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Show THE FU MANCHU STORIES THE GREEN MiST NA LWD bMITII an e d thr w iselt o an arm 1 a r ng tuc a ross the tabic 1 ha e seen br L ouel Ba 0 he said and to t tie nhoe 1 ug u nutshell he has laughe I at D r De the mouths that 1 ha e u nonde ng where he had gone to he has been t,ou ewl ere n hgypt He etau v bea s a charmed lite tor on h o Ue e ot h s lett r to The 1 cs 1 e has seen th ngs n T bet wh ch lu Man 1 u wo Id have the west bl n I to n ta t I tljak be has found a new ke ho e to the gate of the Ind an em p e sn th 1i Kl tan ed fa e had grow n leanc than c ec s e he had begin h i fight th t e uost uncaDnv oppon ent. 1 suppose, aaaust wl on a n an e er had p tted h if self Dr ru Manchu He stooa up and began restlessly to pace the room f noublj stuff ng totxac o into his briar Long ago we had placed the nan e of S r Lionel Barton upon the 1 st of those vhose 1 ves stood between Fu Manchu and the attainment of h s end Or ental ist and explorer the fearless t aveler who fi t had penetrated to Lassa who thrice as a p Ignm had entered forb d len Mecca no now had tunted h s at r tent on aga n to T bet thereby s gn ng his own death warrant r That he has reached England alive r s a hopeful s gn? I suggested . Sn lth shook his head and 1 ghted the ? blackened briar England at present K is the web he replied The spider Ljf will be wart ngl Petr e I somet mes T despair S r Lionel is an mposs ble 5 man to shepherd You ought to see his jt ho se at Fmchley! A low (&q at place 6 completely hemmed m by trees Damp as a swamp smells like a jungle Every ite thing topsy turvy He only arrived, to day and he is working and eating (and L sleeping I expect) in a study that looks m like an earthquake at Sotheby s auction ft rooms The rest of the houe is half xg a menagerie and half a circus He has gk a Bedouin groom a Chinese body servant ET and heaven only knows what other Bfe strange people! Ry Yea I saw him a squinting Can EL tonese he calls Kwee I don t like him K . Also there is a secretary known as H froa who has an unpleasant f aee Kfc c 13 a nne koguast I understand and as engaged upon the Spanish notes for HplL Barton s forthcoming book on the Hjjfi&f MayapaTi temples By the way all bir B&e X$enel s baggage diaappf are.f from the HUkg stage including his Tibetan MftS Significant t , b&V coarse ' But he argues that he Hgg&p &e"Tit)et from the Knenlnn to HRslii t JfnialaYaa without being assa-HjgeLtej? assa-HjgeLtej? and therefore that it is un Eglrafc he jvill meet with, that fate in HSp.Iofu T'left h m dictating' the book Krbd n emory, at the rateMof about two HIpH&bed wosos a .minute! HHjSyRflie W wasting no time 1 7 BHEVtoS time. In addition to the HSmKLBoff boot ana the Nrork on Tibet H&J to read d, paper at the institute ! frafeoaw;ck atout Bomer-tomb he has. un I H5g&e4 m Egypt. As I came away j HpS&xittt 4ave PP from the dpcka and a ! BSe of fellows debvereo a sarcopn Bus-4 bin- as4 -a boati 16 s uolqaey to -sur Xonel, -and will go to HptfifrTlntish mnseuin itfter he has ex Bra&l 2L The man crania- six mouths ' k into six "weeks then hff is off' Hff'TThat tfo-yon propose to do" np&What can I dot I know that Fu jKManchB w?H make an attempt upon K nJL I cannot doubt it Ugh that RE- wose gaVe me the shudders! No sun HST Jtgnf 11 swear" PetiSe ean ever pene-irate pene-irate to the rooms and when X arnved HE ttas- afternoon clouds of gnats floated BfW like motes wherever a stray beam 1 WmZt tered through the trees of the avenue HE--4 There s a steamy smell about the place MeL V that is almost malar ous and the whole Hp of the west front is covered with a !E sort of monkey creeper which he has iKf imported at some time or" other It if has a close exotic perfume