The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-05-11
He stared-stared again d.

| ss"f ''tt ttUH ttttUE Aldl
, she seen him pick up the hook
, Or had she any real existence a
/, all7-was she a producer Of his ex
rIted Imagination?
In soundproof room. well I'M
simply furnished as an office n mar
sat behind y large desk The room
was In darkness except for u shaded
'. lamp upoD this desk Near to n
hack against the wall was n mech
anism which m first glance one
would have taken for u radio set
The seated man. his bowed hack n
rhe room. was engaged In manlp-
nlatlnc this apparatus: and sudden.
ly. ms a result Of manipulation. a
voice cut int" the silence:
II hope to see ynn again on your
next visit Mr. Rronsen.- said the
voice. II was that Of the Greek
"Sure thing I'll be here" Thar
was Kearney
Then came creakne sound Of
Footsteps and the slam Of p door
! The visitors were gone
The man ar the table disconnect-
ed the apparatus and swung about
In his revolving chair A soft black
hat lay upon the carpet. with fur
lined overcoai having a deep asfra.
khan collar This mans skin re-
I.aA el... IL.
his Jet-black hair was stretched from
a receding forehead Half closed
eyes were like sIlts In rhe yelhiw
face. and his lips were red ana
beautifully formed their rsdn.ss
nccentuated by u small black. h.,w.
shipped mnsiache which arched
above them
II was n siniling face. .but son,A
thing In II inspired terror tn fh,.
man upon whom tllpst half-closr,l
eyes ~ y turned This affpr WAS
St;lwart ChInaman mnlerarelv
well dressed In European clnfhrs
VIII" might ar sunr time h.tv,
been u sailnr. He had thp mask
like imm"hilp TEXTURES ~ hiS race
and calling Only nv n slight move
ment of small sInewy hands tp,i he
display his discomfort
Siowly the siit-nk- eyes IN th..
yeiiaw .fnce Of the .,ts VIII,
watched opened md the rea Mr.
miled
Fully opened. these eyes were ter
rifying Sumo might have found
II hnrfl ro define wherein their ter
ror Iay Except thai they seemed
t. bp suprr.nornmlly bright. they
we're In m animal fashion. fine eyes
Their dren,lful quality consisted In
one simple sentence: their whites
were really whIte--whereas that
pnrt of the negnal human eye Is IN.
variahly tinted The result. being
phenomenal was horrifylng
The man In the revolving chair
spoke slowly. and his voice. Ike his
eyes. we're super-normal. He was
hg man for chinese. and ieshy
hut he spoke In a key In
which cnrusU sang
what dtd tell You. my friend?
rair mean soul said IT Is busl-
ness said. 1T Is a plot"
II was considering Excellency .
interests"
"And this" continued the flute
| like voice. rs how yon consider
them. You admit a disguised police
officer and a stranger. tonIght-to-
night, above all other nlghtsl"
~ believed"
~ never accept excuses. Ahl"
A muffled bell.
"Open the door. Here Is Polo
dos"
The Chinaman opened the baize
covered DIOR, admitting the immac
late Greek AS he entered:
"You were wrong, Jo Lung" hs
said to the one who had opened FOL
him. Tie turned to the man at thi
deck "Excellency was right Th'
card was certainly obtained bs
fraud. or one man can say moth
sAy. but the other was a detective.'
"Ahi" came the reed voice. AM
the speaker stood up. his eyes half
closing again. II am sure OF II :.
, was listening to every wordr' II
pointed to the apparatus on IN
table.
D "No harm has been done. m
, lord" the Greek continued. y wa
cautious. II Is regrettable but
, was remedied."
: The baieful glance Of those hal
I shut eyes was directed upon
{ Lung. Tonight. u IL more than E,
n grettable." the reed voice declare,
This Is the secund mistake OF dil
n astrous day The Arst was the shiI
ment of valuable goehs In the Wal
n Aroo. My plans. my careful plans
4 10 he destroyed nv foOls~
"Notice of change came so .
n The dim deor hell rang again. z
a lodus opened the padded door. ar
,. woman came In.
e Her blue-black hair CLEANED like
r. ravens wing. Her long dark ey'
\. we're ever so slightly obllque. ar
"A she had q petulant red mouth. sma