The evening world., 1916-10-18

Good God, man. what are you talk
Ing about7"
The butler ran to the library table
and picked up the telegram which
Margaret Bronson had left there. one
E'thco revealed the truth. All singh
had triumphed again.
Kemp was summoned Immediately.
But what could ne dor
The hopelessness OF the quest at
fected Manning and tho others. They
n nothing To say, no scheme 10 I'D
vance. They could simply wait. And
then a strange thing happened, one
Of those improbable occurrences
against which h ordered brain re-
volts, yet OF such seemingly tangible
reality that tho unwilling senses are
compelled to accept II.
Somehow-why, zone Of them could
e~xplatn--they became aware or a SIM
lister presence In the room. They
looked up. each moycd by the same
impulse. and fancicd that they saw
All Singh STANDING In tho arohed pas,
sage which led from library 20 hall!
Both Manning and Bronson drew
their reyolvers and fred.
As tho smoke cis,red each mar fan
cied he could detect p %sneering smile
on the shadows face, a smile which
merged at onco into q scowl OF in.f-
fable hate. Then the frenzy passed,
and they knew that they had shot at
a ghost!
In hating words they confessed "
n de!usion. Even Kemp. an oticer OF
police. admitted that he had shared
I'm the h~allucination. He. be II re-
ncmbered, had never set eye en- All
singh. yet he described h man ac-
curately.
Manning was the first TO recover his
wits.
1T may have been. II must have
been. a pipe dreaml" he said. This
fend IL credited with being n ma
hatIna. Consul Clark said something
Az to his mystic powers | don't be-
lieve In such things. In our grief We
have subjected ourselves 10 n sub
conscious hypnosis. 1t is strange be-
yond words"
Tho three girls, pent Ia a wretchei
underground dungeon. saw All Singh
about that same time. he appeared
suddenly among them. and then was
not. No door had opened or closed.
lie was merely n spectre OF the night,
a goblin OF sinister Import.
iAe unhappy prisoners were lgnor-
ant of their whereabouts. They anew
not how the cars might have turned
after THEN capture. : into a cell
lar which contained "a riokety bed and
dirty mattress. their gags and ropes
were removed. and they were left
alone. They were weeping In abJect
despair when the doc opened and
Katlsha entered with the two men
who had accompanied the girls in
tho car.
After a glance at Malta the woman
commanded each Of the prisoners TO
drink the contents of three long.
slender glasses. Fearing a drug or
poison. they refused. but the woman
insisted with such a threatening air
that they yielded. The liquid was not
harmful. however. II was some com
pound which exercised a prompt ~
beneficial effect on their vitality. hu;
to their dismay Malta was led forth,
while Margaret and May were again
left in the darkness.
All Singh's niece found herself IN
the presence of her im~placable uncle,
Their were many members or the
band In the room to which "A
been brought.
All Singh glared at Malta In silence.
why. are YOU prosecuting meY' she
walled. What have / done that /
should be subjected to such miseryf
I have no share In your plans. ] am
: only a girl who wishes to pursue her
studies In peace. ! am not concerned
In any quarrel between west and
east. r"-
You are not here to plead for
!, mercy. but to listen TO your SEN
tence!" Numbered her uncle. You. a
princess OF an ancient race a woman
OF my W resh and blood, would have
, betrayed me to my Interest enemy!
And why' Because you love the
mani"
Malta collapsed and tried 70 touch