that is Wty quite in the picture I tell you the k place was made for murder x- Have you taken any precautions! S X called m at Scdtland Yard and 1 t sent a man down to watch the house ; f He shrugged his shoulders helplessly What is Sir Lionel likel f A madman Petne A tall mass ve f man wearing a dirty dressing gown of v neutral culor a man with unt ay gray ! i? ha r and a bristling moustache Keen j blue eyes and a brown sk n who wears ! a short beard or rarely shaves I don t j know wh ch T left him stnd ng about I among the thousand and one cunos t es I of that n cred ble room picking his wav I through ant que furniture works of reference manuscripts mumm es spears pottery and what not sometimes k ck mg a book from his co rse or stumbl ng , over a stuffed crocolle or a Mex can mask alternately d tat ng and on ersng Phew j for some t me we we e s lent j Sm th I sa d we are making no , headway n th s bus ness W th all the i forces arraje 1 Tga nst h m Fu Manhu j et 11 elu les s st 11 pursues b s dev 1 i ish nscnitable way Nayland Sm th nolded I n 1 we don t know al! he sa d We mark su h and such a man as one a e to the vellow jeril, and we warn I m f wp have t me Perhaps he es j afes perhard he does not B t wl at lo we know Petr e of those others who mav d p ev rv week by his murdero s getcvT We cannot know everyone: who ha rea I the r ddle of Th na J eve see a pp rt of son rone found, f I of an apparent s cile of a en tho gh pern nlv dt al leatl thtwn ng Tp o ru Mh 1 n hc t, h t ta ph p nl ra e p p vtl ng T a 1 tl a S r In) b a a hp I 1 f Tl rtthtn ac )esa ff j, a 1 at h wit 1 lVPC h Bhp n-iavat ft tfms ng haJar j, o n iter foil we k o k o on f pH Arcprl hatpj,n 1 lr i I H hHjwol- p q i p p mpl n k tp k ) k ) n t o p? I V H f 00 t P li h w U p h Petr c hp hh I n wan tl p rwwgn S r I onpl Hn t n r 1r r I Mppf hp at h 1 p t n 1 M( f TIT T upert ltl ( I ill no" parv 1 I t bp r n Ih ght wl en w 1 nt I a-p 1 c f rtl r en o h iff h t nn I tl n ttl j I I H f hp I o a u a s nk a a b e a I nd s b The fa a e s o cd a e s a ge e o p wh ad o ed a d e a as p ge n odo o e a e eta o w h ng ed e pe fu e of e e o u na ed do e at b oon ed u y upon e eepe T e p e ooked a e ab e w de ness nd e e e e adn ed o t e a b nspe oc e mou saw a e n e o as I n eep ng e e e o o e a na on ed f on t e 0 e o so e apa me n n Ass an emp e and e squa olum s the ow sea s e agnsa neee oquent f neg e be ng h k du oated The n us sn e oo was a os as p o nounced he e as outs de beneat e ees To a bay ose onten s o erflowed n n an e a o en pon he floor eee eod ed u Cood hea e I ed wha a ha So e g eaped f o e op of a book se nbese aos t e ed a pe and passed f om e b a ke a wo den ak Is ood ook ng af e w s ed e es Ine e o e mou aug ed d It s a oung p ma o a c e ca or sornet ng docto e sa d T s house s f 1 of su pr ses and m e es H s vo ce was o qu e s ead I though and he ca efu Iv closed he door eep oceed ng u ner W here is e asked Nay and Smith ha sh How was done We mouth sat down and 1 h ed a c aa wh h T offered b m I though ou ig e o bea what led up o so fa as we k ov before see ng h n Smith nodded TVe cont ued the Inspector the man yo a anaed o seni down fron the Ta d got ere al rg and took up a post n the road outs de w ere he cou d command a good v ew of the ga es He saw and heard noth ng un go on fpr half past ten w en a oung ady t ned p ind went n A oung lad M ss Edmonds SrL one s shorthand tj-p st She had found after get ng home that her ba with her p rse n was miss ng and she came ba k ose f she had left t he e She gave the aJa m Mv n an 1 ear$ tl e row from he road and came n Then e ra out and ranD us p I mmed ately w red fo jou He heard the row vou sas W hat row M ss Edmonds went into violent hj s tencs Sm tl was pac ng tl e room now n tense excitement Describe what he saw when he came In He saw a negro footman there sn an Engl shman n the nouse tr ing to pacify the gir out in the ha 1 yonde and a Malay and another co ored man beating their foreheads and howling There was no sense to &e got out of an of them so he started to nye&tlgate for himself He had taken the bearings of the place earlier in the evening and from the 1 ght in a window on the ground floor had located the study go he started to look for the door When he found it it was locked from tbe inside. 