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Show y November 6, 1935 MAGNA TIMES. MAGNA, is- - LJ. H 0 Br sax Jrt ft QHT w.n-u- . VIII Continued 12 Bi dropped back Into hi aeat as IK ship was lost from view. foreboding, a foreboding ij vhkh were the qualities of ter-1-, ized upon blm remorseleesh C Something a voice undeniable Ldd him that newer again In life S. jUdd he set eyes upon the E. Ct rim It Ul ViDsroo. . . . L dark eyes of Orange narrowed and narrowed, jjta they were merely slits In her She stood In a tiny .11, pale face. ww peering down through a little lattice into a lacquered bedroom. gbe was watching a girl scantily r,jid; a girl whose hair In the routed sunlight gleamed like whose slim shape, as at least as nearly perfect rtich ! her own. yet had a symmetry jfblch was different; whose skin jrtose skin, she thought was hite. I Tea, she was beautiful of a beau b totally dissimilar from Orange jsiooom's a rose like western heau-- k which, in its quality, belonged to Lose cold, clammy countries which iomnge Blossom so heartily detest-- 4 And the room had been refurbished . . . rose color. Orange Blow ;mn ooihled her wicked little head. from Below, Eileen was mowing jilace. trying., the., doors, suing over the balcony breathing Wckly. almost panting. I Her eyes were wide open. "Hide-'al- j beautiful blue eyee although m lashes, thought Orange Bloats, are not aa long aa mine. But J the same they are long and dark, m make her eyes look like sap idres. She has very beautiful juMoni I&eedej ' topr Sii Mfit wmfiJ P tin ted ...i pol-copi- id dknklQ ' lthfcr UklB tW kx.ntot t better a, :ir&W KBut. ly piiee-l- y long, Xbe a? 'l o... imi! I Tery, very softly, Orange Bloe-p- n closed the little grill behind the Attlee. And, her small hands with pink tinted nails tightly inched, turned, away. A shadow kicked the entrance, to the cup room. She mowed for Kir yotrd-llk- e jrd ... little to confront r "i Iuan Hee flower, what are you doing What you Long tloMom came to do," she bark Eysa Narrowed of Orange Narand I white have been watching her girl." "Does she please yoot "She Is pretty as a lotus, my lord, toiler and delicate. . . . She Is dan- merchandise, Yuan; you to too many risks." "loo think so. Little Blossom? Jto I ever failed In my trading?" womans long dark eyes were closed; she held her imperl-"til- e head very high. The eyes oart Hee See to all appear were closed entirely. let two watched each other, coding perfectly motionless; un- 3J u r I offended j ,"hly asked softly. in disobedience," came the tones, which I have learned ttpeet of you. This slight fault be remedied by an exer I? f hat virtue of alienee which o frequently recommended." tlllness was alarming. His were locked behind him. Wsnge Blossom smiled her Jade greeo robe, tirinR 11 mor closely shoot her. , 'ng slowly, she passed Tusn where be - stood. She tbe polished mahogany floor M. 'Jrtalned doorway, tod through "to went out . 7slly dlsdaln-ntJl5a,lE- Jr , , - Towards dusk, a motor boat raced towards a tiny port of the Red sea. Past a wooden pier the boat sped, swung around perilously, checked, and ran in to where ancient atone steps led up to a wharf. Two men sprang ashore and assisted a woman to mount the steps. One man went back on board; the other and the woman climbed an unpaved street In silence for a time. - Doctor Oestler broke this long silence. "I wonder, Valerie," be said, speaking In German, "what our reception will be?" "We have done our best" the We are woman answered sulkily. lucky to be here." "We may be lucky, my dear," the doctor amended. "Bat If this unfortunate Interference with Mr. King's plana means fallnre for those plans, then, I fear. . . ." The two travelers pursued their way up the hill, leaving the tiny, furtive town behind them. A high white wall broke a line of funereal trees on the right, and presently, In tnrn, was broken by a pointed gateteak. One way of wing of this gateway was open. Doctor Oestler and Valerie Ednam entered a large courtyard. From the threshold of a doorway beyond which might be glimpsed a richly furnished room stepped a gigantic negro in uniform. There was a brief challenge In Arabic, a reply, and the big negro stepped. r out into the courtyard, raising a black liand and pointing. Above the tiers of lighted windows, higher yet upon the third floor of the great mansion, light shone out through Ihe Intricate pattern of a lattice window. Doctor Oestler nodded In comprehension. He and the woman entered the room. .Behind that high window, Ynan d and spectacled, Hee See, bent over hla Arab writing table. Aawaml Pasha stood beside him. fur-the- blue-robe- es-Su- and: Good intentions may lead to disWe have aster," he said softly. now no agent on board the Wallaroo and It is late to alter plans so delicate." I quite agree," the pasha replied. But