Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-08

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sr1ook II whispered the Spider, great.
III Aritatetl. staring still moro IN
tpntly, the beNlIdered Morgan saw the
form of Ethel asleep In her bed. one
arm thrown over her bend.
.Great heavens = he said with
shudtler.
Within her room the girl. awakened
~ what she did not know. slowly
opened her eyes. For moment she
rubbed them AFTER the manner Of one
who has slept deeply and well, then
a she lay looking az the ceiling the
light az intelligence which had filed
her pupils gradually faded, while IN
Its place came the CLASSY, staring gaxe
AZ one who falls beneath the spell of
i hypnoflst. Over her form 4 con-
yalslve siludder ran and twice she es
sayed ID arise each time seeming 70
be pulled hack upon the bed BY some
Invisible force. Then apparently the
mysterious power which was urging
her up frIunphad. and slowly, uncer-
tainiy ag one moves when In daze,
she threw aside the cover and stepped
upon the door.
Clad IN her night robe, her white
arms and upper bosom cleaning in
the subdued light Of her room, she
seemed thing ethereal as she slowly
passed from her bed toward the door.
Stepping around RaInfnce. who lny fast
asleep upon the rug. she opened the
door which led into the corridor, md
going into 1T crossed the hall. Nor
gan and Bellaa stepped forward, but
the voice Of the old fakir arose warm
ingly.
Touch her not The Child q
silva
John Davis, asleep III his room.
opened his eyes s. bewildeunent and
sat blinking ut the wall.
Queer dream. that. Had vision
or dream or nightmare or something
that Ethel was proving around In her
sleep and threatened By some danger.
Guess I'd better Investigate" Swing
Ing his feet 60 the door he passed out
OF the room.
Avoiding the Indian as the girl had
done ne fastened to the door leading
INTO the corridor, opened Ii and gianced
down the hall. Ethel was just dis
appearing into d room upon the other
side. and to his partially sleep be-
logged senses she seemed 20 be float
Ing splritlike rather than walking With
feet TINT touched the floor. Wonder
ing what on earth It meant, and walt
ing only until she had disappeared be
hind the opposite panel. with two
bounds he was at the door. II was
locked. Already Morgan had turned
the key.
Stiil beneath the occult Influence Of
Ram Ghunder, Ethel groped her way
into the room across the hall. Ram
leaning forward. whispered fercely In
the Hawk's ear.
He Is coming after her" ait the
same time handing the other man 0
card upon which had been roughly
scrawIed:
TO find where she whom y0u seek
has gone, open the casket.' With a
brief glance Dit the hastily written
words, Morgan laid the card on the
casket. and al hastily Withdrew them.
selves into an adjoining room.
Davis, finding the door which barred
his way locked placed his shoulder
against II and gave d mighty heaye.
Before the violent impact Of his body
the lock burst as does q pipestem and
he entered. The odor OF incense still
hung heavy III the air. and rushing
to the window he opened II and thrust.
ing ont his head scanned the court
yard for Ethel. No sign Of her was
to Be seen and turning his attention
To the room he began to search II
frantIcaliy. Closet and pOrtieres yield
ei nothing. and upon the verge of
starting for the next room where fhe
cOnspirat0rs crouchad, his eye fell
upon the small casket Halted BIZ the
sight he stared wonderingly at Ii for
i moment, then picked up the card.
Instantly the terrific power con-.
tanned within the cnsket i0osed Itself
Into his body. Unable to release the
handles Of death he stood ying, his
eyes slowly closing. bis face gone the
color OF death md his breath coming
In gasps. Second By second the life
was being shocked from his body.
Ram ChuDder. opening the door Of
the Other room at this moment, stood
upon the threshold. one long. skinny
ringer pointing at the collapssng Davis.
Al smile Og Infinite evil was upon bis
drawn 6aca.
Seeg The power Of silva ~ he OK.
claimed TRUMP llansiy y. Barring skinny
arm he took from shaIium 1 long, SER
petine-edged East Indian knife ana be-
gan cssspfng forward.
Unable to endure longer the mystic
Rious power which wnS shooting
through his frame as living lightning.
with = long. tndtawn gasp John col
lapeed upon the moor. his hapsis SIN
tightly elutehed about the fatal han
dlea.
80 make sure. bgeakhed Ram
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