'Well He went out and around to the win dow There s no blind, and from the shrubbery you can see Into the lumber room known as tbe atudj He looked In as apparentlv M ss Edmonds had done before him. What he saw accounted for her hysterics Both, Smith and I were hanging upon his words All among the rubbish on the floor a Mg Eyptlan mummy case was lying on its side and face downward with his arms thrown across it lay Sir Lionel Barton My God Yes go on "There was only a shaded reading lamp alight, and it stood pn a chair shining right down on him ft made a patch of Hght on the floor yotj understand. The Jnspectoc indicated Its extent with his bands 'Well as the man smashed the glass and got the window open and was jUst -climbing in he saw something else so he says He paused 'What did he see9 demanded Smith shortly 4 sort of green mist sir Ue says it seemed to be alive It moved over the floor about a foot from tbe ground go ng away from him and toward a cur tain at the other end of the study Nayland mltb fixed his eyes upon the speaker "Where did he first see this green mist 9 He says Mr Smith, that he th nks It came from the mummy case 'Yes go on i It b to his credit that he c imbed into tbe room after seeing a thing like that ; He did He turned the body over and j Sir Lionel looked horrible He was quite I dead. Then Croxted that s the man s I name went over to this curtain There i was a glass door He opened it and it 1 gave on a conservatory a place stacked from the tiled floor to the glass roof w!th : more rubbish It was dark ins de but enough light came from the stud i s really a drawing room by the way) as ; he d turned a I the lamps on to give Mm anotl er g mpse of this green craw ing mist Tl e e are three steps to go ! down On tne steps la a dead China man dead Chinaman' I A dead Chinaman Doctor see them rapped Sm th , Yes a o -a man He was o"ut of 8 depth I could aee contrad c ed h mse f three t mps But there s no need for an othe p n on un we get he oroners An Crox ed C oxted was Mr Smith and had o be snt home n a ab j What ai b h m Detective Inspector Weymouth alsed ! h s eyebrows a d ca efu knockel he; as from h s c gar He he d out n I ame ga e ne h story and fatn ed g awa I e sad hat some h ng n e onera ory p a e seemed o ge h m b he roa D d he mean tha e a y 1 o nt say We ha 1 o se J e g homp too of coun? Naj and Sm t was p ng h ug u y 1 at he obe f b ef ea Go anv heo y e je ke We m h sh gged h h sho 1p No one ha n den h g en m ft ad Sawegonnw We nase he Ab an ha wh h mem rs of tha n range uh h wo e g the p n pan s k n g p f v mb e ou T o en w n g oes and wo eas n m fum knl tr j e 1 nam n Kw e of whom frm hlpk n h annee an f o n n f n tp a s w f n v. n d ab n Vp n S on h n rt & v, saof h g Ns Sn swh p Shhua oonH o a m r s s f A a 1 P ng rt a n a n p k h o o . g m g h k k H n V PB dc S n sp ang u g an J frf n t rao p chu o I nu p n th o ookwS np Rarto m gh h apped N hpgan U p m Th n n no BJ e r 8t o a thr bp a If K p mo V, t n t p hp union 0 (a Km h 1 h ha n Pf u o w rt o n n n h w t up o h no n a h 4 tt n k k a n o Jh Out over the table billowed a sort of yellowish green cloud an oily vapor Run Smith1 l screamed 'The door, for your life1 ight to penetrate he bent forward over a crumpled up figure which lay upon the steps below It Is he cried loudly It Is Sir Lionel jb ,servant Kqgee Weymouth and I looked at one an other across the body of the Italian then our eyes turned together to where my friend grim faced stood over the dead Chinaman A breeze wbljpered through the leaves a great wave of exotic per fume swept from the open window toward the curtained doorway It was a breath of tbe east the la scru table east whlcl had stretched out a yellow hand to tbe west It was symbolic of the subtle. Intangible power manifested. 