The Washington times., 1911-08-12
denly he took off his cap. waved it and
By CHARLES WILLING BEALE
Author of 1.-THE Onyx Ear" Etc.
Copyright, The Frank A Munsey Company

, denly he took off his cap, waved it and
There it is! Thank heavenw
| / sprang to my feet.
What is it?' i shouted, seeing moth
ing unusual
1.-THE red light! Tad-sa-fuh!''
Far below and beyond US the luFtd
rays of the VaTney signal shot into the
| Dight The fiery eye that marked the
| spot we had so long sought was Wink
| ing at US to mark that home OF mys-
terry. We were headed straight toward
| it!
There's one thing we mustn't for
get" he said. II left Tad-sa-fuh under
sentence of death. must not be recoS-
nized when we get there"
l had forgotten about it, and said so.
It'll come mighty handy to remem-
| ber,' he said. I've no ambition to go
| down to posterity as an example OF
| Tibetan justice"
What do you propose to DOR
I've brought cooler for the BROTH
ers, and I'm going to use it-that's all.
He went on to tell me that he had a
disguise-perhaps it was the same he
had used in London-and that he was
quite sure the lamas would not know
him.
Its a risk we've got to run. though,
en- account of the girls he added.
By o'clock the red eye of the
gomba-if it was the gomba-had ma
terially strengthened. 1t cast a faint,
nebulous glow. like a danger signal on
misty night. Both Gwynne's eyes and
nine were fixed upon it as the most i'm
portant feature Of the universe. 1t was
still far-very far-away, but it was
steadily growing nearer. We were to
land In a sheltered nook, more than u
mile from the lamasery, Gwynne said.
From there we were to make our way
afoot. He was TO assume the guise OF
a state sorCerer, while l was to be
nOvitiate and companion, who was trav-
cling with him.
OF course, he must make himself
known to the Varney girls as soon as
possible. The best way to do this could
not be decided upon till the time came.
Roedler was now staring into the
blackness intently. He was trying to
identity the landmarks and to locate the
ground we were TO settle on. But the
darkness, our great elevation and the
strange look of things made 1t hard.
Gradually the wall of the lamasery
took shape. It rose. swelled, stretched
itself into rough protuberances, went
nosing among the rocks with unwar-
ranted curiosity. till 1t was impossible to
tell where It began and where II ended.
Then. in the dim light of approaching
day, an amazing picture was wrought
beneath us. A cloud had settled over
the valley, assuming the perfect appear
ance of a lake. 1t was vast, body Of
water. into which gigantic headlands
thrust themselves, and upon every side
of which rose mountains Of indescrfb-
able splendor.
Across this sequestered bay. and d.
reCtly opposite, a huge promontory
raised its head, and upon its brow was
the lamasery OF Tad-sa-fuh. It was
startling-the more so from the fact that
a few minutes later the lake had van
ished. together with the quaint old pile
and the red light that had marked the
spot In short. the cloud had risen, en-
quilted us, and shut out the world.
We flGated on in darkness-not even
the light of p star to guide us. Glmpses
Of the world again, but the lake had
gone. Then we settled earthward-down
-dOwn-whiIe the walls of Tad-sa-fuh
rose steadily skyward.
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