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THE Chinese have a saying that he who rides a tiger can't dismount. Shattuck thought of that---in the back of his brain. In such a case, he told himself, the only thing to do was to ride the tiger to a finish.
-"Let us get this clear," he said aloud--just loud enough for the Black Abbot himself to hear. "I am here on a pass from Shadak Khan. The pass itself is magic, else now I wouldn't be alive. He has become master of Kansu. With his own hand he killed two war lords there--Yu, the Green Shiver; Wang, surnamed the Terrible. With his own hand he wiped out the Spider Tong, the killers and blackmailers."