Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1915-01-07
CHAPTER w.
Tn. sleeping HOu.s Mystery.


n nine days wonder. In court
Hnssam Az testified that
Burns had been seeking some
fncts regarding the past aud that
be. Hnsum An. had succeeded In
aiding him IN certain extent But
the name " Ricnrelth had never been
mentioned during those scances. Tie
could no, Imagine why Burns had com
United the crime There was no evi
dencc 90 be found that the two men
had ever exchanged word lie was
rather COMPOUNDED NJ the turn ~ events
The broken phrase but another
was NJ murh mystery 90 him M o.
the court II wis incxpllcable. Has
snm An rccciVrd good deal 81 con
tcmptuous grilling from the district a.
turncy. hut the witness answered every
question calmly aud IN detail lie nd
United that be- WIS disciple ~ the
Hindu cult. admitted that he had the
gift of rccUnd sight NJ times. There
were many who could testify 10 this
Hnssam Al nnnlly left the witness
chair with hnnors IN his fnvor
A subsequent Investigation by the
police revealed nothing 10 his disrrcd
Il NJ Tar M the law was concerned
His past. from the cirrus days 20 the
present day. was ~ an open book. In
deed. IlaHsam All was himself the In
stigntnr ~ thls research, lie wanted
Il definitely understood that. while his
cult WIS not looked upon fayombly by
thu police. he was not the object Of
any Iu-tinable Stnliicion. His grave
air. his mfalling patience under the
gibes OF th. lnterrogator his frank
ness. all wun him NJ least the respect
OF bis drtnctors
'rhe nan Rnrns WIS buried ~ the
expense ~ the city. and what was
known NJ the Iilenpith cnSe went into
the pubic nr'hivcs M Que more un'
solvable mystery
II WIS remarked. however, among
bis associates TINT John Storm nst n
deal Of hls lmpctuosity aud that Ia his
subsequent cascs be was uo longer
brilliant and erratlc, but calm aud
steady. always extremely well fortified
within his facts
New York ciiy Inns without doubt the
most couglomruhtc population Of any
city In the world THE only allen race
which does not mud habitat la New
York Il the Azlrc. aud that Is merely
because the ..ztec h extinct Aud
each race has quietly formed city OF
It's own within the greater city There
are Little Italy, the Ghetto, China
town aud heaven knows how many
others. all familiar 60 sightscers But
there II n lot going on In New York
among these aliens that even the 20
lice never henI about except by purest
accident. Who can say he knows the
heart OF Chinatown unless he actively
belongs 10 III
On certain night two weeks after
the Blenrelth case. recorded in the pre-
ceding chapter. Zudora heard the clock
chine the hour OF o. She went up
stairs 20 her room and threw up the
shade for dual glance at the heavens
and paused In nmazement Coming
toward the house was the strongest
procession SHE had ever seen Tur'
bans. lowing robes aud white panta'
lets here In this workaday city OF
New York. she rubbed her eyes as II
striving 10 awake. She looked again.
They were trOopng silently up the
steps. She next heard the thunder OF
the knOcker. which nobody used In
these days OF electric buttons Sh0
then became alive 60 the fact that this
was reality She reached the head OF
the stairs just AS her uncle's Hindu
servant. AIMED, opened the door lie
bowed deeply aud ceremoniously. lie
was dressed good deal like his
strange visitors,
ZudOm came down the stairs unde
cided ns 20 whether she was frightened
or merely upset The man who was
evidently the leader OF this strange
Varavan advanced toward Zudora.
II wish" he said IN broken English.
ITO see him who ie called Hassam All.
the giyer OF light"
"Oh. you wish 20 See my uncleY' said
Zudora. greatly relieved.
"And thou art his laughter
His niece. will call him"
She left the hallway and sought the
mystic room. where she found Hassam
All eroIIched over his globe. He look.
ed up impatiently.
"wellr'
some Hindus 20 see you, uncle"
"HindnA st this time OF nlghti Why
didn't you send Amed 10 met II low.
ers you In his opinion 20 take upon
yOurself 10 do his work Hindus-
what can they want ] wonderr'
"Pm sure ! don't know nor eare"-a