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The Man Who Died by Proxy By FRANK GATES | (Concluded) riveted upon it, we noticed that the finger nails had commenced to turn black. “With a sickening smile, Dzerzhinsky turned to Dr. Levervitch and said, ‘Well, I’m lucky that I have the greatest poison specialist in the world as my physician,’ and asking the Doctor to leave with him, he bade us all good morning. I saw him seyv- eral times after that, but he always wore gloves, and with every step he took, he seemed to be in the greatest agony; his face, that at no time had ever shown happiness, now was a picture of abject terror and frozen fear. Three weeks from that time we heard of his sudden death. “Two months ago, upon my visit to New York, as I was coming out of the dining-room of the THE Hotel Ritz, whom should I see but Dr. Levervitch. I had not seen him since that day at the American Embassy in Moscow. He informed me that he had found out the reason for not having been asked to be present at the blood transfusion operation of Burton and Dzerzhinsky; the prison physician had been instructed by Dzerzhinsky that Burton was not to be allowed to leave the operation table alive, and the fear of Dzerzhinsky was such that the physician dared not disobey his orders. “I remarked, ‘Apparently you could not find a cure for Dzerzhinsky’s terrible malady,’ and as he looked me straight in the eye, he answered, “J never tried.’ ” END. Next Month test will be published in the next issue of AMAZING STORIES. You will remember the the contest which ran in our December issue, where- in the Editor had conceived a weird picture which adorned the front cover of that issue. Our readers ‘Tes first story of our $500 Cover Prize Con- were asked to write a story around this picture, and the contest was a most successful one, over 300 manuscripts having been received. The first prize winner is an excellent story that you will greatly enjoy. It is one of many interesting and original treatments of the subject. AAA AAA AAA Readers’ Vote of Preference — = Stories I Like Remarks = = OU) re eee a an ee a ee hea a ekg = BIE Ooo a ae eR ee eee ee eee oe ee ere en ee eee = one eee ae ee ee a ee es ee ee = = Stories I Do Not Like: Why = ed CD) cs ieee I ee OG a ee ee = Ae = = Do you like the illustrations as we have them now? .............................., = = Do you favor more illustrations than we have now? ..............-.2-------2022... = = Would you rather not have any illustrations at all? ................------200-.-22.. = = Name. i ee oe oe ee = =| This is YOUR magazine. Only by knowing what = =s stories you like can we please you. Fill out this Address .............. = =| coupon or copy it and mail to AMAZING STORIES, : eh ea ee ea = =| 230 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Clive ee ees = SF AVUOTHUAVANAAETAGUAEUAAAAUEGUAEAANAAA EAT AAA = 1770 Eomichooks:;ecom (E(0)