Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12
5copyrieht by The NORTH AmerIcan Companyl

know Tia; STOPPED dead foo, within the room
experience. lie surprised by this sud-
den intrusion-yes: but o. showed upon
that wonderful face-oniy sort of plying contempt
And. / paused, he slowly TO feet
moving his from mine.
ITS Fu-Manchu." cried Smith. over my shoulder.
IN voice that almost Its Fu-Manchu!
Cover him. Shoot dead if
The conclusion Of that sentence heard
DR.. Fu-Manchu reached down beside the tabe-and
the floor slipped from under
One last glimpse / had OF fixed. green eyes
with scream was unable dropped
droppeG-dropped plunged into icy water.
which closed my
Vaguely. 1 had squirt o. name-had heard
other following upon my own--a booming sound Ohe
trap)-the fiat note of police whistle But when
TO the surface impenerable darkness enveloped
was splitting filthy. oily liquid mouth. and fight
ing down the black by the throat:
terror of the darkness about unknown depths
beneath me. of the pit into which L cast amid
sitting stenehes and the tapping of tidal water.
I Help Help!"
My voice Upon me. yet
about to cry out again. when mastering all my presence
of mind and all my failing courage. recognized that
had better employment for energies. and began to
swim straight ahead desperately determped to face all
h of this pace-to die hard IL die i must
A drop of liquid through the darkness and
the water beside me.
I felt that despite my resolution. was going mad.
Another fiery drop-and another!
1 touched a rott.ng wooden post and Shiny tmbers
l had reached bound of watery prison. More
fell above and the of hystera quvered
unuttered in my throat.
Keeping myself anoat with increasing difficulty in my
heavy garments. threw my head back and raised my
No more drops fell. and drops
it merely question OF time for the hoo- to
ps r above me aas du red
1t was drops Of burning oil from the lamp. finding
ad sen ABOUT death trap
S Sua5 down
ana ancient Shortly that edron
would be oosed upon my head the glow OF the
Piles unfolding the building showed me the tidal mark
from the Tsa By S
may s0s ago aasa esna IN the wake
sy s u the TO OF three
light o ana Be s'sw
Claiming oror Of adsas
the water
e. s with the .aases an
.,s snSw what " poended and
Ta;n IKE ssrsss suit Of s %a
i misn work :tr.E:
asony as
hss s the q ssoe con-
S %as nearly # eosa throw up ONE arm %
sounded above msi ;. Smiths, .no.
a
saw the strangest sight which that night yet had
smith the
stood stood upon qpo!, 3 rese rup Nina above!
nss saS n M S the With eae s n fSa
its eIs s. oSsI On ,. auc. You
lower as to O. h% ar BE snf Be SUn the slim
as e9aa Sa pen this
girl whom that day had surprised in cadbys rooms
that S and my sf fixed
s%'s' e. =: ,s:s
EVEN nearer supposed nv last distinct IN:
~n sb % Is
riveted edges up. along the top of the beam which
The severed fingers l said and swooned.
nor HOW et our ass s SS
it opened upon Ny next reeoles
mSn and rs q inspector ss holding
about D us and and shouting drew
the engines eomlng!. explained Smith seeing a
sh s son @ through the trap that the
everybody OUT.
.Ss- far as we know"
smith shrugged his shoulders
mo one has seen him. There was some door al the
No he said tensey. Not until see him lying
Then memory resumed its sway. 1 struggled 10 my
S1 aea:s s SnssS as sas ,
mouth-as fire engine came swinging round the corner
and I'm afraid. somebody else: We've got six or eign'
all sorts some and asleep; but suppose
ua shall have to let EN- go again. Mr. Smith tells
that the girl disguised as Chinaman expect
that's why she managed slip away"
recalled had been dragged from the pit by
the false strange discovery which had
brought death poo- Cadby had brought life to me-
and seemed remember. that Smith had dropped
it as he threw his arm about me on the ladder Her
mask the girl might retained. but her wig felt
certain, had been dropped into the water IA,
n vas night. when the brigade still
,nvnc upon blackened shell of what had been Shen
Vans opium shop. and Smith and were speeding away
N a cab from of God alone knows how
.rin,es idea.
Smith / said ibid you bring the pigtaiI with
that Cadoy!
1 had hoped to meet the owner.
1t now
owner!'
thrust my deep into the pockets OF the big
peajacket lent to me by Inspector Ryma leaning back
We shall never really eAcel al ' n a5tns, Ioh
knew what Petre--what II meant TO tie
world: but l hadn't heart. L owed hef your lie
had square the accounts!
More thrilling, intense and more mysterious
than even thf. adventure tale In the third of the