Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-23
The Daily Story
The Street of Tombs---By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 1917 by Annotated Literary 1ursan

Ihe END OF the street where I. !,
bouched upon a wider tboraras.e
was place OF busy little 49, ~
after they had made the first -. y
its tortuous windings the s,rs.. Aa
strangely deserted appearance
Colored signs futtered abov. -
heads, above the signs were 80
suffered balconies, and stiu sci
up, above the fantastic roof In. ..' ~
slit of blue sky. Va
Tom Newell kept his eye. :.
right and Rex Forbes watched -. We
the left hand side Of the Dsryo,, =. y
as they went slowly along. 'sN
Suddenly Forbes stopped be,,..
shop window.
"Jove. Tom, what do you thin. :.
tbatF he muttered excitedlv.
Newell paused beside him ana -.
at the enormous polished globe N -, -.
rock crystal that reFoIved dizz,,. .ls
an ebony pedestal. "
Already Red Forbes had been e.,...
by the deadly fascination Of tia. VA.
ing ball. He was hypuotized i,sa !
gidity as he stood there.
Fortunately for both of ths,. n
Newell was possessed Of extrsorsr.'-
will power, and as soon as be rear,.s
what was happening there besors n.
eyes he removed his gaze frou Is.
ball, and as he did so there seeuasd !.
be revealed to him in one enligbts,,,.
fash the mystery OF the Street !,
Tombs.
Unwary foreigners, attracted nv m,
wonderful sight of the large rock orr.
tai ball, had gazed upon It to becon.
hypnotized and thus rendered ther
selves easy victims TO robbery ora
murder. The Shiny creeks that bound
ed the walls of the old city and n,
rushing river into which they Aousd
would hide the evidences of crime.
Suddenly whisper fioated down 4.
them from the closed balcony aboye
Beware, NEWELL Beat It'll Beat n
manw And with the warning word,
there sounded a cry as IL the speaks,
had been attacked; then shutters brok.
open. the frail balcony tottered under
the weight of mans heavy body. III.
carved railing snapped and precipt
tated a man CARRIED in Chinese clothing
into Newell's outstretched arms.
Tom Newell was a giant in staturs
and strength. One glance in the msnt
face convinced him that it was ths
missing Enderby, his once rudy fso
ravaged by pain and privation. Then
he held Enderby close to his breast
and, dragging at Forbes hand. be crsd
fercely:
Come, Rex, come! Come with M
for your life! The Street of Tonh
is opening her arms to your
Forbes, partly reused from biz
apathy, ran on obediently, and aftsi
he felt the fresh air in his face he re
covered some of his wits. Many door
ways behind them belched forth wild
eyed natives, who followed them a,
far as they dared, for the Street Of
Tombs bears an evil reputation in IT,
own city and has no wish to air its
secrets.
A few scattering shots FOLLOWED {
them, but their chain armor was proof \
against bullets, and soon they cams
out into the broad street, where . \
great crowd silently watched them, @ F
IL they were witnessing a resurrection +
from the dead.
Said a peddler OF sweetmeats to BIZ
neighbor:
Behold, they entered the Street o.
rombs and came forth alive. The
,ear charmed lives, these foreign deF.
Is"
Some Of them do" said his neighbn
lryly, for he knew that the Street o.
rombs rarely gave up its victims.
When they reached the model settie
nent with the wounded Enderby, New
IL and Forbes listened to a strans
Enderby, attracted by TIE
evolving crystal, became hypnotize
nd was easily captured and set
york in an evil smelling undergrouh
DOM with countless other slaves hN
imself. 1t was an opium den. and
with it was a SILK wea'ins
actory, and it was here that EnderO'
ad labored, trying in vain to .escal,
rom his slavery. In time ne NV
roved so faithful that he had oeeA
,trusted in the stock room above lns
hop over the crystal ball, and it W.,
rom this vantage point that he naa
-hispered warning TO Neweu.
lost instantly be had been s'apVe
rom behind bv some secret spy, Du'
g had retained strength TO fall crass
,g through the window TO the grouh1
One day when he had been nuis'
ack to health and was bidding la
.eIl TO his rescuers Enderby furne'
grave.
Keep away from the Stree'
ombs," he warned them. -.
But" protested Forbes. we na
the mystery, and there
anger now"
Enderby laughed ruefully.
"My dear boy, the crystal ban
nocent diversion compared WIN -
all horrors Of the trap In the guy"
, Tombs. Believe me, tnat
asst harmful of its mysteries
And they understood that 81
new much more than be nad
em-more perhaps than he dars"
II for their safety aud his OWL N
March % in Americsn