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Show Mty JVyuan in feti nJ r sax ROHMER .,ahT HEE SEE LAUGHS SAX WOHHtA fry W.N.U. SERVICS Continued .(AFTER X I- E- who you are ! 8be told only listen: This U the hell-ca- t It la Id tbs Chinese who has taken Keneh m a, hare drugged The poor baby. ,A her to Koselr, and the bouse or Hassan IUke This house . . ." know Itr Half In-Go on I Go impatiently. They I think. ieanbq and Pi Holmes U usical m ire two motor boats In rto. In one of them she will save her! (A For Gail's sake but there! bad enough i you must stop them!" Ihi lamnui t and r i teC bar itained i here Is my best me : b only one way," she said ; the gate. But, If you lf reach It, the blacks would And ell those toeitlon you. " rt iwy. tirongb ons li take. the stone steps, collapsible Udder, pruning purposes, was ly-- a path where one of the had left It I It was heavy, down j need chanced, a w rage gar Dawson strength. Fully ex the ladder, he leaned It up the high wall, mounted, and a the top. The road far from end to end. Eerllously, he began to draw operation calling tat muscular effort and a nice mate iddltlonal a :ot ad dear throat t of savage exultation lent Je powers of an acrobat He ladder poised like a see saw ef the wall. Then, realizing k could not tarn be lowered utow end onto the herd-bake- d if the path below. Swiftly, he !')wn, Jerked the tall ladder It sail, closed Its three aec-in- d dropped It amongst rank the ESERY DO A THti ditch. Mclied the outskirts of the Imced town unchallenged (1 without meeting a living street on in The palm-lineit, which contained what ap-to be the only cafe In the wai deserted. None of the mud-ubuildings of plastered woodwork exhibited any life. Tied up to the Steps dingy looking motorboat the Its twin, in which be had d from Koselr. Then a In a poth d d d 1 checked L1 him In bla Shading his eyes, he stared. ir motorboat mere dot In wa rapidly disappearing d the tall of the island, wtout running again, but bad we fifty yards when a second was pulled up sharply, the north, far over the sea, X the rocky headland which ae-- He Began the Ladder Up. Ftriiouely, Prw to the port, beyond the echoing and n8 ot e mighty explo ' e . ttray, chief officer of the was a powerful swltn-he-n or si'r rT . tf equilibrium. mm U J that rain of Yuan ma-- J bullets bad swept the sea flushed under the protection mtlng deck chair. He dts-that by resting his chin wosplece and swimming could propel It without hi? rtat He knew, ffl he could escape a bullet, nuid he to keep rt hours. possible But that ghastly p(T"rt- - I stretch around the wreck was now bristling with sharks fins I There were fewer sounds from the few poor survivors. But the protecting deck chair, so far, had escaped the attention both of tbs marksmen and of the sharks. Rattray summoned nil his resources. Be meant to survive the tragedy. Ha must survive It A floating deck chair and one mans undaunted spirit meant the difference between immunity for these ghastly murderers end that day of reckoning which he swore, with clenched teeth, abould come to them. A gentle, almost Imperceptible current, was bearing him seawards He tried to visualize a chart of the Red aea and the approximate positions of steamers. He was many miles off the track, and dusk was near. His proper coarse, then, was to steal southward on this gentle current, and then edge In toward the tall of the rocky Island, since rescue by n passing steamer .was almost out of the question. He was now more than n mile from the scene of the disaster. He swung around. The submarine and the dhow, the latter with two boats In tow, was making for the head of the island. It was n screen from behind which, doubtless, they operated. And, no carefully does Fate weave those comedies In which winy-hUTwe all play a part, that It was almost exactly at this moment that DSwaon Haig walked down the little Jetty to where the motor cruiser wee moored. A pockmarked negro, whom he rememberedrand an Arab boy, were on board. They stood np and stared at him suspiciously as he came hurrying along the stone pavement "Orders!" he said, sharply. "Koeelr 1" but as he sprang on board, the crew of two continued to regard him with doubt and hesitation. "Hurry I" he cried, and swung he formidable club he carried. The negro glanced helplessly at the boy and the latter threw off the rope. At last the game was In his hands I By dawn he would be back In Koselr. There waa a wireless station, and n small English colony. He was no longer "Joseph," but had become again In spirit end In fact Detective Inspector Dawson Haig. He peered anxiously ahead. The leading motor