The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-22
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Lester, a lawyer, accompanies
Godfrey. a police reporter, to his
home in a New York suburb for
the weekend. The fust night
Godfrey takes him up tree
where they behold strange
sight. A peculiar star suddenly
appears in the heavens. descends.
and bursts in a shower of sparks
above two white robed figures
apparently standing in space.
Godfrey explains that the two
figures are standing on the roof
of house belonging to one Wor-
thington Vaughan, a wealthy old
man, who lives with a beautiful
daughter, Marjorie, on the ad-
joining estate, which Vaughan has
surrounded with a walt IL feet
high. This wall is topped with
broken glass imbedded in cement.
The next day Lester plants
ladder against the wall and climbs
up to get a view OF the other side.
In the garden no sees beautiful
girl, and dark, oriental looking
man, both dressed In flowing
robes. Finally the man goes to
the house and the girl comes to
the wall. With apparent intent
she meets Testers eyes and
throws letter over the wall.
This letter Is addressed to
Frederic Swain, young man once
wealthy, now working in Testers
office. Lester sends for him. The
letter is a call for help from the
girl, who, before SWANS father
died insolvent. was engaged to
Frederic. Swain is to meet her in
an arbor in the grounds at mid
night, the exact hour when the
strange star falls.
Lester and Swain procure two
ladders and that night Swain goes
over the wall, cutting himself bad
ly on the glass. When Godfrey
returns from the office. Lester
tells him of the days happenings.
The reporter is Immediately
alarmed and then goes to the
wall.
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ladder on their side of the wall,
Swain appears at the top of the
other ladder. He is covered with
blood and seems dazed. Then a
woman's scream Is heard, and all
three men rush over the wall.
There they find Marjorie in q
faint at her fathers feet. The old
man has been strangled to death
In searching the house Lester and
Godfrey find the Yogi gazing into
crystal and in an apparent
trance. With him is a cobra.
They call a doctor, Hinman;
the coroner, Goldberger, and de-
. tectiye, Simmonds. These men
discover bloody finger prints on
the collar of Vaughan's white
robe, a blood-soaked handkerchief
beside his chair, and a heavy cur
tain cord tied in two peculiar
knots. Vaughan had been stran1
gled by the cord.
They also visit the Yogi, who
explains he Is white Priest of
Siva," and has been keeping a
vigil all the night, it being the
White Night of silva" 1t is also
revealed he has an attendant, who
just then appears to take away
the Yogi's cobra.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
Continued from Our Last Issue.)
The room into which we looked
was not more than ten feet
square, and empty of furniture.
except for a mat in the middle of
the floor and three or four
baskets set against the wall.
On the mat was squatted the at
tendant. On the floor in front of
him were what looked to me like
strip of cloth, bone and a
tooth.
Goldberger's mustache lost a
few more hairs as he stood star
ing down at this strange figure.
''What are those things? His
grandmother's remains?" he
asked, at last.
Those are the attributes of
KALI" said the adept gravely, as
one rebuking blasphemy.
Very interesting, no doubt"
commented the coroner drily. 81
suppose there are some other
servants somewhere about the
place." asked Goldberger.
There are three--they sleep
on tie floor above"
Are they lIindus, too?'
ooh, no." and the adept smiled.
1.-TWO of them are German and
the other is Irish"
Go!dberger soon succeeded in
routing out the three servants.
The Germans proved to be man
and wife, well past middle age.
the former the gardener and the
latter the cook. Erin was repre-