master's penetrating gaze, although his head was bowed in awe.
Quickly the coolie thrust his hand under his blouse and drew forth
a package. With another bow, he advanced.

"For your enemies, oh master," he said, handing the package over
to Wu.

For the first time since the loss of the treasure, Wu Fang seemed
to take an interest in something besides revenge. The coolie
started to open the package, removed the paper wrapper, and then a
silk wrapping inside. Finally he came to a box, from which he drew
a leather pouch, each operation conducted with greater care as it
became evident that the contents were especially precious in some
way. Then he took from the pouch a small vial.

"What is it?" demanded Wu Fang, as the coolie displayed it.

The coolie drew forth now a magnifying glass and a glass slide.
Opening the vial with great care he shook something out on the
slide, then placed it under the lens.

"Look!" he said simply.

Wu bent over and looked. Under the lens what had formerly seemed
to be merely a black speck of dirt became now one of the most
weird and uncanny little creatures to be found in all the realm of
nature. It seemed to be all legs and feelers moving at once. A
normal person would have looked at the creature only with the
greatest repugnance. Wu regarded it with a sort of unholy
fascination.