The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-05-11

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word I had heard XopH Koko uss
I understood hun to say that he was
ready to DO some magic for ~. Il We
liked. He took down . oocoAnut
shell from the wall. and in0mAted
that II was to b hllsd WIN sals
FIRST Of eli.
I filled it. and Mo got up fren ~
crouching posture on the noor snd
a ;sst bs would " return. '
How DO you md that7" asked the
Lucky he had that rag in hAs col
lection" I said. "He evidently for
got II was there. didn't want VI to
see II. and 10 going to do some OF
his nonsense to put II out OF our
heads. It's . throw-in for w.
Mark"
Mo appeared again with something
In his hand: and for an instant the
stony veil was lifted altogether from
his face, and he shot such look OF
hate at the Marquis that I felt my
hand slip involuntarily round to my
hip.
Tho old curio dealer doesn't like
YOU, Mark" I warned. somehow
your accomplishments don't seem
popular here"
"what has he got in his handf"
asked the Marquis. with interest.
n vas q lizard, about ten Inches
long. yellowish In color ana quite
dead, He gave II to us 10 nanule:
we both saw that II was dead and
beg,nn,ng TO grow stiff; 1t seemed to
have died naturally. a. there were
no marks upon It. Mo squatted
down on the floor ana monohed us
10 keep quiet. He laid the nsara
out upon banana leaf, smut ms sye.
and began to chant something IN
,nw, monotonous voice. We could no.
hsa, very clearly. for tho drums
,hrnNy,sd on and on In the viuass
"a the distant dance had risen 20 a
.hw,der,ne chorus OF feet and voices
~. the heat OF the trade-wind SUR
On tho long beaches OF Papua'
pv and by he stopped. opened ~.
80 and took something out OF nis
80 The dance still thundered on
,%rouph all Its far-off roar We coulu
near the dog that cried un"e' WV
house--,t II was cog
Mo had taken a crystal out OF nv,
bau-the biggest one-and uhwIapp,,
n from It's covering OF ,eas -,
was a pretty thing. ike inc gnu ~,
a chandelier luster. ana jus. onhis'
the same size. only II was oVuu, ed
. sn With two pointa. The naare
e., st,,i and dead upon the 1rounu
~ nointed the crystal at II ano %
san stroking the air Just above WIS
,,.,i. corpse. without actuaAIy toucn
~ over and over he wen,
u,,ih the crystal. making lines ~
Wyht m the dying NJ" caught .n,
o,artz and drew violet ano s'ee'
and crimson colors out OF ~ III ~,
lie waa breathing very naao - 80,
time and sweat wae pours ,Ss, n,
mixed body. One coud seq sn hM,
n s,sS,nc a tremendous emort. ou
SS.n ~ now. ono could not unu"
s'anoi i... n. stopped. laid the crysta
80 an me banana leaf and iooko,
intenttiy at tho lizard. We iookeo
100 know that no one viii be':v
wbot happened next. but ! mus w.
the thing a. It occurred "'
m1 W. watched II, holding our breatn
II moved again. IL arc" "S ''
under ". .,., ~,
o,h drew more lines In the air
hreatbing hard and narrowing Gov,
No evcs TIL they were TWO pino.
nn,,.Ls beneath his beetling eyeprow.
'The lizard got up. saggereu ~"'
walked away. 1t was awe. h,
The Naral,s took the crystal In ~
ND. and began examining II. M
nant a close watch on II, hoveIln'
over NJ like a hen over ner en, ,'ioI
when a hawk In about. IL was 30 49,
that he valued his charm a"''o
deal. 1T,
"The finest crystal I ever saw ~ AZ
any one OF these soresre
clared, handling II.
don,t know how the idea came IN
IN nv head, but IL did come: IKE
. shock from "A battery-just about
b,rd and as quick. And what Wa
nuser. IL came into the Marques hea
nj exactly the same moment. 70
lust al my hand made sunue
, clutch at the crystal. MS nahu hs
II and the two hands closed on eac
other. Our eyes met, anu u MN
1 were az glaring ana excited as Nv" Al,
|, I think they must have been. M
, had the thing out of our two mana
, before we knew whore We were
was gone, back In tho bag like a con
turing trick. and the stony veil ma
fallen before the 0orcerers race agar
We we're both breathing hard. INK
men who have run q race. but l thin'
we kept pretty cool. 1t was the MAT
, auis who begged then, by signs. =
see tho crystal again. and succeede
in getting Mo TO show the end OF u
shining out of the groom wrapping o
fresh banana leaf. between the strin
| meshes Of tho bag. But II was ! wh
, pulled my watch out and got the fac
OF It up against tho point OF the crys
tal--ali Of II that Mo would let u
, touch now. The sharp end OF tn
thing scored into the glass Of II a.
; II had been butter.
, Keep cool" said to the Marquis
I Don't let him suspect anything: IT,
. our only chance, You don't kno'
Z how they value those charms {
{ theirs-its no question OF buyinI
], Como away and leave hi
. alone. Don't lot him think We cal
- about IT,"
| almost drNGRed him away