except in respect of exact Information regarding the ships position, I dont think the situation is serious." "You dont think ao?" Ynan Hee See whispered even more softly. A radio message will tell the truth to the world, and we shall be helpless to alienee It" I have provided for that," the Emil Grata Egyptian answered. was one of the four best gnnnera In the German nary. Before any notice la given he must shoot down the.mainmast, Th!s . wlHL disable the radio. If he should miss, which Is unlikely, there Is the second in charge of Jo Long, quick-fire- r your own gunner." Ynan Hee See began hissing again; tben: We cannot know bow mnch has leaked out ; cannot know. This new danger Is one we owe to tbe man Haig. He died too easily. I should have liked to supervise his death. It may mean disaster, bnt we can only hope. Furthermore, It will have to be a torpedo, after alL Do yon realise this?" Aswaml Pasha Inclined his head, I had already arranged for 1L" "Your staff work, my friend, haa been good but not excellent Myself, I should have diverted the Fokker direct to our base, since Doctor Oestler may be In possession of details touching our personal security. Well, it la perhaps unnecessary that I should detain yon any longer. Have yon added to yonr collection recently? Does some new gem of loveliness call yon to clinging arms? No, Excellency. . . And your- self?" Ynan Hee See raised closed eyes to Aswaml. "Yes," be answered open a tremulous flute note: "a fragrant western rose. But I fear the thorns, my friend. I could not resist But I fear I have been rash. . . . For her sweet sake I have Imperiled onr enterprise our Uvea This yon know. But Chinese are gamblers, and those who Join them In play must gamble also." Dawson Haig adjusted tbe dead raana tarbnsh. Sea breexea and a tonch of African enn already had lightly tanned hla naturally pale face. And, as be saw in tbe mirror above the wash bowl, the effect was not so bad. Ho did not In the least resemble the Joseph who had died, but he might have passed for one of the lighter aklnned natives for a Turk or for a Greek. The "letter of travel" seemed to Indicate that the man called Hassan did not know Joseph by sight Bnt as the train waa nearing Keneh now, one Important decision remained to be made I1 How was Joseph" to account for his total Ignorance of Arabic? Upon the correct solution hla Ufe might bang. Tbe Cairo police bad proved to be surprisingly efficient Keneh had been advised, and a man whose Job was to cover all hla (Haigs) movesecments, was In tha second-clas- s tion. But fearful above all things for Eileen, he had vetoed any raids or arrests not aothorlzed by himself. He knew something of the resources ef Yuan Hes See- - - One false move and (he might be lost . forever I , Ae be poshed his way through the es-Sn- k my lord?" the w ire stavice The curtains were still swaying when Inan Hee See began to laugh. e e e The Wallaroo waa nearing the end of the Bitter Lakes when Doctor Oestler entered the Marconi room. The operator, with fixed ear to a mespieces, waa listening-i- n sage, and continued to scribble Industriously. r The message which came ticking out read as follows: "Commander RMS Wallaroo on authority Scotland yard following passengers win bo arrest'd at Sues stop Doctor Oestler Miss Valerie Ednam stop Signed Robert Shale British consul Port Bald." Jackson, the operator, pushing back his earpiece, looked up at Doctor Oestler. Excuse me. Doctor. Message for the commander." And he pulled aside a curtain communicating with an inner room. "Davis i" he shouted. Carry on. Ive got to go up to the bridge." Davis, the second operator, came out You want to send a telegram air?" Doctor Oestler nodded gravely, reaching for the message pad. Not a word bad escaped his keenly attuned ears. Whatever message he had Intended to dispatch, this was the one he wrote out: "Julian Hess care of post office Koselr Sues searchlight in sight further communication. Impossible stop. Will advise later signed Oestler." Off Port Tewflk there was rather more than the usual delay. A police officer came off In a launch. He was met at the top of the ladder by the purser. I know what youve come about," said Winter blankly. "But a most extraordinary thing has happened. Come up to the captains room; hes expecting you. Neither of the bertha occupied by the parties youve come out to arrest were slept iq last night 1" "Not slept Ini But. . - I dont know If they dropped Into the canal and awam ashore, or what happened but neither Doctor Oestler nor Mias Ednam Is on board I" re-- ked. H to - by SAX WOHMtK CHAPTER ehtM ' LAUGHS ROHMER m ' Our Lessons Wives, Know Yourselves! THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER I The Effect Wat Not So Bad. him except that hes smoking a very large meerschaum pipe I Bump into him on your way out