Summary
The "Roost"
A New Cult
Needley
The Patriarch
A Strange Conversation
Officially Endorsed
The Patriarch’s Grand Niece
In Which the Bait is Nibbled
The Pilgrimage
The Miracle
The Aftermath
"Said the Spider to the Fly"
Real Money
Knotting the Strings
A Miracle Overdone
A Fly in the Ointment
In Which Helena Takes a Ride
The Boomerang
The Sanctuary of Darkness
To the Victor are the Spoils
Face Value
The Srine
The Way Out
Vale!
The Patriarch
A New Cult
Doc Madison swung Helena lightly down from the table to the head of the couch, sat down beside her, one arm circling her waist, and motioned the Flopper to a chair — then he leaned forward and watched Pale Face Harry critically, as the latter carefully replaced the shining little hypodermic in its case.
"Harry," said he abruptly, jerking his free hand toward the hypodermic, "could you give up that dope-needle?"
"Sure, I could — if I wanted to!" asserted Pale Face Harry defiantly.
"That's good," said Madison cheerfully. "Because you'll have to."
"Eh?" — Pale Face Harry stared at Doc Madison in amazement.
"Because you'll have to — by and by," said Madison coolly. "And how about that cough — can you quit coughing?"
"When I'm dead — which won't be long," sniffed Pale Face Harry. "D'ye think I cough because I like it? How'm I going to quit coughing?"
"I don't know," admitted Doc Madison, frowning seriously. "I only know you'll have to."
Pale Face Harry, with jaw dropped, accentuating the gaunt leanness of his hollow-cheeked, emaciated face, gazed at Doc Madison with a curious mingling of incredulity and affront — and coughed.
"Say," he inquired grimly, "what's the answer?"
Doc Madison took his arm from Helena's waist, pulled a newspaper from his pocket, spread it out on the table — and his manner changed suddenly — enthusiasm was in his eyes, his voice, his face.
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Mots clés : new cult, Patriarch, pilgrimage, miracle, sanctuary of darkness, real money, boomerang,The Miracle Man, Frank Lucius Packard,