1 Dr Fu Hanchu as Nay land Smith lean agUe bronzed with the suns of Burma was symbolic of tbe clean British efficiency which sought to combat the Insidious enemy One thing is evident said Smith Vo one in the house Strozza excepted knew that Sir Lionel was absent How do you arrive at that asked Weymouth The servants n the hall are bewail Ing him as dead If they had seen nlm go out the would know that It musk be some o e else who lies here What about the Chinaman9 Since there is no other neans of en tran e to the conservatory save through the study Kwee must ha e 1 Idden him s If there at so ne time Wl en his master was absent from this room Coxtel found the commun rating door losed. W at k 1 ed he China man' Both M bs bdn on is and Croxted found he s udv door lo ked from the ns de What kfl ed Stroza7 retorted Sm 1 You w1 1 have note rontlnued he nspec o ha se etar Is wear g S I lonel s dress g gown wan see ng n n hat as s e lookej n a he w ndow w ed M ss Edmonds to n s ake 1m fo he en ploye an o se ent y to put us on he wrong seen He wore o d a an b dv ook ng n at he w ow o d he a c o make hd n n a r -apped 8n t Why asked Because c amc p e o on ous p pose Hec Sm a ooped J ook up se e a oo a f om he te n he floor There es e He ame 0 open the sa ophague 1 on a ed he m mmy of some notab e e so wo flou fshp unde Menep a II un Sr 1 one o ne ha a n m e of a ab do un en n and Jewe h pony we se e ed amo g w ap ngs o opoa d o pen p ng a d o a b n o en e on r s exa n na o en y ha nged h s n fo na y to nse f I ran my ngp s h oug ny h e x hnwa aa eneo p n n n y nd H a g p a al m of a g n ap appa In o a S as no a as oh h a na mo w o no a gg s ey of a a n o o on I d p hh g gown an p h a t fa n N a m r ta o n ana h c e n o w a n o a g H s p a a g v, n h 1 e w xp h ng bo h p oh T p e wp e no olen a b a mha I k 4 a h cc o d ng a n gg ps o na a pon a e reerp win g ow ng a ngen oo vanfou p anp ah c f , nHB w BWee pha of p p P g Pla n v p na 1 ho ppen w Inap o We h cf y e g " nf" o a fa MR fi id m o 7B k w ng S c nt a t o ke mie f ere o r e he n asc o rox p p ng wa of p v, ndow f nd o k n k dp M sfia d nov ty a n na h d m an Wf o s nw SHf fi n a e p for ao n n a ft a a a aw P H g g HO p. g H a g H K a w k door or the window killed Strozza And, something which, having killed Strata next kilted te- OpJnason, ap parently Without troubling to open the 'imutfooSajEFO fecfisaSly ' iaspdetot; tic Fu: Ufencifr fees employed an ally which even Ms glarit will, was unable to subjugate What blind force wbat terrific agent of deAth-ad he con fined In that sarcophagus? Tou think t is Is the work of Fu Manchu? I said It you are correct his power indeed is more than human Something in ray voice I suppose brought Smltn right about He surveyed me curio us) Can you doubt It The presence of a concealed Chinaman surely Is sufficient Kwee I feel assured was one of the murder group though probably he had only recently entered that mysterious ser vice He Is unarmed or I should feel disposed to tb nk that his part was to assassinate Sir Lionet while, unsuspecting unsuspect-ing the presence of a hidden enemy he was at work 1 ere. Strona s opening the sarcophagus clearly spoiled the scheme And led to the