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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD handsome head to right and left. Then he raised both hands silence fell again. My friends," he said, you speak many tongues, but all of you. I think, a little English, so I will address you ln English. . Tonight you have been entertained and I trust are very happy. But a.'ter one more drink all round, you will go to your quarters, and you will sleep; because tomorrow Is the day for which we have been called together again from all over the world by Mr. King." He paused. The silence was so complete that men could be heard breathing. Every man knows hls job and what Is expected of him, AswamI went on. Every man knows also what Is coming to him If he falls. You have enjoyed success in the past. You have all been made rich by the man you serve. If you are all poor again tonight, this Is your own concern. Another chance Is being given to you. And this time the share-ou- t will be enormous." As he paused again, an excited murmur rose. Enormous, he repeated. I need not tell you what the folly of one man may mean to all of us. Failure Is always paid for here ln one way, and In one way only. But failure tomorrow would certainly mean death for every man concerned. We shall sail at four oclock In the afternoon; every man Jack of us with a noose around hls neck and so every man will watch hls neighbor. And a short shrift, say L to any backsliders. A great roar, like that of a pack of wolves suddenly aroused, greeted hls last words. AswamI waved hls hand, and went out, sped by a hoarse cheer. Doctor Oestler fol- ... thWe,or'? S;"'! 5100 i fi gfp;f sax B ; 000.1 p ROHMER I tuation isimGHT By A nj(tt sax rohmer W.N.U. SERVICE Inessa!,.' nd fr cgpijpTER VIII t for but the Continued CHAPTER IX 13 pn a, So opening and closing his hands, old Ilassan es-- ! lured forth a ! joined to be torrent of what brilliant lnvec-tbluR- s HAIG spent part of that night In the large caravanserai of BIr Ambar, on the old pilgrim route to Mecca. He had traveled from Keneh ln a big pAWSON ted man shrugged affair! . Hassan pushed French car with an Egyptian driver, :p,osive over roads which were originally he wh,spored ,n hls Intended for camels. The tiny oasis was nearly deserted and he dozed dirty pollce P's! Eegone-s- tic importa? a few uneasy hours upon a hard of chajT' bed. At daybreak they took the i clrcnmstas road again, reaching Koselr about a obsen ersH sat on the edge of the noon. lacquered bed, her teeth He was taken straight to the s dl when sup clenched. She had house of Doctor ness, a small villa of her prison, It win exploration looking out'upon a sailless sea. The tepresentatfe was a large wardrobe In doctor rose from behind a table at Maine, i carefully hung, were the which he was seated, smiled sigtate, arose,! she had worn In Port Said, and held out his hand. nificantly, af repre was an extravagantly Dawson Haig caught hls breath. The Roo jet bathroom. She had succeed-ateninstout and prosperous looking Hess ti; recalling everything of that was a Turkl Nodding, Haig handed iouse wit nt out of which she had him the letter received from nas-sa- n lowed. n this preposterous place, up The doctor glanced at Kid Brown stumbled across the ce of h gfc very moment of entering the It, then from a drawer took out room to the drunken MacHes side. 3 one Tlioi of Mohammed. a third envelope Identical ln ap- Is It an stratlon English ship, mate? he recalled seeing Dawson Ilalg pearance, and passed It to Haig. whispered. eats. Eete k Was then she accepted He now spoke for the first time. The Scotchmans bleary eyes fixed tance aadfj(ation of the aged Arab to Yon are the last to arrive, themselves upon him. There was lie legislate tlie treasure house beyond. A an Interval, and then I ken It Is. He spoke In French Joseph. demande4 memory terminated with wave of relief over the lis- Ive worked out a the poseetlon swept In of a sharp pain tener. So I understand, Doctor. an this will be the old Wallaroo, b ! t0 a sickly smell, and But q'uMer, (a sudden Idea entered his thirteen thousand tons, out fro panles. f e 0f guaaen weakness. . . . I think Len Chow and London to Brisbane." brain) water didong ha(j eapse(j gtnee then? Franz cannot be far ahead. was she? And where was Doctor Hess smiled even more AswamI Pasha sat behind a large entl h0'n Haig? Had they . . .? he writing table. Kid Brown, battle-scarrehours," broadly. Nearly eight Cam,f opened and a stout and replied. Convey to the Chief my P dT stood before him. if i looMng French maid came Am I to regard this Interview, best wishes and assurances. If you hfoke d the door beb,nd ber-- Eb will follow i said the Egyptian, as a my servant, he will di- Brown, CtintJH3 breatblng very rapidly, rect you to the quay." piece of private blackmail? 