The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor
bitter than sweet; but no one of them all can com
een my teeth from his flask. My heart was beating irregularly; my mind yet partly inert. With something compoun
Nayland
seemed to pass, ere spee
whispered,
ed it firmly, warmly; and I saw his gray eyes to be
old Petrie! Thanks to you, I
et. Muffled sounds of shouting and scuffling reached me. Two men in the uniform of the Thames P
pressed in my face. "His missing lady friend has give
head. "I don't know what weapon she employed in my
upon Smith, for his presence ther
's sake enlighten me! I neve
st!" concluded Smi
wrenched off and the contents exposed to view. It was filled with a variety of gold ornaments, cups, vases, silks, and barbar
asked, in a vo
Smith. "Where it has come from and where it was goi
n yo
n the opium-den! I heard you and Fletcher arrive. I saw you pas
the ca
nothing further, except that our plans must have leaked out in some mysterious fashion. Petrie, my suspicions point to high quarters.
by a sudden loud
from somewhere within the
dering what discovery this outcry portended. I had not long to wait. Out by the low doorw
upon the plan
d in another minute must have slipped away with it. Detective Deacon saw the light shining through a crack in the floo
ou open
"I shall have it valued in the
omething back; I
th the limp! I heard him in the place
together sharply, looking stra
nd unless the effects of the anaes
!" I
the limp is