so that he drops hla pipe. Stoop to pick it up and give him yonr next address." The Cafe Magrabl fronted upon a street In which there were tawdry placea of.. entertalnmenL.Faltxted womens faces peered out from upper windows. Soon Haig stood staring into a sort of cave In a high wall presumably tbe Cafe Magrabl. There was a wooden seat along one side, and a few low stools. Four or five Arabs crouched In the shadows of the place- - A slovenly looking negro emerged from the blackness at tbe end of the cave and approached. Bnt Haig had not yet discovered hia man. Then he observed a customer who, unlike the rest, did not smoke cigarettes an Arab, apd parently, muffled up In rags, and crouching In a dim corner. A glass rested upon a If all discontented wives would question of trial marriages, a well known look deeply unto themselves, writer said, There should bo no measure themselves, atop fooling need for trial when two people themselves, many might discover know their own abilities and have that tha other man they might measured themselves accurately. have married la a Two people who understand them illusion;' that tha career of their selves will never, I believe, have dreams is not a soft snap and a exany difficulty living happily to- joy forever; but a grueling, ' hausting job which might have gether after marriage. C PEAKING on tho iiii i atc:e ' j self-nurtur- ed worn them out if they had qualified for it, which they probably would havt been unable to do; That is a new slant on tha question of success in marriage, supplements a woman writer of national fame. Not Know thy husor wife," but know band thjraelfl". ni aki ta HHtnafeMwktH CLASSES 6ISI, uMMte devastating beauties nor always charming, but women who are frequently disappointing and difficult to live with. They might discover and admit to themselves that they are greatly in debt to their husbands for many things that make life easier and better and more worthwhile that they would not get along so well without them. Then they might think more of doing their part of trying to make those husbands happy. And that effort cm the part of one must inevitably go a long way toward a mutually happy and successful marriage. WN U Serrloe. BcO S jnxlicet. HUMUS defeats its VIOLENCE ever canWhere you not drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind smile can look, a work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order - and vlrtve but you cannot make him respect you. Hazlitt. good-natur-ed kl Oat Promotes Good Nerves and System Appetite, Healthy Vitamin B In Quaker - Doctor m satinet a skoetftff ofVhamla B la &(( of eitbet ywnpwn of tAalts. So (It the erbol &unil, QuaW Out braek&M rrery It (applies pleat, of the wooded ul Vkamia to toabo awwnwim, coaedperioa, aad poof appedta Ana so lade of Vitaatia B. Ordcf a padaK of Qacker Oats by aaa The true past departs not. Nothing that was worthy in tha past departs no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die. T. Carlyle. grocer oxiay. gxuMsiiB mm many-colore- small stool beside him. And this eccentric Arab In the corner smoked a meerschaum pipe! Hassan said Haig sharply. ' The negro nodded, retired Into darkness, and presently returned. -- He Indicated that Haig should follow. Ilalg crossed the reeking little room, almost brushing the garments of the meerschaum smoker. A door on the right of an uncarpeted passage was open, four steps descending to a sunken chamber. As the nfgro withdrew Haig watched the curtained doorway. The first test wag about to come. Another door at tbe further end of tbo room opened, and a venerable Arab entered, his peering face a wrinkled mass of cunning; bnt hit first words lifted a great load from the Inspector's mind. It surely can be none other than Joseph, who delights my eyesl" he said In excellent Biblical English. Yon are late, Joseph, hut welcome. Give me the letter, son." naig silently placed the letter in the claw-lik- e hand of the old Arab. Hassan k barely glanced at it, bnt, plunging his fingers beneath his robe, produced another, Identical In appearance. It Is well, Joseph," he said. "The wise man cnltlvates paucity of speech, but abundance of observation." He watched, as Haig, noting that the second envelope bore the same" typewritten superscription : "For Joseph" opened It and took out the slip of paper It contained. This was what he read: Yon will leave immediately by car for Koselr. Report at the house of Dr. Julian Hess. Chief." Dawson Haig nodded, and placed letter and envelope in his pocket "I am ready, Hassan, he said, to obey my orders, when I have cooled my body and moistened my throat" Haig mounted the steps and walked along the uncarpeted passage, pulling the curtains aside; he stumbled over the man who sat there . , . and a meerschaum pipe fell to the floor and smashed. "Inshallah I" groaned the owner. Haig stooped swiftly. "Koselr by car In five minutes," he whispered. House of Dr. Jnllan Hess." y "Offer me money I" came a mufbla hand into fled whisper. Halg-phis pocket when: "Give him no money 1" came an angry shriek from Hansen at his elbow. He Is a lump of mnd, a son of filth, an unutterable liar! It was S Irlek I" ' (TO BE COTISL'ED) es-Sn-k Or couasx, children should aavar drink coffee, And many grown-uptoo, find that the caffeia la coffee dimgree with them. If you havo heederhee or iadigeetion or cant sleep aoundly...try Poetum. 