The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-16

YOU sec il now. and from what can
gather there came the sound OF shot
and several people saw the dwarf tall
through the air and drop where he
lies >"
"lt IS a bit like an Indian conjur-
ing trick" ! said, looking up to the
sky above US; who fired the shot"
$50 far" replied Bri.:oh II have
failed 10 find ont but there's bullet
m the dwari's head lie was dead be-
fore he reached tho pavement
Did no one see the flash OF the pis-
toll
NO one that | have got hold Of yet.
OF course this kind OF evidence is very
unreliable these people regularly 20
out OF their way TO mislcad the police. 20
You think the body may have been
carried here from somewhere else r.
"Oh. no; this is where II fell, right
enough You can see where his head
struck the stones
"Hc has not moved at all"
NO. | shall not move him until I've
worked out where IN the heavens nArne
he can have fallen from You and l
have seen some mysterious things hap
pen, Mr. Cavanagh, since the slipper OF
| the Prophc, came to England and
! brought these people"-he nodded to.
ward the thing at our feet--"in Its
train but this is the most inexplicable
lncIden, TO date | don't know what to
make of II at all Quite apart from the
question OF where the dwarf fell from,
who shot at him and why|
Have YOU no theory?" asked.
The incident 10 my mind points di-
rectly to one thing. We know that this
uncannv creature belonged 10 the or
ganzatton OF HassN OF Aleppo. We
know that IIasSan implacably pursues
one object--'he slipper, then the dwarf
came here Bristol laid my hand
upon his arm. glanclng about me with a
very real apprchenslon-"thc slipper
must be somewhere near
Bristol turned TO the constable stand
ing hard by
"Remain here" he ordered Then. IA
me: Il should like to come up on the
roof From there VIC can survey the
ground and perhaps arrive at some
explanation OF how the dwarf came Ia
fall upon that spot"
Passing the constable on duty at one
OF the doorways and making our way
through the group OF loltcrcrs there
we ascended amid conflicting odors Ia
the :opmoN floor. A ladder was fixed
! against the wall communicating with a
q trap in the ceiling Bristol mounted the
, ladder and opened the trap. A he
passed up to tho roof and | followed
= him. the comparative cleanness OF the
air was most refreshing after the va
red fumes OF the staircase
Side by side we leaned upon the par
ape, looking down into the dirty court
yard which was the thcater OF the weirt
mystery.
o | could see the constable standinl
= beside the crushed thing upon th'
Il stones.
"Now." SAID Bristol. with sort o
!, awe in his voice-"where did he fal
o from /"
: And a, his words, looking down a
$ the spo, where the dwarf lay ant
|, noting that he could NOT possibly hav,
fallen from any OF the buildings sur
$ rounding The courtyard an eerie sen
= sa,ion crcpt over me; for was con
- WINGED that the happening was suscep
\ tible of no natural explanation.
!, "You say that some one heard tn
sound OF the shot, ! asked suddenl,
II Several people replied Bristol
but no one knows or who will 50,
from what direction II came. | shall Z
on with the inquiry, Of course. an
II cross examine every soul in Wyatt
" buildings Meanwhile, I'm open to con
" fess tha: | am beaten
: When. some ten minutes later.
passed u, into the noise OF Waterlo
Road. | left behind me an unsolved On
= took with me- a great dread; for kne'
|, that the quest OF the sacred slipper Va
: not ended, knew that another traa
't edy was added to its history-and
feared to surmise what the future rnigi
hold for all OF us.
= Deep in thought respecting the Inc,
plicable nature OF this latest ruystef
| turned in the direction OF the bride
= and leaving behind me and ever-swel
ing ,hrong at the gate OF Wyatt
buildings proceeded westward.