New Britain herald., 1924-01-09

stances were peculiar His friend
 belonged 10 q religious cult of eN- { tremely high order. He would lose [ caste if it became known that he had been attended by q Christian surgeon: ! thereforesmy visit must bc secret one.
 Accordingly was driven in a car which was waiting 10 some house
 pon the outskirts of the city and conducted to il room where the pa ticnt had been carried, l saw him
 10 be a singularly handsome young man, apparently about tHenty-threc years Of age But there was some thing cffcminatc about him which re- pellcd me. 1 cannot say in what way; nor did I approve of the presence Of many bowls of hyacinths in the room. "'However. performed the opera ton. which, although slight, demand cd some skill, and with the nature of which l will not trouble you. ln- tense anxiety was manifested by the young mans attendants, and one of these. strkingly beautiful woman, insisted on remaining while the tpfIdklOH Nds ptIlbIilltb'
 'Shc seemed more especially To concern herself with preserving in- tact lock Of the young mans jet black hair. which was brushed in rather an odd manner across his ivory forehead. Naturally enough, this circumstance excited my curi- osity and. distracting the womans attention for momcnt-l asked her 10 bring me something from n table at the opposite side Of the room--I lightly raised this wayward lock and Immediately replaced it again.
 Do you know what il concealed. Mir. Rrinn:"
 "I assured him that 1 did moi.
 "A mark. apparently natural. rc. sembling a torch surmonnted by a tongue Of frc,'
 Strange though it must appear, at this time failed to account for Sii Charles coniding this thing to me. ster. I realized that he must have seen the mark on my arm. although he never referred 10 il.
 'I moved at once. 1 inserted in the Times th" prearranged message. hardly daring io hope that if would come to the eve or Naida; but il did. shc visited me, And learned that not only Sir Charles Abingdon. bui another, knew Of the mark which 1 bore,
 "l was summoned to appear before tho Prophet Of Fire,
 "Gnntlcmen. what saw and how succredrd in Ending ont the Ioca. ton or his abode are matters that can Wait. The important things are thcsr: first. learned shy Sir Charles Abingdon had been done 10 death,
 "Tbc unUrIcomc attention of the man known ns Ormuz Khan led Sir Charles to serk an interview with him. may say here and now that ormuz Khan is f'ire-TonEuc. Oh, it's il tough statcmcrt-but can prove it Sir Charles practically iorced his way into this mans pres crcc and Immediately recognized his mysterious patient of years ago.
 "Hc accused him Of having sti spies upon his daughters movements -an accusation which vas true. and forbade him to sco hcr acaiu From that hour the fate Uf Sir Charles was sealed. What he kurn. inc world must never know fle had recorded. IA a pfi,at" paptr. aU that he had learned. This paprr was stolen rom his burcau--and ifs cou- tents led tn my being summoned 10 the house of Iire-Tonauc' lt also spurred the organization 10 rru,ved rforfs. for it revealed that sir charles contemplated ronfdine the story to others.
 You will have ohscr,od. gentls- men. that I am somewhat damsged Howeter. il was worth II, That thr orga nizstion of the Fire Wotehiprrs is destroyed I am not prepared 10 assert. But ! made disrover, to- day which united my hands. Hear ing. shall net CT know now. that Naida had had a secret intnr,trw aith mc. tire-Torgus visited upon her the death penalty.
 T found her lying On silkeu di- tan tn the deserted house. hsr hands ! claspcdo ,cr g little white flower. like 1 sn ndontoglossum. which lay ou hrr . breast II was the flower O. sEt-p- l snd she Wss dead