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In the conversation, in which I maintained | from his twirling. fingers, moonlike face and my part, Konon, that was her name, interiosed eyes like volcano's caras, I shut my eyes and only occasionally. But her remarks revealed a fought to retrain my own will. Thongh it was

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then. My heart, sick with pain though it was, face. Then I heard the tall fall of his Leavy

Autlior of "Lazar Stairs," "Bob's Apolo. / beat tumultuonsly in my breast and with all the body from his spol! I opated my eyes and

gy," etc.).

My band shakos suor as I take ap my pen to give account of the viclent ending of my life's ane passion and of the viclent revelation of the superhuman powers of a being apparently of like flesh and blood to myself, I feel again the double shock, and I who before the events I set down here would have hosted that nothing on earth or below it could have twitched my

in every limb. nerves, tremble in

In my fifteenth year, having leder father's favourite mastiff and out-dared bis anger, I set off whistling and penniless to explore the wide world. Since that day my life has been offen hold at a farthing's ransom; I have known all extremes of fortune and hays beon antrer bled.

the

boldness of my disposition and despite the presence of her superhuman father, I filled heresting first a glance at the crumpled form on the floor with its half-hidden, blood splashed. with locke and tokens of

At the conclusion of Keson rose, fure, I,turned to the table and tore away the touched with her Bagers of snow my own hot straps. I snatched up a huge bearskia and wrapped Kenon in it hurriedly, anxious to es ones, and passed out of the room,

capo with my precious burdon. With an un- the fallen meastor and alunk back accustomed quake in my heart sidled stea thily away fro

rooms until I discovered through passages and the welcome street door. In the friendly fog I breathed freely again, and with a growing gladness I carried Konor all the way to uly roots, folding the rng closely about her. my latch key and reaching my rooni unobserved, laid my batten on a couch and stirred the fire No thought of faturo peril troubled die.. sat beside my love awaiting her return to eon- sciousness. She was marvellousy still, I could detect no signs of lite but I was quite sure it was merely insonsibility, not death

I-rose also and prepared to take my leave, The doctor himself attended me and open at the big street door revealing the London street with is straight outlines, its glimmering gus rays, fits mirk and damp. Its cold air seemed to fax to flame ju my breast the haired of West for eruelty possessed me. Bast. A sudden desire to return his trick of I, who know how to reduco a man's band to pulp, pat all my muscle into my handgrip forn full half minute. The fellow was not human, though, for his placidalit roared cheerfally. smile never changed.

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You must come again," he murmured Now, the30 fingers that should hold the non laconically. I replied;

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slip and fork like a plucked spider's log. will that was iron is powder like shattered glass. My eyes son one vision only, a woman's face of peerless beauty through which as through a somi-transparent mask loom the amooth features

Chinaman.

magician learned in the craft of demons; and at sight of the wom

woman's face I came posthaate to Lon lon from Borneo. A white spot of leprosy on my right breast goaded me to impationen. I ascribed it to living for.

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But suddenly, my joy was pulled ont like a candle I knew my enemy had recovered and stopped to wipe the blood from my hand. On a thought I looked back at the house und, ut. dark window, saw the moonlike free of the his will had sought out, and grappled with doctor blaudly smiling. My tooth tingled mine.

His call grew uncreasingly insistent. Voleos As I wobod sleep in the hard bod of my Bloous burg rooms the doctor's was not the face that creasing, untiring was oxerted upon mind and that it was a sore struggle to resist. AI elutoind the marble wrists of my love to hold haunted mo.

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waited the further invitation of Dr. Tien Ming. I was now quite ready to run the trostrosta mendous risks instinct warned me of. I was not invited out, of love, nor granted the dazzling vision of his daughter for a triding reason Something was wanted, my wealth, my soal, the maybe.

I despatched an urgent satamons by English maid who admitted me into an ordin ary consulting room, but I was kept waiting an hour. By the time a tall, stout man in imma oalate frook coat appeared I was ready to dame hire to his fat, yellow face for his tordiness. He bowed with a bland smile and suavo greeting. Without returning the courtesy

tore open my vest and asked ourfly.-.-

What do you make of this p

I

"Leprosy."

A work went by, borne only by exercise of Spartan patience because of the vision of luminous eyes and scarlet lips that hovered before my mental sight.

I do not On this eighth day the call came. mean I received any written or spoken mossage, I simply became conscious that the doctor desir. ed my visit. I called and spent the evening with Keson

son and her father, this time without

He touched the spot with a cold finger and experiencing any pain or discomfort.

I was invited in the same pocaliar manner Mid

twice or thrice more and then I found that, toring Keaon with all the desperate madness of No doubt of it. Can you do anything?" The dall light of the November afternoon my nature, I must speedily learn my fate or cease Occasion served me well. On the visit follows was rapidly fading, Going to window he to hear any resemblance to a rational creature. drow down a blind. Ho switched ou a mol- lowed alectric light. I stood. motionless, mying, as we sat at dinner, Keson by my side, the linds holding my clothes apart. He put on old servitor shambled to the doctor's side and thick round glasses that made its little slanting whispered in his ear. The doctor rose and left

us alone saying.

swell and glow and looked me in the fare. You are a strong man," "Yes," I said sharply; make your proposal." "Well," he said, "you are versed in Eastern crafts. Will you yield yourself to me P

I want to get rid of this and do not four ay man or thing..

