Amazing Stories, Vol. 2, No. 2 — page 41: what you’re looking at

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The MAN WHO DIED 2x PROXY ~ by drank Gates * | | = SS e “yy Dd i! v isp . MgO Ly PPD. As Ivanoff turned to put the money in the safe, these curtains parted and a man with a sallow face, and the fierce, glaring eyes of a wolf stepped toward them. Wee gee 2 negro could have turned white, Sam See pe certainly would be a white man now,” ie =a Eg | said Colonel Harold Preston, a prom- MCE inent attorney, talking to his friend, esae=@) Judge Paul. They had stolen away at the close of a strenuous trial for a little relaxation, and were fishing the _ Mountain streams. They had taken Colonel Pres- ton’s life-long servant, Sam, along with them. In turning a bend of the stream, they had suddenly come upon a large bear, and to make it all the more exciting, two little cubs were playing in the stream. None of the men had a gun or any means of protection, and Sam, who was in front, turned 80 quickly that he knocked the Judge com- pletely off his feet. Tak- ing two or three jumps, he suddenly dropped and in his fright he buried his face in the leaves, giving a shriek of terror which sounded through the woods like the piercing cry of a lost soul. It was a toss-up as to whom this cry scared the most—Colonel Preston, the Judge, or the bears. With a fierce growl, the mother bear scampered off down the stream, followed by her cubs. Although the shock had been rather sudden to the two men, they could not help but laugh at 145 Lee ee ee ERE is a most unusual tale, with a most unusual ending. It may be classed as a Scientific sort of O. Henry story that will not fail to arouse your interest and we gladly recommend it to your attention. In each hand he held a revolver—covering both men. Sam’s fright, and it took the solemn pledge of both men that there was no danger before they could get him up on his feet again—Colonel Preston as- suring him—“Why, Sam, that bear would have had to walk all over us to get anywhere near you.” Sam replied, “Yas suh, Boss, but I’d just like to ask you a question: is I pale?” The Colonel laughed. “I don’t think you are ex- actly pale, Sam, but I never saw another human being with such terror on his face as you had when you saw that bear.” aes Turning to Judge Paul, he asked, Judge?” A look of deep thought came into the face of Judge Paul, and after a few moments he replied, “Y-e-s, once, when I met The Man'Who Died by Proxy.” Then he went on: “Of course, you have heard of Felix Dzerzhin- sky, the late Chief of the | Secret Police of all Rus- Sia. He was known all over the world as the ‘Soviet Monster.’ “You know I was in the American Embassy a few years ago in Moscow, and in spite of all the rumors of terror the world was hearing of, none of them could compare with the horrors of this man’s atrocities. He was a man whose boast jt “Did you, Eomicbooks.co