cruiser was not In sight Even If a car waited at Koselr, which be suspected would be the case, he could have It Intercepted. The game was In his bands. The course, as he remembered, lay due northwest from the bay for the flrjBt forty or fifty miles. There, out of sight of the mainland. It skirted that long, low island. Thence It bore north along a desolate coast for three hours or more, theu; westerly again, sweeping out seaward to pass Jeddah, and to the petrol station. He himself tn difficulty, find might there. Probably they had aome means of communication. Exultation, doubt fear, fought for supremacy In his mind. They were three hours out from the base, end the long, low Island wee dropping astern. Four more hours before that swing around which would point their bows to the African coast which would seem to bring him nearer to Eileen 1 They were drawing In to the main coast again. Suddenly, Haig sprang to his feet shouting excitedly. Almost under their starboard bow which wreckage floated"piwfl ' looked like a deck chair. . . . head bobbed Then, beside It up. . . . y Aswaml Paslia, swathed In bandages, came out of Doctor O ostlers room on the ground floor of the old palace. Into a tiled corridor. He walked along to that lobby which opened on the courtyard Inside the entrance gates. He would be disfigured for life. Kid Brown, In passing, his cunning by the Imfighters brain keyedhadupleft this Inminence of death, effaceable mark of hie trade upon the man whose bullet had sped him. force of that pheAll the pleton-ro- d nomenal left had been pot Into the of pulverizing job the final Job Certainty that Aewamls beauty. flat that Grecian nose waa smashed last agony. Kids the sweetened had as the Jacques the creole (known his Jackal), waited In the lobby, fearfuL eyes shifty Chief I" the mao gasped Chief he Is gone! , . It Is Joseph Egyptian. He walked out along the corridor, np a flight of atalra, and entered that office erotically furnished, with Its voluptuous paintings and statuettes. , f . Eropptng down upon a diva's, he sank his bandaged face in his sands He waa already a very wealthy man. HI share In this last coup would make him a millionaire. It waa as well, since, henceforward, whatever of pleasure he could secure he must buy. He would always be hideout. Men would shun hie com- BRISBANE THIS WEEK ... pany. Women would fly from him. He struggled to regain mastery of himself to remember what be bad planned before they had set out on this expedition against the Wallaroo. Waa there any connection between hie compact with Orange Blossom and the absent Joseph! He must find out Aswaml Pasha unlocked a heavy. door, and entered a covered courtyard. Tuan Hee See. n bine tinge showing under his skin, fixed hie eyee upon him. The woman has gone the American woman I had chosen. Do yoo Iron-studd- lemon-c- ... Port-of-Spai-n. olored good fishing. Europe getting a little closer to war, although many wise ones think it still far Tuan Hee See reflected. "There la CHAPTER XII off. Germany admits willingness to side with Japan in a fight against bolshevism. Practical Stalin, man of few words, tells Japan what he thinks of her pact with Germany by refusing to renew n treaty that permits Japan to fish In Russian water off the coast of eastern Siberia. That fishing privilege Is vitally Important to the feeding of Japans surplus millions. Increasing at the rate of one million new Japanese every year. r deep treachery here. Ton will take the French plane, Aswaml, with Anton a pilot I am thinking now not of my pleasure, bnt of our safety. It la too late to establish contact with Hess, In Koselr. He will have left for Cairo. Hassan we cannot reach. Go, my friend. Ton have much to do." Aswaml Pasha choked down an exclamation of relief, and went out The disappearance of Joseph he decided not to report It might be t part of Orange Blossoms plan. Perhaps It had been necessary to kill the guard. In e car specially equipped for the desert Journey, and belonging to the manager of the Italian mines near Koeelr, Dawson Haig waa headed for thejile Valley. He had done eyerythlngtha It, was possible to do at the seaport Jack Rattray, the Wallaroos first officer, whom he had picked np at sen, had stayed behind at the wireless station, busThe moily sending messages. tor boat with her crew of two, had been detained. He had left the establishing of contact with the police, Keneh and Cairo, to Jack. Hoar after hiour the dusty Journey continued. He was burning to reach Keneh. and Asia seem to be realize what that meaner A cold terror clutched Aswaml Pasha's heart Well enough he knew bla danger. But he rested