19 frightened," said The letter of travel, addressed Listen," said Brown. Tve been ng the if imsel,e meeting that as before To Joseph," read You your bodyguard for three years, and ort to ifel ,man- - "No uo on. Th! lugT stare "It Is no good, will proceed by motorboat and reIve done well out of It Theres been some bloody dirty work, though len oulbti1 f ara Celeste, she went on, port Chief. ictlon (ini ? the wardrobe and taking Haig followed the servant down I say so, but Ive done It! But this with tae een8 suIt ,n the most natural rough stone steps to a little quay ere English liner I dont want Ton have against which a battered but sea- to go tomorrow. . , t admlnlsi'r 'n the world. Your share? orders1 ('lck I know that sickness-9- 33, worthy motorboat was tied up; a but h had ft" cruiser which he Keep It! Leave me out." AswamI Pasha was thinking. ger going ste swiftly glanced up, high guessed concealed powerful en-p wall to a little wooden trap, obbying h j closed, "Cherie, she said, THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER mmitteq t me, I am your friend. You st the puhtand. can help. Perhaps I to hls Matt Kearney, young American living ln London, says good-b- y undercur answer." sister Eileen, on board the Wallaroo which is conveying 2,000,000 In gojd be cofii bustled busily Into the s to Australia. Inspector Dawson Haig, of Scotland Yard, very much in love n "Come, she with Eileen, is on the trail of opium he is convinced Is concealed in Jo mamselle," He delegates Kearney, with Detective Norwich, to visit se chantf. You will be yourself again Lung's warehouse. the place and find out what he can. While there Kearney picks up and the hold) your bath. carries away a notebook, which he turns over to Haig. Yuan Hee See, iced ot ,n acrosg to the bath- - leader of international thieves, Is at Jo Lung's. He sends men after Nor The Frenchwoman closed the wlch and Kearney, one of whom he realizes must have picked up the note, Haig is puzzled over cryptic notes ln the book. Norwich Is found Isa she entered. I know how book. murdered. While Haig Is poring over the book, a monastroue creature en lybe as a h happened to you, cherie," ter8, seizes It, and escapes. Haig boards the Wallaroo at Marseilles, dls the Brg ijer voluble whisper. Where gulsed. From radio messages he decodes, he realizes members of Yuans gang are on board, and have recognized him. A Chinaman tries to throw rge, S h you when you last remem-iHaig overboard but goes over himself. At Port Said Haig, trailing Eileen, Abb Is lured Into a bath of feathers." Eileen disappears. Haig escapes from the t, start port said said Eileen mlser--3 trap and shoots Joseph, one of the plotters. Eileen, drugged, regains conIn the t sciousness in Yu'ans headquarters. Haig takes Josephs papers, and reEileen's kidnaping to the British consul. Yuan and AswamI Pasha eat b ta.i he Frenchwoman nodded ports Intend to capture or sink the Wallaroo. Using Josephs credentials, Haig end of I was at Cairo makes hls way to Keneh. at Influx i,9 gaW me. But that was ve years ago!" Mac-Iles- . gines under that dilapidated hull This man has been talking to el me Pfease where am I lie must come tomorrow. An aged mendicant was seated Otherwise he will be dangerous. Inhere j Vernon, cherie." A large strong at the foot of these" steps. He MacHes must come also but for Bakshish I the last time." ministratf98 BliPPed maternally about grasped Haigs hand. drls shoulders. She was bakshish! he whined. It Is ln orders that you Join us, t0 an ample breast You Haig paused looked down. In- Brown," he said coldly. "Therefore ie housed I see stantaneously the fea- I have no choice but to refer your w that jlourase, great courage doubiq tr ar face And now ls tbe tlme tures were relaxed. He saw a young protest to ,ng courage not to fight" Kid Brown sprang forward and face under the old mask. Destinahat n began to feel that she had tion unknown! he whispered. lrh grasped the outstretched hand. renter3 t,lIs 9lngular woman all her Ill go I he whispered hoarsely. Dont sail yet. Inspector. . . . " It AswamI drew hls hand away, ennnecti hat do you mea: Celeste? Impossible to cover yon ! came Its ed What Is this place a swift reply. Then, loudly, Bak- Is the cargo we want, not the ship, ara I? he said. "And now that you have shish I bakshish I id to W 1 are ln Arabia, poor baby. the and come to your senses, a word of a coin, resDO! fla dropped Haig ln there Bbe P!nted Ta were relaxed. Im- warning: Mac la being watched by the neo: fingers clutching 1,18 lltt,e tcwn that no possible to cover me, he thought Mr. King! ie gostlp' er heard of. Beyond Is the The Kid drew back, biting hls Routine did not demand that he although sea. Here behind us Is desert should sail for this unknown place thick underllp. t diflcu ft desert and then AswamI continued, and report I Common sense was the Itoi "Tonight," It the Armenian, Joseph, from Tort against t,lls It be with hls Said, Joins us, taking the place at Further e jtl ta?" bouse Who does became Impos- the same pay of the Portuguese atmo'-phcolleagues Egyptian tae 0U8e f AswamI Pa- sible. But beckoning out of the haze sent to us by Polodos. I knew, when .sage uf b of I Interviewed him in Paris, that this over the sea was a dream-imagf dont know AswamI bw Eileen. Some stupendous plot was man from Stamboul would fall us, working slowly to Its culmination. as he had failed us before. Very f Pe ,s near,y ten years ag Qn.th now he had not grasped It well. You have taken a gross libDnt J know him, cherie. ne Is Even f hls suspicions were horrible. erty tonight You shall have a But Tery