He smiled and bowed again. “Look into my oyes,"

I had not long to look into those big, lu. minous globos, as they seemed, before. I was completely hypnotised.

He was topping my abest,

My senses became elear and I looked down. The spot disappeared. I was just a little startled and felt a second's awe of the smirking Follow man before me.

Van Verbukhomen are good subjects,

began in congratulation.

I eat him short

"What do I owe you?"

One hundred gainess."

I paid him.

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As he took the notes he looked me over medi. ho had an air of weighing me up that tatively irritated me. In oar short conversation he had showed an acquaintance with my life and person that taught me he possessed those subtle gifts of divination eno meets in the mysterious East "Pardon me," he said courteously, "but you ars tired with your journey and have not engaged rooms yet. with meand maybe tell me how you found alfairs in my native land?"

an urgent caso,"

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Pardon me, I at once made up my mind to saisa the moment. I sprong to my feet and stood over her. I laid my hand on her best are

**Kanon,"

arolaimed recklessly, I

met you bat saldom. I scarcely kuow you. I cannot fathom you, so strange you are, a beauti ful, mysterious humon dover, Hat listen, I love you as few mon can love. Tell me, will you accept and return my love P".

She sat still a moment, not shyly, not con fusedly, rather in an absolute calma but looking up at me with eyes whose depths 1 could by no means plumb Words came at last, words like a child softly and sweetly reading alessan.

"Yours is a man's love, worth having I

glow and a passionate response grow bright in her eyes and curved her lips into, sweetness.

I know not how long a time elapsed ore I heard a chuckle behind me, and the doctor's voice surprised my ears,

You want a father's blossing, my daughter and my son-to-be."

There was a shackle in his voice and a faint. smile on his lips that made my palse surgo with anger. I could not but feel that somehow, in some form, the conjuring humbug had been privy to the whole of our proceedings. I made

The darkness came, the ashes of my fire grow cold, but still I battled through the long hours of agony. I sway d mosuing on the hearthing, the grip on my wrists as relement as mine on hers. Blood dropped from my cracked lips, my omacked lips, my fide strained back from eyeballa hot and dry as stoves in the sun. I was on the border of insanity. Still I resisted.

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love no count of the hours that clapsed. Eat slowly, dimly, the coariotion came to my mind that I should have to give way unlexx I net and fought my enemy face to face in the Englishman's open way while I yet had posses. ston of my faculties. I decided to go

to him, not in submission bat in de fonce. It was a black night with a dim glow of stars when I set out. Before

may hardly leaving her, I caught in my arms wrotal prize, my Keas. I crushel her to my hurt a long minute, the scalding tears rain- sough of themselves to sting its delioney into from my eyes upon her flower. like face, hot life. Then, Felipped fastivaly out of the house Than

the death of the Chinaman. I had no meat in a desperate anguish, my errand nothing leas or drink for I know not how long, but I had no thought of it, I was throbbing with fererash energy.

sleet as I ran through them. Unseeing, unheed The dark streets were greasy with mud and

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en the ahedow. I had intended!!

He

He laughed liked the baffled hyens he was. put out at a fat hand, ploadingly and waited. "Listen, you shall have her. Kenon, real, alive. Bring her back to no and I promise yon even yet your desire,"

years,

I thought he was playing on my ignorance "Never! I will not parley with you. You and

with

Will you do me the honour to dine) buxte to leave before I lost control of my rig hall go to answer for your deviley "*

tompor. He was so damnably emniprosent, in one's very soul so to speak.

I had half a mind to refuse, but any promise of nimsual experiences attracted me. This man, amazingly endowed, had some use for me I ganged, and I had half a mind to see what it was.

I

am obliged to you," I said more politely, "I shall be glad bat

That is wall, he interrupted reading my thought plainly, "I can lend you Chinese dress -to which you are accustomed then you will be at home with my daughter and myself."

As an old thin, wrinkled servitor hobbled silently in his felt slippers before me, brought ine to su apartment and assisted me to attire myself in Chinese garb, I could not refrain from speculating as to my host's daughter I reflected, she was a ray of fat, Probably small-footed, sad and still, her eyes mera «lits in en expense of yellow flask.

I was soon led to a gorgeona salson where my host sat alene awaiting me.

We

talked awhile, plunging into the depths of Chinese philosophy. Suddenly he turned to the table and said.

My daughter is ready."

comand for a moment.

Na thought of him, however, intraded to mar the first lover's parting between Kanon and myself in the doctor's English entrance half- How soon she fell into the way of levera, a way that had a refreshing domesticity to a life-long wayfarer. She helped me on with my coat. She laid her hands on my cheeks and drow down my head. She opened the door and I went down the stops. My feet on the mira of the pavement, the cold air on my heated fact, I, an English gentlemon, turned and waved a hand to her who stood in the doorway, a figure of surpassing beauty and stateliness garbed, aliealy, in floating warmth and colour.

