The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor
ver the carven brass coffer upon the table, "is certai
t finger tenderly across the heavily embossed figures, which, like barnacles, enc
added, glancing over his shoulder
his Semitic origin, shrugged his shoulders in a fashion incongruous
ay be sixteenth century or even earlier. The K?ren treasure-chest in the Hague Collect
which he had been sitting, and beginning restlessly to pace the room, "in
-nez, straightened himself slowly, turned in the ponderous manner of a fa
he interior of the box
on of the carpet and stared har
he replied, "th
complicated conjuring tricks; they rarely open by any such rational means as lock and key. For instance, the K?ren treasure-chest t
ein, with a faint note of professional envy
regarding the possession of the chest to which you refer,
he Younghusband Expedition, had been unable to open the chest. When opened at Christie's it proved to
tly; then-"Have you endeavored
h shook his
to think that the contents might prove of interes
ly at the lobe of his left ear, s
o attempt it at
clerk stared at the
"if you accepted an offer for the box, whi
offer," said Smith. "I
justed his pi
er cent on the proceeds of the contents. You must remember," raising a fat forefinger to check Smith, who was about to interrupt him, "that it
s the room; again a slight smil
l, and the same applies to the contents, if any. For the moment if you will send me a note of your fee, I shall be obliged." He ra
t from the table, and prepared to depart
gentlemen," s
was about t
he said, turning, his hand upon the door
present inadequate knowledge of it
miled ske
st," he said, bowed t
door wa
ar, "if we are ever short of funds, here's something"-pointing to the
egan to pace the carpet again, his gaze always s
the house of John Ki to be, if not the head-quarters, certainly a meeting-place of the mysterious organization the Si-Fan; we knew that Dr. Fu-Ma
e, dark secrets it held; I wondered how many murders
-hole is explained, I am sorely tempted to essay the task of opening th
ge by means of which- who knows-we might one day buy our lives from the enemy. I have a sort of fancy, call it sup
dly; this was a new p
endowed with a capacity for divining the presence of Fu-Manchu or his agents. Some such second-
rapid. He relighted his pipe, which had gone out
in a place of greater security. Come along, Pe