rIeIlI Bnt come, cherie. iSin Ills usefulness might be ended If chance to make good. I have to go !,by'nr;; t,jur robe off. This Is the time should be cut off from hls al- with Mr. King to the sheds. See be rP f inning. But be thankful that Eileen But lies. ilfecie this fellow Joseph, and Instruct him w!th yon must find her at all costs be ln hls duties. Remember with the He bK S; Pn threw one white arm as k the Frenchwomans neck. near to her. Some means of com- Jackal, he will be In sole charge, an he would surely find. os outside, during our absence. You l. ,trange character, with her munication 18 will be responsible. . . ." b'dly eyes, was a rock of it. ind on room Kid Brown turned and made for In a long, rectangular on I may collect women. the bouse the ig the fl ote of floor door. first the hugged the frightened the W were the smooth voice, came Brown," hill Yuan Hee Sees rogues ?ri..I' t,jrhtly. and went out men." dozen faces a were I There but study gathered. door, And In a small room situated In xpriss 'iriiipring, Eileen dropped the which must have been recognizable been had who a privileged rnbe wing of the rambling mansion, k? anyone by which had enveloped 'f8, 1 Restauwas kneeling beside a neat In the room MacHes that enter to iu'rkn sbp bad awakened, and In Paris on a bed trying to pray. There Is no more Suleiman Bey rant I ln,a b bath, 2,?l( m a wbn looked like the grat-abo- r certain night when Dawson Ilalg desperate character than that of n If And man wrong. flowed Wine gone below. had sat waiting religious lot Tf'ntl,atr. high In the bathenJamos Malcolm MacHes, tvvo n!1 K"b freely. P,nts a e Ani' was a famous ln liner, shouted of were nd Remarks being gineer disappeared. Yunn Hee man whom an Irrewhen, religious suddenly, deeply tongues many out of the enpBlwly or th'l t'TfI;pd woman had driven down to r,lnni above on,o the ninhog Doctor Oestler stood up. Orders!" ligious viaa hcIL subsided clamor The the 8n,on h,ch aib he cried. ly tnd In drink he was a devil Incarnate. a curtain was drawn ' He nodded slowly, hs one died away atlon And he wanted to pray for strength entered. Pasha AswamI and clinched a satisfactory aside, Ion of And crossing to the door. He was greeted with a roar of wel- to remain sober long enough to save "I He smiled, and nodded hls hls poor soul from this lust black come, . re-,le- Bie es-Su- k r2 com-Thu- t ap-th- e g 1 1 3 thirty-eight-fo- bath-itlve- t n Sa . 11 . r' , e J Pa-th- e 1 ... M Softly, t . 1 i . 1 neer sin. But a word would come NEW AND USEFUL CROCHET DESIGN As the motorboat swung Into tbe harbor, tbe truth leaied at last to Dawson Haigs brain. . . . By GRANDMOTHER CLARK d A suspicion, which for weeks pat longer; perhaps since that dav when the existence of the former Marquis Yuan Hee See had thrust Itself upon his attention had clamored for recognition, at last drove home. . . . Drug smuggler slave dealer receiver of stolen property yes! but at last the whole scope of this devils activities presented Itself like a revelation. . . . The American yacht, a year ago and less than a year earlier, the big German freighter with a cargo In- - rp A If-- V . ' V.-'- 5 if. 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This was the man, with hls damnable organization, ln whose power Eileen lay I What should he do? What could he do? Where did hls duty lie? He had deliberately snapped the link between himself and official alone support. lie was alone against an organized group of absolutely callous scoundrels operating under the orders of the most evil man that ever came out of Asia. The whole ghastly conspiracy became an open book; all hls past knowledge of the group, clews which had led nowhere suspicions at which the chief had laughed. . . . This last astounding recognition had brought everything Into order, nis futile Journey to Singapore with Its nearly fatal termination how near he had been then to the truth 1 And what bloodshed and sorrow be might have averted had he not failed. Now was he to fall again? with all the facts at last in hls hands? Eileen CO. SICK HEADACHES i Kid Brown, 6- - STOVE Factory tllotnoOirica, Wichita, Karra., Dept. WU.S slx-lnc- h ff1 v SET r v . 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He fully appreciated the position of Joseph ln the scheme of things. Joseph was a nominee of the old villain, Mohammed, at Port Said. He had been given a chance to prove himself. Therefore, he was about to be received by whom? A horrible idea flashed through hls mind Polodos I The Greek unmistakably was a man with an excellent brain ; a man of culture. And It was Polodos who had taken charge ln Llmehouse during the critical hours which preceded the sailing of the Wallaroo. He remembered how he had cudgeled hls brains for an explanation of where the leaknge had occurred between Scotland Yard and Sydney. It wag painfully clear now. The consignment of drugs a minor matter had been removed, because at the last moment this greater scheme had suggested Itself to the master mind I "There, the negro replied, and pointed. Ahead on the right, a long high wall began. Beyond It, where the negro pointed, he saw twinkling lights. 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