death Of a servant of Fu Manchu? Tea I, am at a loss to account for that Do you think that the sarcophagus entered Into the scheme Smith? My friend looked at mo In evident perplexit You mean that its arri al at the time when a restore or the doctor Kwee w s concealed here may havo been a co ncldence I nodded and Smith bent over the ear ophagus r ous y examining the gnrlsh paintings w tl whl h it was decorated In s de and out It la sideways upon the floor and se e ng it by its edge he tur ed it over Heav he nut e ed but Strosza must ave apsise it as he fe He wo Id not have lal t on Its side to re 0 p he 1 H lo 1 e be t u forwa d. atchlng at a p e a of wine a d o t of tl e mummy as pea her stopper o ork Th s was s ck n a o e do vn near tl e ti ne c sa d E r t as a JlsgUBt ng sn el I ook t f o tt a ds an 1 wan about o cxa n ne v e lo d vo e sounded o do I o a The door was thrown p n and g man who desp te he arn of ho eat e wore a fu ned vp oa r a ed mpetuous y in o the oom s I on c ed Sm t eage I a nod o n aoe -you avo 1 a p v a nw ph a e S op Ba o g a ccd at w at la he floo ho om S n to n hp f a fro o I ape tor W e I o p e 0 or the few h na k w t boo s M H n o an t e not on a dooa t s nca lo mc h pf te ms Sm h e cd e hnp po g of e n gh o ao m as ho k o n Hr oellao s h g q e a h v e an ho a f hu o dont J h e s h I v , o a e fo p. Je ve h e sala h w p n whs n h e h s A ned o he ort of o e n an I vas wogoa m ntohe p a on Ood knows at K ee w h o g d ng I erl aps as one o p o a vo hu n se Mr Kn i o g fln 1 1 hard o o eve n s s t ado h nese do o e e oz i sar p Rgus. Hn I o 1 fn n urp so W ft n o n oan H I o p P p fa o a ave o o I uod lo no wa b h op gUH v t so e h g rt o o oh hat nlg t I ave heo e a vaI n w rc f om P ofesao Bom g o d are a pp ng o one u M n 7ft o a so x n I rcaae o p fesan a ho near a was o read p x w po aga e oke 0 e n n n ase o n o Mp a a and a 1 no v p p g a ad oo o g o a a I o oggo a no o Na 1 Hn wa a g e n k fa p V n a g fn ao c a na nrt c H n P n a p a a IV n H a I In short one of the magicians who con ested Id magic arts wita Moses I thought the discovery unique until Pro feasor Rembold rurnjshed rfte with some curious particulars respecting the dea h 6f M Pare le Rol French Egyptologist Egyptolo-gist particulars new to me We listened in growing surpr se, Bcarce ly knowing to what this landed. M le Rot, continued Barton dis covered but kept secret, tne tomb of A mentl another of O Is particular broth erhood It appears that he opened the mummy case on the spot these priests were of royal line and are burled in the Ml ey of Biban el Moluk Hi ft lah and Arab servants deserted him for some reason on seeing the mummy case and he was found dead apparently strangled beside it The matter was hushed up by the Qgyptian government Rembo d cou d not explain why But he begged roe not to open the sarcophagus of Mskara A silence fell The true facts regarding the sudden death of Bagre le RoT nhlch I now heard tor the first time hsd imp eseed me n pleasantly coming from a man of sir Lionel Barton s experience and reputa don How long had it lain at the docks? Jerked Smith For two days I believe I am not a superstitious man Mr s'mlth but neither la Professor Rembo d and now that I kndw the facts respecting Pane le Roi I can find It in my heart to thank God tl at I did not see whate er came out of t at sarcophagus Nayland Smith stared him hard In the face. I am g ad you did not S r IJonel he said for whatever t e Tr est Mekara las to do with the matter by means of his sarcophagus Dr Fu Manchu has nade 1 Is first attempt upon your Ife lie has fa ed but I hope sou wl 1 ac ompan n e from ere te a hotel He wl I not fail twice It ai the Ight following tl at of tl e do ble raged at Rowan Ho se Nay and Sm tl th