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Isnt most of the discontent and dissatisfaction in marriage traceable to ideas of ourselves that may bo misconceptions, no less than our Illusions about tha other person? How many womens dissatisfaction with their husband has as its source tha thought of all they gave up to marry him, all they might have had" if they had married a certain other man? How many womens discontent with the role of wife and mother springs from tha thought of how much more fascinating pastimes they might have had if they had followed that career? How many girls impossible expectations of a fulltime lover and Prince Charming originates in an exaggerated notion of their own devastating beauty and charm? , STATE ... ut Jd desk he must be deaf to tha invitations of the sky and tha woods. Hamilton W. Mabie. Value of Persuasion tood-b- y to hie Matt Kearney, goons American tivlns In London, aaga la conveying U.S0M0 In gold elater Eileen, on board the Wallaroo which Yard, vary much In lova to Australia. Inspector Dawsonof Haig, ofhaScotland la convinced la concealed In Jo opium la on tha trail i nnVs warehouse. He delegatee Kearney, with Detective Norwich, to vlalt While there Kearney plche up and the place and find out wbat ha ean. turns over to Haig. Tuan Hee Sea carries away a notebook, whichla bo Jo at Longa He eende men after note-Hal- e of International thieves, picked up the Kearney, on of whom he realises Inmutt have tha book. Norwich la foond la puaaled over eryptlo notes la poring over tho book, a monastroua creature Whi.and H.l board, tha Wallaroo at Mrallla. d.e- member, of Tu an, radio message he decodea h realise, Cackracli Die recognised him. A Chinaman tries to throw nlrara oa board, and have At Port Said Haig, trailing k'leen, Live nx'kroachro form practical Mala everboard but goes ever hlmeelL nto n bath of feathera" Eileen diaappeara Haig escapes from the y the entire diet ef an African fish IrapTnd aborts Joseph, on. of the plott.ra Eileen, dross. regain, cutled Iantdodon buclilmltrL , . la Yuans headquartera Nor--E.ta.- When one has learned his lessons he may roam the fields and float on tha river at his own sweet will; but So long as he is at his Accurate Analysis Will Do Mach to Overcome Difficulty in Wedded life ul ' YU AN Hi EE SEE 4hJ See was studying a Jabbering throng, making for the nnmber of messages, or, rather, exit at Keneh, hia hand rested upon staring at them through the lenses the automatic In his pocket. of hla glasses with A tall Arab Jostled him, "Teleunseeing eyes. At last: said an Engphone on your right "Since the man Haig Is dead, how lish voice. It was the man from can this be?" he asked Aawaml Cairo. Pasha. "The message from the coo-aHaig called np the Mudir, as areta tee clearly upon authority of ranged. Inspector Dawson naig Scotland Yard. What can this peaking ha said. "Yon have been " mean? It la certain that he la advised by Cairo?" ; dead?". Quite right. Inspector," the voice "Mohammed reported It," said the replied; to hla great relief that of Egyptian. "The doctor confirmed an Englishman. "I havn arranged the news, telling oa that Haig was to hare the place watched. Its tbe not on board when the Wallaroo left Cafe MagrabL Any one of tbe drivPort Said. Then came hla last radio ers outside tbe station will take yon from the ship advising ns that the there. One of our fellows la Inside. police awaited hla arrival at Sues, Theres nothing conspicuous about finally, as my lord knows, we received a message notifying ns that be waa back at Ismallia and claiming emergency air transport My own Fokker was nnder orders to leave Heliopolis foi Koseir. I got a message through to my pilot or I did my beat to do aa If he received It In time, be will have alighted behind Ismallia to pick np the doctor. , . Yuan Hee See hissed softly for some moments. "Is the man Joseph here?" he asked, "His Instructions were to report to Hassan and Haaaana orders were to facilitate hie Journey to Klselr, where Hee will see him and arrange for hla crossing." Ynan Hee See retted a plump, tapering finger upon the messages, r h v , ITIAn .State. HU In oomplntnlf, print mm and addrooa. Hire la Canada, addreooi Oeatral Poode If yoa Coboars, Out. (Offer espwes July 1. 1937.) t. ,V Urn |