Download or read book The Devotee of Evil written by Clark Ashton Smith and published by eStar Books. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The old Larcom house was a mansion of considerable size and dignity, set among oaks and cypresses on the hill behind Auburn's Chinatown, in what had once been the aristocratic section of the village. At the time of which I write, it had been unoccupied for several years and had begun to present the signs of desolation and dilapidation which untenanted houses so soon display. The place had a tragic history and was believed to be haunted.