Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-12-25
CHAPTER u.
The Sleeping House Mystery.

ATHE clearing of John Storm was
II a nine days wonder. In court
Hassam All testified that
Burns had been seeking some
slfncts regarding the past and that
4 he. Hassam All, had succeeded In
aiding him to certain extent But
v the name of Bienreith had never been
4 mentioned during those seances. He
could not Imagine why Burns had com
mitted the crime. There was no evil
dence to be found that the two men
hud ever exchanged word. He was
rather COMPOUNDED at the turn Of events
The broken phrase but another
wns MS much mystery to him - to
the court. II was inexplicable. Has.
sum All received u good deal q con
temptuous grilling from the district At
torney. but the witness answered every
question calmly and In detail. He nd
United that he was disciple OF thu
Hindu cult: admitted that he had thu
gift Of second sight at times. There
were many who could testify to this
Hnssam all finally left the witness
chair W honors In his favor.
A subj luent investigation by the
police re}ss,,td l2.hing to his disrred
1t " far as the law was concerned
His past. from the Circus days to thu
present day. was Us an open book. In
deed, Hassam All was himself the In
stigator of this research. He wanted
It definitely understood that. while hls
cult was not looked upon favorably by
the police. he was not the object Of
any justifnble suspicion. His grave
air. his unfailing patience under the
gibes Of the interrogation. his frank
ness, all won him at least the respect
Of his detractors
The man Burns was buried at the
expense Of the city. and what was
known MS the Benreith case went intu
the public archives as one more III
sUlvable mystery.
II vas remarked, however. among
his associates that john Storm lost
deal Of bis impetuosity and that In his
subsequent cases he was no longer
brilliant and erratic, but calm and
steady. always extremely well fortified
within his facts.
New York city has without doubt the
most conglomerate population of any
city n the world. The only alien race
which does not find habitat In New
York IL the Aztec and that Is merely
because the Aztec is extinct. And
each race has quietly formed city of
its own within the greater city. There
are Little Italy, the Ghetto, China
town and heaven knows how many
Others. all familiar to sightseers. But
there is II lot. going ON In New YORK
among these aliens that even the po-
lice never hear about except by purest
accident Who can say he knows the
heart Of Chinatown unless he actively
belongs to lit
On certain night two weeks after
the Belreith case. recorded In the pre-
cedlng hapter. Zndora heard the clock
chime Inc hour Of .. She went up
stairs 10 her room and threw up the
shade tor II final glance at the heavens
and paused in Amusement. Coming
toward the house was the stranSest
procession she had ever seen. Tur-
bans. flowing robes and white panta'
To- Al,k f..plya M
New York! She rubbed her eyes as II
striving to awake She looked again
They were trooping SILENTLY mp the
steps. She next heards e thunder OF
the knorker. which nobody used In
these days OF electric buttons. She
then bp, anne alive to the fact that this
WIS reality. She reached the head Of
the stairs just rs her uncle's Hindu
servant. AIMED opened the door. He
bowed deeply and tremendously. He
was dressed good deal like his
strange visitors.
Zudora came down the stairs unde-
cided AZ to whether she was frightened
or merely upset The man VINO was
evidently the leader Of this strange
caravan advanced toward Zudora.
IL wish" he said In broken English
ITO see him who Is called Hassam ALL
the giver OF light"
"Oh. Won wish to see my uncleY' said
ZudOra greatly relieved.
And thou art his daughterT
His niece. will call him"
She left the hallway and sought the
mystic room. where she found Hassam
All crouched over bis globe. He look
ed up impatiently.
"Wel?"
"Some Hindus to zee you. uncle"
"Hindns. nc this time Of night? Why
didn't You send AIMED to me? II low
eirs you IN his opinion to take upon
Yourself to do his work. Hindus-
What can they want. ! wonderrN
I'm sure ! don't know nor care'-a
bit angry at being rebuffed by her un
cle.
ii When Hassam All stood before his
quests there was some time wasted In
senutlexIons.
"you are Hassam All, the man who
&eesY'
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