Since this story was written I have been told that what was related as a personal experience was partially derived from a written source. Every effort has been made, but in vain, to discover this written source. If, however, it does exist, I hope the unintentional pagiarism will be forgiven.

It has been suggested to me that a story which I have not read, called "The Tomb of Sara," by F. G. Loring (which I am told appeared in the December number of the Pall Mall Magazine for 1900), must be the written source from which my story is taken. But this is impossible, as "Let Loose" was published in an English magazine before that date.