The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-19

phctN slipper ANY one can have vt
that's open TO pay for lt-but I've go,
10 rctire on the deal 50 III drive
hard bargain Goodnight"
There was sound oi rctrca'iug loot
steps and. ] heard the entrance door
close quietly
| had no; been in my unnatural posi-
ton tor many minute, before began
to suffer agonics. agonicS no, only phy -
seal but mental, ior standing there
Ike some prisoner Of the InQuiSttion. II
came 70 me how thu, d,sman,lcd apart
mcnt must be the focus OF the dreadful
forces OF HaSan OF Alcppo
That Earl Dexter had the slipper II
the Prophet ! no longer doubted and
that ne had sustained in TIN, dwelling
beneath the roof, an uncanny siege dur
inR the days which had passed since the
THEFT from the Antiquarian Museum
was equally certain thought Of the
horrible li'tlc yellow man who lay dead
IN NNatt'S buildings, and It became ey-
/ ldent 10 me that the house IN which
was now imprisoned must overlook the
| back OF those unSavory tcnemcn,S The
windows, sack covered now, no doubt
commanded a view oi the roofs OF the
buildings, One OF the mysteries tha'
had puzzled us was solved II was Ear
Dexter who had shot the yellow dwar'
| as he was bound foE this very room
/ But how humanity the hashlshn 'ha,
| proposed TO gain his goal, how he ha.
Travelled through empty spacc-ior i'ou
empty space the shot had hrough, hin
down. could not imagine
he pam IN my arms and back mo
mcn,arlly increased An aweSome 81
lcnce ruled Mentally | could see
distorted hall animal creature Carryin,
a great cleaning knife and iloat,n,
supernaturally toward nc through tn
nigh,
A soft pa,tcring sound became per
ccptiblc on the Sloping roof above
think | have never known such in
tense and numbing fear as then de
scended upon me.
began to pray ierventlv
Neither OF the windows was closed
and now through the intense dark
ness heard one of them being raise
up -up..up
The sacking was pulled apart inc
by inch
Sihoue,ted against the family lumi
nous background ! saw a hunched III
natural figure The real was NOR
dreadful even than the imaginary ~
some stray beam OF ligh, touched in,
cold radiance huge curved knit
which the viSitant held between hi
teeth
NV fear became madness, and
twisted my body violently in a vii
cndeavor ~ free myself 4 dteadit
pain shot through my left shoulder
and the whole nightmare scenc-,f
thing with the knife at the window
the low.eiled room began to fad
away from me seemed 10 he falin
into deep water
\ spln,erlng crash and the SCUM
of shouting formed my last recollet
,ions ere unconsCiouSneS came
| found myself lying in an armcha
with Bristol forcing brandy bctwe,
my lips NV left arm hung Imply
my side and the pain in my dislocat,
shoulder was excruoiating
Thank God. YOU are all right. NJ
Cavanagh" said the inspector II g
the surprise Of my life when v
smashed the door in aud found "
tied up hetcr
"Nou came none too soon | Sa
ieehly God knows how provlden
/ directed YOU here"
l Providence It was replied Bri
tol. From the roof OF Wyatts Bull
ngs--you know the spot'-l saw I,
second yellow devil coming ny Co
/ They meant TO have 1t tonight Tn
don't value their lives bra. far,hi'
against that damned slipper I"
l But now"
/ Along the telegraph wires, Mr.. ca
anagh They ero. Wyat,'s Buldin
and cross thi. house |, was a moo
less nigh, or we should have seen
a, ono, watched him. saw him dr.
i to this rooi-and brought the m
/ around 20 the front"
iii Did he. ,ha, awful thing, escape
) Tie dropped full forty fee, into