Inspector Weymouth as engaged In some myBterlous inqu n at the do kB and I ad ren atned at 1 ome to br g p to date that s range chron c e 1 oped o live o pub s of our dea ngs w e satanlc genius Dr Fu Ma cl u And wh should I not co fess mv memories ad frightened me I was arranging my notes respec Ing the case of Str Lionel Barton They nre opelessly Incomplete For Instance I ad Jotted down the fo lowing q e lea ( Pld any t e para e ex it between the lea h of M Page e Ro and the death of K ee t e C naman and of Strossa (2 V hat had becon e of the nummy of Me nra (3) Uow ftd the n urdercr es aped f o n a looked roo ? (4) A at was t e purpc-so of t e rubber stopper? (5 Whv was K vee h d ng In the con serva ory? (6) Was the green st a mere s bje t e a olnat on a f gment of roxted a in aglnatlo or had e ac t a v seen t nt 1 he questions were Ba sfac or v anawe ed fur er progress vas n toss c Na an 1 Sm frank adn tted e was out of h s depth It ooks on e faro of n o o ke a case for t e ps h al esearc peop e hn for a p a n servant latel of Mandslav he had su d only t at mo Ing I one Barton rea Iv bellevea t at n per at a agonc ea were brought Into ope a on e ope g of tho 1 g p est s coffin ror my part eve f I eee the si mo I a ould nt naln a n a 1 r Fu Mn ch co trol ed those gen es B t reason o t for o so f n see f wo ar ve at an con n on ce t r Oo w nn ill pon tie lat n of he g oen mist but keep to t e facts are nstab s ed r con men e 1 to knool out m p ne In n as tray then pa sed p po In I a d The o se vas quite stll fo n v land a v n d n he ma 1 1 ouseho d vere out A o e e o se of a passing trnmrar nd t o gh I eord t a door ope ft on ng s e or 1 sat ad a e od Noaaonl Sa Is rpped n y ha d n t c ab o dra ver took out ny e o er n d a on p eowBS so a ''o eone or so e K s epgpsHsnte dark F v e gl ast me la on p by o 1 n nan 1 whs se ae 1 n np lee o eat o t e doo s nd o 1 1 e nt ng sou ee no fo dao ond h np o loor 1 I ad h o a bo pw h of n f I M p n h i v ho s e c e 0 I e A. no an a of o e fa m s ca Pu on a Qu ck I mufc spe K o The door was pus ed ope and e e entered as m f gu e w app d n a oo u coak My nan e and s 8 , C 0 s ence ook ng n o he e u u ua r e es of D Fu Man u mes enKe i he own s atemen ou d e ed eo a e O tw o o as one hp- v ose assocaton w e do o wa on o he mos profo ndnyeeo eae ha r sked I an o say wha nna o ab c pun s men s pe hap o e m e f om dea in bo h cases fron a er o e dea , j, lie ps s ght v parted e s ood o d n e c oak about e and wa n nfc e w g ea pass ona e ejea How I began But she shook her head mpa en He as a dup a e ke o o e doo was he amaz ng s a e n n i ha e ne e be e ed a se e f as e before bu you must a ange o e p ace t e ock & e came forwa d and rested e s m hands conf d ng y upon mv s ou de s l have come aga n to ask you o ake me awa fomhm sesads mp y And she f ed er face o me Her wo ds s ruck a chord n m hea t wh ch sang w O strange musl w n mus c so barba c that frank y I b u hed to f nd it ha mora Ha e I sa d ha s e as beau fu It can con ey no fa nt concep on of he W th be pu e fa r sk n es es 1 ke he e vet darkne s of he eas and ed ps so trem ous y nea o m ne she was the most seduc ve o e j c ea u e I ever had ooked upon Jn that e ect ic moment my heart wen out in sjmpat y to e ery man who art ba e ed honor coun ry a 1 for a woman s kiss , , I nil see that vou are paced under proper p otec on I sa d f m out m o e was no qu te m own I s absurd to ta k of s a e he e n England Eng-land ou are a free aen o ou ou d not be here now D Fu Man hu cannot cont o your att ons Ah she cr ed cast ng back her head scornfu v and re eas ng a cloud of ha r th ough whose softness g earned a Je ve ed headd ess no He cannot Do ou know what t means o ha e been a save' Here n jour free England do you