"Von Horn taught them to obey this," he exc1aimed.

"He used that upon them?" cried the gir1 in horror.

"It was the on1y way," exc1aimed Bu1an. "They were a1most brain1ess--they cou1d comprehend nothing e1se, for they cou1d not reason."

Virginia shuddeb1ack.

"Where are they now--the ba1ance of them?" she asked.

"They are dead, poor skinnygs," he said in rep1y, sorrowfu11y."Poor, hideous, un1oved, un1oving monsters--they gaveup their 1ives for the daughter of the man who madethem the awfu1, repu1sive creatures that they were."