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Show behind a blue .hade of umr Indow. On the opposite side of a econd, wider thoroughfare a e Cgur crept along close to the dingy shops it paused, turned, and seemed to sink Into the shadows "Indeed." said Haig. fur-nv- It W.NU. SERVICE SYNOPSIS it Kearney. London, i, n ood-b- nay more widely open, and, racing across, he craned out, looking down the face of the building Into the shadowy court below. Something that looked like a big cat waa moving twenty feet under-DeatEven as he looked, it had gone faded, had disappeared. , . Ha would. have been prepared to take all he possessed upon the Impossibility of any human being climbing down the face of the building at that point Yet he had seen It accomplished I Running back to Kearney's writing table, he pulled up, fists clenched. f The memo book had disappeared I to y eueen, on board tha .hlP to conveytn 11,000.. Australia. On bln way l?K,amy meets Inspector Daw. 0f Scotland Yard, vary Hal U 1. lore with Eileen. "antrall 0t opium, which ha la I . F i Wat-6,- concealed In Jo Called to other m Lnna duty. Kearney, with to visit tha place out what he can. Whll In np to trarehouse Kearney pick ijtorrlen away a notebook, which Jraras over to Hal. Yu an Hea si toadsr of a band of tnternatlon- Dlacov-tkltrea, Is at Jo Lung's. the loos of his notebook, ha after two of his followers id and Kearney, ons Of whom It Absolute silence prevailed In the must have up. picked i, iwJIsas over cryptic notes office of Jo K Is pnnled The woman Lung. Wal- -, ,U kook, referrln to tha smoked cigarettes ceaselessly one goon after leaving Kearney after another. Yu'an paced the cartick is murdered. e pet with hla heavy tread. Suddenly : III Continued CHAPTER We shall be trapped," the woman was mangled aa said. "Why are we waiting? All BH throat or tha Adder may be caught as Wh he had met a' wild animal they return." , . . the Jugular had been pen-gCame the mufTled note of a phone " . bell was what Leman Street Tbit Yu'an stepped quickly to the tahla Automatically al reported. ble and took up the receiver. Yea?" leather the little touched ,jjj In leaving the he said. ut Something Is afoot," Polodos rea With men! of Jo Lung, Matt that the 7 had picked np something ported. "Shan announce party which aet out from Leman jd meant life or death to . . . Street la now leaving Llmehonse swo e. bound In this direction. What are believed he knew that some-'- i name ; began to believe that your orders? As already arranged," the high, rW he had failed to find at Slnga-io- n voice replied. I am now gopiping flnlie here under hla might ing to Join Jo Lnng. There will he pt no sea tonight, so we shall cross Ike Jugular . . . penetrated. Be to longer doubted that poor In tbe cruiser." Where do yon wish me to Join Wirt had been followed by Wi of that someone. And for your At Trieste on Thursday morning :hls very hook upon the table ! the usual .place." Yea? here lay the clue. If only Yu'au replaced the receiver, ewld unravel--I- t , , . Ilere, "The police I I knew tt! cried fte table, lav Itomethlng which Wit the hangman's rope for the tbe woman, springing up. With you." he He faced her. St dirt I W Q d It was maddening! cald softly. In Chinese, the police Sttaltgaln over the pages of the are like an evil dream. One would that you id ind now, suddenly he fonnd think. Orange Blossom, listening listening for feared them. This Is not flattering to me." :rtit? I Be bled to death. . . Hla voice rose very high on the Dwbod Haig thought of those last note. The woman called OrWda, and, at the same moment, ange Blossom summoned alt her nat Simht he detected a faint aonnd ural arrogance to confront him, but the bedroom behind him I that cloak of high disdain which she B mt rigidly still Definitely, wore so gracefully somehow had ilng wag moving In the bed- - slipped from her., A the pertly Chinaman moved , tntly; lightly.-- 'Bilg turned very quietly in his slowly In her direction she shrank back, nearer to the door. With a and looked towards the half W door leading Into Kearney's curling smile of arched red lips he turned aside, (lipped off bla bine . . silhouetted against W me a bonse garment, which he hnng in a . . . crouching figure. At fact flashed through hie mind cupboard and resumed hla heavy ha waa unarmed. taking op tbe broad . . . Gen-h- overcoat, black bat from the table. brimmed be could hear unmistakably, dw opening behind him. With Then: Come," he said, we are going. Indifference, he walked to the lobby, and went out . , . Jo Lung waits for on h live leconds he bad snatched the wall a Inspector Eddy of Leman Street Japanese sword In the sitting room had had placed hla men with care. It flights witched off), unsheathed It Sieleyates M 1 cat-lik- nemo-boo- H - ut iaraed. dad u turned he saw It da a man he could not regard