Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-04
The hiring ON the Hearth
Reoin Here Today

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Did some occult power OF the
Orient cause the mysterious II IN
credible tragedy which u removed
from the world one oil its greatest
lntelligences-the brain OF
RUDMAN, who had startled sclen-
lists with his paper on the manu-
facture Of precious stones OF syn
thetic chemistry?
Rodman was dead. His attend
ant' fhaf Strange Oriental from the
Shan monastery in Asia, told a story
weird and incredible Finally
NJ. J~ONQUELLE, greatest o. French
detectives, was called TO America
and the Oriental rehearsed the
story of what took place on Il
night when the man who could
manufacture rubies and emeralds
as cheaply as glass, met his death.
Go on With the story
CHAPTER III
The Oriental was going on with a
elow precise articulation as though
he would thereby make a difficult
matter clear.
1.-THE night had fallen swiftly. 1t
Was incredibly silent. There was no
sound in the Masters room, n no
light except the Kicker OF the loss
smoldering In the fireplace. Inc
thin line of it appeared family along
the sill of the door,"
He paused.
.aThe fireplace, Excellency, is at
the end of the great room, directly
opposite this door INTO the halI, be-
tors which 1 always sat When the
Master was within The repla Is
Of black marble with an immense
black-marble hearth. And the gltt
which / had brought the Master
stands on one side Of the hre, on
this marble hearth, as though II
were a single andiron.'
The man turned pack into the
eart of his story.
II knew by the vague n OF
rressure thai the d~eVocations OF the
things were again on the way. Ana
I began to suffer in the spirit Tor
the Masters safety. interference,
both by act and by Will, were denied
me. But there IS an anxiety OF
spirit, Excellency, that the uncer
tainty OF an issue makes lntoler-
able"
The mar paused.
1.-THE pressure contlnueu az
the silence. 1t was nearly MID
night. / could not distinguish any
ACT or motion of the Master, and IN
& I crept over to the door and
looked in through the crevice along
the threshold.
..The master sat by his table; he
was straining forward, his hands
gripping the arms of his chair. His
eyes and every tense instinct OF the
man were concentrated on the nre-
place. The red light OF the embers
was in the room. / could see MIN
clearly, and the table beyond MIN
with the calculations; but the ire
place seemed strangely out OF per-
spective-it extended above me.
MY gift to the Master, not more
than four hand-breadthS IN length |
including the base. stood now IKE |
an immense bronze on an extended
marble slab beside a gigantic ire
place. This effect Of extension put
the top of the fireplace and Inc en-
large andiron, above Its PEDESTAL
out of my line Of vision. Every
thing else in the chamber, ho!dlns
itlnormal dimensions, was visible
to me.
II have said, Excellency, that my
angle of vision along the crevlce OF
the doorsill was sharply u midway
this now enlarged fireplace.
from the direction and lit OF the
Masters face, he was watching
something above this line and
directly over the pedestal OF h
audiron. ! watched, Also natten-
ing my face against the SILL o
she thing to appear.
sand it did appear.
"A naked foot became slowly VS.
fhIe, as though someone We're de-
scending with extreme care from
the elevation Of the andiron to the
great marble hearth, under this
strange enlargement, now some dis
tance below"
The biz Oriental paused. and
down at me.
aI knew then, Excellency, that
the Master was lost! The creative
energies of the Spirit suffer no divl-
sion Of worship; those of the body
must be wholly denied. a
warned the Master. And in travail,
Ezcellsncy, / turned owe with my
face to the floor.
.But there is always hope, hope
over the c~ertainties of knowledge.
Perhaps the Master even now, sus-
tanned in the spirit. would put away
the devotion. . , No, Excellency,
/ was not misled. l knew the Mas
ter was beyond hope! But the VIII
to hope moved me. and I turned