Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-03


and with his finger touched the
woman gently. The Hesh under his
finger yielded. and STOPPING over. he
put the formula into the Ere"
Like one who has come 10 the end
Of his story. the huge Oriental
stopped lie remained for some
moments silent Then he continued
IN an even. motonous voice:
I rot up from tn- aScr then. ana
purified myself with water. And
after that | went into an upper
chamber. opened the window to the
east, and sat down TO write my TO
port 90 the brotherhood. For the
thing which | had been sent 70 DO
was finished"
lie put his hand somewhere into
mo loose folds OF his Oriental gar.
ment and brought out a roll OF thin.
vcIlamike onion skin. painted In
Chinese Chsrac,era II was of Inn
mensc length. but on account OF the
tHinucss Of the vellum. the roll
wound on a tiny cylinder OF wood
WIS not above two inches In thick.
ness
"Excellency." he said. Il have
carefully concealed this report
through the misforiunes that have
attended me II Is not certain that
/ shall he able 10 deliver H. WIN
sou give ~ for mo 10 the level.
merchant Vanderdick. in Amster.
dam? lie will send II 70 Nahadai
in BOMBAY. and It will so north
with the caravans"
put The scroll into my pocket and
went out, Tor a moior.car had come
into the park. and | knew that Jon.
Qucllo had arrived
met Jouquelle and tho super.
intcndent IN the long corridor. they
bad been boxing in 10 my interview
through the elevated grating.
"Jonquellc." cried. the Judge
was right 20 cut short the criminal
trial and issue mnacy warrant.
This creature is the maddes, luna.
ne In this whole asylum. The hu.
man mind is capable Of any absur.
di,y."
Jonquene looked a, me with a
queo.. ifou.cal smile.
Perhaps" he shrugged. there is
some explanation ln the report In
your pocket, TO the Monastc Head.
Us only a theory. son know"
lie smiled. SHOWING his white.
oven teeth.
We wen; into thc supetiutendenrs
room. and sat down by a smoldeting
| IRE % Goals IN the crate handed
Jonquelle the roll Of vclum. Il was
. IN one Of the Shan dialects. Ie read
l y aloud WIKI the addition o. cor.
I tain formal expressions. % contained
precisely the Orientals testimony be.
fore tho court and no more
"fh" h. said In his cur.ously In
I Elected voice.
And he held the scrool out TO the
heat % the Ere. Tho vcllum TAXED
slowly. and AZ u baked. the black
Chinese characters faded out and
faint blue ones began 20 appear.
Jonquei'e rad tie secret message
In his emotlonless drlwl:
THE American .s destroyed. and
his accurssd worn &C. DESTROYED with
him. Send the news to Bangkok
and ives; 10 Burma. The treasures
OF India are saved"
cried out Ia asion.s hmsa,
An assassin, Tho creature vas
m assassin, lie Killed Rodman
simply BY crushing him In his
Iarmsr'
Jonquelle's drawl heightened
RS Lal Gupia,' he sa.d. the
cleverest Oriental In the whole OF
Asa. The jeweljraders sen, him 10
watch Rodman. and TO KIN him II he
was ever able 20 get his formulate
worked out They must have paid
him an incredible sum"
and that IL WHY the creature at.
tachei himself 20 Holman said.
Surely" r.p 81 Jonquelie. He
brought 'ha' Romulus car.
rying on the sabine womnn-and
staged The s-re.rliUral 70 work out
his plan an to sa.' lslfe. knew
the bronze a. soon ~ got my eve
on it-old Funs Jos ave Il as a
present 20 Mahais i,mbay for
matching up som. TlUio."
| sWore bitterly
And We took him 'of .una,icr'
An. YES" replied Jonqaelle.
"Wha; was j; yol said ss ! cam. In ,
The human mind IS capable o, any
absurdiLy.
Another VI. Ionauelle story. The
, Fortune Teller" will begin In our