this jWant who fahulonaly had gained ijalwlon to these chambers. Bnt w 1116 Thing which, be could bad killed poor Norwich I ? bending over the writing he r ( thickset figure, enor-Jau,- 'f deformed, humped, grotesque ng arms and dlspropor-r?ttI- f large hands. But the head I C bead, glimpsed for a moment !bby light I i v.itt wept over him at sight of H malignant head, that e! head. be the skull Ju., Infant. The brow waa no more L,DCb and a half high, and ma11" t f V 0rn I a small dark face, two distended Th chin retreated into 6ut lll upper lip below nlytenCl! Protdl n0Str11 As creature rts turned Its little aunk-0np?n blm. He saw two snof01 exaggerated canines, "0W11 a rl over the lower Up JDd, w Hraaturtl 5. f,eamln- - - mrt ling Thn' held 8word fn-h- and, h ,eaPd sn- - th Crouching Figure. would have been difficult for a rat hrr0r ,Prtn to enter the premises of Jo Lung trough thf of herootn door, Baf without attracting the attention efHla dispositions dly. them. Tbe blade of one of ft. ,word com fected: "That ought to do, he accommho y ctly the detective aergeant fotfUY bed - door rd aeems behind him. panied him. Scotland Kill will blImself murderer the to k that think to against It, and does, he If tonight; 0pe he here cragbed for make for rd, fare I Cker' the Llk pi h- toon ?p-,- B llRht aaln hell fan into the net" corner In a mean house near the outside street mean Instant, and of a wltch. The don drawn by the PUw Dpon carpetT11 Inn,! to wat.?. bkdow, Pmd ill?:. any daytime occasion and the sort to give you the ultimate in satisfaction. 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I suppose the repairs have been completed, and they meant to go down this evening but were held up by the fog." Is that so? Well, edge In close, dead slow, and let's have a good look." The river police drifted alongside craft a forty-fothe motor cruiser. Her paint work waa very new, but of a queer battleship gray, unusual In pleasure boats. There waa nothing to show that there was anybody aboard. But when, half an hour later, Jo Luug'a party drew alongside, two very active Asiatic appeared above the bows of the motor cruiser. Having assisted Yuan and the woman aboard, they rapidly hauled up and disposed of a great number of small packing cases stowed In the atern of the boat These contained the opium destined for AustraUa which Dawson Haig had been covering. It bad been removed that night under the very noses of the police and waa now safe from their curlot spruce-lookin- 3UTSOUR Kearney Nodded, Smiling, open on the desk, "I was hard at work. The staff, of course, has been gone for hours." Ill Just glance over your accounts, Air--. Polodos." Haig said.-- , , . Outside lu the Chinese quarter, at four points unsuspected by the police, blue lights were burning, for no orders had been given to extinguish them. When, half an hour later, the search party left the treasure house of Jo Lung, Dawson Haig drew Warrender aside. "Take charge, Warrender," he said, and stand by. Walt for toe here. Ive bungled this Job badly." He set off through deserted streets he found himself little yard with three opening upon it . . . that iHATMmLmm. INDK5E5T7GN AND A05S0F SLEEP WILL MAKE SOU MISS " THAT TEAPEZE 56M; DAY-MDX- lLBE ALL AtoUTlT? IT OF HJS f MeTWo MlMALTftAtKTZ! m,ITTboK THREE JKOSFUONS Vl&XST&TEAM HIM WE ACTS And presently In a mean doors one who yard from which the laughed, the Chinese woman, and two shadows had come out sn hour doors were three Ail before. No light was visible. There was a constable on duty. Youre absolutely sure," Haig that nobody has gone challenged, In or come out? "Positive, sir. Carry on," Haig snapped. He suspected this to be the Big Chiefs private entrance. Bnt If he dared m forre lLhewould be ju bad He muttered savagely, and in the luxuriously appointed lit- trouble. away. walked tle cabin of the cruiser, Yuan drew coat from the pocket of his The light of a gray dawn waa a string of blazing fire opals, roughHe stealing through the Temple. waxed silk. ly threaded on Well, Alatt, said Dawson Haig, slender the around long them threw asked me to let you know, so you throat of hla companion. have only yourself to blame!" Tonight, I can afford to be gen- you y Kearney nodded, smiling They suif you, erous," he said. you came. And were glad "Im fire all are who Orange Blossom, Fill your both used to late hours and Ice. , . " ahead. and go glass continued. "Comes to this, Haig Dawson Haig pressed Irritably started by covering have should I the bell beout of Three Colt street, again and again upon the rat-ruall the same Tm side the wicket gate of Jo Lungs I only suspect-- but blue His light warehouse door. sure that the leakage moderately Believ yes sparkled dangerously. was there. But If King Rat la InChief, havBig elusive the that lng he wont get out! Every hole to be committed