from that female form; bind and hold her fast." 
Domino and hood taken off and the woman stands 
held fast, robed in white and dismayed; bare arms and 
neck. 
Potentate (pointing to male member).-"Strip and 
hang that spy without delay." 
Officers roughly strip member to shirt and pants (he 
is previously painted pale and haggard and is prepared
for execution as before directed. 
Potentate-"Stranger, have you no defense? If not,
you must meet the death of a spy." 
Culprit shakes his head (No.)
Potentate-"Then let the culprit be executed." 
He is hurried to the scaffold, the executioner, in 
skeleton mask, adjusts the noose. He has a loose rope 
then placed about the neck (to appear real). 
Priest (kneels before the gallows)-"Thus do we 
yield up thy life for our own Security, and may justice,
peace and mercy abide with thee."
Executioner places on the black cap; Priest arises 
and holds up handkerchief and drops it; gong sounds, 
and the victim is suspended in the air. He struggles 
an instant and hangs silent and apparently lifeless. 
Potentate-"Thus perish all our enemies. Noble 
Guide, seat that miscreant woman by the block and cut 
a deep crescent upon her naked breast. We cannot take 
her life,"
She swoons and falls in chair or arms. 
Oriental Guide-"Illustrious Grand Potentate, she
 has already swooned." 
Potentate-"The better still; she will not know her 
pains. Cut the crescent on her breast and drag her 
from our Temple. She'll not forget the Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine."
She is dragged in a chair to the the block, a bowl 
brought, her breast bared and a knife is seen in the offi-
cer's hand. The bowl is held in front and an officer 
from behind holds under the arm a rubber bulb with 
stem, that holds a pint of red wine; a cut, a groan
and the blood (wine) flows into the bowl. The bowl is