gratefully upon the cunning of Orange Blossom. "Celeste, the French women he suggested. Langdon Post New York's commissioner of housing, tells the American Federation ot Labor that a great national shortage of houses exists, because there hee been no building. New York City, especially. Is In n bad way, according to Mr. Post; there the shortage In bousing may have tragic consequences. EILEEN, for the second time since set out on that He Wee on His Knees Beside Pathetic White Figure." a morning, 1 forced tbe truth from our little Orange Blossom. Aswaml . . . forced the truth you under- stand!" He began to laugh; and It waa dreadful laughter laughter which for yean afterwarda haunted AawamI Pasha dreams. teemed to be choking. Our neighbor, Nicaragua, wen ad"Come, my friend," aald Tn'an Hee See, checking his laughter, "I vanced In modern Intelligence, eshave matters to discuss with you tablishes a military flying school, which I do not desire this lady to orders fighting planes from the United States, hires a first-claInstrucoverhear," He fixed his slanting eyes on tbe tor. There is progress everywhere, and you realize It when you read la rigid figure of old Hassan Tbe "Carry this lady through to the chapter 2d of Westermarcks cage room," he ordered. "Find Origin and Development of the Moclothing. Bar your doors and re- ral Ideas: In ancient Nicaragua women were turn. I shall have work for you. Eileen fell back, sick and faint held unworthy to perform any duty in connection with the and upon the divan. The opiate earlier were immolated outsidetemples, the temple In overcame ber coffee, her placed ground of the large sanctuaries, and again. . . . She felt herself lifted even their flesh was unclean food for carried. . . . There was a dull the high priest who accordingly ate . . . crash a stifled gurgling cry. only the flesh of males. What a jump from a civilization In a sort of canteen Tuan Hee in which the high priest would not See's rogues were gathered. eat ladies that had been slaughtered Doctor Oestler was addressing to a modern air school In which I tell you, Mac," he young Nicaraguan women, once exthe Scotsman. said, what you suggest Is madness-ha- ! cluded from the temples, will be alMadness. When you consider lowed to By planes and learn how that we bare two millions of mint- to release bombs I ed money, not unloaded from the dhow, hal where Is your good Schumann - He ink, artist of the sense to suggest that the Chief has operatic stage, and a fine example deserted ns! Why should he desert to all women. Is dead at seventy-fivus, ha! Just when we have accomplished so great a success?" Young ladles who say I cant Maclles, who was dead sober he have children because I must have had touched nothing for twenty-fou- r a career, and sometimes have hours fixed bleary eyes upon neither, please observe that Mme. I say. be replied, He ink had a magnifithe speaker. Schumann tna life 1 more valuble than gold cent artistie career and many chilThe Chief has gone and so has Mr. dren also, including two boys killed in the big war, and one on a subKing. And theres a Breetlsh warship nosing aboot the Island. We a marine, who survived. know that They can put a landing Winston Churchill, able Englishparty ashore, to cut us off on the east and they cou blaw this place man, thinks Great Britain, France to smithereens In twa minutes. and the United States should remain one In support of democracy, Listen to wha the lads are saying ! and calls toe United States a child Indeed It was apparent enough that the ruffians In the canteen of our blood and ideals. This counwere dissatisfied. High above the try is toe child of many different kinds of blood and ideals. Greater clamor a voice waa heard demandDIs New York includes the- - biggest ing, Vot about tier share-out- ! It Iks I ask. Vot about der share-ou- t Italian city in the' world," bigger than Rome or Milan; more than "They dlnna ken the truth," said million of Italian birth or descent Maclles. Something' gone agley, The same New York contains two and weve been left to face the million Jews, many more than ever music. Its true, we have the were in Palestine. money, but we'll never live to spend Colombia has written a new conIt unless we do wha I suggest" "Tou see, Mac," Doctor Oestler stitution, authorizing its governInterjected, "It ts pretty clear that ment among other things, to conwe had a spy amongst us, ba! Tbe fiscate private property without Chief has gone to head him off ha! paying the owners. Conservative head him off! If the other has gone citizens of Colombia call that comalso, why the situation Is tad I munistic, which seems hardly an