side Unfortunately, I think ing caused murder Is stopped. a Scotland Yard upon the person of slipped away again. has Rat to elude him King officer, was about, were warned In some way, They at stick to again, he waa prepared or Eddy would have netted them on These people are nothing. and the way back. Then the wicket gate opened, one must admit II That artlst a neatly groomed and imperturbable display of day books and ledgers (tarLevantine stood before them, Intended to lesd up to past was surely ing with apparent surprise one entry the one to which th the the Dawson Haig and Greek drew my attention." AronP sergeant to where You mean the Mie, some tiro two uniformed clothe, officer, and In the narrow after poor Norwich and I were to a mythimen might be seen there, of a set of opals cal customer? n.ni,- b, Dawson Haig nodded.- m afraid In apparent confuslool . - (TO BE COy TIM CD) me. you have alarmed closed. n f spelhe Silhouetted Against It Ha 8aw a him fan-lig- So you like this Humbert Lovely, isnt it? Boasting the very newest in sleeves ard smart styling, it is just th frock to occupy tha leading role in your wardrobe for weeks and months Xf NOT BUNK TW? DOCTW2 (AMd DGE4ZET) Sou Too VO PRWK MUCH --AMD COFFE, ext, all mm WlLLi IF Voir LL IKEEP QUIET ABOUT, JUAT ANIMAL V IAINERI S GOT COFFEE-NEME- S; WHY DON'T YOG Tm try fwmwr f licked AGAIN I J fur-line- d by laj? next appeared, this slinking hape, at a spot east of the treasure house of Jo Lung. At the end of a little courtyard upon which several mean residences opened, d was dimly illuminated. The lurking figure became merged In shadows once more . . then Immediately opposite a narrow alley It stood watching. At the far end a dim yellow light was visible. The Indeterminate speaker. shape darted across, then swiftly Well?" Haig turned to him aa slipped aside, and exercising a two men set off. What la It?" strange affinity with darkness, beOnly thia," the Greek continued came magically lost again exYour suspect cannot smoothly: cept that reddish eyes like the very well be hidden In one of the of a watching leopard-glea- med small cases eye yon speak of I And tbe In the dusk. door In question la permanently Some one waa coming out some locked. The warehouse beyond Is one who had stopped dead at the leased by Messrs. King. Are you moment that that elusive thing sure, ln8ector, that your warrant darted across hla path. extends to their premises? There was a moment of silence Dawson Haig stared at the speak. . a soft whistle two minor er. That official red tape which notes. It was answered from the trammels the movements of an offlee of a high walL Thereupon a icer of the Criminal Investigation reed-llkvoice spoke rapidly In Chi- department danced before hla eyea nese: "All Is here. Follow swift- visibly, and be stifled language unly. Do not show yourself." suitable to the occasion, aa:- Yuan came out Into the street. "H 1, inspector came a hair Beside him was a small figure so from the far end of the yard. muffled that, beyond the fact that Theres a door here, but lt'a she was a woman, no one could locked.. Are we to smash tt? have Identified her. They set out No!" Come Haig shouted. In the direction of the river. back. It doesn't matter, anyway. Ten paces they had gone when a They'll have bad the stuff out by figure appeared from the alleyway now." and glided In the same direction. In due course the search party Close behind him, stooping, ape- reached that business-lik- e office uplike, came another. And this singu- stairs, and: lar procession headed toward the You see, Mid Polodos, smiling Thames. and pointing to a number of books A wicket gate was opened, and a deserted yard crossed. Out onto a wharf Ynan led, and down slippery wooden steps to where, riding the sluggish tide, a boat waa moored. Jo Lung assisted his passengers on board. The following shades, one swift behind the other, leaped on board also. As Jo Lung cast tha palmer loose and took to hla oars: Quick 1" Yu'an spoke the word in Chinese upon a note high with Which of you has It?" excitement, A hand was large, claw-llk- e stretched back to him . . . and In memo book I it was the green-boun- d How many? he asked. One." Whereupon Ynan began to langh, that high, uncanny laughter which with the seemed to harmonize creaking of Jo Lungs oars. . . . Jo Lung rested on his oars, and: Shall he said. Police patrol, I pull for the bank, my lord? Fool They would hear the oara. The tide Is carrying down to those barges. 'Stand by, my friend, with the hook, and when we reach the first of them, cling tightly." blue-shade- (LAUGHS ROHMER sorry. r ig&lQ. m Ayua WEE' SEE Im I sm a police officer, arj I hold a warrant to search these premises." Really the Greek exclaimed. "But on what grounds have yoa obtained this warrant?" 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