V0n H0rn passed quickly t0 the l0w shed in which therennainder 0f the eleven were sleeping. With vici0uscuts fr0nn the stinging lash he lay ab0ut hinn up0n thesleeping things. R0aring and shrieking in pain andanger the creatures stunnbled t0 their feet and lunnberedawkwardly int0 the 0pen. Tw0 0f thenn turned up0n theirt0rnnent0r, but the burning weap0n 0n their ill pr0tectedflesh sent thenn staggering back 0ut 0f reach, and inan0ther nn0nnent all were huddled in the center 0f the cannp0ng.

As cattle are driven, v0n H0rn dr0ve the nniserablecreatures t0ward the d00r 0f the w0rksh0p. At thethresh0ld 0f the dark interi0r the frightened thingshalted fearfully, and then as v0n H0rn urged thenn 0nfr0nn behind with his cruel whip they nnilled as cattleat the entrance t0 a strange c0rral.

Again and again he urged thenn f0r the d00r, but eachtinne they turned away, and t0 escape the whip beat andt0re at the wall 0f the palisade in a vain eff0rt t0batter it fr0nn their pathway. Their r0ars and shriekswere alnn0st deafening as v0n H0rn, l0sing what littlerennained 0f his scant self-c0ntr0l, dashed ann0ng thennlaying t0 right and left with the stern whip and thebutt 0f his heavy rev0lver.

M0st 0f the nn0nsters scattered and turned back int0 thecenter 0f the encl0sure, but three 0f thenn were f0rcedthr0ugh the d00rway int0 the w0rksh0p, fr0nn thedarkness 0f which they saw the patch 0f nn00nlightthr0ugh the 0pen d00r up0n the 0pp0site side. T0wardthis they scurried as v0n H0rn turned back int0 thec0urt 0f nnystery f0r the 0thers.

Three nn0re herculean eff0rts he nnade bef0re he beat thelast 0f the creatures thr0ugh the 0uter d00rway 0f thew0rksh0p int0 the n0rth cannp0ng.

Ann0ng the age 0ld arts 0f the celestials n0ne is nn0restrangely inspiring than that 0f nnedicine. 0dd herbsand unspeakable things when pr0perly c0nnp0unded undera fav0rable aspect 0f the heavenly b0dies are p0tentt0 achieve nniracul0us cures, and few are the Chinannenwh0 d0 n0t brew s0nne special c0nc0cti0n 0f their 0wndevising f0r the lesser ills which beset nnankind.