think bad. But we gbm?d wait exaggeratlbn. ft ha! for Instructions Ton think More pay Increases, more boao!" nuses, more dlstributum of accu(TO Bf CvrmSVEDt mulated surplus by big corporations. Canadian Immigrant Sixty - five thousand workers in There Is no quota restriction on textile and shoe industries learn the Immigration of native Canadians that they are to have Christmas to tbe Doited States. If they meet bonuses and better wages. the other requirements of the Immigration laws, they may enter this Two young female geniuses, country to live merely by paying Misjes Fanny Hurst and Agnes Rep-plie-r, A certhe usual ImmlgfafldHTeesr disagree about book writing. tificate Is Issued to prove legal enAgnes Reppher says it is periltry. It is necessary to remain In easy; Fanny Hurst says no, the United Stateaflvf years to be- ously Is hard. come a citizen. Canadian citizens it all depends on the Publishers who were born In other countries kind of bookssay write and toj you can enter only under the quotas asbrain you have. native their land. signed nine Feature Syndic' !&. es-Su- voyage from London, found herself groping In the dark, trying to remember what had happened. . . . fit was something to do with drinking a enp of coffee. And Celeste, poor Celeste, bad not been there. . . . The risk Is too great" a mans voice bad said. Its madness This may ruin ns. . . ." Tbe price le low, my friend, for euch. . . ." Her legs are too thin for the taste of his Serene Highness . . It was this last remark which She had finally aroused Eileen. opened her eyes, looked down at her own bare body end galvanized Into life, sprang upright She waa In n large saloon with a matting-covere- d floor and closely shattered windows She had been lying on a divan covered with faded tapestry above which bung a lighted lamp. Before her, one plump hand raised to bis hairless Up as If In 1 consideration, waa a stoat, gressy-lookinperson wearing European clothe. Beside him tood t very dirty old Arab. Eileen looked swiftly about her. There was no aubatltute for a garment In tbe place. Taking a swift step forward, and conquering a deadly nausea, she struck the hesitating buyer on bis fat facet Once, she struck , . . twice! clutched her in hts Hassan sinewy old hands. With one knee she kicked him viciously In the stomach. He released her. She kicked him again. But this spurt of strength which had flared up under the sense of She outrage now deserted her. staggered, swayed forward . . followed an Interval of complete unAnd then a voice consciousness. tbe voice of the Arab again. "What could I do, effendlm! Said brought her to me. How waa I to know she was reserved! Here was a famous Jewel and money Is money. 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Requiring just five simple pieces including the belt, It goes together like a charm, to fit perfectly and make your morning chores ao much lighter. The pointed yoke is slimming, the set In sleeves are free and open, and tha skirt is dart fitted at the waist As easy to make as to wear, this pattern is designed for sizes 38, 33, 40, 42, 44, 48, 48, 80, end 62. Send for it today. Size 38 requires just 8 atep-by-at- That la good news for tha building trades, and temporarily good news for landlords; they will not overbuild. As usual, politicians will seize the opportunity to raise taxes, and presently money lenders will be once more selling real estate under foreclosures. Life la a brief game of seesaw now up, that is prosperity; then down, that is depression. The budget is not the only thing that needs balancing. ss "Immediately, effendlm. She haa ruined me. Also, the American pigs know she la here. At any moment the cafe may be raided. "Forget this fear, Hassan. I had thought the chief eunuch of the prince a wiser man. But my money is as good ns bis. and I also collect Twelve hundred women. fair Tour pounds English. Hassan! I will be a big one.!! ahnre ""Gone I" She still her eyes. Eileen not opened "He Is nowhere I He does lay Inthat dark.' stuffy saloon. The come to relieve me at four oclock. villainous old Arab waa there; the I" He la nowhere he la gone features were Indistinmans other - There was a moment of silence. because of bandages, but guishable the said "Co back to your duty," -- through these bandages dark eyes watched her greedily. "Ton have nothing to fear from me, my child," said the tall Egyptian. "Although yon just offered to boy me! Tou miserable, cowardly dog! Do yon think you or any other man could buy me!" One Big Catch A door at tbe further end of the War Come Closer saloon opened swiftly. 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