Evening star., 1917-09-23
BY
SAX
ROHMER
? QUEST OF MOl4AlNlNED,S SACRED SLLPPER--- S@

that's oten to pay tor it-but Two sottp
retire on the deal, so TIL drive . hasd
bargain! Good nightr
There was q sound OF retreatins foot
close quietly.
had not been in my unnatural
position for many minutes before
began to suffer agonies, agonies not
only physical. but mental; for stand
ing there like some prisoner of the
dismantled apartment must be the
focus OF the dreadful forces OF Hassan
OF Aleppol
That Earl Dexter had the slipper OF
the prophet I no longer doubted, and
that he had sustained. in this dwelling
during the days which had passed
since the theft from the Antiquarian
Museum was equally certain.
thought OF the horrible little yellow
man who lay dead in Wyatts build
ings, and It became evident to me
imprisoned must overlook the back OF
those unsavory tenements The win
dows. sack-covered now, no doubt
commanded a view of the roofs Of
the buildings. One of the mysteries
that had puzzled US was solved. It
yellow dwarf as he was bound for
this very room! But how humanity
the hashishin had proposed to gain his
goal. how he had travelled trough
the shot had brought him down.
could not imagine.
The pain in my arms and back mo-
mentarily increased. An awesome ST.
lence ruled Mentally could see a dis
torted half-animal creature carrying .
great cleaning knife and floating su-
pernaturally toward me through the
night!
A soft pattering sound became pef-
ceptible on the sloping roof abovel
l think I have never known such fn~
tense and numbing fear as then de-
scended upon me.
1 began to pray fervently.
Neither of the windows was closed.
and now through the intense darkness.
I heard one of them being raised up
up-up
The sacking was pulled apart Inch
by inch.
silhouetted against the family 1urni-
nous background / saw a hunched. un-
natural figure. The real was more
dreadful even than the imaginary-for
some stray beam OF light touched into
cold radiance a huge curved kniie
which the visitant held between his
teeth!
My fear became a madness, and I
twisted my body violently IN wild en-
deavor to free myself. A dreadful pain
shot through my left shoulder-and the
whole nightmare scene-the thing with
the knife at the window-the low
ceiled room-began to fade away from
me- I seemed to be falling into deep
water. ."
A splintering crash and the sound of
shouting formed my last recollectfons
ere Inconsistencies came
I found myself lying in an armchair
with Bristol forcing brandy between
my lips My left arm hung Imply at
my side and the pain in my dfslocated
shoulder was excruciating.
Thank God. you are all right, Mr..
Cavana gh!" said the inspector. II got
the surprise of my life when we
smashed the door in and found you tied
up here"
You came none too soon," ] said.
feebly. God knows how Providence
directed you here"
providence it was" replied Bristol
From the roof of Wyatt's Buildings
YOU know the spot?-I saw the second
yellow devil coming. BY Cod They
meant to have it tonight, They don't
value their lives a brass farthing
against that damned slipper
But how
Along the telegraph wires, Mr. Cav
anagh, They cross Wyatt's Buildings
and cross this house. 1t was a moon
less night or we should have seen IL AT
once, / watched him. saw him drop to
this roof-and brought the men around
to the front"
Did he, that awful thing. escape?~
He dropped full forty feet into
t-ee-from the tree to the ground, and
went off like a cat"
Earl Dexter has escaped u.s." 1 said
"and he has the slipper"
God help him." replied Bristol For
by now he has that heIl-pack at his
heels. What a case, Heavens above, It
will drive me madv