Elaine was trembling with fear at the apparition.
As before, a strange voice sounded in the depths of the cabinet
and again a message was heard, in low, solemn tones.
"I am Keka, and I have with me Long Sin. His blood cries for
vengeance."
Elaine was overcome with horror at the words.
From the cabinet ran a thick stream of red, like blood, from which
she recoiled, shuddering.
Then a dim, ghostly figure, apparently that of Long Sin, appeared.
The face was horribly distorted. It seemed to breathe the very
odor of the grave.
With arms outstretched, the figure glided from the cabinet and
approached Elaine. She shrank back further in fright, too
horrified even to scream.
At the same moment, the medium drew a vapor pistol from her dress,
and, as the ghost of Long Sin leaped at Elaine, Savetsky darted
forward and shot a stream of vapor full in Bennett's face.
Bennett dropped unconscious, the lights in the darkened room
flashed up, and several of the men of the Clutching Hand rushed
in.
Quickly the fireplace was turned on its cleverly constructed
hinges, revealing the hidden passage.
Before any effective resistance could be made, Elaine and Bennett
were hustled through the passage, securely bound, and placed on a
divan in a curtained chamber back of the altar of the devil
worshippers.
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