The Mysterious Shin Shira

Excerpt: ...adventure with the little Yellow Dwarf to receive the following extraordinary letter from him. It was dated from Baghdad, and bore two very unusual postage stamps, which Lionel promptly claimed for his collection. "Kind and obliging Sir," it began, "I am in great and serious trouble and in danger of my life, and I appeal to you to come to my assistance by the first boat. I will explain everything when we meet, but kindly do not delay, as everything depends upon your presence here. "Again beseeching you not to delay, "Your miserable and much-afflicted friend, " Shin Shira Scaramanga Manousa Yama Hawa. "P.S.