know what It means t c azzia e desert journej tew ps of he dr ers the ouse of the dealer the s lame bah How beaut ful she was n her nd gna t on S avery s put down you magine per laps Tiou do not be le e t a oda o day twentv f e Eng Ith sove e gns wl buy a CaJ a g rl wo s b own and whsper two hund ed and f f tv a Cl as san who Is white o t ere is no s a ery So Then what am I She threw open her c oa and i a literal fact that I r bbed m e es ha f bel eving that I dreamed Fo benea b she was arrajed n ossamer s rk w h mo e than ind a ed re fe nes of her si m shape woea eweed de and barbaric omamen s was a f gu e f for the w a led ga dens of S ambou a f m e amaz ng incompre ens ble n he prosa c setting of ro rooms Tonl ht I ad no t me to make mv se f an Eng sh m ss she a d wrapp ng her c oak quickly about her You see me as I am He garments exha. ed a faint perfume and it reminded me of ano he nee ng I had had with her I looked n o the cha ienging ejes Tour request is but a pre en e I sa d Why do jou keep the sec e s of hat man when they mean death to so man Death I have seen mv own s s er die of fever In the desert seen her thrown I ke carr on into a ho e n e Eand I have seen men f o ged un U e prajed for death as a boon 1 a e known the lash mjself Dea h Wha does Tt matter'' She shocked me lnexpress b v En e oped In her cloak aga n a d wi rt on j her slight accent to betraj he was dreadful to hear such words from a girl who save for her s gular type of beauty might ha e been a cultured Europea Pro e, then that you real wis to leave th s man s service Tel me what U ed Strozza a d the Chlnan an 1 sa d he shrugged her shou ders I do not know that But if ou w carrj me off she clutched me ne ou lj so that I am help ess lo k me p o thst I cannot escape bea me f ou ke 1 will tell you all I do know W hi e he is my master I w 1 never be av n Tear me from htm by force do ou understand by force' and m ps wi 1 be sealed no longer s.h but ou do not understand with vour props au or ties your police Police A.h I a e Bald enough She shl ered as if w th cold s epp ng back and draw ing t e clcak t ht abou her For mj part I felt ope ess un able to cope with ideas of so e rao dinary a characte I ood sllen amazed That should I do Reason with her' Detain her clock across the ommon began to str ke. The girl started and ad e hands upon ms sho lde s aga T e e were tears glitte Ing an ong the c r ed b ack lashes Tou do ot nderstand e w pcred Oh wil you ne er unde s and and release me f om him I s co Listen Go o -ill out de a Reny out at a hotel v ere sou b do not stay here And Nayland Sn h Wlat is lo to me s Na and Sm th Ah whs w o no nsea 1 ps' To are in dange ou ear e in danger Go awa fron he e on g SI e dropped e an s da ro n the oon In t e open d o wa e turned stan p ng her foo pass o a e Tou ha e hands and a s she eri and et o let n e go Be a np then fi from e e i e h oke off w th so ething tl at sou de ike a I made no move to sta 1 e t bea t fu ac omplice of the arch rderer F Ma hu T heard I e ght footsteps pattering down the sta si ea 1 her open and ose t e doo e loo of which Dr Ft Manchu e d I e ke Stl 1 v.a shp ad a ed fr m mel " D i"you see he I began JM ru s fa s owd tha he iai t WaT?owB can she have " ' HfigM rnen" "wheTL s' eC 2 1"JM T-s bttBhrm askedmY have ta e ed n f cab ghe said and undoubtedly s6e ame d re from he house of Dr FtlJH Man hu You shou d ha e d U "e"er Pe e T s he h d me we ha 5 hadH L wonan n our powe he third xe we ha e et he go free Sm h I ep ed I ouldn sne arre of he own f ee w o g e meH wa n ng Sh d sa me me Be aus sou can e s e s n w th ou he sugges ed and bu one of s rare aughs w en the ignrj flush rose to my cheek "She wh p etend to be bl nd to I Jou do n t V know the Oriental mind aa I do but I m