I

I leapt at him, hat I was contending something electric, occult, a whirlwind: break- I glanced and saw its glaring lights fly at us, ing into it I heard the loud toot of a motor-car. saw it swerve to shoot narrowly by and then, instinctively, with a mad effort I dong the China. man in a lamp between the binding light. The With inexpressible relief I stood thed of the impact was like a note of music in my eur

occupants. pasting, unnoting the stopped car and its run

toios. It was a constable and, on the I was recalled to myself by a touch on my arm and instant, I thought of Keaon in her pallid trance, no donut released from the spell of the doctor. opening her opea. O heaven! to seek me. "Good-night, sweetheart," I called softly turned, knocked away the knot of people shout "Good-night, sweetheart," she echoed in me and ran fast and strong along the clear way

to my rooms leaving all pursuers behind. musso like silver bells..

The door closed and I sped through the long, dark streets feeling the touch of her hands on my face, seeing the sparkle of her eyes and hearing the silken rustle of her dress.

I

I bounded up the stairs. I dashed open the door and Bung myself on my knees before the I put my arm over her and laid my cheek back. punch. There was no light in the room. Bat

I sprang back. My heart stopped. ed aloud.

I sorvara.

I fumbled for matches. I struck a light. I

eyes saw—a horror worse than death-she was

rublin away--how can I tell it

In & flash I understood everything

Seeing that I was now Keson's accepted lover I felt myself at liberty to see her whenever I got I turned in some surprise, baving neither I chose. So, after an interminable night, held the match ever, her face, My straining

next morning to call on her. heard for seen anyone enter. When I saw the cut vede, inmediately, groping my way lady sented at the table I confess I leat my self. found myself, inmediately. 80 London Logs

through one of

I made but tardy Being a comparative stroke on tentarbooks of I booked out of the room, with reason totter.

therefore, progress. I was

I felt impatience which somehow passed subtly into ig, my senses and my thoughts a hellish riot

18. with something

to the street laugh- the deepest anxiety.

It mast

the stairs to I planged down sadly wrong with things with Koson,

I could not but realise there were the most ing eldritchly. The constable took me, white weird spiritual connections between the doctor, faced and gibbering to this call in which I havə

Aftor Bl I was so attempted to write it all down. mynol his daughter and

them hopelessly in the dark concerning.

Your daughter, good Lord, sir," I ejaculat- ed half-aloud,

"My very own," he answered, having caught

me introduce you.” my words. "Let

He caressed her polished arm with his fabby hauds as she led her forward.

vision of beauty and pride swept towards and her fingers, cold and white, touched mine as snowflakes.

me.

be.

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So I sought my way from lamptalamp in How to depict her as I saw her, gleaming the streets in a most unusual fret and fame splendid, triumphant, hathed in the rich, sub-

Hut And as I progressed an area in my mind dued lights

of the room I do not know. imagine, it your

be equal to the crystallised into a plan. I would enter the powers task, s tall, stately woman oladi what doctor's house by stealth if opportunity serred, when seemed cloth of gold, embellished with the the fog would help me, and discover if I could silken designs that Chinese art delights in, some of the egrets that haunted his yea

I found one of the with black, laoy embroidery ont squarely he looked at ma

it. I As luck would have across her white bosom, leaving the broad shoulders and swelling host to dazzle by the front windows open. I looked round, saw no the bottom comparison. Conceive a head and features on near, and at one pushed and alambered. through

T crept steal. nobly proportioned, brow expansive; eyes like frame fall orbs of dim are half-discovering, half thily through many rooms and passages some curved lips as English in style,

some Chinese, before I saw or velling the secrets of lite;

Then, suddenly, lifting a curtain, ruby-zed as the wine she sipped. Over her dark heard

white and purple I came upon a scone the blurred whole of which, hair trailed the

sprays of a

for the fog penetrated everywhere, almost made orchid.

It was anthinkable that she was a Chinese me cry out. It was a room like an operating thea woman. I sonnned the doctor's face, suspicious tre, the dector stood there in it bending over a ly, and mod the sardonic humour faintly centre table on which was strapped a form like s abadowed thereon.

I had not long been seated bosido this rádi- ant erature before I began to suffer unen- durable pange. It was at though the nerves

anyone.

cumbent marble status, a form of swelling curves and watchless beauty. But I know at once the statue was white flesh. It was Kenon; a rug half covered her.

my teeth were bared as I ate The A soon as erat ADRs sarged back to me. I pain was so great it brought drops of sweat perceived the meaning of it all, This Joster, through my poros antil my underclothing this inhuman man, was conducting su experi- ment on his own daughter. But that dangh was satorsted. I was almost overcome an i then realised, in a flash, that the doctor for ter was my promised wife. I strode forward some purpose of his own was putting me to a blinding fary. The doctor faced round the best. I am an obstinate man and I re- solved to stand my ground. I kept my sout, I ate all he put before me..

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