In
genious that Hs Majesty w~S b. to
move about In II unSeNn and to dnap-
~~A. ..NN,, NA0lhtHU ~ Nh0 TRICK
being discovered. When the ShAh-fn-
Shah found himssif the p~ossessor OF
this ssm he ordered Erik's yslbsw
syss 20 b put cut
But 10 reflected that. even whom oeand.
Drtk would stNi be bic b build
as remarkable . house for another SOW
srstm: and also that, - long - Erfk
wa alive, some one would know ohs
secret Of the wonderful palace nrfks
death waA DECIDED upon. tovetnsr win
that Of al the iaborsrs who had WORKED
under his ordsrs. rns execution Of this
abominabis decree dsvoavsd uoon 0s
dAxoga Of MaEsndsran-
Erik had shown him rome saight ser.
v4css md pfooursd HIM many . hearty
iauSh. lie savsd Erik by pr0vS6Ang him
Win the mean u seoaps. but nsassy
With his head f0r his gsnsrous In
duiGenos.
fortunately b ne Aarosa. . essDsA
han-satan By the birds Of prey. wNs
found On ne shers az the CaapaAn ~.
and vas taken for Drfk's body, -.
cause ne daroga's friends had dressed
the remains IN clothing nat bsisnGsd to
Er1k.
AZ fur Drfk, ne won't 70 Asia 1cner
and thence TO ConstantincplA. where ne
entered ira 6uitan's employment In
explanation of the ssrv4ces WHOM ne
Wa able TO render . nonardh haunted
by perpetual ~tarrors, I need only sAy
that n was Erik who constructed ell
the famous trapdoors and ssoret
chambers and mysterious stronE boxes
which we're found At Yildin Kiosk AFTER
the iaSt Turkish revolution.
He also invented those automAoa.
dressed like the Sultan and RESEMBLING
the sultan m all rsspects.s which made
peopis bsiievs that the Commander
The Faithful was awaia At one place
when. IN reality. he was aslesp eiss-
where.
OF course, hs had 70 leave the Sultan's
service for the same reasons that mad
him nv from Perda: he knew too much.
Then, t1red of his adventurous. for
u,asb,e and monstrols life. hs lonGed
10 be some one nike everybody else
And no became Q contractor. " any
| ordinary contractor. building ordinary
houses with ordinary bricks. iis ten
dered for part OF the IN
the Opera. His estimate was accepted.
| when he found himself IN the cellars
Of the enormous playhouse his artistic,
fantastic, wizard nature esumed the
upps hand. Besides. was be not a.
uIy a. svsrf He DRAINED OF creating
for his own use . dwelling unknown to
the rest Of the earth, where he could
hide from mons syss for AL line
The reader Knows and gusssee the
rest. II 10 all In keeping with this m
credible ana yet veracious story. Poor.
unhappy Erik! Shall we pity him.
shall we urse himf He asked only to
be como one like everybody else.
But no was too usly' And he had to
hide his genius or use Il TO play tricks
with, whom. with an ordinary face. he
would have boon ons of the O dis
ttnguished Of mankindi He had . heart
that could have held the empire Of the
world; and, IN the end. he had b co.,
tent htmself with . osllar. Al, rs. We