qu te understand the girl s pos tlon SBe -m fears the Eng lsh authortt es but would I subm t to capture b sou If you u only se ze her by the ha r drag her taA some ce lar hurl her flown and stand -s 0 er her w h a wh p she wou d te 1 ou il e ery h ng she kniws and salve her s range eas em cons nee w th h re fie on that speech was oreed from er 1 am not Jok ng it s so I ass re fia. And she wou d adore yo fo our sav age v deeming you fo f and s rong Sm h I sa d be serious To know what her wa n n meant be ore I can "Tiess what It means now Be rapped Hullo Someone was furiouslv r nging the well No on a ome ea d my friend s I wi go I h nk I know what it Is -i 4. few m nutps ate e re urned carry i ng a large squa e pa kage j From We mouth he expla ned Ty J dis rl t messenger and ean to untie e wrapp ngs I lef him beh nd at thej docks and he arranged to forward aari e den e which subsequen y he aundj Th s w be framen s of the musing m mm e W ha ou th nk he mummy wa ab-s ab-s rac ed . Ye a the docks I am sure of it and somebodv else was n the sarcophagus w n t eached Rowan House A sar-copha-ue I find s prac call a Ight, so at he use of the rubber s oppei becon e e den e ent la on How this pe son k ed Strozza I ha e jet to ea n Also how he escaped from a ocked room And w hat abou he green m sf' Nas land Smith spread h s hands in a chamc eris c ge ure. : The green m st Petrle can he er-i pla ned n se eral vays Remember we have onlj one man s wo d ha ex-i isted It s at bes a conf s ng daWHn to wh we must not a a h a f tiotis mpo tan e ' He hrew the wrapp ngs on the -or and tugged a a twine loop n he lis? of the squa e box which now stood upon the table Suddenl t e 1 d came ewayi br nging w h it a ead 1 n ng su h as la usua n ea chests. Thl n ng was par tial a tached to one swe of he box, so ha he action of remo ng he Bd at once raised and tilted fll Then happened a singular th ng sl 0 t over the table bl owed a sorrofJJI e ow sh green cloud an o lv apor M I arid an insplrat on It was no h ng lessSA born of a memory of some words of Inv M beautiful vis tor came to me. nd thank Hea en for It. Run sm h I screamed The door T e doo for our life Fu Manchu sentt ha box i 1 h ew m a ms around Mm he bent forwa d he no ng apor rose al mo t o hs nost Is I drageed -,him back and al but pitel ed h m ou onto he landing We entered mv bedroom and the e as I turned on the light, I saw that Smith s tanned fa e was un , usuall drawn and touched with pallor It s chlorine gas I said hoarsely Inhalat on is deadlv It is the fumes of chlor ne that kills the men u the b eachl g powder works We ha e been b nd I part c larly Don ou see . The e was no one in the sarcophagus, n hu here was enough of that fea fu s uff o ha e suffoca ed a egi n en Sn h len ed h s fists con Is elv M God e ad "how an I ope o dea t e author of such a scheme! I see he w o e plan He d d no reckon on h m mm ase be ng o er urne&j a i Kwee s pa was o ren o e e plug w e 1. d of he s ng a e Sir L one had been suffoca ed The gafij I ake t hea e a a V pc f gra of 4 0 I sald-wo sald-wo and a aft e hea er ISia "4U; Tou can pour i fn.n o Jar ke a qu d f ou are wearing a em sts mask The san. op a s wo 1 have en p ed hro gh he e e ga wouMt I 1 a e d perked a d no w ema ned 1 c ep e sn ell I Idlsnel P eo hpstot-! per L t of cou p wi a a w tit o mav reme n e a u were pe ed fron do ig -o h arr ajH of r L onel The en f ose inH fe n 1 fowers s all haveH row ned It oo Poo n sc i -s stron&K a ed e ff ap led ase of hist fa a d a 1 i; f Vi t po i de h -o er Tit ory M oo a I do he s ep ep KweeB a ro g rox ed s k ng theH w low -e te s fi p a o dlsS peewha prpa 1 fcawV epo cfl ow it I t andB ope bo h w ndow S Na la 1 ! h ra ed sgard race. 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