; and in the
grey half light before the dawn, Dr. Cairn and his son, themselves
like two phantoms, again crept across the field to the barn.

The padlock hung loose in the ring.

"Stay where you are, Rob!" cautioned the doctor.

He gently pushed the door open--wider--wider--and looked in. There was
an overpowering odour of burning flesh. He turned to Robert, and spoke
in a steady voice.

"The brood of the Witch-Queen is extinct!" he said.

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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THE SI-FAN MYSTERIES
THE YELLOW CLAW
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TALES OF SECRET EGYPT
THE ROMANCE OF SORCERY

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