The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07

to consciousness My hands and feet closely ashed
hung Imply as wet towel felt that this spark of
tortured life which had nckered up in long
finally become extlnguLshed
fancy possessed me- in these the first moments Of
my restoration to the world of realities that had been
Smu&ged INTO emma and as swung head downward
told myself that the huge puffy things which srewea
the path species Of giant oadsoo. unfamiliar
noe and possibly peculiar to whatever district Of China
in
The air hot steamy ana loaded with a smell
as Of rottng vegetation. / wondered why my bearer
scrupulousy avoided touching any of the unwhola-
someooking growths in passing through what seemed a
succession of cellars. bat steered
among the b1oated. unnatural shapes lifting his
brown feet with catiike delcacy
lie passed unde, u low arch, dropped roughly to
the ground, and back Half stunned. lay watching
the agile brown body melt into the distance cellars
phorescent light
'Petrle! came weak voice from somewhere near.
rs that you. Petrie?"
1t Maryland Smith
d ana Fa to but pp ns ae intense
ing he9 bs w n ss a s1 6n gould ne
blows reached nay ears. too,
load Nhc he bore & IS hs pesd upa rs way 'Hs asayg
as reaza hs W b VAS qqn G nooTs b9v me
OF s & n 1wb t9nnd me 6a ne
beetle who d can raise many times is own weight
fane asl hs m q my "a
which concealed him.
T sa 0' 5s 2rn u 81 FL
SfPt dourare fosa po m s ma1 ns a Of
He had assumed the appearance of a drlgged opium
smoker SO well as to dape me~-a medical Well
habit probably greater than my And with
the hangmans dangling before him, he had
played the part Of uFe-~whe a body 0 police
actually surrounded the place.
have since thought that the room probably
which he actually for opium debauches, and
ing the eomatose period
Now. holding lantern above his head, the devlser
of the trap wnereinto mouseike, had blinily
entered came through the cellars, following the brown
man who carried Weymouth, The faint of the
lantern ut appatent9 contained cande) revealed a
ideously Notwithstanding from the floor the Shiny
wallsclngtng IKE hotrd parasites to such
archcd roof visible to
Fu-Manchu picked his through the fungi ranks
as daintily as though the distorted tumd things had
been vlper-headed The resounding blows which had
noted before and which had never ceased eliminated
In spintering crash. Doctor Fu-Manchu
servant VINO carried the apparently insensibe detective
passed IN under the arch Fu-Manchu glancing back
once along the passages The lantern he extnguished
veying memories all the threats which this uncanny
being had uttered, distant camor
Then, abruptly, Ii ceased. Doctor Fu-Manchu had
closed heavy door; and surprise perceived that
the greater part Of of glass The willie hewisp
glow which played around the fungi rendered the vista
where lay. Fu-Manehu spoke softly His voice, its
cultural note alternating with sibtance certain
words, betrayed no traces OF agitation The mans
broken calm had In II something Inhuman. For he had
Just perperaed an act Of daring unparalleled in my
experience, and in the camor shut out by the
glass door tardy recognized the entrance of the police
into harrieaaed part Of the housethe coming of
those who would save uS-who would hold the Chinese
doctor for the hangmant
Il have decided" he said deliberately. that you are